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sarga - 53

sa tathoktastu nirbhartsya kumbhakarṇo mahodaram .
abravīdrākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāvaṇaṃ tataḥ .. 1..

so.ahaṃ tava bhayaṃ ghoraṃ vadhāttasya durātmanaḥ .
rāmasyādya pramārjāmi nirvairastvaṃ sukhībhava .. 2..

garjanti na vṛthā śūra nirjalā iva toyadāḥ .
paśya sampādyamānaṃ tu garjitaṃ yudhi karmaṇā .. 3..

na marṣayati cātmānaṃ sambhāvayati nātmanā .
adarśayitvā śūrāstu karma kurvanti duṣkaram .. 4..

viklavānāmabuddhīnāṃ rājñāṃ paṇḍitamāninām .
śṛṇvatāmādita idaṃ tvadvidhānāṃ mahodara .. 5..

yuddhe kāpuruṣairnityaṃ bhavadbhiḥ priyavādibhiḥ .
rājānamanugacchadbhiḥ kṛtyametadvināśitam .. 6..

rājaśeṣā kṛtā laṅkā kṣīṇaḥ kośo balaṃ hatam .
rājānamimamāsādya suhṛccihnamamitrakam .. 7..

eṣa niryāmyahaṃ yuddhamudyataḥ śatrunirjaye .
durnayaṃ bhavatāmadya samīkartuṃ mahāhave .. 8..

evamuktavato vākyaṃ kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ .
pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ prahasanrākṣasādhipaḥ .. 9..

mahodaro.ayaṃ rāmāttu paritrasto na saṃśayaḥ .
na hi rocayate tāta yuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada .. 10..

kaścinme tvatsamo nāsti sauhṛdena balena ca .
gaccha śatruvadhāya tvaṃ kumbhakarṇajayāya ca .. 11..

ādade niśitaṃ śūlaṃ vegācchatrunibarhaṇaḥ .
sarvakālāyasaṃ dīptaṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam .. 12..

indrāśanisamaṃ bhīmaṃ vajrapratimagauravam .
devadānavagandharvayakṣakiṃnarasūdanam .. 13..

raktamālya mahādāma svataścodgatapāvakam .
ādāya niśitaṃ śūlaṃ śatruśoṇitarañjitam .
kumbhakarṇo mahātejā rāvaṇaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 14..

gamiṣyāmyahamekākī tiṣṭhatviha balaṃ mahat .
adya tānkṣudhitaḥ kruddho bhakṣayiṣyāmi vānarān .. 15..

kumbhakarṇavacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo vākyamabravīt .
sainyaiḥ parivṛto gaccha śūlamudgalapāṇibhiḥ .. 16..

vānarā hi mahātmānaḥ śīghrāśca vyavasāyinaḥ .
ekākinaṃ pramattaṃ vā nayeyurdaśanaiḥ kṣayam .. 17..

tasmātparamadurdharṣaiḥ sainyaiḥ parivṛto vraja .
rakṣasāmahitaṃ sarvaṃ śatrupakṣaṃ nisūdaya .. 18..

athāsanātsamutpatya srajaṃ maṇikṛtāntarām .
ābabandha mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇasya rāvaṇaḥ .. 19..

aṅgadānaṅgulīveṣṭānvarāṇyābharaṇāni ca .
hāraṃ ca śaśisaṅkāśamābabandha mahātmanaḥ .. 20..

divyāni ca sugandhīni mālyadāmāni rāvaṇaḥ .
śrotre cāsajjayāmāsa śrīmatī cāsya kuṇḍale .. 21..

kāñcanāṅgadakeyūro niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ .
kumbhakarṇo bṛhatkarṇaḥ suhuto.agnirivābabhau .. 22..

śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā mecakena virājitaḥ .
amṛtotpādane naddho bhujaṅgeneva mandaraḥ .. 23..

sa kāñcanaṃ bhārasahaṃ nivātaṃ
vidyutprabhaṃ dīptamivātmabhāsā .
ābadhyamānaḥ kavacaṃ rarāja
sandhyābhrasaṃvīta ivādrirājaḥ .. 24..

sarvābharaṇanaddhāṅgaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sa rākṣasaḥ .
trivikramakṛtotsāho nārāyaṇa ivābabhau .. 25..

bhrātaraṃ sampariṣvajya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam .
praṇamya śirasā tasmai sampratasthe mahābaliḥ .
tamāśīrbhiḥ praśastābhiḥ preṣayāmāsa rāvaṇaḥ .. 26..

śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ sainyaiścāpi varāyudhaiḥ .
taṃ gajaiśca turaṅgaiśca syandanaiścāmbudasvanaiḥ .
anujagmurmahātmānaṃ rathino rathināṃ varam .. 27..

sarpairuṣṭraiḥ kharairaśvaiḥ siṃhadvipamṛgadvijaiḥ .
anujagmuśca taṃ ghoraṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam .. 28..

sa puṣpavarṇairavakīryamāṇo
dhṛtātapatraḥ śitaśūlapāṇiḥ .
madotkaṭaḥ śoṇitagandhamatto
viniryayau dānavadevaśatruḥ .. 29..

padātayaśa bahavo mahānādā mahābalāḥ .
anvayū rākṣasā bhīmā bhīmākṣāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ .. 30..

raktākṣāḥ sumahākāyā nīlāñjanacayopamāḥ .
śūrānudyamya khaḍgāṃśca niśitāṃśca paraśvadhān .. 31..

bahuvyāmāṃśca vipulānkṣepaṇīyāndurāsadān .
tālaskandhāṃśca vipulānkṣepaṇīyāndurāsadān .. 32..

athānyadvapurādāya dāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .
niṣpapāta mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ .. 33..

dhanuḥśataparīṇāhaḥ sa ṣaṭśatasamucchitaḥ .
raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣo mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ .. 34..

saṃnipatya ca rakṣāṃsi dagdhaśailopamo mahān .
kumbhakarṇo mahāvaktraḥ prahasannidamabravīt .. 35..

adya vānaramukhyānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ .
nirdahiṣyāmi saṅkruddhaḥ śalabhāniva pāvakaḥ .. 36..

nāparādhyanti me kāmaṃ vānarā vanacāriṇaḥ .
jātirasmadvidhānāṃ sā purodyānavibhūṣaṇam .. 37..

purarodhasya mūlaṃ tu rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
hate tasminhataṃ sarvaṃ taṃ vadhiṣyāmi saṃyuge .. 38..

evaṃ tasya bruvāṇasya kumbhakarṇasya rākṣasāḥ .
nādaṃ cakrurmahāghoraṃ kampayanta ivārṇavam .. 39..

tasya niṣpatatastūrṇaṃ kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ .
babhūvurghorarūpāṇi nimittāni samantataḥ .. 40..

ulkāśaniyutā meghā vineduśca sudāruṇāḥ .
sasāgaravanā caiva vasudhā samakampata .. 41..

ghorarūpāḥ śivā neduḥ sajvālakavalairmukhaiḥ .
maṇḍalānyapasavyāni babandhuśca vihaṅgamāḥ .. 42..

niṣpapāta ca gṛdhre.asya śūle vai pathi gacchataḥ .
prāsphurannayanaṃ cāsya savyo bāhurakampata .. 43..

niṣpapāta tadā coklā jvalantī bhīmanisvanā .
ādityo niṣprabhaścāsīnna pravāti sukho.anilaḥ .. 44..

acintayanmahotpātānutthitā.Nllomaharṣaṇān .
niryayau kumbhakarṇastu kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ .. 45..

sa laṅghayitvā prākāraṃ padbhyāṃ parvatasaṃnibhaḥ .
dadarśābhraghanaprakhyaṃ vānarānīkamadbhutam .. 46..

te dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ vānarāḥ parvatopamam .
vāyununnā iva ghanā yayuḥ sarvā diśastadā .. 47..

tadvānarānīkamatipracaṇḍaṃ
diśo dravadbhinnamivābhrajālam .
sa kumbhakarṇaḥ samavekṣya harṣān
nanāda bhūyo ghanavadghanābhaḥ .. 48..

te tasya ghoraṃ ninadaṃ niśamya
yathā ninādaṃ divi vāridasya .
peturdharaṇyāṃ bahavaḥ plavaṅgā
nikṛttamūlā iva sālavṛkṣāḥ .. 49..

vipulaparighavānsa kumbhakarṇo
ripunidhanāya viniḥsṛto mahātmā .
kapi gaṇabhayamādadatsubhīmaṃ
prabhuriva kiṅkaradaṇḍavānyugānte .. 50..

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