.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - yuddhakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 18

tāṃstu te.ahaṃ pravakṣyāmi prekṣamāṇasya yūthapān .
rāghavārthe parākrāntā ye na rakṣanti jīvitam .. 1..

snigdhā yasya bahuśyāmā bālā lāṅgūlamāśritāḥ .
tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ prakīrṇā ghorakarmaṇaḥ .. 2..

pragṛhītāḥ prakāśante sūryasyeva marīcayaḥ .
pṛthivyāṃ cānukṛṣyante haro nāmaiṣa yūthapaḥ .. 3..

yaṃ pṛṣṭhato.anugacchanti śataśo.atha sahasraśaḥ .
drumānudyamya sahitā laṅkārohaṇatatparāḥ .. 4..

eṣa koṭīsahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām .
ākāṅkṣate tvāṃ saṅgrāme jetuṃ parapurañjaya .. 5..

nīlāniva mahāmeghāṃstiṣṭhato yāṃstu paśyasi .
asitāñjanasaṅkāśānyuddhe satyaparākramān .. 6..

nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhānvīrāṃstīkṣṇakopānbhayāvahān .
asaṅkhyeyānanirdeśyānparaṃ pāramivodadheḥ .. 7..

parvateṣu ca ye ke cidviṣameṣu nadīṣu ca .
ete tvāmabhivartante rājannṛṣkāḥ sudāruṇāḥ .. 8..

eṣāṃ madhye sthito rājanbhīmākṣo bhīmadarśanaḥ .
parjanya iva jīmūtaiḥ samantātparivāritaḥ .. 9..

ṛkṣavantaṃ giriśreṣṭhamadhyāste narmadāṃ piban .
sarvarkṣāṇāmadhipatirdhūmro nāmaiṣa yūthapaḥ .. 10..

yavīyānasya tu bhrātā paśyainaṃ parvatopamam .
bhrātrā samāno rūpeṇa viśiṣṭastu parākrame .. 11..

sa eṣa jāmbavānnāma mahāyūthapayūthapaḥ .
praśānto guruvartī ca samprahāreṣvamarṣaṇaḥ .. 12..

etena sāhyaṃ sumahatkṛtaṃ śakrasya dhīmatā .
devāsure jāmbavatā labdhāśca bahavo varāḥ .. 13..

āruhya parvatāgrebhyo mahābhravipulāḥ śilāḥ .
muñcanti vipulākārā na mṛtyorudvijanti ca .. 14..

rākṣasānāṃ ca sadṛśāḥ piśācānāṃ ca romaśāḥ .
etasya sainye bahavo vicarantyagnitejasaḥ .. 15..

yaṃ tvenamabhisaṃrabdhaṃ plavamānamiva sthitam .
prekṣante vānarāḥ sarve sthitaṃ yūthapayūthapam .. 16..

eṣa rājansahasrākṣaṃ paryupāste harīśvaraḥ .
balena balasampanno rambho nāmaiṣa yūthapaḥ .. 17..

yaḥ sthitaṃ yojane śailaṃ gacchanpārśvena sevate .
ūrdhvaṃ tathaiva kāyena gataḥ prāpnoti yojanam .. 18..

yasmānna paramaṃ rūpaṃ catuṣpādeṣu vidyate .
śrutaḥ saṃnādano nāma vānarāṇāṃ pitāmahaḥ .. 19..

yena yuddhaṃ tadā dattaṃ raṇe śakrasya dhīmatā .
parājayaśca na prāptaḥ so.ayaṃ yūthapayūthapaḥ .
yasya vikramamāṇasya śakrasyeva parākramaḥ .. 20..

eṣa gandharvakanyāyāmutpannaḥ kṛṣṇavartmanā .
purā devāsure yuddhe sāhyārthaṃ tridivaukasām .. 21..

yasya vaiśravaṇo rājā jambūmupaniṣevate .
yo rājā parvatendrāṇāṃ bahukiṃnarasevinām .. 22..

vihārasukhado nityaṃ bhrātuste rākṣasādhipa .
tatraiṣa vasati śrīmānbalavānvānararṣabhaḥ .
yuddheṣvakatthano nityaṃ krathano nāma yūthapaḥ .. 23..

vṛtaḥ koṭisahasreṇa harīṇāṃ samupasthitaḥ .
eṣaivāśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum .. 24..

yo gaṅgāmanu paryeti trāsayanhastiyūthapān .
hastināṃ vānarāṇāṃ ca pūrvavairamanusmaran .. 25..

eṣa yūthapatirnetā gacchangiriguhāśayaḥ .
harīṇāṃ vāhinī mukhyo nadīṃ haimavatīm anu .. 26..

uśīra bījamāśritya parvataṃ mandaropamam .
ramate vānaraśreṣṭho divi śakra iva svayam .. 27..

enaṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ sahasramabhivartate .
eṣa durmarṣaṇo rājanpramāthī nāma yūthapaḥ .. 28..

vātenevoddhataṃ meghaṃ yamenamanupaśyasi .
vivartamānaṃ bahuśo yatraitadbahulaṃ rajaḥ .. 29..

ete.asitamukhā ghorā golāṅgūlā mahābalāḥ .
śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi dṛṣṭvā vai setubandhanam .. 30..

golāṅgūlaṃ mahāvegaṃ gavākṣaṃ nāma yūthapam .
parivāryābhivartante laṅkāṃ marditumojasā .. 31..

bhramarācaritā yatra sarvakāmaphaladrumāḥ .
yaṃ sūryatulyavarṇābhamanuparyeti parvatam .. 32..

yasya bhāsā sadā bhānti tadvarṇā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ .
yasya prasthaṃ mahātmāno na tyajanti maharṣayaḥ .. 33..

tatraiṣa ramate rājanramye kāñcanaparvate .
mukhyo vānaramukhyānāṃ kesarī nāma yūthapaḥ .. 34..

ṣaṣṭirgirisahasrāṇāṃ ramyāḥ kāñcanaparvatāḥ .
teṣāṃ madhye girivarastvamivānagha rakṣasām .. 35..

tatraite kapilāḥ śvetāstāmrāsyā madhupiṅgalāḥ .
nivasantyuttamagirau tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrānakhāyudhāḥ .. 36..

siṃha iva caturdaṃṣṭrā vyāghrā iva durāsadāḥ .
sarve vaiśvanarasamā jvalitāśīviṣopamāḥ .. 37..

sudīrghāñcitalāṅgūlā mattamātaṅgasaṃnibhāḥ .
mahāparvatasaṅkāśā mahājīmūtanisvanāḥ .. 38..

eṣa caiṣāmadhipatirmadhye tiṣṭhati vīryavān .
nāmnā pṛthivyāṃ vikhyāto rājañśatabalīti yaḥ .
eṣaivāśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum .. 39..

gajo gavākṣo gavayo nalo nīlaśca vānaraḥ .
ekaika eva yūthānāṃ koṭibhirdaśabhirvṛtaḥ .. 40..

tathānye vānaraśreṣṭhā vindhyaparvatavāsinaḥ .
na śakyante bahutvāttu saṅkhyātuṃ laghuvikramāḥ .. 41..

sarve mahārāja mahāprabhāvāḥ
sarve mahāśailanikāśakāyāḥ .
sarve samarthāḥ pṛthivīṃ kṣaṇena
kartuṃ pravidhvastavikīrṇaśailām .. 42..




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