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sa praviśya purīṃ laṅkāṃ rāmabāṇabhayārditaḥ .
bhagnadarpastadā rājā babhūva vyathitendriyaḥ .. 1..

mātaṅga iva siṃhena garuḍeneva pannagaḥ .
abhibhūto.abhavadrājā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā .. 2..

brahmadaṇḍaprakāśānāṃ vidyutsadṛśavarcasām .
smaranrāghavabāṇānāṃ vivyathe rākṣaseśvaraḥ .. 3..

sa kāñcanamayaṃ divyamāśritya paramāsanam .
vikprekṣamāṇo rakṣāṃsi rāvaṇo vākyamabravīt .. 4..

sarvaṃ tatkhalu me moghaṃ yattaptaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ .
yatsamāno mahendreṇa mānuṣeṇāsmi nirjitaḥ .. 5..

idaṃ tadbrahmaṇo ghoraṃ vākyaṃ mām abhyupasthitam .
mānuṣebhyo vijānīhi bhayaṃ tvamiti tattathā .. 6..

devadānavagandharvairyakṣarākṣasapannagaiḥ .
avadhyatvaṃ mayā prāptaṃ mānuṣebhyo na yācitam .. 7..

etadevābhyupāgamya yatnaṃ kartumihārhatha .
rākṣasāścāpi tiṣṭhantu caryāgopuramūrdhasu .. 8..

sa cāpratimagambhīro devadānavadarpahā .
brahmaśāpābhibhūtastu kumbhakarṇo vibodhyatām .. 9..

sa parājitamātmānaṃ prahastaṃ ca niṣūditam .
jñātvā rakṣobalaṃ bhīmamādideśa mahābalaḥ .. 10..

dvāreṣu yatnaḥ kriyatāṃ prākārāścādhiruhyatām .
nidrāvaśasamāviṣṭaḥ kumbhakarṇo vibodhyatām .. 11..

nava ṣaṭsapta cāṣṭau ca māsānsvapiti rākṣasaḥ .
taṃ tu bodhayata kṣipraṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam .. 12..

sa hi saṅkhye mahābāhuḥ kakudaṃ sarvarakṣasām .
vānarānrājaputrau ca kṣiprameva vadhiṣyati .. 13..

kumbhakarṇaḥ sadā śete mūḍho grāmyasukhe rataḥ .
rāmeṇābhinirastasya saṅgrāmo.asminsudāruṇe .. 14..

bhaviṣyati na me śokaḥ kumbhakarṇe vibodhite .
kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ tena śakratulyabalena hi .. 15..

īdṛśe vyasane prāpte yo na sāhyāya kalpate .
te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasendrasya rākṣasāḥ .. 16..

jagmuḥ paramasambhrāntāḥ kumbhakarṇaniveśanam .
te rāvaṇasamādiṣṭā māṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ .. 17..

gandhamālyāṃstathā bhakṣyānādāya sahasā yayuḥ .
tāṃ praviśya mahādvārāṃ sarvato yojanāyatām .. 18..

kumbhakarṇaguhāṃ ramyāṃ sarvagandhapravāhinīm .
pratiṣṭhamānāḥ kṛcchreṇa yatnātpraviviśurguhām .. 19..

tāṃ praviśya guhāṃ ramyāṃ śubhāṃ kāñcanakuṭṭimām .
dadṛśurnairṛtavyāghraṃ śayānaṃ bhīmadarśanam .. 20..

te tu taṃ vikṛtaṃ suptaṃ vikīrṇamiva parvatam .
kumbhakarṇaṃ mahānidraṃ sahitāḥ pratyabodhayan .. 21..

ūrdhvaromāñcitatanuṃ śvasantamiva pannagam .
trāsayantaṃ mahāśvāsaiḥ śayānaṃ bhīmadarśanam .. 22..

bhīmanāsāpuṭaṃ taṃ tu pātālavipulānanam .
dadṛśurnairṛtavyāghraṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam .. 23..

tataścakrurmahātmānaḥ kumbhakarṇāgratastadā .
māṃsānāṃ merusaṅkāśaṃ rāśiṃ paramatarpaṇam .. 24..

mṛgāṇāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ ca varāhāṇāṃ ca sañcayān .
cakrurnairṛtaśārdūlā rāśimannasya cādbhutam .. 25..

tataḥ śoṇitakumbhāṃśca madyāni vividhāni ca .
purastātkumbhakarṇasya cakrustridaśaśatravaḥ .. 26..

lilipuśca parārdhyena candanena parantapam .
divyairācchādayāmāsurmālyairgandhaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ .. 27..

dhūpaṃ sugandhaṃ sasṛjustuṣṭuvuśca parantapam .
jaladā iva coneduryātudhānāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 28..

śaṅkhānāpūrayāmāsuḥ śaśāṅkasadṛśaprabhān .
tumulaṃ yugapaccāpi vineduścāpyamarṣitāḥ .. 29..

nedurāsphoṭayāmāsuścikṣipuste niśācarāḥ .
kumbhakarṇavibodhārthaṃ cakruste vipulaṃ svanam .. 30..

saśaṅkhabherīpaṭahapraṇādam
āsphoṭitakṣveḍitasiṃhanādam .
diśo dravantastridivaṃ kirantaḥ
śrutvā vihaṅgāḥ sahasā nipetuḥ .. 31..

yadā bhṛśaṃ tairninadairmahātmā
na kumbhakarṇo bubudhe prasuptaḥ .
tato musuṇḍīmusalāni sarve
rakṣogaṇāste jagṛhurgadāś ca .. 32..

taṃ śailaśṛṅgairmusalairgadābhir
vṛkṣaistalairmudgaramuṣṭibhiś ca .
sukhaprasuptaṃ bhuvi kumbhakarṇaṃ
rakṣāṃsyudagrāṇi tadā nijaghnuḥ .. 33..

tasya niśvāsavātena kumbhakarṇasya rakṣasaḥ .
rākṣasā balavanto.api sthātuṃ nāśaknuvanpuraḥ .. 34..

tato.asya purato gāḍhaṃ rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ .
mṛdaṅgapaṇavānbherīḥ śaṅkhakumbhagaṇāṃstathā .
daśarākṣasasāhasraṃ yugapatparyavādayan .. 35..

nīlāñjanacayākāraṃ te tu taṃ pratyabodhayan .
abhighnanto nadantaśca naiva saṃvivide tu saḥ .. 36..

yadā cainaṃ na śekuste pratibodhayituṃ tadā .
tato gurutaraṃ yatnaṃ dāruṇaṃ samupākraman .. 37..

aśvānuṣṭrānkharānnāgāñjaghnurdaṇḍakaśāṅkuśaiḥ .
bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgāṃśca sarvaprāṇairavādayan .. 38..

nijaghnuścāsya gātrāṇi mahākāṣṭhakaṭaṃ karaiḥ .
mudgarairmusalaiścaiva sarvaprāṇasamudyataiḥ .. 39..

tena śabdena mahatā laṅkā samabhipūritā .
saparvatavanā sarvā so.api naiva prabudhyate .. 40..

tataḥ sahasraṃ bherīṇāṃ yugapatsamahanyata .
mṛṣṭakāñcanakoṇānāmasaktānāṃ samantataḥ .. 41..

evamapyatinidrastu yadā naiva prabudhyata .
śāpasya vaśamāpannastataḥ kruddhā niśācarāḥ .. 42..

mahākrodhasamāviṣṭāḥ sarve bhīmaparākramāḥ .
tadrakṣobodhayiṣyantaścakruranye parākramam .. 43..

anye bherīḥ samājaghnuranye cakrurmahāsvanam .
keśānanye pralulupuḥ karṇāvanye daśanti ca .
na kumbhakarṇaḥ paspande mahānidrāvaśaṃ gataḥ .. 44..

anye ca balinastasya kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ .
mūrdhni vakṣasi gātreṣu pātayankūṭamudgarān .. 45..

rajjubandhanabaddhābhiḥ śataghnībhiśca sarvataḥ .
vadhyamāno mahākāyo na prābudhyata rākṣasaḥ .. 46..

vāraṇānāṃ sahasraṃ tu śarīre.asya pradhāvitam .
kumbhakarṇastato buddhaḥ sparśaṃ paramabudhyata .. 47..

sa pātyamānairgiriśṛṅgavṛkṣair
acintayaṃstānvipulānprahārān .
nidrākṣayātkṣudbhayapīḍitaś ca
vijṛmbhamāṇaḥ sahasotpapāta .. 48..

sa nāgabhogācalaśṛṅgakalpau
vikṣipya bāhū giriśṛṅgasārau .
vivṛtya vaktraṃ vaḍavāmukhābhaṃ
niśācaro.asau vikṛtaṃ jajṛmbhe .. 49..

tasya jājṛmbhamāṇasya vaktraṃ pātālasaṃnibham .
dadṛśe meruśṛṅgāgre divākara ivoditaḥ .. 50..

vijṛmbhamāṇo.atibalaḥ pratibuddho niśācaraḥ .
niśvāsaścāsya sañjajñe parvatādiva mārutaḥ .. 51..

rūpamuttiṣṭhatastasya kumbhakarṇasya tadbabhau .
tapānte sabalākasya meghasyeva vivarṣataḥ .. 52..

tasya dīptāgnisadṛśe vidyutsadṛśavarcasī .
dadṛśāte mahānetre dīptāviva mahāgrahau .. 53..

ādadbubhukṣito māṃsaṃ śoṇitaṃ tṛṣito.apibat .
medaḥ kumbhaṃ ca madyaṃ ca papau śakraripustadā .. 54..

tatastṛpta iti jñātvā samutpeturniśācarāḥ .
śirobhiśca praṇamyainaṃ sarvataḥ paryavārayan .. 55..

sa sarvānsāntvayāmāsa nairṛtānnairṛtarṣabhaḥ .
bodhanādvismitaścāpi rākṣasānidamabravīt .. 56..

kimarthamahamāhatya bhavadbhiḥ pratibodhitaḥ .
kaccitsukuśalaṃ rājño bhayaṃ vā neha kiṃ cana .. 57..

atha vā dhruvamanyebhyo bhayaṃ paramupasthitam .
yadarthameva tvaritairbhavadbhiḥ pratibodhitaḥ .. 58..

adya rākṣasarājasya bhayamutpāṭayāmyaham .
pātayiṣye mahendraṃ vā śātayiṣye tathānalam .. 59..

na hyalpakāraṇe suptaṃ bodhayiṣyati māṃ bhṛśam .
tadākhyātārthatattvena matprabodhanakāraṇam .. 60..

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ kumbhakarṇamarindamam .
yūpākṣaḥ sacivo rājñaḥ kṛtāñjaliruvāca ha .. 61..

na no devakṛtaṃ kiṃ cidbhayamasti kadā cana .
na daityadānavebhyo vā bhayamasti hi tādṛśam .
yādṛśaṃ mānuṣaṃ rājanbhayamasmānupasthitam .. 62..

vānaraiḥ parvatākārairlaṅkeyaṃ parivāritā .
sītāharaṇasantaptādrāmānnastumulaṃ bhayam .. 63..

ekena vānareṇeyaṃ pūrvaṃ dagdhā mahāpurī .
kumāro nihataścākṣaḥ sānuyātraḥ sakuñjaraḥ .. 64..

svayaṃ rakṣo.adhipaścāpi paulastyo devakaṇṭakaḥ .
mṛteti saṃyuge muktārāmeṇādityatejasā .. 65..

yanna devaiḥ kṛto rājā nāpi daityairna dānavaiḥ .
kṛtaḥ sa iha rāmeṇa vimuktaḥ prāṇasaṃśayāt .. 66..

sa yūpākṣavacaḥ śrutvā bhrāturyudhi parājayam .
kumbhakarṇo vivṛttākṣo yūpākṣamidamabravīt .. 67..

sarvamadyaiva yūpākṣa harisainyaṃ salakṣmaṇam .
rāghavaṃ ca raṇe hatvā paścāddrakṣyāmi rāvaṇam .. 68..

rākṣasāṃstarpayiṣyāmi harīṇāṃ māṃsaśoṇitaiḥ .
rāmalakṣmaṇayoścāpi svayaṃ pāsyāmi śoṇitam .. 69..

tattasya vākyaṃ bruvato niśamya
sagarvitaṃ roṣavivṛddhadoṣam .
mahodaro nairṛtayodhamukhyaḥ
kṛtāñjalirvākyamidaṃ babhāṣe .. 70..

rāvaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā guṇadoṣu vimṛśya ca .
paścādapi mahābāho śatrūnyudhi vijeṣyasi .. 71..

mahodaravacaḥ śrutvā rākṣasaiḥ parivāritaḥ .
kumbhakarṇo mahātejāḥ sampratasthe mahābalaḥ .. 72..

taṃ samutthāpya bhīmākṣaṃ bhīmarūpaparākramam .
rākṣasāstvaritā jagmurdaśagrīvaniveśanam .. 73..

tato gatvā daśagrīvamāsīnaṃ paramāsane .
ūcurbaddhāñjalipuṭāḥ sarva eva niśācarāḥ .. 74..

prabuddhaḥ kumbhakarṇo.asau bhrātā te rākṣasarṣabha .
kathaṃ tatraiva niryātu drakṣyase tamihāgatam .. 75..

rāvaṇastvabravīddhṛṣṭo yathānyāyaṃ ca pūjitam .
draṣṭumenamihecchāmi yathānyāyaṃ ca pūjitam .. 76..

tathetyuktvā tu te sarve punarāgamya rākṣasāḥ .
kumbhakarṇamidaṃ vākyamūcū rāvaṇacoditāḥ .. 77..

draṣṭuṃ tvāṃ kāṅkṣate rājā sarvarākṣasapuṅgavaḥ .
gamane kriyatāṃ buddhirbhrātaraṃ sampraharṣaya .. 78..

kumbhakarṇastu durdharṣo bhrāturājñāya śāsanam .
tathetyuktvā mahāvīryaḥ śayanādutpapāta ha .. 79..

prakṣālya vadanaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ snātaḥ paramabhūṣitaḥ .
pipāsustvarayāmāsa pānaṃ balasamīraṇam .. 80..

tataste tvaritāstasya rājṣasā rāvaṇājñayā .
madyaṃ bhakṣyāṃśca vividhānkṣipramevopahārayan .. 81..

pītvā ghaṭasahasraṃ sa gamanāyopacakrame .. 82..

īṣatsamutkaṭo mattastejobalasamanvitaḥ .
kumbhakarṇo babhau hṛṣṭaḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ .. 83..

bhrātuḥ sa bhavanaṃ gacchanrakṣobalasamanvitaḥ .
kumbhakarṇaḥ padanyāsairakampayata medinīm .. 84..

sa rājamārgaṃ vapuṣā prakāśayan
sahasraraśmirdharaṇīmivāṃśubhiḥ .
jagāma tatrāñjalimālayā vṛtaḥ
śatakraturgehamiva svayambhuvaḥ .. 85..

ke ciccharaṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ sma rāmaṃ
vrajanti ke cidvyathitāḥ patanti .
ke ciddiśaḥ sma vyathitāḥ prayānti
ke cidbhayārtā bhuvi śerate sma .. 86..

tamadriśṛṅgapratimaṃ kirīṭinaṃ
spṛśantamādityamivātmatejasā .
vanaukasaḥ prekṣya vivṛddhamadbhutaṃ
bhayārditā dudruvire tatastataḥ .. 87..

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