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sarga - 41

teṣāṃ sutumulaṃ śabdaṃ vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām .
nardatāṃ rākṣasaiḥ sārdhaṃ tadā śuśrāva rāvaṇaḥ .. 1..

snigdhagambhīranirghoṣaṃ śrutvā sa ninadaṃ bhṛśam .
sacivānāṃ tatasteṣāṃ madhye vacanamabravīt .. 2..

yathāsau samprahṛṣṭānāṃ vānarāṇāṃ samutthitaḥ .
bahūnāṃ sumahānnādo meghānāmiva garjatām .. 3..

vyaktaṃ sumahatī prītireteṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .
tathā hi vipulairnādaiścukṣubhe varuṇālayaḥ .. 4..

tau tu baddhau śaraistīṣkṇairbhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
ayaṃ ca sumahānnādaḥ śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me .. 5..

etattu vacanaṃ coktvā mantriṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
uvāca nairṛtāṃstatra samīpaparivartinaḥ .. 6..

jñāyatāṃ tūrṇametaṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ vanacāriṇām .
śokakāle samutpanne harṣakāraṇamutthitam .. 7..

tathoktāstena sambhrāntāḥ prākāramadhiruhya te .
dadṛśuḥ pālitāṃ senāṃ sugrīveṇa mahātmanā .. 8..

tau ca muktau sughoreṇa śarabandhena rāghavau .
samutthitau mahābhāgau viṣeduḥ prekṣya rākṣasāḥ .. 9..

santrastahṛdayā sarve prākārādavaruhya te .
viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve rākṣasendramupasthitāḥ .. 10..

tadapriyaṃ dīnamukhā rāvaṇasya niśācarāḥ .
kṛtsnaṃ nivedayāmāsuryathāvadvākyakovidāḥ .. 11..

yau tāvindrajitā yuddhe bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
nibaddhau śarabandhena niṣprakampabhujau kṛtau .. 12..

vimuktau śarabandhena tau dṛśyete raṇājire .
pāśāniva gajāu cittvā gajendrasamavikramau .. 13..

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ rākṣasendro mahābalaḥ .
cintāśokasamākrānto viṣaṇṇavadano.abravīt .. 14..

ghorairdattavarairbaddhau śarairāśīviṣomapaiḥ .
amoghaiḥ sūryasaṅkāśaiḥ pramathyendrajitā yudhi .. 15..

tamastrabandhamāsādya yadi muktau ripū mama .
saṃśayasthamidaṃ sarvamanupaśyāmyahaṃ balam .. 16..

niṣphalāḥ khalu saṃvṛttāḥ śarā vāsukitejasaḥ .
ādattaṃ yaistu saṅgrāme ripūṇāṃ mama jīvitam .. 17..

evamuktvā tu saṅkruddho niśvasannurago yathā .
abravīdrakṣasāṃ madhye dhūmrākṣaṃ nāma rākasaṃ .. 18..

balena mahatā yukto rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām .
tvaṃ vadhāyābhiniryāhi rāmasya saha vānaraiḥ .. 19..

evamuktastu dhūmrākṣo rākṣasendreṇa dhīmatā .
kṛtvā praṇāmaṃ saṃhṛṣṭo nirjagāma nṛpālayāt .. 20..

abhiniṣkramya taddvāraṃ balādhyakṣamuvāca ha .
tvarayasva balaṃ tūrṇaṃ kiṃ cireṇa yuyutsataḥ .. 21..

dhūmrākṣasya vacaḥ śrutvā balādhyakṣo balānugaḥ .
balamudyojayāmāsa rāvaṇasyājñayā drutam .. 22..

te baddhaghaṇṭā balino ghorarūpā niśācarāḥ .
vinardamānāḥ saṃhṛṣṭā dhūmrākṣaṃ paryavārayan .. 23..

vividhāyudhahastāśca śūlamudgarapāṇayaḥ .
gadābhiḥ paṭṭasairdaṇḍairāyasairmusalairbhṛśam .. 24..

parighairbhiṇḍipālaiśca bhallaiḥ prāsaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ .
niryayū rākṣasā ghorā nardanto jaladā yathā .. 25..

rathaiḥ kavacinastvanye dhvajaiśca samalaṅkṛtaiḥ .
suvarṇajālavihitaiḥ kharaiśca vividhānanaiḥ .. 26..

hayaiḥ paramaśīghraiśca gajendraiśca madotkaṭaiḥ .
niryayū rākṣasavyāghrā vyāghrā iva durāsadāḥ .. 27..

vṛkasiṃhamukhairyuktaṃ kharaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ .
āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ dhūmrākṣaḥ kharanisvanaḥ .. 28..

sa niryāto mahāvīryo dhūmrākṣo rākṣasairvṛtaḥ .
prahasanpaścimadvāraṃ hanūmānyatra yūthapaḥ .. 29..

prayāntaṃ tu mahāghoraṃ rākṣasaṃ bhīmadarśanam .
antarikṣagatāḥ krūrāḥ śakunāḥ pratyavārayan .. 30..

rathaśīrṣe mahābhīmo gṛdhraśca nipapāta ha .
dhvajāgre grathitāścaiva nipetuḥ kuṇapāśanāḥ .. 31..

rudhirārdro mahāñśvetaḥ kabandhaḥ patito bhuvi .
visvaraṃ cotsṛjannādaṃ dhūmrākṣasya samīpataḥ .. 32..

vavarṣa rudhiraṃ devaḥ sañcacāla ca medinī .
pratilomaṃ vavau vāyurnirghātasamanisvanaḥ .
timiraughāvṛtāstatra diśaśca na cakāśire .. 33..

sa tūtpātāṃstato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasānāṃ bhayāvahān .
prādurbhūtānsughorāṃśca dhūmrākṣo vyathito.abhavat .. 34..

tataḥ subhīmo bahubhirniśācarair
vṛto.abhiniṣkramya raṇotsuko balī .
dadarśa tāṃ rāghavabāhupālitāṃ
samudrakalpāṃ bahuvānarīṃ camūm .. 35..




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