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sarga - 66

nirgataṃ makarākṣaṃ te dṛṣṭvā vānarapuṅgavāḥ .
āplutya sahasā sarve yoddhukāmā vyavasthitāḥ .. 1..

tataḥ pravṛttaṃ sumahattadyuddhaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .
niśācaraiḥ plavaṅgānāṃ devānāṃ dānavairiva .. 2..

vṛkṣaśūlanipātaiśca śilāparighapātanaiḥ .
anyonyaṃ mardayanti sma tadā kapiniśācarāḥ .. 3..

śaktiśūlagadākhaḍgaistomaraiśca niśācarāḥ .
paṭṭasairbhindipālaiśca bāṇapātaiḥ samantataḥ .. 4..

pāśamudgaradaṇḍaiśca nirghātaiścāparaistathā .
kadanaṃ kapisiṃhānāṃ cakruste rajanīcarāḥ .. 5..

bāṇaughairarditāścāpi kharaputreṇa vānarāḥ .
sambhrāntamanasaḥ sarve dudruvurbhayapīḍitāḥ .. 6..

tāndṛṣṭvā rākṣasāḥ sarve dravamāṇānvanaukasaḥ .
neduste siṃhavaddhṛṣṭā rākṣasā jitakāśinaḥ .. 7..

vidravatsu tadā teṣu vānareṣu samantataḥ .
rāmastānvārayāmāsa śaravarṣeṇa rākṣasān .. 8..

vāritānrākṣasāndṛṣṭvā makarākṣo niśācaraḥ .
krodhānalasamāviṣṭo vacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 9..

tiṣṭha rāma mayā sārdhaṃ dvandvayuddhaṃ dadāmi te .
tyājayiṣyāmi te prāṇāndhanurmuktaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ .. 10..

yattadā daṇḍakāraṇye pitaraṃ hatavānmama .
madagrataḥ svakarmasthaṃ smṛtvā roṣo.abhivardhate .. 11..

dahyante bhṛśamaṅgāni durātmanmama rāghava .
yanmayāsi na dṛṣṭastvaṃ tasminkāle mahāvane .. 12..

diṣṭyāsi darśanaṃ rāma mama tvaṃ prāptavāniha .
kāṅkṣito.asi kṣudhārtasya siṃhasyevetaro mṛgaḥ .. 13..

adya madbāṇavegena pretarāḍviṣayaṃ gataḥ .
ye tvayā nihatāḥ śūrāḥ saha taistvaṃ sameṣyasi .. 14..

bahunātra kimuktena śṛṇu rāma vaco mama .
paśyantu sakalā lokāstvāṃ māṃ caiva raṇājire .. 15..

astrairvā gadayā vāpi bāhubhyāṃ vā mahāhave .
abhyastaṃ yena vā rāma tena vā vartatāṃ yudhi .. 16..

makarākṣavacaḥ śrutvā rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .
abravītprahasanvākyamuttarottaravādinam .. 17..

caturdaśasahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ tvatpitā ca yaḥ .
triśirā dūṣaṇaścāpi daṇḍake nihatā mayā .. 18..

svāśitāstava māṃsena gṛdhragomāyuvāyasāḥ .
bhaviṣyantyadya vai pāpa tīkṣṇatuṇḍanakhāṅkuśāḥ .. 19..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa kharaputro niśācaraḥ .
bāṇaughānasṛjattasmai rāghavāya raṇājire .. 20..

tāñśarāñśaravarṣeṇa rāmaściccheda naikadhā .
nipeturbhuvi te chinnā rukmapuṅkhāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 21..

tadyuddhamabhavattatra sametyānyonyamojasā .
khara rākṣasaputrasya sūnordaśarathasya ca .. 22..

jīmūtayorivākāśe śabdo jyātalayostadā .
dhanurmuktaḥ svanotkṛṣṭaḥ śrūyate ca raṇājire .. 23..

devadānavagandharvāḥ kiṃnarāśca mahoragāḥ .
antarikṣagatāḥ sarve draṣṭukāmāstadadbhutam .. 24..

viddhamanyonyagātreṣu dviguṇaṃ vardhate balam .
kṛtapratikṛtānyonyaṃ kurvāte tau raṇājire .. 25..

rāmamuktāstu bāṇaughānrākṣasastvacchinadraṇe .
rakṣomuktāṃstu rāmo vai naikadhā prācchinaccharaiḥ .. 26..

bāṇaughavitatāḥ sarvā diśaśca vidiśastathā .
sañcannā vasudhā caiva samantānna prakāśate .. 27..

tataḥ kruddho mahābāhurdhanuściccheda rakṣasaḥ .
aṣṭābhiratha nārācaiḥ sūtaṃ vivyādha rāghavaḥ .
bhittvā śarai rathaṃ rāmo rathāśvānsamapātayat .. 28..

viratho vasudhāṃ tiṣṭhanmakarākṣo niśācaraḥ .
atiṣṭhadvasudhāṃ rakṣaḥ śūlaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā .
trāsanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabham .. 29..

vibhrāmya ca mahacchūlaṃ prajvalantaṃ niśācaraḥ .
sa krodhātprāhiṇottasmai rāghavāya mahāhave .. 30..

tamāpatantaṃ jvalitaṃ kharaputrakarāccyutam .
bāṇaistu tribhirākāśe śūlaṃ ciccheda rāghavaḥ .. 31..

sacchinno naikadhā śūlo divyahāṭakamaṇḍitaḥ .
vyaśīryata mahokleva rāmabāṇārdito bhuvi .. 32..

tacchūlaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇādbhutakarmaṇā .
sādhu sādhviti bhūtāni vyāharanti nabhogatāḥ .. 33..

taddṛṣṭvā nihataṃ śūlaṃ makarākṣo niśācaraḥ .
muṣṭimudyamya kākutsthaṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt .. 34..

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā patantaṃ vai prahasya raghunandanaḥ .
pāvakāstraṃ tato rāmaḥ sandadhe svaśarāsane .. 35..

tenāstreṇa hataṃ rakṣaḥ kākutsthena tadā raṇe .
sañcinnahṛdayaṃ tatra papāta ca mamāra ca .. 36..

dṛṣṭvā te rākṣasāḥ sarve makarākṣasya pātanam .
laṅkāmeva pradhāvanta rāmabālārditāstadā .. 37..

daśarathanṛpaputrabāṇavegai
rajanicaraṃ nihataṃ kharātmajaṃ tam .
dadṛśuratha ca devatāḥ prahṛṣṭā
girimiva vajrahataṃ yathā viśīrṇam .. 38..




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