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sarga - 49

ityuktasya yathānyāyaṃ rāvaṇasya jaṭāyuṣā .
kruddhasyāgninibhāḥ sarvā rejurviṃśatidṛṣṭayaḥ .. 1..

saṃraktanayanaḥ kopāttaptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ .
rākṣasendro.abhidudrāva patagendramamarṣaṇaḥ .. 2..

sa samprahārastumulastayostasminmahāvane .
babhūva vātoddhatayormeghayorgagane yathā .. 3..

tadbabhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ gṛdhrarākṣasayostadā .
sapakṣayormālyavatormahāparvatayoriva .. 4..

tato nālīkanārācaistīkṣṇāgraiśca vikarṇibhiḥ .
abhyavarṣanmahāghorairgṛdhrarājaṃ mahābalaḥ .. 5..

sa tāni śarajālāni gṛdhraḥ patraratheśvaraḥ .
jaṭāyuḥ pratijagrāha rāvaṇāstrāṇi saṃyuge .. 6..

tasya tīkṣṇanakhābhyāṃ tu caraṇābhyāṃ mahābalaḥ .
cakāra bahudhā gātre vraṇānpatagasattamaḥ .. 7..

atha krodhāddaśagrīvo jagrāha daśamārgaṇān .
mṛtyudaṇḍanibhānghorāñśatrumardanakāṅkṣayā .. 8..

sa tairbāṇairmahāvīryaḥ pūrṇamuktairajihmagaiḥ .
bibheda niśitaistīkṣṇairgṛdhraṃ ghoraiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ .. 9..

sa rākṣasarathe paśyañjānakīṃ bāṣpalocanām .
acintayitvā bāṇāṃstānrākṣasaṃ samabhidravat .. 10..

tato.asya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam .
caraṇābhyāṃ mahātejā babhañja patageśvaraḥ .. 11..

taccāgnisadṛśaṃ dīptaṃ rāvaṇasya śarāvaram .
pakṣābhyāṃ ca mahātejā vyadhunotpatageśvaraḥ .. 12..

kāñcanoraśchadāndivyānpiśācavadanānkharān .
tāṃścāsya javasampannāñjaghāna samare balī .. 13..

varaṃ triveṇusampannaṃ kāmagaṃ pāvakārciṣam .
maṇihemavicitrāṅgaṃ babhañja ca mahāratham .
pūrṇacandrapratīkāśaṃ chatraṃ ca vyajanaiḥ saha .. 14..

sa bhagnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ .
aṅkenādāya vaidehīṃ papāta bhuvi rāvaṇaḥ .. 15..

dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhūmau rāvaṇaṃ bhagnavāhanam .
sādhu sādhviti bhūtāni gṛdhrarājamapūjayan .. 16..

pariśrāntaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā jarayā pakṣiyūthapam .
utpapāta punarhṛṣṭo maithilīṃ gṛhya rāvaṇaḥ .. 17..

taṃ prahṛṣṭaṃ nidhāyāṅke gacchantaṃ janakātmajām .
gṛdhrarājaḥ samutpatya jaṭāyuridamabravīt .. 18..

vajrasaṃsparśabāṇasya bhāryāṃ rāmasya rāvaṇa .
alpabuddhe harasyenāṃ vadhāya khalu rakṣasām .. 19..

samitrabandhuḥ sāmātyaḥ sabalaḥ saparicchadaḥ .
viṣapānaṃ pibasyetatpipāsita ivodakam .. 20..

anubandhamajānantaḥ karmaṇāmavicakṣaṇāḥ .
śīghrameva vinaśyanti yathā tvaṃ vinaśiṣyasi .. 21..

baddhastvaṃ kālapāśena kva gatastasya mokṣyase .
vadhāya baḍiśaṃ gṛhya sāmiṣaṃ jalajo yathā .. 22..

na hi jātu durādharṣau kākutsthau tava rāvaṇa .
dharṣaṇaṃ cāśramasyāsya kṣamiṣyete tu rāghavau .. 23..

yathā tvayā kṛtaṃ karma bhīruṇā lokagarhitam .
taskarācarito mārgo naiṣa vīraniṣevitaḥ .. 24..

yudhyasva yadi śūro.asi muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa .
śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathā bhrātā kharastathā .. 25..

paretakāle puruṣo yatkarma pratipadyate .
vināśāyātmano.adharmyaṃ pratipanno.asi karma tat .. 26..

pāpānubandho vai yasya karmaṇaḥ ko nu tatpumān .
kurvīta lokādhipatiḥ svayambhūrbhagavānapi .. 27..

evamuktvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ jaṭāyustasya rakṣasaḥ .
nipapāta bhṛśaṃ pṛṣṭhe daśagrīvasya vīryavān .. 28..

taṃ gṛhītvā nakhaistīkṣṇairvirarāda samantataḥ .
adhirūḍho gajārohi yathā syādduṣṭavāraṇam .. 29..

virarāda nakhairasya tuṇḍaṃ pṛṣṭhe samarpayan .
keśāṃścotpāṭayāmāsa nakhapakṣamukhāyudhaḥ .. 30..

sa tathā gṛdhrarājena kliśyamāno muhurmuhuḥ .
amarṣasphuritauṣṭhaḥ sanprākampata sa rākṣasaḥ .. 31..

sampariṣvajya vaidehīṃ vāmenāṅkena rāvaṇaḥ .
talenābhijaghānārto jaṭāyuṃ krodhamūrchitaḥ .. 32..

jaṭāyustamatikramya tuṇḍenāsya kharādhipaḥ .
vāmabāhūndaśa tadā vyapāharadarindamaḥ .. 33..

tataḥ kruddho daśakrīvaḥ sītāmutsṛjya vīryavān .
muṣṭibhyāṃ caraṇābhyāṃ ca gṛdhrarājamapothayat .. 34..

tato muhūrtaṃ saṅgrāmo babhūvātulavīryayoḥ .
rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya pakṣiṇāṃ pravarasya ca .. 35..

tasya vyāyacchamānasya rāmasyārthe.atha rāvaṇaḥ .
pakṣau pādau ca pārśvau ca khaḍgamuddhṛtya so.acchinat .. 36..

sa chinnapakṣaḥ sahasā rakṣasā raudrakarmaṇā .
nipapāta hato gṛdhro dharaṇyāmalpajīvitaḥ .. 37..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau kṣatajārdraṃ jaṭāyuṣam .
abhyadhāvata vaidehī svabandhumiva duḥkhitā .. 38..

taṃ nīlajīmūtanikāśakalpaṃ
supāṇḍuroraskamudāravīryam .
dadarśa laṅkādhipatiḥ pṛthivyāṃ
jaṭāyuṣaṃ śāntamivāgnidāvam .. 39..

tatastu taṃ patrarathaṃ mahītale
nipātitaṃ rāvaṇavegamarditam .
punaḥ pariṣvajya śaśiprabhānanā
ruroda sītā janakātmajā tadā .. 40..




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