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sarga - 43

dhūmrākṣaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
balādhyakṣamuvācedaṃ kṛtāñjalimupasthitam .. 1..

śīghraṃ niryāntu durdharṣā rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ .
akampanaṃ puraskṛtya sarvaśastraprakovidam .. 2..

tato nānāpraharaṇā bhīmākṣā bhīmadarśanāḥ .
niṣpetū rākṣasā mukhyā balādhyakṣapracoditāḥ .. 3..

rathamāsthāya vipulaṃ taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ .
rākasaiḥ saṃvṛto ghoraistadā niryātyakampanaḥ .. 4..

na hi kampayituṃ śakyaḥ surairapi mahāmṛdhe .
akampanastatasteṣāmāditya iva tejasā .. 5..

tasya nidhāvamānasya saṃrabdhasya yuyutsayā .
akasmāddainyamāgacchaddhayānāṃ rathavāhinām .. 6..

vyasphurannayanaṃ cāsya savyaṃ yuddhābhinandinaḥ .
vivarṇo mukhavarṇaśca gadgadaścābhavatsvaraḥ .. 7..

abhavatsudine cāpi durdine rūkṣamārutam .
ūcuḥ khagā mṛgāḥ sarve vācaḥ krūrā bhayāvahāḥ .. 8..

sa siṃhopacitaskandhaḥ śārdūlasamavikramaḥ .
tānutpātānacintyaiva nirjagāma raṇājiram .. 9..

tadā nirgacchatastasya rakṣasaḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ .
babhūva sumahānnādaḥ kṣobhayanniva sāgaram .. 10..

tena śabdena vitrastā vānarāṇāṃ mahācamūḥ .
drumaśailapraharaṇā yoddhuṃ samavatiṣṭhata .. 11..

teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ mahāraudraṃ sañjajñe kapirakṣasām .
rāmarāvaṇayorarthe samabhityaktajīvinām .. 12..

sarve hyatibalāḥ śūrāḥ sarve parvatasaṃnibhāḥ .
harayo rākṣasāścaiva parasparajighaṃsavaḥ .. 13..

teṣāṃ vinardātāṃ śabdaḥ saṃyuge.atitarasvinām .
śuśruve sumahānkrodhādanyonyamabhigarjatām .. 14..

rajaścāruṇavarṇābhaṃ subhīmamabhavadbhṛśam .
uddhūtaṃ harirakṣobhiḥ saṃrurodha diśo daśa .. 15..

anyonyaṃ rajasā tena kauśeyoddhūtapāṇḍunā .
saṃvṛtāni ca bhūtāni dadṛśurna raṇājire .. 16..

na dhvajo na patākāvā varma vā turago.api vā .
āyudhaṃ syandanaṃ vāpi dadṛśe tena reṇunā .. 17..

śabdaśca sumahāṃsteṣāṃ nardatāmabhidhāvatām .
śrūyate tumule yuddhe na rūpāṇi cakāśire .. 18..

harīneva susaṅkruddhā harayo jaghnurāhave .
rākṣasāścāpi rakṣāṃsi nijaghnustimire tadā .. 19..

parāṃścaiva vinighnantaḥ svāṃśca vānararākṣasāḥ .
rudhirārdraṃ tadā cakrurmahīṃ paṅkānulepanām .. 20..

tatastu rudhiraugheṇa siktaṃ vyapagataṃ rajaḥ .
śarīraśavasaṅkīrṇā babhūva ca vasundharā .. 21..

drumaśaktiśilāprāsairgadāparighatomaraiḥ .
harayo rākṣasāstūrṇaṃ jaghnuranyonyamojasā .. 22..

bāhubhiḥ parighākārairyudhyantaḥ parvatopamāḥ .
harayo bhīmakarmāṇo rākṣasāñjaghnurāhave .. 23..

rākṣasāścāpi saṅkruddhāḥ prāsatomarapāṇayaḥ .
kapīnnijaghnire tatra śastraiḥ paramadāruṇaiḥ .. 24..

harayastvapi rakṣāṃsi mahādrumamahāśmabhiḥ .
vidārayantyabhikramya śastrāṇyācchidya vīryataḥ .. 25..

etasminnantare vīrā harayaḥ kumudo nalaḥ .
maindaśca paramakruddhaś cakrurvegamanuttamam .. 26..

te tu vṛkṣairmahāvegā rākṣasānāṃ camūmukhe .
kadanaṃ sumaha cakrurlīlayā hariyūthapāḥ .. 27..




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