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sarga - 26

kharaṃ tu rāmābhimukhaṃ prayāntaṃ vāhinīpatiḥ .
rākṣasastriśirā nāma saṃnipatyedamabravīt .. 1..

māṃ niyojaya vikrānta saṃnivartasva sāhasāt .
paśya rāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ saṃyuge vinipātitam .. 2..

pratijānāmi te satyamāyudhaṃ cāhamālabhe .
yathā rāmaṃ vadhiṣyāmi vadhārhaṃ sarvarakṣasām .. 3..

ahaṃ vāsya raṇe mṛtyureṣa vā samare mama .
vinivartya raṇotsāhaṃ muhūrtaṃ prāśniko bhava .. 4..

prahṛṣṭo vā hate rāme janasthānaṃ prayāsyasi .
mayi vā nihate rāmaṃ saṃyugāyopayāsyasi .. 5..

kharastriśirasā tena mṛtyulobhātprasāditaḥ .
gaccha yudhyetyanujñāto rāghavābhimukho yayau .. 6..

triśirāśca rathenaiva vājiyuktena bhāsvatā .
abhyadravadraṇe rāmaṃ triśṛṅga iva parvataḥ .. 7..

śaradhārā samūhānsa mahāmegha ivotsṛjan .
vyasṛjatsadṛśaṃ nādaṃ jalārdrasyeva dundubheḥ .. 8..

āgacchantaṃ triśirasaṃ rākṣasaṃ prekṣya rāghavaḥ .
dhanuṣā pratijagrāha vidhunvansāyakāñśitān .. 9..

sa samprahārastumulo rāma triśirasormahān .
babhūvātīva balinoḥ siṃhakuñjarayoriva .. 10..

tatastriśirasā bāṇairlalāṭe tāḍitastribhiḥ .
amarṣī kupito rāmaḥ saṃrabdhamidamabravīt .. 11..

aho vikramaśūrasya rākṣasasyedṛśaṃ balam .
puṣpairiva śarairyasya lalāṭe.asmi parikṣataḥ .
mamāpi pratigṛhṇīṣva śarāṃścāpaguṇacyutān .. 12..

evamuktvā tu saṃrabdhaḥ śarānāśīviṣopamān .
triśiro vakṣasi kruddho nijaghāna caturdaśa .. 13..

caturbhisturagānasya śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ .
nyapātayata tejasvī caturastasya vājinaḥ .. 14..

aṣṭabhiḥ sāyakaiḥ sūtaṃ rathopasthe nyapātayat .
rāmaściccheda bāṇena dhvajaṃ cāsya samucchritam .. 15..

tato hatarathāttasmādutpatantaṃ niśācaram .
bibheda rāmastaṃ bāṇairhṛdaye so.abhavajjaḍaḥ .. 16..

sāyakaiścāprameyātmā sāmarṣastasya rakṣasaḥ .
śirāṃsyapātayattrīṇi vegavadbhistribhiḥ śataiḥ .. 17..

sa bhūmau śoṇitodgārī rāmabāṇābhipīḍitaḥ .
nyapatatpatitaiḥ pūrvaṃ svaśirobhirniśācaraḥ .. 18..

hataśeṣāstato bhagnā rākṣasāḥ kharasaṃśrayāḥ .
dravanti sma na tiṣṭhanti vyāghratrastā mṛgā iva .. 19..

tānkharo dravato dṛṣṭvā nivartya ruṣitaḥ svayam .
rāmamevābhidudrāva rāhuścandramasaṃ yathā .. 20..




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