.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 24

avaṣṭabdhadhanuṃ rāmaṃ kruddhaṃ ca ripughātinam .
dadarśāśramamāgamya kharaḥ saha puraḥsaraiḥ .. 1..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā saguṇaṃ cāpamudyamya kharaniḥsvanam .
rāmasyābhimukhaṃ sūtaṃ codyatām ityacodayat .. 2..

sa kharasyājñayā sūtasturagānsamacodayat .
yatra rāmo mahābāhureko dhunvandhanuḥ sthitaḥ .. 3..

taṃ tu niṣpatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te rajanīcarāḥ .
nardamānā mahānādaṃ sacivāḥ paryavārayan .. 4..

sa teṣāṃ yātudhānānāṃ madhye rato gataḥ kharaḥ .
babhūva madhye tārāṇāṃ lohitāṅga ivoditaḥ .. 5..

tatastaṃ bhīmadhanvānaṃ kruddhāḥ sarve niśācarāḥ .
rāmaṃ nānāvidhaiḥ śastrairabhyavarṣanta durjayam .. 6..

mudgarairāyasaiḥ śūlaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ .
rākṣasāḥ samare rāmaṃ nijaghnū roṣatatparāḥ .. 7..

te balāhakasaṅkāśā mahānādā mahābalāḥ .
abhyadhāvanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ yuddhe jighāṃsavaḥ .. 8..

te rāme śaravarṣāṇi vyasṛjanrakṣasāṃ guṇāḥ .
śailendramiva dhārābhirvarṣamāṇā mahādhanāḥ .. 9..

sa taiḥ parivṛto ghorai rāghavo rakṣasāṃ gaṇaiḥ .
tithiṣviva mahādevo vṛtaḥ pāriṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ .. 10..

tāni muktāni śastrāṇi yātudhānaiḥ sa rāghavaḥ .
pratijagrāha viśikhairnadyoghāniva sāgaraḥ .. 11..

sa taiḥ praharaṇairghorairbhinnagātro na vivyathe .
rāmaḥ pradīptairbahubhirvajrairiva mahācalaḥ .. 12..

sa viddhaḥ kṣatajādigdhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rāghavaḥ .
babhūva rāmaḥ sandhyābhrairdivākara ivāvṛtaḥ .. 13..

viṣedurdevagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ .
ekaṃ sahastrairbahubhistadā dṛṣṭvā samāvṛtam .. 14..

tato rāmaḥ susaṅkruddho maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ .
sasarja niśitānbāṇāñśataśo.atha sahasraśaḥ .. 15..

durāvārāndurviṣahānkālapāśopamānraṇe .
mumoca līlayā rāmaḥ kaṅkapatrānajihmagān .. 16..

te śarāḥ śatrusainyeṣu muktā rāmeṇa līlayā .
ādadū rakṣasāṃ prāṇānpāśāḥ kālakṛtā iva .. 17..

bhittvā rākṣasadehāṃstāṃste śarā rudhirāplutāḥ .
antarikṣagatā rejurdīptāgnisamatejasaḥ .. 18..

asaṅkhyeyāstu rāmasya sāyakāścāpamaṇḍalāt .
viniṣpeturatīvogrā rakṣaḥ prāṇāpahāriṇaḥ .. 19..

tairdhanūṃṣi dhvajāgrāṇi varmāṇi ca śirāṃsi ca .
bahūnsahastābharaṇānūrūnkarikaropamān .. 20..

tato nālīkanārācaistīkṣṇāgraiśca vikarṇibhiḥ .
bhīmamārtasvaraṃ cakrurbhidyamānā niśācarāḥ .. 21..

tatsainyaṃ niśitairbāṇairarditaṃ marmabhedibhiḥ .
rāmeṇa na sukhaṃ lebhe śuṣkaṃ vanamivāgninā .. 22..

ke cidbhīmabalāḥ śūrāḥ śūlānkhaḍgānparaśvadhān .
cikṣipuḥ paramakruddhā rāmāya rajanīcarāḥ .. 23..

tāni bāṇairmahābāhuḥ śastrāṇyāvārya rāghavaḥ .
jahāra samare prāṇāṃściccheda ca śirodharān .. 24..

avaśiṣṭāśca ye tatra viṣaṇṇāśca niśācarāḥ .
kharamevābhyadhāvanta śaraṇārthaṃ śarārditāḥ .. 25..

tānsarvānpunarādāya samāśvāsya ca dūṣaṇaḥ .
abhyadhāvata kākutsthaṃ kruddho rudramivāntakaḥ .. 26..

nivṛttāstu punaḥ sarve dūṣaṇāśrayanirbhayāḥ .
rāmamevābhyadhāvanta sālatālaśilāyudhāḥ .. 27..

tadbabhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam .
rāmasyāsya mahāghoraṃ punasteṣāṃ ca rakṣasām .. 28..




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