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sa praviśya sabhāṃ rājā dīnaḥ paramaduḥkhitaḥ .
niṣasādāsane mukhye siṃhaḥ kruddha iva śvasan .. 1..

abravīcca tadā sarvānbalamukhyānmahābalaḥ .
rāvaṇaḥ prāñjalīnvākyaṃ putravyasanakarśitaḥ .. 2..

sarve bhavantaḥ sarveṇa hastyaśvena samāvṛtāḥ .
niryāntu rathasaṅghaiśca pādātaiścopaśobhitāḥ .. 3..

ekaṃ rāmaṃ parikṣipya samare hantumarhatha .
prahṛṣṭā śaravarṣeṇa prāvṛṭkāla ivāmbudāḥ .. 4..

atha vāhaṃ śarairtīṣkṇairbhinnagātraṃ mahāraṇe .
bhavadbhiḥ śvo nihantāsmi rāmaṃ lokasya paśyataḥ .. 5..

ityevaṃ rākṣasendrasya vākyamādāya rākṣasāḥ .
niryayuste rathaiḥ śīghraṃ nāgānīkaiśca saṃvṛtāḥ .. 6..

sa saṅgrāmo mahābhīmaḥ sūryasyodayanaṃ prati .
rakṣasāṃ vānarāṇāṃ ca tumulaḥ samapadyata .. 7..

te gadābhirvicitrābhiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ .
anyonyaṃ samare jaghnustadā vānararākṣasāḥ .. 8..

mātaṅgarathakūlasya vājimatsyā dhvajadrumāḥ .
śarīrasaṅghāṭavahāḥ prasasruḥ śoṇitāpagāḥ .. 9..

dhvajavarmarathānaśvānnānāpraharaṇāni ca .
āplutyāplutya samare vānarendrā babhañjire .. 10..

keśānkarṇalalāṭāṃśca nāsikāśca plavaṅgamāḥ .
rakṣasāṃ daśanaistīkṣṇairnakhaiścāpi vyakartayan .. 11..

ekaikaṃ rākṣasaṃ saṅkhye śataṃ vānarapuṅgavāḥ .
abhyadhāvanta phalinaṃ vṛkṣaṃ śakunayo yathā .. 12..

tathā gadābhirgurvībhiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ .
nirjaghnurvānarānghorānrākṣasāḥ parvatopamāḥ .. 13..

rākṣasairvadhyamānānāṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahācamūḥ .
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ yātā rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam .. 14..

tato rāmo mahātejā dhanurādāya vīryavān .
praviśya rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ śaravarṣaṃ vavarṣa ha .. 15..

praviṣṭaṃ tu tadā rāmaṃ meghāḥ sūryamivāmbare .
nābhijagmurmahāghoraṃ nirdahantaṃ śarāgninā .. 16..

kṛtānyeva sughorāṇi rāmeṇa rajanīcarāḥ .
raṇe rāmasya dadṛśuḥ karmāṇyasukarāṇi ca .. 17..

cālayantaṃ mahānīkaṃ vidhamantaṃ mahārathān .
dadṛśuste na vai rāmaṃ vātaṃ vanagataṃ yathā .. 18..

chinnaṃ bhinnaṃ śarairdagdhaṃ prabhagnaṃ śastrapīḍitam .
balaṃ rāmeṇa dadṛśurna ramaṃ śīghrakāriṇam .. 19..

praharantaṃ śarīreṣu na te paśyanti rābhavam .
indriyārtheṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ bhūtātmānamiva prajāḥ .. 20..

eṣa hanti gajānīkameṣa hanti mahārathān .
eṣa hanti śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ padātīnvājibhiḥ saha .. 21..

iti te rākṣasāḥ sarve rāmasya sadṛśānraṇe .
anyonyakupitā jaghnuḥ sādṛśyādrāghavasya te .. 22..

na te dadṛśire rāmaṃ dahantamarivāhinīm .
mohitāḥ paramāstreṇa gāndharveṇa mahātmanā .. 23..

te tu rāma sahasrāṇi raṇe paśyanti rākṣasāḥ .
punaḥ paśyanti kākutsthamekameva mahāhave .. 24..

bhramantīṃ kāñcanīṃ koṭiṃ kārmukasya mahātmanaḥ .
alātacakrapratimāṃ dadṛśuste na rāghavam .. 25..

śarīranābhisattvārciḥ śarāraṃ nemikārmukam .
jyāghoṣatalanirghoṣaṃ tejobuddhiguṇaprabham .. 26..

divyāstraguṇaparyantaṃ nighnantaṃ yudhi rākṣasān .
dadṛśū rāmacakraṃ tatkālacakramiva prajāḥ .. 27..

anīkaṃ daśasāhasraṃ rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām .
aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām .. 28..

caturdaśasahasrāṇi sārohāṇāṃ ca vājinām .
pūrṇe śatasahasre dve rākṣasānāṃ padātinām .. 29..

divasasyāṣṭame bhāge śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ .
hatānyekena rāmeṇa rakṣasāṃ kāmarūpiṇām .. 30..

te hatāśvā hatarathāḥ śrāntā vimathitadhvajāḥ .
abhipetuḥ purīṃ laṅkāṃ hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ .. 31..

hatairgajapadātyaśvaistadbabhūva raṇājiram .
ākrīḍabhūmī rudrasya kruddhasyeva pinākinaḥ .. 32..

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ .
sādhu sādhviti rāmasya tatkarma samapūjayan .. 33..

abravīcca tadā rāmaḥ sugrīvaṃ pratyanantaram .
etadastrabalaṃ divyaṃ mama vā tryambakasya vā .. 34..

nihatya tāṃ rākṣasavāhinīṃ tu
rāmastadā śakrasamo mahātmā .
astreṣu śastreṣu jitaklamaś ca
saṃstūyate devagaṇaiḥ prahṛṣṭaiḥ .. 35..

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