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sarga - 83

ārtānāṃ rākṣasīnāṃ tu laṅkāyāṃ vai kule kule .
rāvaṇaḥ karuṇaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrāva pariveditam .. 1..

sa tu dīrghaṃ viniśvasya muhūrtaṃ dhyānamāsthitaḥ .
babhūva paramakruddho rāvaṇo bhīmadarśanaḥ .. 2..

sandaśya daśanairoṣṭhaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ .
rākṣasairapi durdarśaḥ kālāgniriva mūrchitaḥ .. 3..

uvāca ca samīpasthānrākṣasānrākṣaseśvaraḥ .
bhayāvyaktakathāṃstatra nirdahanniva cakṣuṣā .. 4..

mahodaraṃ mahāpārśvaṃ virūpākṣaṃ ca rākṣasaṃ .
śīghraṃ vadata sainyāni niryāteti mamājñayā .. 5..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasāste bhayārditāḥ .
codayāmāsuravyagrānrākṣasāṃstānnṛpājñayā .. 6..

te tu sarve tathetyuktvā rākṣasā ghoradarśanāḥ .
kṛtasvastyayanāḥ sarve rāvaṇābhimukhā yayuḥ .. 7..

pratipūjya yathānyāyaṃ rāvaṇaṃ te mahārathāḥ .
tasthuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve bharturvijayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ .. 8..

athovāca prahasyaitānrāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ .
mahodaramahāpārśvau virūpākṣaṃ ca rākṣasaṃ .. 9..

adya bāṇairdhanurmuktairyugāntādityasaṃnibhaiḥ .
rāghavaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva neṣyāmi yamasādhanam .. 10..

kharasya kumbhakarṇasya prahastendrajitostathā .
kariṣyāmi pratīkāramadya śatruvadhādaham .. 11..

naivāntarikṣaṃ na diśo na nadyo nāpi sāgaraḥ .
prakāśatvaṃ gamiṣyāmi madbāṇajaladāvṛtāḥ .. 12..

adya vānarayūthānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ .
dhanuḥsamudrādudbhūtairmathiṣyāmi śarormibhiḥ .. 13..

vyākośapadmacakrāṇi padmakesaravarcasām .
adya yūthataṭākāni gajavatpramathāmyaham .. 14..

saśarairadya vadanaiḥ saṅkhye vānarayūthapāḥ .
maṇḍayiṣyanti vasudhāṃ sanālairiva paṅkalaiḥ .. 15..

adya yuddhapracaṇḍānāṃ harīṇāṃ drumayodhinām .
muktenaikeṣuṇā yuddhe bhetsyāmi ca śataṃśatam .. 16..

hato bhartā hato bhrātā yāsāṃ ca tanayā hatāḥ .
vadhenādya ripostāsāṃ karmomyasrapramārjanam .. 17..

adya madbāṇanirbhinnaiḥ prakīrṇairgatacetanaiḥ .
karomi vānarairyuddhe yatnāvekṣya talāṃ mahīm .. 18..

adya gomāyavo gṛdhrā ye ca māṃsāśino.apare .
sarvāṃstāṃstarpayiṣyāmi śatrumāṃsaiḥ śarārditaiḥ .. 19..

kalpyatāṃ me rathaśīghraṃ kṣipramānīyatāṃ dhanuḥ .
anuprayāntu māṃ yuddhe ye.avaśiṣṭā niśācarāḥ .. 20..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mahāpārśvo.abravīdvacaḥ .
balādhyakṣānsthitāṃstatra balaṃ santvaryatām iti .. 21..

balādhyakṣāstu saṃrabdhā rākṣasāṃstāngṛhādgṛhāt .
codayantaḥ pariyayurlaṅkāṃ laghuparākramāḥ .. 22..

tato muhūrtānniṣpetū rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ .
nardanto bhīmavadanā nānāpraharaṇairbhujaiḥ .. 23..

asibhiḥ paṭṭasaiḥ śūlairgalābhirmusalairhalaiḥ .
śaktibhistīkṣṇadhārābhirmahadbhiḥ kūṭamudgaraiḥ .. 24..

yaṣṭibhirvimalaiścakrairniśitaiśca paraśvadhaiḥ .
bhiṇḍipālaiḥ śataghnībhiranyaiścāpi varāyudhaiḥ .. 25..

athānayanbalādhyakṣāścatvāro rāvaṇājñayā .
drutaṃ sūtasamāyuktaṃ yuktāṣṭaturagaṃ ratham .. 26..

āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā .
rāvaṇaḥ sattvagāmbhīryāddārayanniva medinīm .. 27..

rāvaṇenābhyanujñātau mahāpārśvamahodarau .
virūpākṣaśca durdharṣo rathānāruruhustadā .. 28..

te tu hṛṣṭā vinardanto bhindata iva medinīm .
nādaṃ ghoraṃ vimuñcanto niryayurjayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ .. 29..

tato yuddhāya tejasvī rakṣogaṇabalairvṛtaḥ .
niryayāvudyatadhanuḥ kālāntakayamomapaḥ .. 30..

tataḥ prajavanāśvena rathena sa mahārathaḥ .
dvāreṇa niryayau tena yatra tau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 31..

tato naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo diśaśca timirāvṛtāḥ .
dvijāśca nedurghorāśca sañcacāla ca medinī .. 32..

vavarṣa rudhiraṃ devaścaskhaluśca turaṅgamāḥ .
dhvajāgre nyapatadgṛdhro vineduścāśivaṃ śivāḥ .. 33..

nayanaṃ cāsphuradvāmaṃ savyo bāhurakampata .
vivarṇavadanaścāsītkiṃ cidabhraśyata svaraḥ .. 34..

tato niṣpatato yuddhe daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ .
raṇe nidhanaśaṃsīni rūpāṇyetāni jajñire .. 35..

antarikṣātpapātolkā nirghātasamanisvanā .
vineduraśivaṃ gṛdhrā vāyasairanunāditāḥ .. 36..

etānacintayanghorānutpātānsamupasthitān .
niryayau rāvaṇo mohādvadhārthī kālacoditaḥ .. 37..

teṣāṃ tu rathaghoṣeṇa rākṣasānāṃ mahātmanām .
vānarāṇāmapi camūryuddhāyaivābhyavartata .. 38..

teṣāṃ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ babhūva kapirakṣasām .
anyonyamāhvayānānāṃ kruddhānāṃ jayamicchatām .. 39..

tataḥ kruddho daśagrīvaḥ śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ .
vānarāṇāmanīkeṣu cakāra kadanaṃ mahat .. 40..

nikṛttaśirasaḥ ke cidrāvaṇena valīmukhāḥ .
nirucchvāsā hatāḥ ke citke citpārśveṣu dāritāḥ .
ke cidvibhinnaśirasaḥ ke ciccakṣurvivarjitāḥ .. 41..

daśānanaḥ krodhavivṛttanetro
yato yato.abhyeti rathena saṅkhye .
tatastatastasya śarapravegaṃ
soḍhuṃ na śekurhariyūthapāste .. 42..




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