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tataḥ paulastya sacivāḥ śrutvā cendrajitaṃ hatam .
ācacakṣurabhijñāya daśagrīvāya savyathāḥ .. 1..

yuddhe hato mahārāja lakṣmaṇena tavātmajaḥ .
vibhīṣaṇasahāyena miṣatāṃ no mahādyute .. 2..

śūraḥ śūreṇa saṅgamya saṃyugeṣvaparājitaḥ .
lakṣṇanena hataḥ śūraḥ putraste vibudhendrajit .. 3..

sa taṃ pratibhayaṃ śrutvā vadhaṃ putrasya dāruṇam .
ghoramindrajitaḥ saṅkhye kaśmalaṃ prāviśanmahat .. 4..

upalabhya cirātsaṃjñāṃ rājā rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ .
putraśokārdito dīno vilalāpākulendriyaḥ .. 5..

hā rākṣasacamūmukhya mama vatsa mahāratha .
jitvendraṃ kathamadya tvaṃ lakṣmaṇasya vaśaṃ gataḥ .. 6..

nanu tvamiṣubhiḥ kruddho bhindyāḥ kālāntakāvapi .
mandarasyāpi śṛṅgāṇi kiṃ punarlakṣmaṇaṃ raṇe .. 7..

adya vaivasvato rājā bhūyo bahumato mama .
yenādya tvaṃ mahābāho saṃyuktaḥ kāladharmaṇā .. 8..

eṣa panthāḥ suyodhānāṃ sarvāmaragaṇeṣvapi .
yaḥ kṛte hanyate bhartuḥ sa pumānsvargamṛcchati .. 9..

adya devagaṇāḥ sarve lokapālāstatharṣayaḥ .
hatamindrajitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sukhaṃ svapsyanti nirbhayāḥ .. 10..

adya lokāstrayaḥ kṛtsnāḥ pṛthivī ca sakānanā .
ekenendrajitā hīnā śūṇyeva pratibhāti me .. 11..

adya nairṛtakanyāyāṃ śroṣyāmyantaḥpure ravam .
kareṇusaṅghasya yathā ninādaṃ girigahvare .. 12..

yauvarājyaṃ ca laṅkāṃ ca rakṣāṃsi ca parantapa .
mātaraṃ māṃ ca bhāryāṃ ca kva gato.asi vihāya naḥ .. 13..

mama nāma tvayā vīra gatasya yamasādanam .
pretakāryāṇi kāryāṇi viparīte hi vartase .. 14..

sa tvaṃ jīvati sugrīve rāghave ca salakṣmaṇe .
mama śalyamanuddhṛtya kva gato.asi vihāya naḥ .. 15..

evamādivilāpārtaṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam .
āviveśa mahānkopaḥ putravyasanasambhavaḥ .. 16..

ghoraṃ prakṛtyā rūpaṃ tattasya krodhāgnimūrchitam .
babhūva rūpaṃ rudrasya kruddhasyeva durāsadam .. 17..

tasya kruddhasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannasrabindavaḥ .
dīptābhyāmiva dīpābhyāṃ sārciṣaḥ snehabindavaḥ .. 18..

dantānvidaśatastasya śrūyate daśanasvanaḥ .
yantrasyāveṣṭyamānasya mahato dānavairiva .. 19..

kālāgniriva saṅkruddho yāṃ yāṃ diśamavaikṣata .
tasyāṃ tasyāṃ bhayatrastā rākṣasāḥ saṃnililyire .. 20..

tamantakamiva kruddhaṃ carācaracikhādiṣum .
vīkṣamāṇaṃ diśaḥ sarvā rākṣasā nopacakramuḥ .. 21..

tataḥ paramasaṅkruddho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
abravīdrakṣasāṃ madhye saṃstambhayiṣurāhave .. 22..

mayā varṣasahasrāṇi caritvā duścaraṃ tapaḥ .
teṣu teṣvavakāśeṣu svayambhūḥ paritoṣitaḥ .. 23..

tasyaiva tapaso vyuṣṭyā prasādācca svayambhuvaḥ .
nāsurebhyo na devebhyo bhayaṃ mama kadā cana .. 24..

kavacaṃ brahmadattaṃ me yadādityasamaprabham .
devāsuravimardeṣu na bhinnaṃ vajraśaktibhiḥ .. 25..

tena māmadya saṃyuktaṃ rathasthamiha saṃyuge .
pratīyātko.adya māmājau sākṣādapi purandaraḥ .. 26..

yattadābhiprasannena saśaraṃ kārmukaṃ mahat .
devāsuravimardeṣu mama dattaṃ svayambhuvā .. 27..

adya tūryaśatairbhīmaṃ dhanurutthāpyatāṃ mahat .
rāmalakṣmaṇayoreva vadhāya paramāhave .. 28..

sa putravadhasantaptaḥ śūraḥ krodhavaśaṃ gataḥ .
samīkṣya rāvaṇo buddhyā sītāṃ hantuṃ vyavasyata .. 29..

pratyavekṣya tu tāmrākṣaḥ sughoro ghoradarśanān .
dīno dīnasvarānsarvāṃstānuvāca niśācarān .. 30..

māyayā mama vatsena vañcanārthaṃ vanaukasām .
kiṃ cideva hataṃ tatra sīteyamiti darśitam .. 31..

tadidaṃ satyamevāhaṃ kariṣye priyamātmanaḥ .
vaidehīṃ nāśayiṣyāmi kṣatrabandhumanuvratām .
ityevamuktvā sacivānkhaḍgamāśu parāmṛśat .. 32..

uddhṛtya guṇasampannaṃ vimalāmbaravarcasaṃ .
niṣpapāta sa vegena sabhāyāḥ sacivairvṛtaḥ .. 33..

rāvaṇaḥ putraśokena bhṛśamākulacetanaḥ .
saṅkruddhaḥ khaḍgamādāya sahasā yatra maithilī .. 34..

vrajantaṃ rākṣasaṃ prekṣya siṃhanādaṃ pracukruśuḥ .
ūcuścānyonyamāśliṣya saṅkruddhaṃ prekṣya rākṣasāḥ .. 35..

adyainaṃ tāvubhau dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau pravyathiṣyataḥ .
lokapālā hi catvāraḥ kruddhenānena nirjitāḥ .
bahavaḥ śatravaścānye saṃyugeṣvabhipātitāḥ .. 36..

teṣāṃ sañjalpamānānāmaśokavanikāṃ gatām .
abhidudrāva vaidehīṃ rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ .. 37..

vāryamāṇaḥ susaṅkruddhaḥ suhṛdbhirhitabuddhibhiḥ .
abhyadhāvata saṅkruddhaḥ khe graho rohiṇīm iva .. 38..

maithilī rakṣyamāṇā tu rākṣasībhiraninditā .
dadarśa rākṣasaṃ kruddhaṃ nistriṃśavaradhāriṇam .. 39..

taṃ niśāmya sanistriṃśaṃ vyathitā janakātmajā .
nivāryamāṇaṃ bahuśaḥ suhṛdbhiranivartinam .. 40..

yathāyaṃ māmabhikruddhaḥ samabhidravati svayam .
vadhiṣyati sanāthāṃ māmanāthāmiva durmatiḥ .. 41..

bahuśaścodayāmāsa bhartāraṃ māmanuvratām .
bhāryā bhava ramasyeti pratyākhyāto.abhavanmayā .. 42..

so.ayaṃ māmanupasthānādvyaktaṃ nairāśyamāgataḥ .
krodhamohasamāviṣṭo nihantuṃ māṃ samudyataḥ .. 43..

atha vā tau naravyāghrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
mannimittamanāryeṇa samare.adya nipātitau .
aho dhinmannimitto.ayaṃ vināśo rājaputrayoḥ .. 44..

hanūmato hi tadvākyaṃ na kṛtaṃ kṣudrayā mayā .
yadyahaṃ tasya pṛṣṭhena tadāyāsamaninditā .
nādyaivamanuśoceyaṃ bharturaṅkagatā satī .. 45..

manye tu hṛdayaṃ tasyāḥ kausalyāyāḥ phaliṣyati .
ekaputrā yadā putraṃ vinaṣṭaṃ śroṣyate yudhi .. 46..

sā hi janma ca bālyaṃ ca yauvanaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ .
dharmakāryāṇi rūpaṃ ca rudatī saṃsramiṣyati .. 47..

nirāśā nihate putre dattvā śrāddhamacetanā .
agnimārokṣyate nūnamapo vāpi pravekṣyati .. 48..

dhigastu kubjāmasatīṃ mantharāṃ pāpaniścayām .
yannimittamidaṃ duḥkhaṃ kausalyā pratipatsyate .. 49..

ityevaṃ maithilīṃ dṛṣṭvā vilapantīṃ tapasvinīm .
rohiṇīmiva candreṇa vinā grahavaśaṃ gatām .. 50..

supārśvo nāma medhāvī rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram .
nivāryamāṇaṃ sacivairidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 51..

kathaṃ nāma daśagrīva sākṣādvaiśravaṇānuja .
hantumicchasi vaidehīṃ krodhāddharmamapāsya hi .. 52..

veda vidyāvrata snātaḥ svadharmanirataḥ sadā .
striyāḥ kasmādvadhaṃ vīra manyase rākṣaseśvara .. 53..

maithilīṃ rūpasampannāṃ pratyavekṣasva pārthiva .
tvameva tu sahāsmābhī rāghave krodhamutsṛja .. 54..

abhyutthānaṃ tvamadyaiva kṛṣṇapakṣacaturdaśīm .
kṛtvā niryāhyamāvāsyāṃ vijayāya balairvṛtaḥ .. 55..

śūro dhīmānrathī khaḍgī rathapravaramāsthitaḥ .
hatvā dāśarathiṃ rāmaṃ bhavānprāpsyati maithilīm .. 56..

sa taddurātmā suhṛdā niveditaṃ
vacaḥ sudharmyaṃ pratigṛhya rāvaṇaḥ .
gṛhaṃ jagāmātha tataśca vīryavān
punaḥ sabhāṃ ca prayayau suhṛdvṛtaḥ .. 57..

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