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sarga - 46

tataḥ prahastaṃ niryāntaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam .
garjantaṃ sumahākāyaṃ rākṣasairabhisaṃvṛtam .. 1..

dadarśa mahatī senā vānarāṇāṃ balīyasām .
atisañjātaroṣāṇāṃ prahastamabhigarjatām .. 2..

khaḍgaśaktyaṣṭibāṇāśca śūlāni musalāni ca .
gadāśca parighāḥ prāsā vividhāśca paraśvadhāḥ .. 3..

dhanūṃṣi ca vicitrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ jayaiṣiṇām .
pragṛhītānyaśobhanta vānarānabhidhāvatām .. 4..

jagṛhuḥ pādapāṃścāpi puṣpitānvānararṣabhāḥ .
śilāśca vipulā dīrghā yoddhukāmāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .. 5..

teṣāmanyonyamāsādya saṅgrāmaḥ sumahānabhūt .
bahūnāmaśmavṛṣṭiṃ ca śaravṛṣṭiṃ ca varṣatām .. 6..

bahavo rākṣasā yuddhe bahūnvānarayūthapān .
vānarā rākṣasāṃścāpi nijaghnurbahavo bahūn .. 7..

śūlaiḥ pramathitāḥ ke citke cittu paramāyudhaiḥ .
parighairāhatāḥ ke citke cicchinnāḥ paraśvadhaiḥ .. 8..

nirucchvāsāḥ punaḥ ke citpatitā dharaṇītale .
vibhinnahṛdayāḥ ke cidiṣusantānasanditāḥ .. 9..

ke ciddvidhākṛtāḥ khaḍgaiḥ sphurantaḥ patitā bhuvi .
vānarā rākṣasaiḥ śūlaiḥ pārśvataśca vidāritāḥ .. 10..

vānaraiścāpi saṅkruddhai rākṣasaughāḥ samantataḥ .
pādapairgiriśṛṅgaiśca sampiṣṭā vasudhātale .. 11..

vajrasparśatalairhastairmuṣṭibhiśca hatā bhṛśam .
vemuḥ śoṇitamāsyebhyo viśīrṇadaśanekṣaṇaḥ .. 12..

ārtasvaraṃ ca svanatāṃ siṃhanādaṃ ca nardatām .
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdo harīṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ yudhi .. 13..

vānarā rākṣasāḥ kruddhā vīramārgamanuvratāḥ .
vivṛttanayanāḥ krūrāścakruḥ karmāṇyabhītavat .. 14..

narāntakaḥ kumbhahanurmahānādaḥ samunnataḥ .
ete prahastasacivāḥ sarve jaghnurvanaukasaḥ .. 15..

teṣāmāpatatāṃ śīghraṃ nighnatāṃ cāpi vānarān .
dvivido giriśṛṅgeṇa jaghānaikaṃ narāntakam .. 16..

durmukhaḥ punarutpāṭya kapiḥ sa vipuladrumam .
rākṣasaṃ kṣiprahastastu samunnatamapothayat .. 17..

jāmbavāṃstu susaṅkruddhaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ śilām .
pātayāmāsa tejasvī mahānādasya vakṣasi .. 18..

atha kumbhahanustatra tāreṇāsādya vīryavān .
vṛkṣeṇābhihato mūrdhni prāṇāṃstatyāja rākṣasaḥ .. 19..

amṛṣyamāṇastatkarma prahasto rathamāsthitaḥ .
cakāra kadanaṃ ghoraṃ dhanuṣpāṇirvanaukasām .. 20..

āvarta iva sañjajñe ubhayoḥ senayostadā .
kṣubhitasyāprameyasya sāgarasyeva nisvanaḥ .. 21..

mahatā hi śaraugheṇa prahasto yuddhakovidaḥ .
ardayāmāsa saṅkruddho vānarānparamāhave .. 22..

vānarāṇāṃ śarīraistu rākṣasānāṃ ca medinī .
babhūva nicitā ghorā patitairiva parvataiḥ .. 23..

sā mahīrudhiraugheṇa pracchannā samprakāśate .
sañcannā mādhave māsi palāśairiva puṣpitaiḥ .. 24..

hatavīraughavaprāṃ tu bhagnāyudhamahādrumām .
śoṇitaughamahātoyāṃ yamasāgaragāminīm .. 25..

yakṛtplīhamahāpaṅkāṃ vinikīrṇāntraśaivalām .
bhinnakāyaśiromīnāmaṅgāvayavaśāḍvalām .. 26..

gṛdhrahaṃsagaṇākīrṇāṃ kaṅkasārasasevitām .
medhaḥphenasamākīrṇāmārtastanitanisvanām .. 27..

tāṃ kāpuruṣadustārāṃ yuddhabhūmimayīṃ nadīm .
nadīmiva ghanāpāye haṃsasārasasevitām .. 28..

rākṣasāḥ kapimukhyāśca terustāṃ dustarāṃ nadīm .
yathā padmarajodhvastāṃ nalinīṃ gajayūthapāḥ .. 29..

tataḥ sṛjantaṃ bāṇaughānprahastaṃ syandane sthitam .
dadarśa tarasā nīlo vinighnantaṃ plavaṅgamān .. 30..

sa taṃ paramadurdharṣamāpatantaṃ mahākapiḥ .
prahastaṃ tāḍayāmāsa vṛkṣamutpāṭya vīryavān .. 31..

sa tenābhihataḥ kruddho nadanrākṣasapuṅgavaḥ .
vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi plavagānāṃ camūpatau .. 32..

apārayanvārayituṃ pratyagṛhṇānnimīlitaḥ .
yathaiva govṛṣo varṣaṃ śāradaṃ śīghramāgatam .. 33..

evameva prahastasya śaravarṣaṃ durāsadam .
nimīlitākṣaḥ sahasā nīlaḥ sehe sudāruṇam .. 34..

roṣitaḥ śaravarṣeṇa sālena mahatā mahān .
prajaghāna hayānnīlaḥ prahastasya manojavān .. 35..

vidhanustu kṛtastena prahasto vāhinīpatiḥ .
pragṛhya musalaṃ ghoraṃ syandanādavapupluve .. 36..

tāvubhau vāhinīmukhyau jātaroṣau tarasvinau .
sthitau kṣatajadigdhāṅgau prabhinnāviva kuñjarau .. 37..

ullikhantau sutīkṣṇābhirdaṃṣṭrābhiritaretaram .
siṃhaśārdūlasadṛśau siṃhaśārdūlaceṣṭitau .. 38..

vikrāntavijayau vīrau samareṣvanivartinau .
kāṅkṣamāṇau yaśaḥ prāptuṃ vṛtravāsavayoḥ samau .. 39..

ājaghāna tadā nīlaṃ lalāṭe musalena saḥ .
prahastaḥ paramāyastastasya susrāva śoṇitam .. 40..

tataḥ śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ pragṛhya sumahātarum .
prahastasyorasi kruddho visasarja mahākapiḥ .. 41..

tamacintyaprahāraṃ sa pragṛhya musalaṃ mahat .
abhidudrāva balinaṃ balī nīlaṃ plavaṅgamam .. 42..

tamugravegaṃ saṃrabdhamāpatantaṃ mahākapiḥ .
tataḥ samprekṣya jagrāha mahāvego mahāśilām .. 43..

tasya yuddhābhikāmasya mṛdhe musalayodhinaḥ .
prahastasya śilāṃ nīlo mūrdhni tūrṇamapātayat .. 44..

sā tena kapimukhyena vimuktā mahatī śilā .
bibheda bahudhā ghorā prahastasya śirastadā .. 45..

sa gatāsurgataśrīko gatasattvo gatendriyaḥ .
papāta sahasā bhūmau chinnamūla iva drumaḥ .. 46..

vibhinnaśirasastasya bahu susrāvaśoṇitam .
śarīrādapi susrāva gireḥ prasravaṇaṃ yathā .. 47..

hate prahaste nīlena tadakampyaṃ mahadbalam .
rakṣasāmaprahṛṣṭānāṃ laṅkāmabhijagāma ha .. 48..

na śekuḥ samavasthātuṃ nihate vāhinīpatau .
setubandhaṃ samāsādya viśīrṇaṃ salilaṃ yathā .. 49..

hate tasmiṃścamūmukhye rākṣasaste nirudyamāḥ .
rakṣaḥpatigṛhaṃ gatvā dhyānamūkatvamāgatāḥ .. 50..

tatastu nīlo vijayī mahābalaḥ
praśasyamānaḥ svakṛtena karmaṇā .
sametya rāmeṇa salakṣmaṇena
prahṛṣṭarūpastu babhūva yūthapaḥ .. 51..

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