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tato hatānrākṣasapuṅgavāṃstān
devāntakāditriśiro.atikāyān .
rakṣogaṇāstatra hatāvaśiṣṭās
te rāvaṇāya tvaritaṃ śaśaṃsuḥ .. 1..
tato hatāṃstānsahasā niśamya
rājā mumohāśrupariplutākṣaḥ .
putrakṣayaṃ bhrātṛvadhaṃ ca ghoraṃ
vicintya rājā vipulaṃ pradadhyau .. 2..
tatastu rājānamudīkṣya dīnaṃ
śokārṇave samparipupluvānam .
atharṣabho rākṣasarājasūnur
athendrajidvākyamidaṃ babhāṣe .. 3..
na tāta mohaṃ pratigantumarhasi
yatrendrajijjīvati rākṣasendra .
nendrāribāṇābhihato hi kaś cit
prāṇānsamarthaḥ samare.abhidhartum .. 4..
paśyādya rāmaṃ sahalakṣmaṇena
madbāṇanirbhinnavikīrṇadeham .
gatāyuṣaṃ bhūmitale śayānaṃ
śaraiḥ śitairācitasarvagātram .. 5..
imāṃ pratijñāṃ śṛṇu śakraśatroḥ
suniścitāṃ pauruṣadaivayuktām .
adyaiva rāmaṃ sahalakṣmaṇena
santāpayiṣyāmi śarairamoghaiḥ .. 6..
adyendravaivasvataviṣṇumitra
sādhyāśvivaiśvānaracandrasūryāḥ .
drakṣyanti me vikramamaprameyaṃ
viṣṇorivograṃ baliyajñavāṭe .. 7..
sa evamuktvā tridaśendraśatrur
āpṛcchya rājānamadīnasattvaḥ .
samārurohānilatulyavegaṃ
rathaṃ kharaśreṣṭhasamādhiyuktam .. 8..
samāsthāya mahātejā rathaṃ harirathopamam .
jagāma sahasā tatra yatra yuddhamarindama .. 9..
taṃ prasthitaṃ mahātmānamanujagmurmahābalāḥ .
saṃharṣamāṇā bahavo dhanuḥpravarapāṇayaḥ .. 10..
gajaskandhagatāḥ ke citke citparamavājibhiḥ .
prāsamudgaranistriṃśa paraśvadhagadādharāḥ .. 11..
sa śaṅkhaninadairbhīmairbherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ .
jagāma tridaśendrāriḥ stūyamāno niśācaraiḥ .. 12..
sa śaṅkhaśaśivarṇena chatreṇa ripusādanaḥ .
rarāja paripūrṇena nabhaścandramasā yathā .. 13..
avījyata tato vīro haimairhemavibhūṣitaiḥ .
cārucāmaramukhyaiśca mukhyaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām .. 14..
tatastvindrajitā laṅkā sūryapratimatejasā .
rarājāprativīryeṇa dyaurivārkeṇa bhāsvatā .. 15..
sa tu dṛṣṭvā viniryāntaṃ balena mahatā vṛtam .
rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmānrāvaṇaḥ putramabravīt .. 16..
tvamapratirathaḥ putra jitaste yudhi vāsavaḥ .
kiṃ punarmānuṣaṃ dhṛṣyaṃ na vadhiṣyasi rāghavam .. 17..
tathokto rākṣasendreṇa pratigṛhya mahāśiṣaḥ .
rathenāśvayujā vīraḥ śīghraṃ gatvā nikumbhilām .. 18..
sa samprāpya mahātejā yuddhabhūmimarindamaḥ .
sthāpayāmāsa rakṣāṃsi rathaṃ prati samantataḥ .. 19..
tatastu hutabhoktāraṃ hutabhuksadṛśaprabhaḥ .
juhuve rākṣasaśreṣṭho mantravadvidhivattadā .. 20..
sa havirjālasaṃskārairmālyagandhapuraskṛtaiḥ .
juhuve pāvakaṃ tatra rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān .. 21..
śastrāṇi śarapatrāṇi samidho.atha vibhītakaḥ .
lohitāni ca vāsāṃsi sruvaṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ tathā .. 22..
sa tatrāgniṃ samāstīrya śarapatraiḥ satomaraiḥ .
chāgasya sarvakṛṣṇasya galaṃ jagrāha jīvataḥ .. 23..
sakṛdeva samiddhasya vidhūmasya mahārciṣaḥ .
babhūvustāni liṅgāni vijayaṃ yānyadarśayan .. 24..
pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhastaptakāñcanasaṃnibhaḥ .
havistatpratijagrāha pāvakaḥ svayamutthitaḥ .. 25..
so.astramāhārayāmāsa brāhmamastravidāṃ varaḥ .
dhanuścātmarathaṃ caiva sarvaṃ tatrābhyamantrayat .. 26..
tasminnāhūyamāne.astre hūyamāne ca pāvake .
sārkagrahendu nakṣatraṃ vitatrāsa nabhastalam .. 27..
sa pāvakaṃ pāvakadīptatejā
hutvā mahendrapratimaprabhāvaḥ .
sacāpabāṇāsirathāśvasūtaḥ
khe.antardadha ātmānamacintyarūpaḥ .. 28..
sa sainyamutsṛjya sametya tūrṇaṃ
mahāraṇe vānaravāhinīṣu .
adṛśyamānaḥ śarajālamugraṃ
vavarṣa nīlāmbudharo yathāmbu .. 29..
te śakrajidbāṇaviśīrṇadehā
māyāhatā visvaramunnadantaḥ .
raṇe nipeturharayo.adrikalpā
yathendravajrābhihatā nagendrāḥ .. 30..
te kevalaṃ sandadṛśuḥ śitāgrān
bāṇānraṇe vānaravāhinīṣu .
māyā nigūḍhaṃ ca surendraśatruṃ
na cātra taṃ rākṣasamabhyapaśyan .. 31..
tataḥ sa rakṣo.adhipatirmahātmā
sarvā diśo bāṇagaṇaiḥ śitāgraiḥ .
pracchādayāmāsa raviprakāśair
viṣādayāmāsa ca vānarendrān .. 32..
sa śūlanistriṃśa paraśvadhāni
vyāvidhya dīptānalasaṃnibhāni .
savisphuliṅgojjvalapāvakāni
vavarṣa tīvraṃ plavagendrasainye .. 33..
tato jvalanasaṅkāśaiḥ śitairvānarayūthapāḥ .
tāḍitāḥ śakrajidbāṇaiḥ praphullā iva kiṃśukāḥ .. 34..
anyonyamabhisarpanto ninadantaś ca visvaram .
rākṣasendrāstranirbhinnā nipeturvānararṣabhāḥ .. 35..
udīkṣamāṇā gaganaṃ ke cinnetreṣu tāḍitāḥ .
śarairviviśuranyonyaṃ petuśca jagatītale .. 36..
hanūmantaṃ ca sugrīvamaṅgadaṃ gandhamādanam .
jāmbavantaṃ suṣeṇaṃ ca vegadarśinameva ca .. 37..
maindaṃ ca dvividaṃ nīlaṃ gavākṣaṃ gajagomukhau .
kesariṃ harilomānaṃ vidyuddaṃṣṭraṃ ca vānaram .. 38..
sūryānanaṃ jyotimukhaṃ tathā dadhimukhaṃ harim .
pāvakākṣaṃ nalaṃ caiva kumudaṃ caiva vānaram .. 39..
prāsaiḥ śūlaiḥ śitairbāṇairindrajinmantrasaṃhitaiḥ .
vivyādha hariśārdūlānsarvāṃstānrākṣasottamaḥ .. 40..
sa vai gadābhirhariyūthamukhyān
nirbhidya bāṇaistapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ .
vavarṣa rāmaṃ śaravṛṣṭijālaiḥ
salakṣmaṇaṃ bhāskararaśmikalpaiḥ .. 41..
sa bāṇavarṣairabhivarṣyamāṇo
dhārānipātāniva tānvicintya .
samīkṣamāṇaḥ paramādbhutaśrī
rāmastadā lakṣmaṇamityuvāca .. 42..
asau punarlakṣmaṇa rākṣasendro
brahmāstramāśritya surendraśatruḥ .
nipātayitvā harisainyamugram
asmāñśarairardayati prasaktam .. 43..
svayambhuvā dattavaro mahātmā
khamāsthito.antarhitabhīmakāyaḥ .
kathaṃ nu śakyo yudhi naṣṭadeho
nihantumadyendrajidudyatāstraḥ .. 44..
manye svayambhūrbhagavānacintyo
yasyaitadastraṃ prabhavaś ca yo.asya .
bāṇāvapātāṃstvamihādya dhīman
mayā sahāvyagramanāḥ sahasva .. 45..
pracchādayatyeṣa hi rākṣasendraḥ
sarvā diśaḥ sāyakavṛṣṭijālaiḥ .
etacca sarvaṃ patitāgryavīraṃ
na bhrājate vānararājasainyam .. 46..
āvāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā patitau visaṃjñau
nivṛttayuddhau hataroṣaharṣau .
dhruvaṃ pravekṣyatyamarārivāsaṃ
asau samādāya raṇāgralakṣmīm .. 47..
tatastu tāvindrajidastrajālair
babhūvatustatra tadā viśastau .
sa cāpi tau tatra viṣādayitvā
nanāda harṣādyudhi rākṣasendraḥ .. 48..
sa tattadā vānararājasainyaṃ
rāmaṃ ca saṅkhye sahalakṣmaṇena .
viṣādayitvā sahasā viveśa
purīṃ daśagrīvabhujābhiguptām .. 49..
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