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tataḥ śaraṃ dāśarathiḥ sandhāyāmitrakarśanaḥ .
sasarja rākṣasendrāya kruddhaḥ sarpa iva śvasan .. 1..

tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ sa śrutvā rāvaṇātmajaḥ .
vivarṇavadano bhūtvā lakṣmaṇaṃ samudaikṣata .. 2..

taṃ viṣaṇṇamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ rāvaṇātmajam .
saumitriṃ yuddhasaṃsaktaṃ pratyuvāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 3..

nimittānyanupaśyāmi yānyasminrāvaṇātmaje .
tvara tena mahābāho bhagna eṣa na saṃśayaḥ .. 4..

tataḥ sandhāya saumitriḥ śarānagniśikhopamān .
mumoca niśitāṃstasmai sarvāniva viṣolbaṇān .. 5..

śakrāśanisamasparśairlakṣmaṇenāhataḥ śaraiḥ .
muhūrtamabhavanmūḍhaḥ sarvasaṅkṣubhitendriyaḥ .. 6..

upalabhya muhūrtena saṃjñāṃ pratyāgatendriyaḥ .
dadarśāvasthitaṃ vīraṃ vīro daśarathātmajam .. 7..

so.abhicakrāma saumitriṃ roṣātsaṃraktalocanaḥ .
abravīccainamāsādya punaḥ sa paruṣaṃ vacaḥ .. 8..

kiṃ na smarasi tadyuddhe prathame matparākramam .
nibaddhastvaṃ saha bhrātrā yadā yudhi viceṣṭase .. 9..

yuvā khalu mahāyuddhe śakrāśanisamaiḥ śaraiḥ .
śāyinau prathamaṃ bhūmau visaṃjñau sapuraḥsarau .. 10..

smṛtirvā nāsti te manye vyaktaṃ vā yamasādanam .
gantumicchasi yasmāttvaṃ māṃ dharṣayitumicchasi .. 11..

yadi te prathame yuddhe na dṛṣṭo matparākramaḥ .
adya tvāṃ darśayiṣyāmi tiṣṭhedānīṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. 12..

ityuktvā saptabhirbāṇairabhivivyādha lakṣmaṇam .
daśabhiśca hanūmantaṃ tīkṣṇadhāraiḥ śarottamaiḥ .. 13..

tataḥ śaraśatenaiva suprayuktena vīryavān .
krodhāddviguṇasaṃrabdho nirbibheda vibhīṣaṇam .. 14..

taddṛṣṭvendrajitaḥ karma kṛtaṃ rāmānujastadā .
acintayitvā prahasannaitatkiṃ ciditi bruvan .. 15..

mumoca sa śarānghorānsaṅgṛhya narapuṅgavaḥ .
abhītavadanaḥ kruddho rāvaṇiṃ lakṣmaṇo yudhi .. 16..

naivaṃ raṇagataḥ śūrāḥ praharanti niśācara .
laghavaścālpavīryāśca sukhā hīme śarāstava .. 17..

naivaṃ śūrāstu yudhyante samare jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ .
ityevaṃ taṃ bruvāṇastu śaravarṣairavākirat .. 18..

tasya bāṇaistu vidhvastaṃ kavacaṃ hemabhūṣitam .
vyaśīryata rathopasthe tārājālamivāmbarāt .. 19..

vidhūtavarmā nārācairbabhūva sa kṛtavraṇaḥ .
indrajitsamare śūraḥ prarūḍha iva sānumān .. 20..

abhīkṣṇaṃ niśvasantau hi yudhyetāṃ tumulaṃ yudhi .
śarasaṅkṛttasarvāṅgo sarvato rudhirokṣitau .. 21..

astrāṇyastravidāṃ śreṣṭhau darśayantau punaḥ punaḥ .
śarānuccāvacākārānantarikṣe babandhatuḥ .. 22..

vyapetadoṣamasyantau laghucitraṃ ca suṣṭhu ca .
ubhau tu tumulaṃ ghoraṃ cakraturnararākṣasau .. 23..

tayoḥ pṛthakpṛthagbhīmaḥ śuśruve talanisvanaḥ .
sughorayorniṣṭanatorgagane meghayoriva .. 24..

te gātrayornipatitā rukmapuṅkhāḥ śarā yudhi .
asṛgdigdhā viniṣpeturviviśurdharaṇītalam .. 25..

anyaiḥ suniśitaiḥ śastrairākāśe sañjaghaṭṭire .
babhañjuścicchiduścāpi tayorbāṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 26..

sa babhūva raṇe ghorastayorbāṇamayaścayaḥ .
agnibhyāmiva dīptābhyāṃ satre kuśamayaścayaḥ .. 27..

tayoḥ kṛtavraṇau dehau śuśubhāte mahātmanoḥ .
sapuṣpāviva niṣpatrau vane śālmalikuṃśukau .. 28..

cakratustumulaṃ ghoraṃ saṃnipātaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .
indrajillakṣmaṇaścaiva parasparajayaiṣiṇau .. 29..

lakṣmaṇo rāvaṇiṃ yuddhe rāvaṇiścāpi lakṣmaṇam .
anyonyaṃ tāvabhighnantau na śramaṃ pratyapadyatām .. 30..

bāṇajālaiḥ śarīrasthairavagāḍhaistarasvinau .
śuśubhāte mahāvīrau virūḍhāviva parvatau .. 31..

tayo rudhirasiktāni saṃvṛtāni śarairbhṛśam .
babhrājuḥ sarvagātrāṇi jvalanta iva pāvakāḥ .. 32..

tayoratha mahānkālo vyatīyādyudhyamānayoḥ .
na ca tau yuddhavaimukhyaṃ śramaṃ vāpyupajagmatuḥ .. 33..

atha samarapariśramaṃ nihantuṃ
samaramukheṣvajitasya lakṣmaṇasya .
priyahitamupapādayanmahaujāḥ
samaramupetya vibhīṣaṇo.avatasthe .. 34..

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