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sarga - 42

dhūmrākṣaṃ prekṣya niryāntaṃ rākṣasaṃ bhīmanisvanam .
vinedurvānarāḥ sarve prahṛṣṭā yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ .. 1..

teṣāṃ tu tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ sañjajñe harirakṣasām .
anyonyaṃ pādapairghorairnighnataṃ śūlamudgaraiḥ .. 2..

rākṣasairvānarā ghorā vinikṛttāḥ samantataḥ .
vānarai rākṣasāścāpi drumairbhūmau samīkṛtāḥ .. 3..

rākṣasāścāpi saṅkruddhā vānarānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .
vivyadhurghorasaṅkāśaiḥ kaṅkapatrairajihmagaiḥ .. 4..

te gadābhiśca bhīmābhiḥ paṭṭasaiḥ kūṭamudgaraiḥ .
ghoraiśca parighaiścitraistriśūlaiścāpi saṃśitaiḥ .. 5..

vidāryamāṇā rakṣobhirvānarāste mahābalāḥ .
amarṣājjanitoddharṣāścakruḥ karmāṇyabhītavat .. 6..

śaranirbhinnagātrāste śūlanirbhinnadehinaḥ .
jagṛhuste drumāṃstatra śilāśca hariyūthapāḥ .. 7..

te bhīmavegā harayo nardamānāstatastataḥ .
mamanthū rākṣasānbhīmānnāmāni ca babhāṣire .. 8..

tadbabhūvādbhutaṃ ghoraṃ yuddhaṃ vānararakṣasām .
śilābhirvividhābhiśca bahuśākhaiśca pādapaiḥ .. 9..

rākṣasā mathitāḥ ke cidvānarairjitakāśibhiḥ .
vavarṣū rudhiraṃ ke cinmukhai rudhirabhojanāḥ .. 10..

pārśveṣu dāritāḥ ke citke cidrāśīkṛtā drumaiḥ .
śilābhiścūrṇitāḥ ke citke ciddantairvidāritāḥ .. 11..

dhvajairvimathitairbhagnaiḥ kharaiśca vinipātitaiḥ .
rathairvidhvaṃsitaiścāpi patitai rajanīcaraiḥ .. 12..

vānarairbhīmavikrāntairāplutyāplutya vegitaiḥ .
rākṣasāḥ karajaistīkṣṇairmukheṣu vinikartitāḥ .. 13..

vivarṇavadanā bhūyo viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ .
mūḍhāḥ śoṇitagandhena nipeturdharaṇītale .. 14..

naye tu paramakruddhā rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ .
talairevābhidhāvanti vajrasparśasamairharīn .. 15..

vanarairāpatantaste vegitā vegavattaraiḥ .
muṣṭibhiścaraṇairdantaiḥ pādapaiścāpapothitāḥ .. 16..

sanyaṃ tu vidrutaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhūmrākṣo rākṣasarṣabhaḥ .
krodhena kadanaṃ cakre vānarāṇāṃ yuyutsatām .. 17..

prāsaiḥ pramathitāḥ ke cidvānarāḥ śoṇitasravāḥ .
mudgarairāhatāḥ ke citpatitā dharaṇītale .. 18..

parighairmathitaḥ ke cidbhiṇḍipālairvidāritāḥ .
paṭṭasairāhatāḥ ke cidvihvalanto gatāsavaḥ .. 19..

ke cidvinihatā bhūmau rudhirārdrā vanaukasaḥ .
ke cidvidrāvitā naṣṭāḥ saṅkruddhai rākṣasairyudhi .. 20..

vibhinnahṛdayāḥ ke cidekapārśvena śāyitāḥ .
vidāritāstraśūlai ca ke cidāntrairvinisrutāḥ .. 21..

tatsubhīmaṃ mahadyuddhaṃ harirākasa saṅkulam .
prababhau śastrabahulaṃ śilāpādapasaṅkulam .. 22..

dhanurjyātantrimadhuraṃ hikkātālasamanvitam .
mandrastanitasaṅgītaṃ yuddhagāndharvamābabhau .. 23..

dhūmrākṣastu dhanuṣpāṇirvānarānraṇamūrdhani .
hasanvidrāvayāmāsa diśastāñśaravṛṣṭibhiḥ .. 24..

dhūmrākṣeṇārditaṃ sainyaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛśya mārutiḥ .
abhyavartata saṅkruddhaḥ pragṛhya vipulāṃ śilām .. 25..

krodhāddviguṇatāmrākṣaḥ pitṛtulyaparākramaḥ .
śilāṃ tāṃ pātayāmāsa dhūmrākṣasya rathaṃ prati .. 26..

āpatantīṃ śilāṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāmudyamya sambhramāt .
rathādāplutya vegena vasudhāyāṃ vyatiṣṭhata .. 27..

sā pramathya rathaṃ tasya nipapāta śilābhuvi .
sacakrakūbaraṃ sāśvaṃ sadhvajaṃ saśarāsanam .. 28..

sa bhaṅktvā tu rathaṃ tasya hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ .
rakṣasāṃ kadanaṃ cakre saskandhaviṭapairdrumaiḥ .. 29..

vibhinnaśiraso bhūtvā rākṣasāḥ śoṇitokṣitāḥ .
drumaiḥ pramathitāścānye nipeturdharaṇītale .. 30..

vidrāvya rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ .
gireḥ śikharamādāya dhūmrākṣamabhidudruve .. 31..

tamāpatantaṃ dhūmrākṣo gadāmudyamya vīryavān .
vinardamānaḥ sahasā hanūmantamabhidravat .. 32..

tataḥ kruddhastu vegena gadāṃ tāṃ bahukaṇṭakām .
pātayāmāsa dhūmrākṣo mastake tu hanūmataḥ .. 33..

tāḍitaḥ sa tayā tatra gadayā bhīmarūpayā .
sa kapirmārutabalastaṃ prahāramacintayan .
dhūmrākṣasya śiro madhye giriśṛṅgamapātayat .. 34..

sa vihvalitasarvāṅgo giriśṛṅgeṇa tāḍitaḥ .
papāta sahasā bhūmau vikīrṇa iva parvataḥ .. 35..

dhūmrākṣaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ .
trastāḥ praviviśurlaṅkāṃ vadhyamānāḥ plavaṅgamaiḥ .. 36..

sa tu pavanasuto nihatya śatruṃ
kṣatajavahāḥ saritaśca saṃvikīrya .
ripuvadhajanitaśramo mahātmā
mudamagamatkapibhiśca pūjyamānaḥ .. 37..




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