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svabalaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .
bhrātṝṃśca nihatāndṛṣṭvā śakratulyaparākramān .. 1..

pitṛvyau cāpi sandṛśya samare saṃniṣūditau .
mahodaramahāpārśvau bhrātarau rākṣasarṣabhau .. 2..

cukopa ca mahātejā brahmadattavaro yudhi .
atikāyo.adrisaṅkāśo devadānavadarpahā .. 3..

sa bhāskarasahasrasya saṅghātamiva bhāsvaram .
rathamāsthāya śakrārirabhidudrāva vānarān .. 4..

sa visphārya mahaccāpaṃ kirīṭī mṛṣṭakuṇḍalaḥ .
nāma viśrāvayāmāsa nanāda ca mahāsvanam .. 5..

tena siṃhapraṇādena nāmaviśrāvaṇena ca .
jyāśabdena ca bhīmena trāsayāmāsa vānarān .. 6..

te tasya rūpamālokya yathā viṣṇostrivikrame .
bhayārtā vānarāḥ sarve vidravanti diśo daśa .. 7..

te.atikāyaṃ samāsādya vānarā mūḍhacetasaḥ .
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurlakṣmaṇāgrajamāhave .. 8..

tato.atikāyaṃ kākutstho rathasthaṃ parvatopamam .
dadarśa dhanvinaṃ dūrādgarjantaṃ kālameghavat .. 9..

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ rāghavastu suvismitaḥ .
vānarānsāntvayitvā tu vibhīṣaṇamuvāca ha .. 10..

ko.asau parvatasaṅkāśo dhanuṣmānharilocanaḥ .
yukte hayasahasreṇa viśāle syandane sthitaḥ .. 11..

ya eṣa niśitaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiḥ prāsatomaraiḥ .
arciṣmadbhirvṛto bhāti bhūtairiva maheśvaraḥ .. 12..

kālajihvāprakāśābhirya eṣo.abhivirājate .
āvṛto rathaśaktībhirvidyudbhiriva toyadaḥ .. 13..

dhanūṃsi cāsya sajyāni hemapṛṣṭhāni sarvaśaḥ .
śobhayanti rathaśreṣṭhaṃ śakrapātamivāmbaram .. 14..

ka eṣa rakṣaḥ śārdūlo raṇabhūmiṃ virājayan .
abhyeti rathināṃ śreṣṭho rathenādityatejasā .. 15..

dhvajaśṛṅgapratiṣṭhena rāhuṇābhivirājate .
sūryaraśmiprabhairbāṇairdiśo daśa virājayan .. 16..

triṇataṃ meghanirhrādaṃ hemapṛṣṭhamalaṅkṛtam .
śatakratudhanuḥprakhyaṃ dhanuścāsya virājate .. 17..

sadhvajaḥ sapatākaśca sānukarṣo mahārathaḥ .
catuḥsādisamāyukto meghastanitanisvanaḥ .. 18..

viṃśatirdaśa cāṣṭau ca tūṇīrarathamāsthitāḥ .
kārmukāṇi ca bhīmāni jyāśca kāñcanapiṅgalāḥ .. 19..

dvau ca khaḍgau rathagatau pārśvasthau pārśvaśobhinau .
caturhastatsarucitau vyaktahastadaśāyatau .. 20..

raktakaṇṭhaguṇo dhīro mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ .
kālaḥ kālamahāvaktro meghastha iva bhāskaraḥ .. 21..

kāñcanāṅgadanaddhābhyāṃ bhujābhyāmeṣa śobhate .
śṛṅgābhyāmiva tuṅgābhyāṃ himavānparvatottamaḥ .. 22..

kuṇḍalābhyāṃ tu yasyaitadbhāti vaktraṃ śubhekṣaṇam .
punarvasvantaragataṃ pūrṇabimbamivaindavam .. 23..

ācakṣva me mahābāho tvamenaṃ rākṣasottamam .
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā vānarāḥ sarve bhayārtā vidrutā diśaḥ .. 24..

sa pṛṣṭho rājaputreṇa rāmeṇāmitatejasā .
ācacakṣe mahātejā rāghavāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 25..

daśagrīvo mahātejā rājā vaiśravaṇānujaḥ .
bhīmakarmā mahotsāho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .. 26..

tasyāsīdvīryavānputro rāvaṇapratimo raṇe .
vṛddhasevī śrutadharaḥ sarvāstraviduṣāṃ varaḥ .. 27..

aśvapṛṣṭhe rathe nāge khaḍge dhanuṣi karṣaṇe .
bhede sāntve ca dāne ca naye mantre ca saṃmataḥ .. 28..

yasya bāhuṃ samāśritya laṅkā bhavati nirbhayā .
tanayaṃ dhānyamālinyā atikāyamimaṃ viduḥ .. 29..

etenārādhito brahmā tapasā bhāvitātmanā .
astrāṇi cāpyavāptāni ripavaśca parājitāḥ .. 30..

surāsurairavadhyatvaṃ dattamasmai svayambhuvā .
etacca kavacaṃ divyaṃ rathaścaiṣo.arkabhāskaraḥ .. 31..

etena śataśo devā dānavāśca parājitāḥ .
rakṣitāni ca rakṣāmi yakṣāścāpi niṣūditāḥ .. 32..

vajraṃ viṣṭambhitaṃ yena bāṇairindrasya dhīmataḥ .
pāśaḥ salilarājasya yuddhe pratihatastathā .. 33..

eṣo.atikāyo balavānrākṣasānāmatharṣabhaḥ .
rāvaṇasya suto dhīmāndevadanava darpahā .. 34..

tadasminkriyatāṃ yatnaḥ kṣipraṃ puruṣapuṅgava .
purā vānarasainyāni kṣayaṃ nayati sāyakaiḥ .. 35..

tato.atikāyo balavānpraviśya harivāhinīm .
visphārayāmāsa dhanurnanāda ca punaḥ punaḥ .. 36..

taṃ bhīmavapuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathasthaṃ rathināṃ varam .
abhipeturmahātmāno ye pradhānāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .. 37..

kumudo dvivido maindo nīlaḥ śarabha eva ca .
pādapairgiriśṛṅgaiś ca yugapatsamabhidravan .. 38..

teṣāṃ vṛkṣāṃśca śailāṃśca śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ .
atikāyo mahātejāścicchedāstravidāṃ varaḥ .. 39..

tāṃścaiva sarānsa harīñśaraiḥ sarvāyasairbalī .
vivyādhābhimukhaḥ saṅkhye bhīmakāyo niśācaraḥ .. 40..

te.arditā bāṇabarṣeṇa bhinnagātrāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .
na śekuratikāyasya pratikartuṃ mahāraṇe .. 41..

tatsainyaṃ harivīrāṇāṃ trāsayāmāsa rākṣasaḥ .
mṛgayūthamiva kruddho hariryauvanamāsthitaḥ .. 42..

sa rāṣasendro harisainyamadhye
nāyudhyamānaṃ nijaghāna kaṃ cit .
upetya rāmaṃ sadhanuḥ kalāpī
sagarvitaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe .. 43..

rathe sthito.ahaṃ śaracāpapāṇir
na prākṛtaṃ kaṃ cana yodhayāmi .
yasyāsti śaktirvyavasāya yuktā
dadātuṃ me kṣipramihādya yuddham .. 44..

tattasya vākyaṃ bruvato niśamya
cukopa saumitriramitrahantā .
amṛṣyamāṇaśca samutpapāta
jagrāha cāpaṃ ca tataḥ smayitvā .. 45..

kruddhaḥ saumitrirutpatya tūṇādākṣipya sāyakam .
purastādatikāyasya vicakarṣa mahaddhanuḥ .. 46..

pūrayansa mahīṃ śailānākāśaṃ sāgaraṃ diśaḥ .
jyāśabdo lakṣmaṇasyograstrāsayanrajanīcarān .. 47..

saumitreścāpanirghoṣaṃ śrutvā pratibhayaṃ tadā .
visiṣmiye mahātejā rākṣasendrātmajo balī .. 48..

athātikāyaḥ kupito dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇamutthitam .
ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 49..

bālastvamasi saumitre vikrameṣvavicakṣaṇaḥ .
gaccha kiṃ kālasadṛśaṃ māṃ yodhayitumicchasi .. 50..

na hi madbāhusṛṣṭānāmastrāṇāṃ himavānapi .
soḍhumutsahate vegamantarikṣamatho mahī .. 51..

sukhaprasuptaṃ kālāgniṃ prabodhayitumicchasi .
nyasya cāpaṃ nivartasva mā prāṇāñjahi madgataḥ .. 52..

atha vā tvaṃ pratiṣṭabdho na nivartitumicchasi .
tiṣṭha prāṇānparityajya gamiṣyasi yamakṣayam .. 53..

paśya me niśitānbāṇānaridarpaniṣūdanān .
īśvarāyudhasaṅkāśāṃstaptakāñcanabhūṣaṇān .. 54..

eṣa te sarpasaṅkāśo bāṇaḥ pāsyati śoṇitam .
mṛgarāja iva kruddho nāgarājasya śoṇitam .. 55..

śrutvātikāyasya vacaḥ saroṣaṃ
sagarvitaṃ saṃyati rājaputraḥ .
sa sañcukopātibalo bṛhacchrīr
uvāca vākyaṃ ca tato mahārtham .. 56..

na vākyamātreṇa bhavānpradhāno
na katthanātsatpuruṣā bhavanti .
mayi sthite dhanvini bāṇapāṇau
vidarśayasvātmabalaṃ durātman .. 57..

karmaṇā sūcayātmānaṃ na vikatthitumarhasi .
pauruṣeṇa tu yo yuktaḥ sa tu śūra iti smṛtaḥ .. 58..

sarvāyudhasamāyukto dhanvī tvaṃ rathamāsthitaḥ .
śarairvā yadi vāpyastrairdarśayasva parākramam .. 59..

tataḥ śiraste niśitaiḥ pātayiṣyāmyahaṃ śaraiḥ .
mārutaḥ kālasampakvaṃ vṛntāttālaphalaṃ yathā .. 60..

adya te māmakā bāṇāstaptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ .
pāsyanti rudhiraṃ gātrādbāṇaśalyāntarotthitam .. 61..

bālo.ayamiti vijñāya na māvajñātumarhasi .
bālo vā yadi vā vṛddho mṛtyuṃ jānīhi saṃyuge .. 62..

lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā hetumatparamārthavat .
atikāyaḥ pracukrodha bāṇaṃ cottamamādade .. 63..

tato vidyādharā bhūtā devā daityā maharṣayaḥ .
guhyakāśca mahātmānastadyuddhaṃ dadṛśustadā .. 64..

tato.atikāyaḥ kupitaścāpamāropya sāyakam .
lakṣmaṇasya pracikṣepa saṅkṣipanniva cāmbaram .. 65..

tamāpatantaṃ niśitaṃ śaramāśīviṣopamam .
ardhacandreṇa ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā .. 66..

taṃ nikṛttaṃ śaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛttabhogamivoragam .
atikāyo bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ pañcabāṇānsamādade .. 67..

tāñśarānsampracikṣepa lakṣmaṇāya niśācaraḥ .
tānaprāptāñśaraistīkṣṇaiściccheda bharatānujaḥ .. 68..

sa tāṃśchittvā śaraistīkṣṇairlakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā .
ādade niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā .. 69..

tamādāya dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe yojayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaḥ .
vicakarṣa ca vegena visasarja ca sāyakam .. 70..

pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena śareṇānata parvaṇā .
lalāṭe rākṣasaśreṣṭhamājaghāna sa vīryavān .. 71..

sa lalāṭe śaro magnastasya bhīmasya rakṣasaḥ .
dadṛśe śoṇitenāktaḥ pannagendra ivāhave .. 72..

rākṣasaḥ pracakampe ca lakṣmaṇeṣu prakampitaḥ .
rudrabāṇahataṃ bhīmaṃ yathā tripuragopuram .. 73..

cintayāmāsa cāśvasya vimṛśya ca mahābalaḥ .
sādhu bāṇanipātena śvāghanīyo.asi me ripuḥ .. 74..

vicāryaivaṃ vinamyāsyaṃ vinamya ca bhujāvubhau .
sa rathopasthamāsthāya rathena pracacāra ha .. 75..

ekaṃ trīnpañca sapteti sāyakānrākṣasarṣabhaḥ .
ādade sandadhe cāpi vicakarṣotsasarja ca .. 76..

te bāṇāḥ kālasaṅkāśā rākṣasendradhanuścyutāḥ .
hemapuṅkhā raviprakhyāścakrurdīptamivāmbaram .. 77..

tatastānrākṣasotsṛṣṭāñśaraughānrāvaṇānujaḥ .
asambhrāntaḥ praciccheda niśitairbahubhiḥ śaraiḥ .. 78..

tāñśarānyudhi samprekṣya nikṛttānrāvaṇātmajaḥ .
cukopa tridaśendrārirjagrāha niśitaṃ śaram .. 79..

sa sandhāya mahātejāstaṃ bāṇaṃ sahasotsṛjat .
tataḥ saumitrimāyāntamājaghāna stanāntare .. 80..

atikāyena saumitristāḍito yudhi vakṣasi .
susrāva rudhiraṃ tīvraṃ madaṃ matta iva dvipaḥ .. 81..

sa cakāra tadātmānaṃ viśalyaṃ sahasā vibhuḥ .
jagrāha ca śaraṃ tīṣṇamastreṇāpi samādadhe .. 82..

āgneyena tadāstreṇa yojayāmāsa sāyakam .
sa jajvāla tadā bāṇo dhanuścāsya mahātmanaḥ .. 83..

atikāyo.atitejasvī sauramastraṃ samādade .
tena bāṇaṃ bhujaṅgābhaṃ hemapuṅkhamayojayat .. 84..

tatastaṃ jvalitaṃ ghoraṃ lakṣmaṇaḥ śaramāhitam .
atikāyāya cikṣepa kāladaṇḍamivāntakaḥ .. 85..

āgneyenābhisaṃyuktaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇaṃ niśācaraḥ .
utsasarja tadā bāṇaṃ dīptaṃ sūryāstrayojitam .. 86..

tāvubhāvambare bāṇāvanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ .
tejasā sampradīptāgrau kruddhāviva bhujaṃ gamau .. 87..

tāvanyonyaṃ vinirdahya petaturdharaṇītale .
nirarciṣau bhasmakṛtau na bhrājete śarottamau .. 88..

tato.atikāyaḥ saṅkruddhastvastramaiṣīkamutsṛjat .
tatpraciccheda saumitrirastramaindreṇa vīryavān .. 89..

aiṣīkaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā kumāro rāvaṇātmajaḥ .
yāmyenāstreṇa saṅkruddho yojayāmāsa sāyakam .. 90..

tatastadastraṃ cikṣepa lakṣmaṇāya niśācaraḥ .
vāyavyena tadastraṃ tu nijaghāna sa lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 91..

athainaṃ śaradhārābhirdhārābhiriva toyadaḥ .
abhyavarṣata saṅkruddho lakṣmaṇo rāvaṇātmajam .. 92..

te.atikāyaṃ samāsādya kavace vajrabhūṣite .
bhagnāgraśalyāḥ sahasā peturbāṇā mahītale .. 93..

tānmoghānabhisamprekṣya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā .
abhyavarṣata bāṇānāṃ sahasreṇa mahāyaśāḥ .. 94..

sa varṣyamāṇo bāṇaughairatikāyo mahābalaḥ .
avadhyakavacaḥ saṅkhye rākṣaso naiva vivyathe .. 95..

na śaśāka rujaṃ kartuṃ yudhi tasya narottamaḥ .
athainamabhyupāgamya vāyurvākyamuvāca ha .. 96..

brahmadattavaro hyeṣa avadhya kavacāvṛtaḥ .
brāhmeṇāstreṇa bhindhyenameṣa vadhyo hi nānyathā .. 97..

tataḥ sa vāyorvacanaṃ niśamya
saumitririndrapratimānavīryaḥ .
samādade bāṇamamoghavegaṃ
tadbrāhmamastraṃ sahasā niyojya .. 98..

tasminvarāstre tu niyujyamāne
saumitriṇā bāṇavare śitāgre .
diśaḥ sacandrārkamahāgrahāś ca
nabhaśca tatrāsa rarāsa corvī .. 99..

taṃ brahmaṇo.astreṇa niyujya cāpe
śaraṃ supuṅkhaṃ yamadūtakalpam .
saumitririndrārisutasya tasya
sasarja bāṇaṃ yudhi vajrakalpam .. 100..

taṃ lakṣmaṇotsṛṣṭamamoghavegaṃ
samāpatantaṃ jvalanaprakāśam .
suvarṇavajrottamacitrapuṅkhaṃ
tadātikāyaḥ samare dadarśa .. 101..

taṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ sahasātikāyo
jaghāna bāṇairniśitairanekaiḥ .
sa sāyakastasya suparṇavegas
tadātivegena jagāma pārśvam .. 102..

tamāgataṃ prekṣya tadātikāyo
bāṇaṃ pradīptāntakakālakalpam .
jaghāna śaktyṛṣṭigadākuṭhāraiḥ
śūlairhalaiścāpyavipannaceṣṭaḥ .. 103..

tānyāyudhānyadbhutavigrahāṇi
moghāni kṛtvā sa śaro.agnidīptaḥ .
prasahya tasyaiva kirīṭajuṣṭaṃ
tadātikāyasya śiro jahāra .. 104..

tacchiraḥ saśirastrāṇaṃ lakṣmaṇeṣuprapīḍitam .
papāta sahasā bhūmau śṛṅgaṃ himavato yathā .. 105..

praharṣayuktā bahavastu vānarā
prabuddhapadmapratimānanāstadā .
apūjaya.Nllakṣmaṇamiṣṭabhāginaṃ
hate ripau bhīmabale durāsade .. 106..

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