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sarga - 29

bhittvā tu tāṃ gadāṃ bāṇai rāghavo dharmavatsalaḥ .
smayamānaḥ kharaṃ vākyaṃ saṃrabdhamidamabravīt .. 1..

etatte balasarvasvaṃ darśitaṃ rākṣasādhama .
śaktihīnataro matto vṛthā tvamupagarjitam .. 2..

eṣā bāṇavinirbhinnā gadā bhūmitalaṃ gatā .
abhidhānapragalbhasya tava pratyayaghātinī .. 3..

yattvayoktaṃ vinaṣṭānāmidamaśrupramārjanam .
rākṣasānāṃ karomīti mithyā tadapi te vacaḥ .. 4..

nīcasya kṣudraśīlasya mithyāvṛttasya rakṣasaḥ .
prāṇānapahariṣyāmi garutmānamṛtaṃ yathā .. 5..

adya te bhinnakaṇṭhasya phenabudbudabhūṣitam .
vidāritasya madbāṇairmahī pāsyati śoṇitam .. 6..

pāṃsurūṣitasarvāṅgaḥ srastanyastabhujadvayaḥ .
svapsyase gāṃ samāśliṣya durlabhāṃ pramadām iva .. 7..

pravṛddhanidre śayite tvayi rākṣasapāṃsane .
bhaviṣyantyaśaraṇyānāṃ śaraṇyā daṇḍakā ime .. 8..

janasthāne hatasthāne tava rākṣasamaccharaiḥ .
nirbhayā vicariṣyanti sarvato munayo vane .. 9..

adya viprasariṣyanti rākṣasyo hatabāndhavāḥ .
bāṣpārdravadanā dīnā bhayādanyabhayāvahāḥ .. 10..

adya śokarasajñāstā bhaviṣyanti niśācara .
anurūpakulāḥ patnyo yāsāṃ tvaṃ patirīdṛśaḥ .. 11..

nṛśaṃsaśīla kṣudrātmannityaṃ brāhmaṇakaṇṭaka .
tvatkṛte śaṅkitairagnau munibhiḥ pātyate haviḥ .. 12..

tamevamabhisaṃrabdhaṃ bruvāṇaṃ rāghavaṃ raṇe .
kharo nirbhartsayāmāsa roṣātkharatara svanaḥ .. 13..

dṛḍhaṃ khalvavalipto.asi bhayeṣvapi ca nirbhayaḥ .
vācyāvācyaṃ tato hi tvaṃ mṛtyuvaśyo na budhyase .. 14..

kālapāśaparikṣiptā bhavanti puruṣā hi ye .
kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ .. 15..

evamuktvā tato rāmaṃ saṃrudhya bhṛkuṭiṃ tataḥ .
sa dadarśa mahāsālamavidūre niśācaraḥ .. 16..

raṇe praharaṇasyārthe sarvato hyavalokayan .
sa tamutpāṭayāmāsa sandṛśya daśanacchadam .. 17..

taṃ samutkṣipya bāhubhyāṃ vinarditvā mahābalaḥ .
rāmamuddiśya cikṣepa hatastvamiti cābravīt .. 18..

tamāpatantaṃ bāṇaughaiśchittvā rāmaḥ pratāpavān .
roṣamāhārayattīvraṃ nihantuṃ samare kharam .. 19..

jātasvedastato rāmo roṣādraktāntalocanaḥ .
nirbibheda sahasreṇa bāṇānāṃ samare kharam .. 20..

tasya bāṇāntarādraktaṃ bahu susrāva phenilam .
gireḥ prasravaṇasyeva toyadhārāparisravaḥ .. 21..

vihvalaḥ sa kṛto bāṇaiḥ kharo rāmeṇa saṃyuge .
matto rudhiragandhena tamevābhyadravaddrutam .. 22..

tamāpatantaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ kṛtāstro rudhirāplutam .
apasarpatpratipadaṃ kiṃ cittvaritavikramaḥ .. 23..

tataḥ pāvakasaṅkāśaṃ badhāya samare śaram .
kharasya rāmo jagrāha brahmadaṇḍamivāparam .. 24..

sa taddattaṃ maghavatā surarājena dhīmatā .
sandadhe ca sa dharmātmā mumoca ca kharaṃ prati .. 25..

sa vimukto mahābāṇo nirghātasamaniḥsvanaḥ .
rāmeṇa dhanurudyamya kharasyorasi cāpatat .. 26..

sa papāta kharo bhūmau dahyamānaḥ śarāgninā .
rudreṇaiva vinirdagdhaḥ śvetāraṇye yathāndhakaḥ .. 27..

sa vṛtra iva vajreṇa phenena namuciryathāa .
balo vendrāśanihato nipapāta hataḥ kharaḥ .. 28..

tato rājarṣayaḥ sarve saṅgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ .
sabhājya muditā rāmamidaṃ vacanamabruvan .. 29..

etadarthaṃ mahātejā mahendraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ .
śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ puṇyamājagāma purandaraḥ .. 30..

ānītastvamimaṃ deśamupāyena maharṣibhiḥ .
eṣāṃ vadhārthaṃ krūrāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ pāpakarmaṇām .. 31..

tadidaṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ tvayā daśarathātmaja .
sukhaṃ dharmaṃ cariṣyanti daṇḍakeṣu maharṣayaḥ .. 32..

etasminnantare vīro lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā .
giridurgādviniṣkramya saṃviveśāśramaṃ sukhī .. 33..

tato rāmastu vijayī pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ .
praviveśāśramaṃ vīro lakṣmaṇenābhivāditaḥ .. 34..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā śatruhantāraṃ maharṣīṇāṃ sukhāvaham .
babhūva hṛṣṭā vaidehī bhartāraṃ pariṣasvaje .. 35..

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