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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavaḥ śokakarśitaḥ .
nopadhārayate vyaktaṃ yaduktaṃ tena rakṣasā .. 1..

tato dhairyamavaṣṭabhya rāmaḥ parapurañjayaḥ .
vibhīṣaṇamupāsīnamuvāca kapisaṃnidhau .. 2..

nairṛtādhipate vākyaṃ yaduktaṃ te vibhīṣaṇa .
bhūyastacchrotumicchāmi brūhi yatte vivakṣitam .. 3..

rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .
yattatpunaridaṃ vākyaṃ babhāṣe sa vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 4..

yathājñaptaṃ mahābāho tvayā gulmaniveśanam .
tattathānuṣṭhitaṃ vīra tvadvākyasamanantaram .. 5..

tānyanīkāni sarvāṇi vibhaktāni samantataḥ .
vinyastā yūthapāścaiva yathānyāyaṃ vibhāgaśaḥ .. 6..

bhūyastu mama vijāpyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāyaśaḥ .
tvayyakāraṇasantapte santaptahṛdayā vayam .. 7..

tyaja rājannimaṃ śokaṃ mithyā santāpamāgatam .
tadiyaṃ tyajyatāṃ cintā śatruharṣavivardhanī .. 8..

udyamaḥ kriyatāṃ vīra harṣaḥ samupasevyatām .
prāptavyā yadi te sītā hantavyaśvca niśācarāḥ .. 9..

raghunandana vakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ me hitaṃ vacaḥ .
sādhvayaṃ yātu saumitrirbalena mahatā vṛtaḥ .
nikumbhilāyāṃ samprāpya hantuṃ rāvaṇimāhave .. 10..

dhanurmaṇḍalanirmuktairāśīviṣaviṣopamaiḥ .
śarairhantuṃ maheṣvāso rāvaṇiṃ samitiñjayaḥ .. 11..

tena vīreṇa tapasā varadānātsvayambhutaḥ .
astraṃ brahmaśiraḥ prāptaṃ kāmagāśca turaṅgamāḥ .. 12..

nikumbhilāmasamprāptamahutāgniṃ ca yo ripuḥ .
tvāmātatāyinaṃ hanyādindraśatro sa te vadhaḥ .
ityevaṃ vihito rājanvadhastasyaiva dhīmataḥ .. 13..

vadhāyendrajito rāma taṃ diśasva mahābalam .
hate tasminhataṃ viddhi rāvaṇaṃ sasuhṛjjanam .. 14..

vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutva rāmo vākyamathābravīt .
jānāmi tasya raudrasya māyāṃ satyaparākrama .. 15..

sa hi brahmāstravitprājño mahāmāyo mahābalaḥ .
karotyasaṃjñānsaṅgrāme devānsavaruṇānapi .. 16..

tasyāntarikṣe carato rathasthasya mahāyaśaḥ .
na gatirjñāyate vīrasūryasyevābhrasamplave .. 17..

rāghavastu riporjñātvā māyāvīryaṃ durātmanaḥ .
lakṣmaṇaṃ kīrtisampannamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 18..

yadvānarendrasya balaṃ tena sarveṇa saṃvṛtaḥ .
hanūmatpramukhaiścaiva yūthapaiḥ sahalakṣmaṇa .. 19..

jāmbavenarkṣapatinā saha sainyena saṃvṛtaḥ .
jahi taṃ rākṣasasutaṃ māyābalaviśāradam .. 20..

ayaṃ tvāṃ sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ mahātmā rajanīcaraḥ .
abhijñastasya deśasya pṛṣṭhato.anugamiṣyati .. 21..

rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇaḥ savibhīṣaṇaḥ .
jagrāha kārmukaṃ śreṣṭhamanyadbhīmaparākramaḥ .. 22..

saṃnaddhaḥ kavacī khaḍgī sa śarī hemacāpadhṛk .
rāmapādāvupaspṛśya hṛṣṭaḥ saumitrirabravīt .. 23..

adya matkārmukonmukhāḥ śarā nirbhidya rāvaṇim .
laṅkāmabhipatiṣyanti haṃsāḥ puṣkariṇīm iva .. 24..

adyaiva tasya raudrasya śarīraṃ māmakāḥ śarāḥ .
vidhamiṣyanti hatvā taṃ mahācāpaguṇacyutāḥ .. 25..

sa evamuktvā dyutimānvacanaṃ bhrāturagrataḥ .
sa rāvaṇivadhākāṅkṣī lakṣmaṇastvarito yayau .. 26..

so.abhivādya guroḥ pādau kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam .
nikumbhilāmabhiyayau caityaṃ rāvaṇipālitam .. 27..

vibhīṣaṇena sahito rājaputraḥ pratāpavān .
kṛtasvastyayano bhrātrā lakṣmaṇastvarito yayau .. 28..

vānarāṇāṃ sahasraistu hanūmānbahubhirvṛtaḥ .
vibhīṣaṇaḥ sahāmātyastadā lakṣmaṇamanvagāt .. 29..

mahatā harisainyena savegamabhisaṃvṛtaḥ .
ṛkṣarājabalaṃ caiva dadarśa pathi viṣṭhitam .. 30..

sa gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ saumitrirmitranandanaḥ .
rākṣasendrabalaṃ dūrādapaśyadvyūhamāsthitam .. 31..

sa samprāpya dhanuṣpāṇirmāyāyogamarindama .
tasthau brahmavidhānena vijetuṃ raghunandanaḥ .. 32..

vividhamamalaśastrabhāsvaraṃ tad
dhvajagahanaṃ vipulaṃ mahārathaiś ca .
pratibhayatamamaprameyavegaṃ
timiramiva dviṣatāṃ balaṃ viveśa .. 33..

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