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sarga - 56

kumbhakarṇaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā .
rākṣasā rākṣasendrāya rāvaṇāya nyavedayan .. 1..

śrutvā vinihataṃ saṅkhye kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam .
rāvaṇaḥ śokasantapto mumoha ca papāta ca .. 2..

pitṛvyaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā devāntakanarāntakau .
triśirāścātikāyaśca ruruduḥ śokapīḍitāḥ .. 3..

bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ śrutvā rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .
mahodaramahāpārśvau śokākrāntau babhūvatuḥ .. 4..

tataḥ kṛcchrātsamāsādya saṃjñāṃ rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ .
kumbhakarṇavadhāddīno vilalāpa sa rāvaṇaḥ .. 5..

hā vīra ripudarpaghna kumbhakarṇa mahābala .
śatrusainyaṃ pratāpyaikaḥ kva māṃ santyajya gacchasi .. 6..

idānīṃ khalvahaṃ nāsmi yasya me patito bhujaḥ .
dakṣiṇo yaṃ samāśritya na bibhemi surāsurān .. 7..

kathamevaṃvidho vīro devadānavadarpahā .
kālāgnipratimo hyadya rāghaveṇa raṇe hataḥ .. 8..

yasya te vajraniṣpeṣo na kuryādvyasanaṃ sadā .
sa kathaṃ rāmabāṇārtaḥ prasupto.asi mahītale .. 9..

ete devagaṇāḥ sārdhamṛṣibhirgagane sthitāḥ .
nihataṃ tvāṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā ninadanti praharṣitāḥ .. 10..

dhruvamadyaiva saṃhṛṣṭā labdhalakṣyāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .
ārokṣyantīha durgāṇi laṅkādvārāṇi sarvaśaḥ .. 11..

rājyena nāsti me kāryaṃ kiṃ kariṣyāmi sītayā .
kumbhakarṇavihīnasya jīvite nāsti me ratiḥ .. 12..

yadyahaṃ bhrātṛhantāraṃ na hanmi yudhi rāghavam .
nanu me maraṇaṃ śreyo na cedaṃ vyarthajīvitam .. 13..

adyaiva taṃ gamiṣyāmi deśaṃ yatrānujo mama .
na hi bhrātṝnsamutsṛjya kṣaṇaṃ jīvitumutsahe .. 14..

devā hi māṃ hasiṣyanti dṛṣṭvā pūrvāpakāriṇam .
kathamindraṃ jayiṣyāmi kumbhakarṇahate tvayi .. 15..

tadidaṃ māmanuprāptaṃ vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śubham .
yadajñānānmayā tasya na gṛhītaṃ mahātmanaḥ .. 16..

vibhīṣaṇavaco yāvatkumbhakarṇaprahastayoḥ .
vināśo.ayaṃ samutpanno māṃ vrīḍayati dāruṇaḥ .. 17..

tasyāyaṃ karmaṇaḥ prāto vipāko mama śokadaḥ .
yanmayā dhārmikaḥ śrīmānsa nirasto vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 18..

iti bahuvidhamākulāntarātmā
kṛpaṇamatīva vilapya kumbhakarṇam .
nyapatadatha daśānano bhṛśārtas
tamanujamindraripuṃ hataṃ viditvā .. 19..




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