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atha tasminnimittāni dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ .
lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmisampannamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 1..
parigṛhyodakaṃ śītaṃ vanāni phalavanti ca .
balaughaṃ saṃvibhajyemaṃ vyūhya tiṣṭhema lakṣmaṇa .. 2..
lokakṣayakaraṃ bhīmaṃ bhayaṃ paśyāmyupasthitam .
nibarhaṇaṃ pravīrāṇāmṛkṣavānararakṣasām .. 3..
vātāśca paruṣaṃ vānti kampate ca vasundharā .
parvatāgrāṇi vepante patanti dharaṇīdharāḥ .. 4..
meghāḥ kravyādasaṅkāśāḥ paruṣāḥ paruṣasvanāḥ .
krūrāḥ krūraṃ pravarṣanti miśraṃ śoṇitabindubhiḥ .. 5..
raktacandanasaṅkāśā sandhyāparamadāruṇā .
jvalacca nipatatyetadādityādagnimaṇḍalam .. 6..
ādityamabhivāśyante janayanto mahadbhayam .
dīnā dīnasvarā ghorā apraśastā mṛgadvijāḥ .. 7..
rajanyāmaprakāśaśca santāpayati candramāḥ .
kṛṣṇaraktāṃśuparyanto yathā lokasya saṅkṣaye .. 8..
hrasvo rūkṣo.apraśastaśca pariveṣaḥ sulohitaḥ .
ādityamaṇḍale nīlaṃ lakṣma lakṣmaṇa dṛśyate .. 9..
dṛśyante na yathāvacca nakṣatrāṇyabhivartate .
yugāntamiva lokasya paśya lakṣmaṇa śaṃsati .. 10..
kākāḥ śyenāstathā gṛdhrā nīcaiḥ paripatanti ca .
śivāścāpyaśivā vācaḥ pravadanti mahāsvanāḥ .. 11..
kṣipramadya durādharṣāṃ purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām .
abhiyāma javenaiva sarvato haribhirvṛtāḥ .. 12..
ityevaṃ tu vadanvīro lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ .
tasmādavātaracchīghraṃ parvatāgrānmahābalaḥ .. 13..
avatīrya tu dharmātmā tasmācchailātsa rāghavaḥ .
paraiḥ paramadurdharṣaṃ dadarśa balamātmanaḥ .. 14..
saṃnahya tu sasugrīvaḥ kapirājabalaṃ mahat .
kālajño rāghavaḥ kāle saṃyugāyābhyacodayat .. 15..
tataḥ kāle mahābāhurbalena mahatā vṛtaḥ .
prasthitaḥ purato dhanvī laṅkāmabhimukhaḥ purīm .. 16..
taṃ vibhīṣaṇa sugrīvau hanūmāñjāmbavānnalaḥ .
ṛkṣarājastathā nīlo lakṣmaṇaścānyayustadā .. 17..
tataḥ paścātsumahatī pṛtanarkṣavanaukasām .
pracchādya mahatīṃ bhūmimanuyāti sma rāghavam .. 18..
śailaśṛṅgāṇi śataśaḥ pravṛddhāṃśca mahīruhām .
jagṛhuḥ kuñjaraprakhyā vānarāḥ paravāraṇāḥ .. 19..
tau tvadīrgheṇa kālena bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
rāvaṇasya purīṃ laṅkāmāsedaturarindamau .. 20..
patākāmālinīṃ ramyāmudyānavanaśobhitām .
citravaprāṃ suduṣprāpāmuccaprākāratoraṇām .. 21..
tāṃ surairapi durdharṣāṃ rāmavākyapracoditāḥ .
yathānideśaṃ sampīḍya nyaviśanta vanaukasaḥ .. 22..
laṅkāyāstūttaradvāraṃ śailaśṛṅgamivonnatam .
rāmaḥ sahānujo dhanvī jugopa ca rurodha ca .. 23..
laṅkāmupaniviṣṭaśca rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .
lakṣmaṇānucaro vīraḥ purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām .. 24..
uttaradvāramāsādya yatra tiṣṭhati rāvaṇaḥ .
nānyo rāmāddhi taddvāraṃ samarthaḥ parirakṣitum .. 25..
rāvaṇādhiṣṭhitaṃ bhīmaṃ varuṇeneva sāgaram .
sāyudhau rākṣasairbhīmairabhiguptaṃ samantataḥ .
laghūnāṃ trāsajananaṃ pātālamiva dānavaiḥ .. 26..
vinyastāni ca yodhānāṃ bahūni vividhāni ca .
dadarśāyudhajālāni tathaiva kavacāni ca .. 27..
pūrvaṃ tu dvāramāsādya nīlo haricamūpatiḥ .
atiṣṭhatsaha maindena dvividena ca vīryavān .. 28..
aṅgado dakṣiṇadvāraṃ jagrāha sumahābalaḥ .
ṛṣabheṇa gavākṣeṇa gajena gavayena ca .. 29..
hanūmānpaścimadvāraṃ rarakṣa balavānkapiḥ .
pramāthi praghasābhyāṃ ca vīrairanyaiśca saṅgataḥ .. 30..
madhyame ca svayaṃ gulme sugrīvaḥ samatiṣṭhata .
saha sarvairhariśreṣṭhaiḥ suparṇaśvasanopamaiḥ .. 31..
vānarāṇāṃ tu ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭyaḥ prakhyātayūthapāḥ .
nipīḍyopaniviṣṭāśca sugrīvo yatra vānaraḥ .. 32..
śāsanena tu rāmasya lakṣmaṇaḥ savibhīṣaṇaḥ .
dvāre dvāre harīṇāṃ tu koṭiṃ koṭiṃ nyaveśayat .. 33..
paścimena tu rāmasya sugrīvaḥ saha jāmbavān .
adūrānmadhyame gulme tasthau bahubalānugaḥ .. 34..
te tu vānaraśārdūlāḥ śārdūlā iva daṃṣṭriṇaḥ .
gṛhītvā drumaśailāgrānhṛṣṭā yuddhāya tasthire .. 35..
sarve vikṛtalāṅgūlāḥ sarve daṃṣṭrānakhāyudhāḥ .
sarve vikṛtacitrāṅgāḥ sarve ca vikṛtānanāḥ .. 36..
daśanāgabalāḥ ke citke ciddaśaguṇottarāḥ .
ke cinnāgasahasrasya babhūvustulyavikramāḥ .. 37..
santi caughā balāḥ ke citke cicchataguṇottarāḥ .
aprameyabalāścānye tatrāsanhariyūthapāḥ .. 38..
adbhutaśca vicitraśca teṣāmāsītsamāgamaḥ .
tatra vānarasainyānāṃ śalabhānāmivodgamaḥ .. 39..
paripūrṇamivākāśaṃ sañcanneva ca medinī .
laṅkāmupaniviṣṭaiśca sampatadbhiśca vānaraiḥ .. 40..
śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ pṛthagṛkṣavanaukasām .
laṅkā dvārāṇyupājagmuranye yoddhuṃ samantataḥ .. 41..
āvṛtaḥ sa giriḥ sarvaistaiḥ samantātplavaṅgamaiḥ .
ayutānāṃ sahasraṃ ca purīṃ tām abhyavartata .. 42..
vānarairbalavadbhiśca babhūva drumapāṇibhiḥ .
sarvataḥ saṃvṛtā laṅkā duṣpraveśāpi vāyunā .. 43..
rākṣasā vismayaṃ jagmuḥ sahasābhinipīḍitāḥ .
vānarairmeghasaṅkāśaiḥ śakratulyaparākramaiḥ .. 44..
mahāñśabdo.abhavattatra balaughasyābhivartataḥ .
sāgarasyeva bhinnasya yathā syātsalilasvanaḥ .. 45..
tena śabdena mahatā saprākārā satoraṇā .
laṅkā pracalitā sarvā saśailavanakānanā .. 46..
rāmalakṣmaṇaguptā sā sugrīveṇa ca vāhinī .
babhūva durdharṣatarā sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 47..
rāghavaḥ saṃniveśyaivaṃ sainyaṃ svaṃ rakṣasāṃ vadhe .
saṃmantrya mantribhiḥ sārdhaṃ niścitya ca punaḥ punaḥ .. 48..
ānantaryamabhiprepsuḥ kramayogārthatattvavit .
vibhīṣaṇasyānumate rājadharmamanusmaran .
aṅgadaṃ vālitanayaṃ samāhūyedamabravīt .. 49..
gatvā saumya daśagrīvaṃ brūhi madvacanātkape .
laṅghayitvā purīṃ laṅkāṃ bhayaṃ tyaktvā gatavyathaḥ .. 50..
bhraṣṭaśrīkagataiśvaryamumūrṣo naṣṭacetanaḥ .
ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca gandharvāpsarasāṃ tathā .. 51..
nāgānāmatha yakṣāṇāṃ rājñāṃ ca rajanīcara .
yacca pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ mohādavaliptena rākṣasa .. 52..
nūnamadya gato darpaḥ svayambhū varadānajaḥ .
yasya daṇḍadharaste.ahaṃ dārāharaṇakarśitaḥ .
daṇḍaṃ dhārayamāṇastu laṅkādvare vyavasthitaḥ .. 53..
padavīṃ devatānāṃ ca maharṣīṇāṃ ca rākṣasa .
rājarṣīṇāṃ ca sarveṇāṃ gamiṣyasi mayā hataḥ .. 54..
balena yena vai sītāṃ māyayā rākṣasādhama .
māmatikrāmayitvā tvaṃ hṛtavāṃstadvidarśaya .. 55..
arākṣasamimaṃ lokaṃ kartāsmi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .
na ceccharaṇamabhyeṣi māmupādāya maithilīm .. 56..
dharmātmā rakṣasāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ samprāpto.ayaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
laṅkaiśvaryaṃ dhruvaṃ śrīmānayaṃ prāpnotyakaṇṭakam .. 57..
na hi rājyamadharmeṇa bhoktuṃ kṣaṇamapi tvayā .
śakyaṃ mūrkhasahāyena pāpenāvijitātmanā .. 58..
yudhyasva vā dhṛtiṃ kṛtvā śauryamālambya rākṣasa .
maccharaistvaṃ raṇe śāntastataḥ pūto bhaviṣyasi .. 59..
yadyāviśasi lokāṃstrīnpakṣibhūto manojavaḥ .
mama cakṣuṣpathaṃ prāpya na jīvanpratiyāsyasi .. 60..
bravīmi tvāṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ kriyatām aurdhvadekikam .
sudṛṣṭā kriyatāṃ laṅkā jīvitaṃ te mayi sthitam .. 61..
ityuktaḥ sa tu tāreyo rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .
jagāmākāśamāviśya mūrtimāniva havyavāṭ .. 62..
so.atipatya muhūrtena śrīmānrāvaṇamandiram .
dadarśāsīnamavyagraṃ rāvaṇaṃ sacivaiḥ saha .. 63..
tatastasyāvidūreṇa nipatya haripuṅgavaḥ .
dīptāgnisadṛśastasthāvaṅgadaḥ kanakāṅgadaḥ .. 64..
tadrāmavacanaṃ sarvamanyūnādhikamuttamam .
sāmātyaṃ śrāvayāmāsa nivedyātmānamātmanā .. 65..
dūto.ahaṃ kosalendrasya rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .
vāliputro.aṅgado nāma yadi te śrotramāgataḥ .. 66..
āha tvāṃ rāghavo rāmaḥ kausalyānandavardhanaḥ .
niṣpatya pratiyudhyasva nṛśaṃsaṃ puruṣādhama .. 67..
hantāsmi tvāṃ sahāmātyaṃ saputrajñātibāndhavam .
nirudvignāstrayo lokā bhaviṣyanti hate tvayi .. 68..
devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām .
śatrumadyoddhariṣyāmi tvāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca kaṇṭakam .. 69..
vibhīṣaṇasya caiśvaryaṃ bhaviṣyati hate tvayi .
na cetsatkṛtya vaidehīṃ praṇipatya pradāsyasi .. 70..
ityevaṃ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ bruvāṇe haripuṅgave .
amarṣavaśamāpanno niśācaragaṇeśvaraḥ .. 71..
tataḥ sa roṣatāmrākṣaḥ śaśāsa sacivāṃstadā .
gṛhyatāmeṣa durmedhā vadhyatāmiti cāsakṛt .. 72..
rāvaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā dīptāgnisamatejasaḥ .
jagṛhustaṃ tato ghorāścatvāro rajanīcarāḥ .. 73..
grāhayāmāsa tāreyaḥ svayamātmānamātmanā .
balaṃ darśayituṃ vīro yātudhānagaṇe tadā .. 74..
sa tānbāhudvaye saktānādāya patagāniva .
prāsādaṃ śailasaṅkāśamutpāpātāṅgadastadā .. 75..
te.antarikṣādvinirdhūtāstasya vegena rākṣasāḥ .
bhumau nipatitāḥ sarve rākṣasendrasya paśyataḥ .. 76..
tataḥ prāsādaśikharaṃ śailaśṛṅgamivonnatam .
tatpaphāla tadākrāntaṃ daśagrīvasya paśyataḥ .. 77..
bhaṅktvā prāsādaśikharaṃ nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ .
vinadya sumahānādamutpapāta vihāyasā .. 78..
rāvaṇastu paraṃ cakre krodhaṃ prāsādadharṣaṇāt .
vināśaṃ cātmanaḥ paśyanniḥśvāsaparamo.abhavat .. 79..
rāmastu bahubhirhṛṣṭairninadadbhiḥ plavaṅgamaiḥ .
vṛto ripuvadhākāṅkṣī yuddhāyaivābhyavartata .. 80..
suṣeṇastu mahāvīryo girikūṭopamo hariḥ .
bahubhiḥ saṃvṛtastatra vānaraiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ .. 81..
caturdvārāṇi sarvāṇi sugrīvavacanātkapiḥ .
paryākramata durdharṣo nakṣatrāṇīva candramāḥ .. 82..
teṣāmakṣauhiṇiśataṃ samavekṣya vanaukasām .
laṅkāmupaniviṣṭānāṃ sāgaraṃ cātivartatām .. 83..
rākṣasā vismayaṃ jagmustrāsaṃ jagmustathāpare .
apare samaroddharṣāddharṣamevopapedire .. 84..
kṛtsnaṃ hi kapibhirvyāptaṃ prākāraparikhāntaram .
dadṛśū rākṣasā dīnāḥ prākāraṃ vānarīkṛtam .. 85..
tasminmahābhīṣaṇake pravṛtte
kolāhale rākṣasarājadhānyām .
pragṛhya rakṣāṃsi mahāyudhāni
yugāntavātā iva saṃviceruḥ .. 86..
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