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sarga - 77

yudhyamānau tu tau dṛṣṭvā prasaktau nararākṣasau .
śūraḥ sa rāvaṇabhrātā tasthau saṅgrāmamūrdhani .. 1..

tato visphārayāmāsa mahaddhanuravasthitaḥ .
utsasarja ca tīkṣṇāgrānrākṣaseṣu mahāśarān .. 2..

te śarāḥ śikhisaṅkāśā nipatantaḥ samāhitāḥ .
rākṣasāndārayāmāsurvajrā iva mahāgirīn .. 3..

vibhīṣaṇasyānucarāste.api śūlāsipaṭṭasaiḥ .
ciccheduḥ samare vīrānrākṣasānrākṣasottamāḥ .. 4..

rākṣasaistaiḥ parivṛtaḥ sa tadā tu vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
babhau madhye prahṛṣṭānāṃ kalabhānāmiva dvipaḥ .. 5..

tataḥ sañcodayāno vai harīnrakṣoraṇapriyān .
uvāca vacanaṃ kāle kālajño rakṣasāṃ varaḥ .. 6..

eko.ayaṃ rākṣasendrasya parāyaṇamiva sthitaḥ .
etaccheṣaṃ balaṃ tasya kiṃ tiṣṭhata harīśvarāḥ .. 7..

asminvinihate pāpe rākṣase raṇamūrdhani .
rāvaṇaṃ varjayitvā tu śeṣamasya balaṃ hatam .. 8..

prahasto nihato vīro nikumbhaśca mahābalaḥ .
kumbhakarṇaśca kumbhaśca dhūmrākṣaśca niśācaraḥ .. 9..

akampanaḥ supārśvaśca cakramālī ca rākṣasaḥ .
kampanaḥ sattvavantaśca devāntakanarāntakau .. 10..

etānnihatyātibalānbahūnrākṣasasattamān .
bāhubhyāṃ sāgaraṃ tīrtvā laṅghyatāṃ goṣpadaṃ laghu .. 11..

etāvadiha śeṣaṃ vo jetavyamiha vānarāḥ .
hatāḥ sarve samāgamya rākṣasā baladarpitāḥ .. 12..

ayuktaṃ nidhanaṃ kartuṃ putrasya janiturmama .
ghṛṇāmapāsya rāmārthe nihanyāṃ bhrāturātmajam .. 13..

hantukāmasya me bāṣpaṃ cakṣuś caiva nirudhyate .
tadevaiṣa mahābāhurlakṣmaṇaḥ śamayiṣyati .
vānarā ghnantuṃ sambhūya bhṛtyānasya samīpagān .. 14..

iti tenātiyaśasā rākṣasenābhicoditāḥ .
vānarendrā jahṛṣire lāṅgalāni ca vivyadhuḥ .. 15..

tataste kapiśārdūlāḥ kṣveḍantaśca muhurmuhuḥ .
mumucurvividhānnādānmeghāndṛṣṭveva barhiṇaḥ .. 16..

jāmbavānapi taiḥ sarvaiḥ svayūthairabhisaṃvṛtaḥ .
aśmabhistāḍayāmāsa nakhairdantaiśca rākṣasān .. 17..

nighnantamṛkṣādhipatiṃ rākṣasāste mahābalāḥ .
parivavrurbhayaṃ tyaktvā tamanekavidhāyudhāḥ .. 18..

śaraiḥ paraśubhistīkṣṇaiḥ paṭṭasairyaṣṭitomaraiḥ .
jāmbavantaṃ mṛdhe jaghnurnighnantaṃ rākṣasīṃ camūm .. 19..

sa samprahārastumulaḥ sañjajñe kapirākṣasām .
devāsurāṇāṃ kruddhānāṃ yathā bhīmo mahāsvanaḥ .. 20..

hanūmānapi saṅkruddhaḥ sālamutpāṭya parvatāt .
rakṣasāṃ kadanaṃ cakre samāsādya sahasraśaḥ .. 21..

sa dattvā tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ pitṛvyasyendrajidyudhi .
lakṣmaṇaṃ paravīraghnaṃ punarevābhyadhāvata .. 22..

tau prayuddhau tadā vīrau mṛdhe lakṣmaṇarākṣasau .
śaraughānabhivarṣantau jaghnatustau parasparam .. 23..

abhīkṣṇamantardadhatuḥ śarajālairmahābalau .
candrādityāvivoṣṇānte yathā meghaistarasvinau .. 24..

na hyādānaṃ na sandhānaṃ dhanuṣo vā parigrahaḥ .
na vipramokṣo bāṇānāṃ na vikarṣo na vigrahaḥ .. 25..

na muṣṭipratisandhānaṃ na lakṣyapratipādanam .
adṛśyata tayostatra yudhyatoḥ pāṇilāghavāt .. 26..

cāpavegapramuktaiśca bāṇajālaiḥ samantataḥ .
antarikṣe.abhisañcanne na rūpāṇi cakāśire .
tamasā pihitaṃ sarvamāsīdbhīmataraṃ mahat .. 27..

na tadānīi.m vavau vāyurna jajvāla ca pāvaka.h .
svastyastu lokebhya iti jajalpaśca maharṣayaḥ .
sampetuścātra samprāptā gandharvāḥ saha cāraṇaiḥ .. 28..

atha rākṣasasiṃhasya kṛṣṇānkanakabhūṣaṇān .
śaraiścaturbhiḥ saumitrirvivyādha caturo hayān .. 29..

tato.apareṇa bhallena sūtasya vicariṣyataḥ .
lāghavādrāghavaḥ śrīmāñśiraḥ kāyādapāharat .. 30..

nihataṃ sārathiṃ dṛṣṭvā samare rāvaṇātmajaḥ .
prajahau samaroddharṣaṃ viṣaṇṇaḥ sa babhūva ha .. 31..

viṣaṇṇavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ hariyūthapāḥ .
tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo lakṣmaṇaṃ cābhyapūjayan .. 32..

tataḥ pramāthī śarabho rabhaso gandhamādanaḥ .
amṛṣyamāṇāścatvāraścakrurvegaṃ harīśvarāḥ .. 33..

te cāsya hayamukhyeṣu tūrṇamutpatya vānarāḥ .
caturṣu sumahāvīryā nipeturbhīmavikramāḥ .. 34..

teṣāmadhiṣṭhitānāṃ tairvānaraiḥ parvatopamaiḥ .
mukhebhyo rudhiraṃ vyaktaṃ hayānāṃ samavartata .. 35..

te nihatya hayāṃstasya pramathya ca mahāratham .
punarutpatya vegena tasthurlakṣmaṇapārśvataḥ .. 36..

sa hatāśvādavaplutya rathānmathitasāratheḥ .
śaravarṣeṇa saumitrimabhyadhāvata rāvaṇiḥ .. 37..

tato mahendrapratimaṃhsa lakṣmaṇaḥ
padātinaṃ taṃ niśitaiḥ śarottamaiḥ .
sṛjantamādau niśitāñśarottamān
bhṛśaṃ tadā bāṇagaṇairnyavārayat .. 38..




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