.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - yuddhakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 45

akampanavadhaṃ śrutvā kruddho vai rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
kiṃ ciddīnamukhaścāpi sacivāṃstānudaikṣata .. 1..

sa tu dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ tu mantribhiḥ saṃvicārya ca .
purīṃ pariyayau laṅkāṃ sarvāngulmānavekṣitum .. 2..

tāṃ rākṣasagaṇairguptāṃ gulmairbahubhirāvṛtām .
dadarśa nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ patākādhvajamālinīm .. 3..

ruddhāṃ tu nagarīṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
uvācāmarṣitaḥ kāle prahastaṃ yuddhakovidam .. 4..

purasyopaniviṣṭasya sahasā pīḍitasya ca .
nānyaṃ yuddhātprapaśyāmi mokṣaṃ yuddhaviśārada .. 5..

ahaṃ vā kumbhakarṇo vā tvaṃ vā senāpatirmama .
indrajidvā nikumbho vā vaheyurbhāramīdṛśam .. 6..

sa tvaṃ balamitaḥ śīghramādāya parigṛhya ca .
vijayāyābhiniryāhi yatra sarve vanaukasaḥ .. 7..

niryāṇādeva te nūnaṃ capalā harivāhinī .
nardatāṃ rākṣasendrāṇāṃ śrutvā nādaṃ draviṣyati .. 8..

capalā hyavinītāśca calacittāśca vānarāḥ .
na sahiṣyanti te nādaṃ siṃhanādamiva dvipāḥ .. 9..

vidrute ca bale tasminrāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha .
avaśaste nirālambaḥ prahastavaśameṣyati .. 10..

āpatsaṃśayitā śreyo nātra niḥsaṃśayīkṛtā .
pratilomānulomaṃ vā yadvā no manyase hitam .. 11..

rāvaṇenaivamuktastu prahasto vāhinīpatiḥ .
rākṣasendramuvācedamasurendramivośanā .. 12..

rājanmantritapūrvaṃ naḥ kuśalaiḥ saha mantribhiḥ .
vivādaścāpi no vṛttaḥ samavekṣya parasparam .. 13..

pradānena tu sītāyāḥ śreyo vyavasitaṃ mayā .
apradāne punaryuddhaṃ dṛṣṭametattathaiva naḥ .. 14..

so.ahaṃ dānaiśca mānaiśca satataṃ pūjitastvayā .
sāntvaiśca vividhaiḥ kāle kiṃ na kuryāṃ priyaṃ tava .. 15..

na hi me jīvitaṃ rakṣyaṃ putradāradhanāni vā .
tvaṃ paśya māṃ juhūṣantaṃ tvadarthe jīvitaṃ yudhi .. 16..

evamuktvā tu bhartāraṃ rāvaṇaṃ vāhinīpatiḥ .
samānayata me śīghraṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahadbalam .. 17..

madbāṇāśanivegena hatānāṃ tu raṇājire .
adya tṛpyantu māṃsena pakṣiṇaḥ kānanaukasām .. 18..

ityuktāste prahastena balādhyakṣāḥ kṛtatvarāḥ .
balamudyojayāmāsustasminrākṣasamandire .. 19..

sā babhūva muhūrtena tigmanānāvidhāyudhaiḥ .
laṅkā rākṣasavīraistairgajairiva samākulā .. 20..

hutāśanaṃ tarpayatāṃ brāhmaṇāṃśca namasyatām .
ājyagandhaprativahaḥ surabhirmāruto vavau .. 21..

srajaśca vividhākārā jagṛhustvabhimantritāḥ .
saṅgrāmasajjāḥ saṃhṛṣṭā dhārayanrākṣasāstadā .. 22..

sadhanuṣkāḥ kavacino vegādāplutya rākṣasāḥ .
rāvaṇaṃ prekṣya rājānaṃ prahastaṃ paryavārayan .. 23..

athāmantrya ca rājānaṃ bherīmāhatya bhairavām .
āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ prahastaḥ sajjakalpitam .. 24..

hayairmahājavairyuktaṃ samyaksūtasusaṃyutam .
mahājaladanirghoṣaṃ sākṣāccandrārkabhāsvaram .. 25..

uragadhvajadurdharṣaṃ suvarūthaṃ svapaskaram .
suvarṇajālasaṃyuktaṃ prahasantamiva śriyā .. 26..

tatastaṃ rathamāsthāya rāvaṇārpitaśāsanaḥ .
laṅkāyā niryayau tūrṇaṃ balena mahatā vṛtaḥ .. 27..

tato dundubhinirghoṣaḥ parjanyaninadopamaḥ .
śuśruve śaṅkhaśabdaśca prayāte vāhinīpatau .. 28..

ninadantaḥ svarānghorānrākṣasā jagmuragrataḥ .
bhīmarūpā mahākāyāḥ prahastasya puraḥsarāḥ .. 29..

vyūḍhenaiva sughoreṇa pūrvadvārātsa niryayau .
gajayūthanikāśena balena mahatā vṛtaḥ .. 30..

sāgarapratimaughena vṛtastena balena saḥ .
prahasto niryayau tūrṇaṃ kruddhaḥ kālāntakopamaḥ .. 31..

tasya niryāṇa ghoṣeṇa rākṣasānāṃ ca nardatām .
laṅkāyāṃ sarvabhūtāni vinedurvikṛtaiḥ svaraiḥ .. 32..

vyabhramākāśamāviśya māṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ .
maṇḍalānyapasavyāni khagāścakrū rathaṃ prati .. 33..

vamantyaḥ pāvakajvālāḥ śivā ghorā vavāśire .. 34..

antarikṣātpapātolkā vāyuśca paruṣo vavau .
anyonyamabhisaṃrabdhā grahāśca na cakāśire .. 35..

vavarṣū rudhiraṃ cāsya siṣicuśca puraḥsarān .
ketumūrdhani gṛdhro.asya vilīno dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ .. 36..

sāratherbahuśaścāsya saṅgrāmamavagāhataḥ .
pratodo nyapataddhastātsūtasya hayasādinaḥ .. 37..

niryāṇa śrīśca yāsyāsīdbhāsvarā ca sudurlabhā .
sā nanāśa muhūrtena same ca skhalitā hayāḥ .. 38..

prahastaṃ tvabhiniryāntaṃ prakhyāta balapauruṣam .
yudhi nānāpraharaṇā kapisenābhyavartata .. 39..

atha ghoṣaḥ sutumulo harīṇāṃ samajāyata .
vṛkṣānārujatāṃ caiva gurvīścāgṛhṇatāṃ śilāḥ .. 40..

ubhe pramudite sainye rakṣogaṇavanaukasām .
vegitānāṃ samarthānāmanyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇām .
parasparaṃ cāhvayatāṃ ninādaḥ śrūyate mahān .. 41..

tataḥ prahastaḥ kapirājavāhinīm
abhipratasthe vijayāya durmatiḥ .
vivṛddhavegāṃ ca viveśa tāṃ camūṃ
yathā mumūrṣuḥ śalabho vibhāvasum .. 42..




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