.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 25

taddrumāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat .
pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavastīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ .. 1..

pratigṛhya ca tadvaraṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ .
rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām .. 2..

tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pradīpta iva tejasā .
śarairabhyakiratsainyaṃ sarvataḥ sahadūṣaṇam .. 3..

tataḥ senāpatiḥ kruddho dūṣaṇaḥ śatrudūṣaṇaḥ .
jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam .. 4..

veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭairdevasainyābhimardanam .
āyasaiḥ śaṅkubhistīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitām .. 5..

vajrāśanisamasparśaṃ paragopuradāraṇam .
taṃ mahoragasaṅkāśaṃ pragṛhya parighaṃ raṇe .
dūṣaṇo.abhyapatadrāmaṃ krūrakarmā niśācaraḥ .. 6..

tasyābhipatamānasya dūṣaṇasya sa rāghavaḥ .
dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda sahastābharaṇau bhujau .. 7..

bhraṣṭastasya mahākāyaḥ papāta raṇamūrdhani .
parighaśchinnahastasya śakradhvaja ivāgrataḥ .. 8..

sa karābhyāṃ vikīrṇābhyāṃ papāta bhuvi dūṣaṇaḥ .
viṣāṇābhyāṃ viśīrṇābhyāṃ manasvīva mahāgajaḥ .. 9..

dṛṣṭvā taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ raṇe .
sādhu sādhviti kākutsthaṃ sarvabhūtānyapūjayan .. 10..

etasminnantare kruddhāstrayaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ .
saṃhatyābhyadravanrāmaṃ mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ .
mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī ca mahābalaḥ .. 11..

mahākapālo vipulaṃ śūlamudyamya rākṣasaḥ .
sthūlākṣaḥ paṭṭiśaṃ gṛhya pramāthī ca paraśvadham .. 12..

dṛṣṭvaivāpatatastāṃstu rāghavaḥ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ .
tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha samprāptānatithīniva .. 13..

mahākapālasya śiraściccheda raghunaṅganaḥ .
asaṅkhyeyaistu bāṇaughaiḥ pramamātha pramāthinam .. 14..

sthūlākṣasyākṣiṇī tīkṣṇaiḥ pūrayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ .
sa papāta hato bhūmau viṭapīva mahādrumaḥ .. 15..

tataḥ pāvakasaṅkāśairhemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ .
jaghanaśeṣaṃ tejasvī tasya sainyasya sāyakaiḥ .. 16..

te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāḥ sadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ .
nijaghnustāni rakṣāṃsi vajrā iva mahādrumān .. 17..

rakṣasāṃ tu śataṃ rāmaḥ śatenaikena karṇinā .
sahasraṃ ca sahasreṇa jaghāna raṇamūrdhani .. 18..

tairbhinnavarmābharaṇāśchinnabhinnaśarāsanāḥ .
nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ rajanīcarāḥ .. 19..

tairmuktakeśaiḥ samare patitaiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ .
āstīrṇā vasudhā kṛtsnā mahāvediḥ kuśairiva .. 20..

kṣaṇena tu mahāghoraṃ vanaṃ nihatarākṣasaṃ .
babhūva niraya prakhyaṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamam .. 21..

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām .
hatānyekena rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇa padātinā .. 22..

tasya sainyasya sarvasya kharaḥ śeṣo mahārathaḥ .
rākṣasastriśirāścaiva rāmaśca ripusūdanaḥ .. 23..

tatastu tadbhīmabalaṃ mahāhave
samīkṣya rāmeṇa hataṃ balīyasā .
rathena rāmaṃ mahatā kharastataḥ
samāsasādendra ivodyatāśaniḥ .. 24..




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