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sarga - 78

sa hatāśvo mahātejā bhūmau tiṣṭhanniśācaraḥ .
indrajitparamakruddhaḥ samprajajvāla tejasā .. 1..

tau dhanvinau jighāṃsantāvanyonyamiṣubhirbhṛśam .
vijayenābhiniṣkrāntau vane gajavṛṣāviva .. 2..

nibarhayantaścānyonyaṃ te rākṣasavanaukasaḥ .
bhartāraṃ na jahuryuddhe sampatantastatastataḥ .. 3..

sa lakṣmaṇaṃ samuddiśya paraṃ lāghavamāsthitaḥ .
vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi varṣāṇīva purandaraḥ .. 4..

muktamindrajitā tattu śaravarṣamarindamaḥ .
avārayadasambhrānto lakṣmaṇaḥ sudurāsadam .. 5..

abhedyakacanaṃ matvā lakṣmaṇaṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ .
lalāṭe lakṣmaṇaṃ bāṇaiḥ supuṅkhaistribhirindrajit .
avidhyatparamakruddhaḥ śīghramastraṃ pradarśayan .. 6..

taiḥ pṛṣatkairlalāṭasthaiḥ śuśubhe raghunandanaḥ .
raṇāgre samaraślāghī triśṛṅga iva parvataḥ .. 7..

sa tathāpyardito bāṇai rākṣasena mahāmṛdhe .
tamāśu prativivyādha lakṣmaṇaḥ panabhiḥ śaraiḥ .. 8..

lakṣmaṇendrajitau vīrau mahābalaśarāsanau .
anyonyaṃ jaghnaturbāṇairviśikhairbhīmavikramau .. 9..

tau parasparamabhyetya sarvagātreṣu dhanvinau .
ghorairvivyadhaturbāṇaiḥ kṛtabhāvāvubhau jaye .. 10..

tasmai dṛḍhataraṃ kruddho hatāśvāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
vajrasparśasamānpañca sasarjorasi mārgaṇān .. 11..

te tasya kāyaṃ nirbhidya rukmapuṅkhā nimittagāḥ .
babhūvurlohitādigdhā rakṭā iva mahoragāḥ .. 12..

sa pitṛvyasya saṅkruddha indrajiccharamādade .
uttamaṃ rakṣasāṃ madhye yamadattaṃ mahābalaḥ .. 13..

taṃ samīkṣya mahātejā maheṣuṃ tena saṃhitam .
lakṣmaṇo.apyādade bāṇamanyaṃ bhīmaparākramaḥ .. 14..

kubereṇa svayaṃ svapne yaddattamamitātmanā .
durjayaṃ durviṣahyaṃ ca sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 15..

tābhyāṃ tau dhanuṣi śreṣṭhe saṃhitau sāyakottamau .
vikṛṣyamāṇau vīrābhyāṃ bhṛśaṃ jajvalatuḥ śriyā .. 16..

tau bhāsayantāvākāśaṃ dhanurbhyāṃ viśikhau cyutau .
mukhena mukhamāhatya saṃnipetaturojasā .. 17..

tau mahāgrahasaṅkāśāvanyonyaṃ saṃnipatya ca .
saṅgrāme śatadhā yātau medinyāṃ vinipetatuḥ .. 18..

śarau pratihatau dṛṣṭvā tāvubhau raṇamūrdhani .
vrīḍito jātaroṣau ca lakṣmaṇendrajitāvubhau .. 19..

susaṃrabdhastu saumitrirastraṃ vāruṇamādade .
raudraṃ mahedrajidyuddhe vyasṛjadyudhi viṣṭhitaḥ .. 20..

tayoḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ sambabhūvādbhutopamam .
gaganasthāni bhūtāni lakṣmaṇaṃ paryavārayan .. 21..

bhairavābhirute bhīme yuddhe vānararākṣasām .
bhūtairbahubhirākāśaṃ vismitairāvṛtaṃ babhau .. 22..

ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā gandharvā garuṇoragāḥ .
śatakratuṃ puraskṛtya rarakṣurlakṣmaṇaṃ raṇe .. 23..

athānyaṃ mārgaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ sandadhe rāvaṇānujaḥ .
hutāśanasamasparśaṃ rāvaṇātmajadāruṇam .. 24..

supatramanuvṛttāṅgaṃ suparvāṇaṃ susaṃsthitam .
suvarṇavikṛtaṃ vīraḥ śarīrāntakaraṃ śaram .. 25..

durāvāraṃ durviṣahaṃ rākṣasānāṃ bhayāvaham .
āśīviṣaviṣaprakhyaṃ devasaṅghaiḥ samarcitam .. 26..

yena śakro mahātejā dānavānajayatprabhuḥ .
purā devāsure yuddhe vīryavānharivāhanaḥ .. 27..

tadaindramastraṃ saumitriḥ saṃyugeṣvaparājitam .
śaraśreṣṭhaṃ dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe naraśreṣṭho.abhisandadhe .. 28..

sandhāyāmitradalanaṃ vicakarṣa śarāsanam .
sajyamāyamya durdharśaḥ kālo lokakṣaye yathā .. 29..

sandhāya dhanuṣi śreṣṭhe vikarṣannidamabravīt .
lakṣmīvā.Nllakṣmaṇo vākyamarthasādhakamātmanaḥ .. 30..

dharmātmā satyasandhaśca rāmo dāśarathiryadi .
pauruṣe cāpratidvandvastadenaṃ jahi rāvaṇim .. 31..

ityuktvā bāṇamākarṇaṃ vikṛṣya tamajihmagam .
lakṣmaṇaḥ samare vīraḥ sasarjendrajitaṃ prati .
aindrāstreṇa samāyujya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā .. 32..

tacchiraḥ saśirastrāṇaṃ śrīmajjvalitakuṇḍalam .
pramathyendrajitaḥ kāyātpapāta dharaṇītale .. 33..

tadrākṣasatanūjasya chinnaskandhaṃ śiro mahat .
tapanīyanibhaṃ bhūmau dadṛśe rudhirokṣitam .. 34..

hatastu nipapātāśu dharaṇyāṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ .
kavacī saśirastrāṇo vidhvastaḥ saśarāsanaḥ .. 35..

cukruśuste tataḥ sarve vānarāḥ savibhīṣaṇāḥ .
hṛṣyanto nihate tasmindevā vṛtravadhe yathā .. 36..

athāntarikṣe bhūtānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām .
abhijajñe ca saṃnādo gandharvāpsarasām api .. 37..

patitaṃ samabhijñāya rākṣasī sā mahācamūḥ .
vadhyamānā diśo bheje haribhirjitakāśibhiḥ .. 38..

vanarairvadhyamānāste śastrāṇyutsṛjya rākṣasāḥ .
laṅkāmabhimukhāḥ sarve naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ pradhāvitāḥ .. 39..

dudruvurbahudhā bhītā rākṣasāḥ śataśo diśaḥ .
tyaktvā praharaṇānsarve paṭṭasāsiparaśvadhān .. 40..

ke cillaṅkāṃ paritrastāḥ praviṣṭā vānarārditāḥ .
samudre patitāḥ ke citke citparvatamāśritāḥ .. 41..

hatamindrajitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ samarakṣitau .
rākṣasānāṃ sahasreṣu na kaścitpratyadṛśyata .. 42..

yathāstaṃ gata āditye nāvatiṣṭhanti raśmayaḥ .
tathā tasminnipatite rākṣasāste gatā diśaḥ .. 43..

śāntarakṣmirivādityo nirvāṇa iva pāvakaḥ .
sa babhūva mahātejā vyapāsta gatajīvitaḥ .. 44..

praśāntapīḍā bahulo vinaṣṭāriḥ praharṣavān .
babhūva lokaḥ patite rākṣasendrasute tadā .. 45..

harṣaṃ ca śakro bhagavānsaha sarvaiḥ surarṣabhaiḥ .
jagāma nihate tasminrākṣase pāpakarmaṇi .. 46..

śuddhā āpo nabhaścaiva jahṛṣurdaityadānavāḥ .
ājagmuḥ patite tasminsarvalokabhayāvahe .. 47..

ūcuśca sahitāḥ sarve devagandharvadānavāḥ .
vijvarāḥ śāntakaluṣā brāhmaṇā vicarantviti .. 48..

tato.abhyanandansaṃhṛṣṭāḥ samare hariyūthapāḥ .
tamapratibalaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ nairṛtapuṅgavam .. 49..

vibhīṣaṇo hanūmāṃśca jāmbavāṃścarkṣayūthapaḥ .
vijayenābhinandantastuṣṭuvuścāpi lakṣmaṇam .. 50..

kṣveḍantaśca nadantaśca garjantaśca plavaṅgamāḥ .
labdhalakṣā raghusutaṃ parivāryopatasthire .. 51..

lāṅgūlāni pravidhyantaḥ sphoṭayantaśca vānarāḥ .
lakṣmaṇo jayatītyevaṃ vākyaṃ vyaśrāvayaṃstadā .. 52..

anyonyaṃ ca samāśliṣya kapayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ .
cakruruccāvacaguṇā rāghavāśrayajāḥ kathāḥ .. 53..

tadasukaramathābhivīkṣya hṛṣṭāḥ
priyasuhṛdo yudhi lakṣmaṇasya karma .
paramamupalabhanmanaḥpraharṣaṃ
vinihatamindraripuṃ niśamya devāḥ .. 54..

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