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atha tasyāmavasthāyāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ rāvaṇānujaḥ .
pareṣāmahitaṃ vākyamarthasādhakamabravīt .. 1..

asyānīkasya mahato bhedane yatalakṣmaṇa .
rākṣasendrasuto.apyatra bhinne dṛśyo bhaviṣyati .. 2..

sa tvamindrāśaniprakhyaiḥ śarairavakiranparān .
abhidravāśu yāvadvai naitatkarma samāpyate .. 3..

jahi vīradurātmānaṃ māyāparamadhārmikam .
rāvaṇiṃ krūrakarmāṇaṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham .. 4..

vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ .
vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi rākṣasendrasutaṃ prati .. 5..

ṛkṣāḥ śākhāmṛgāścaiva drumādrivarayodhinaḥ .
abhyadhāvanta sahitāstadanīkamavasthitam .. 6..

rākṣasāśca śitairbāṇairasibhiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ .
udyataiḥ samavartanta kapisainyajighāṃsavaḥ .. 7..

sa samprahārastumulaḥ sañjajñe kapirakṣasām .
śabdena mahatā laṅkāṃ nādayanvai samantataḥ .. 8..

śastrairbahuvidhākāraiḥ śitairbāṇaiśca pādapaiḥ .
udyatairgiriśṛṅgaiśca ghorairākāśamāvṛtam .. 9..

te rākṣasā vānareṣu vikṛtānanabāhavaḥ .
niveśayantaḥ śastrāṇi cakruste sumahadbhayam .. 10..

tathaiva sakalairvṛkṣairgiriśṛṅgaiśca vānarāḥ .
abhijaghnurnijaghnuśca samare rākṣasarṣabhān .. 11..

ṛkṣavānaramukhyaiśca mahākāyairmahābalaiḥ .
rakṣasāṃ vadhyamānānāṃ mahadbhayamajāyata .. 12..

svamanīkaṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ tu śrutvā śatrubhirarditam .
udatiṣṭhata durdharṣastatkarmaṇyananuṣṭhite .. 13..

vṛkṣāndhakārānniṣkramya jātakrodhaḥ sa rāvaṇiḥ .
āruroha rathaṃ sajjaṃ pūrvayuktaṃ sa rākṣasaḥ .. 14..

sa bhīmakārmukaśaraḥ kṛṣṇāñjanacayopamaḥ .
raktāsyanayanaḥ krūro babhau mṛtyurivāntakaḥ .. 15..

dṛṣṭvaiva tu rathasthaṃ taṃ paryavartata tadbalam .
rakṣasāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ lakṣmaṇena yuyutsatām .. 16..

tasminkāle tu hanumānudyamya sudurāsadam .
dharaṇīdharasaṅkāśī mahāvṛkṣamarindamaḥ .. 17..

sa rākṣasānāṃ tatsainyaṃ kālāgniriva nirdahan .
cakāra bahubhirvṛkṣairniḥsaṃjñaṃ yudhi vānaraḥ .. 18..

vidhvaṃsayantaṃ tarasā dṛṣṭvaiva pavanātmajam .
rākṣasānāṃ sahasrāṇi hanūmantamavākiran .. 19..

śitaśūladharāḥ śūlairasibhiścāsipāṇayaḥ .
śaktibhiḥ śaktihastāśca paṭṭasaiḥ paṭṭasāyudhāḥ .. 20..

parighaiśca gadābhiśca kuntaiśca śubhadarśanaiḥ .
śataśaśca śataghnībhirāyasairapi mudgaraiḥ .. 21..

ghoraiḥ paraśubhiścaiva bhiṇḍipālaiśca rākṣasāḥ .
muṣṭibhirvajravegaiśca talairaśanisaṃnibhaiḥ .. 22..

abhijaghnuḥ samāsādya samantātparvatopamam .
teṣāmapi ca saṅkruddhaścakāra kadanaṃ mahat .. 23..

sa dadarśa kapiśreṣṭhamacalopamamindrajit .
sūdayānamamitraghnamamitrānpavanātmajam .. 24..

sa sārathimuvācedaṃ yāhi yatraiṣa vānaraḥ .
kṣayameva hi naḥ kuryādrākṣasānāmupekṣitaḥ .. 25..

ityuktaḥ sārathistena yayau yatra sa mārutiḥ .
vahanparamadurdharṣaṃ sthitamindrajitaṃ rathe .. 26..

so.abhyupetya śarānkhaḍgānpaṭṭasāsiparaśvadhān .
abhyavarṣata durdharṣaḥ kapimūrdhni sa rākṣasaḥ .. 27..

tāni śastrāṇi ghorāṇi pratigṛhya sa mārutiḥ .
roṣeṇa mahatāviṣo vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha .. 28..

yudhyasva yadi śūro.asi rāvaṇātmaja durmate .
vāyuputraṃ samāsādya na jīvanpratiyāsyasi .. 29..

bāhubhyāṃ samprayudhyasva yadi me dvandvamāhave .
vegaṃ sahasva durbuddhe tatastvaṃ rakṣasāṃ varaḥ .. 30..

hanūmantaṃ jighāṃsantaṃ samudyataśarāsanam .
rāvaṇātmajamācaṣṭe lakṣmaṇāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 31..

yastu vāsavanirjetā rāvaṇasyātmasambhavaḥ .
sa eṣa rathamāsthāya hanūmantaṃ jighāṃsati .. 32..

tamapratimasaṃsthānaiḥ śaraiḥ śatruvidāraṇaiḥ .
jīvitāntakarairghoraiḥ saumitre rāvaṇiṃ jahi .. 33..

ityevamuktastu tadā mahātmā
vibhīṣaṇenārivibhīṣaṇena .
dadarśa taṃ parvatasaṃnikāśaṃ
rathasthitaṃ bhīmabalaṃ durāsadam .. 34..

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