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sarga - 87

mahodaramahāpārśvau hatau dṛṣṭvā tu rākṣasau .
tasmiṃśca nihate vīre virūpākṣe mahābale .. 1..

āviveśa mahānkrodho rāvaṇaṃ tu mahāmṛdhe .
sūtaṃ sañcodayāmāsa vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha .. 2..

nihatānāmamātyānāṃ ruddhasya nagarasya ca .
duḥkhameṣo.apaneṣyāmi hatvā tau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 3..

rāmavṛkṣaṃ raṇe hanmi sītāpuṣpaphalapradam .
praśākhā yasya sugrīvo jāmbavānkumudo nalaḥ .. 4..

sa diśo daśa ghoṣeṇa rathasyātiratho mahān .
nādayanprayayau tūrṇaṃ rāghavaṃ cābhyavartata .. 5..

pūritā tena śabdena sanadīgirikānanā .
sañcacāla mahī sarvā savarāhamṛgadvipā .. 6..

tāmasaṃ sumahāghoraṃ cakārāstraṃ sudāruṇam .
nirdadāha kapīnsarvāṃste prapetuḥ samantataḥ .. 7..

tānyanīkānyanekāni rāvaṇasya śarottamaiḥ .
dṛṣṭvā bhagnāni śataśo rāghavaḥ paryavasthitaḥ .. 8..

sa dadarśa tato rāmaṃ tiṣṭhantamaparājitam .
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā viṣṇunā vāsavaṃ yathā .. 9..

ālikhantamivākāśamavaṣṭabhya mahaddhanuḥ .
padmapatraviśālākṣaṃ dīrghabāhumarindamam .. 10..

vānarāṃśca raṇe bhagnānāpatantaṃ ca rāvaṇam .
samīkṣya rāghavo hṛṣṭo madhye jagrāha kārmukam .. 11..

visphārayitumārebhe tataḥ sa dhanuruttamam .
mahāvegaṃ mahānādaṃ nirbhindanniva medinīm .. 12..

tayoḥ śarapathaṃ prāpya rāvaṇo rājaputrayoḥ .
sa babhūva yathā rāhuḥ samīpe śaśisūryayoḥ .. 13..

rāvaṇasya ca bāṇaughai rāmavispharitena ca .
śabdena rākṣasāstena petuśca śataśastadā .. 14..

tamicchanprathamaṃ yoddhuṃ lakṣmaṇo niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .
mumoca dhanurāyamya śarānagniśikhopamān .. 15..

tānmuktamātrānākāśe lakṣmaṇena dhanuṣmatā .
bāṇānbāṇairmahātejā rāvaṇaḥ pratyavārayat .. 16..

ekamekena bāṇena tribhistrīndaśabhirdaśa .
lakṣmaṇasya praciccheda darśayanpāṇilāghavam .. 17..

abhyatikramya saumitriṃ rāvaṇaḥ samitiñjayaḥ .
āsasāda tato rāmaṃ sthitaṃ śailamivācalam .. 18..

sa saṅkhye rāmamāsādya krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ .
vyasṛjaccharavarṇāni rāvaṇo rāghavopari .. 19..

śaradhārāstato rāmo rāvaṇasya dhanuścyutāḥ .
dṛṣṭvaivāpatitāḥ śīghraṃ bhallāñjagrāha satvaram .. 20..

tāñśaraughāṃstato bhallaistīkṣṇaiściccheda rāghavaḥ .
dīpyamānānmahāvegānkruddhānāśīviṣāniva .. 21..

rāghavo rāvaṇaṃ tūrṇaṃ rāvaṇo rāghavaṃ tathā .
anyonyaṃ vividhaistīkṣṇaiḥ śarairabhivavarṣatuḥ .. 22..

ceratuśca ciraṃ citraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savyadakṣiṇam .
bāṇavegānsamudīkṣya samareṣvaparājitau .. 23..

tayorbhūtāni vitreṣuryugapatsamprayudhyatoḥ .
raudrayoḥ sāyakamucoryamāntakanikāśayoḥ .. 24..

santataṃ vividhairbāṇairbabhūva gaganaṃ tadā .
ghanairivātapāpāye vidyunmālāsamākulaiḥ .. 25..

gavākṣitamivākāśaṃ babhūva śūravṛṣṭibhiḥ .
mahāvegaiḥ sutīkṣṇāgrairgṛdhrapatraiḥ suvājitaiḥ .. 26..

śarāndhakāraṃ tau bhīmaṃ cakratuḥ paramaṃ tadā .
gate.astaṃ tapane cāpi mahāmeghāvivotthitau .. 27..

babhūva tumulaṃ yuddhamanyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇoḥ .
anāsādyamacintyaṃ ca vṛtravāsavayoriva .. 28..

ubhau hi parameṣvāsāvubhau śastraviśāradau .
ubhau cāstravidāṃ mukhyāvubhau yuddhe viceratuḥ .. 29..

ubhau hi yena vrajatastena tena śarormayaḥ .
ūrmayo vāyunā viddhā jagmuḥ sāgarayoriva .. 30..

tataḥ saṃsaktahastastu rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ .
nārācamālāṃ rāmasya lalāṭe pratyamuñcata .. 31..

raudracāpaprayuktāṃ tāṃ nīlotpaladalaprabhām .
śirasā dhārayanrāmo na vyathāṃ pratyapadyata .. 32..

atha mantrānapi japanraudramastramudīrayan .
śarānbhūyaḥ samādāya rāmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ .. 33..

mumoca ca mahātejāścāpamāyamya vīryavān .
tāñśarānrākṣasendrāya cikṣepācchinnasāyakaḥ .. 34..

te mahāmeghasaṅkāśe kavace patitāḥ śarāḥ .
avadhye rākṣasendrasya na vyathāṃ janayaṃstadā .. 35..

punarevātha taṃ rāmo rathasthaṃ rākṣasādhipam .
lalāṭe paramāstreṇa sarvāstrakuśalo.abhinat .. 36..

te bhittvā bāṇarūpāṇi pañcaśīrṣā ivoragāḥ .
śvasanto viviśurbhūmiṃ rāvaṇapratikūlatāḥ .. 37..

nihatya rāghavasyāstraṃ rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ .
āsuraṃ sumahāghoramanyadastraṃ samādade .. 38..

siṃhavyāghramukhāṃścānyānkaṅkakāka mukhānapi .
gṛdhraśyenamukhāṃścāpi sṛgālavadanāṃstathā .. 39..

īhāmṛgamuhāṃścānyānvyāditāsyānbhayāvahān .
pañcāsyā.Nllelihānāṃśca sasarja niśitāñśarān .. 40..

śarānkharamukhāṃścānyānvarāhamukhasaṃsthitān .
śvānakukkuṭavaktrāṃśca makarāśīviṣānanān .. 41..

etāṃścānyāṃśca māyābhiḥ sasarja niśitāñśarān .
rāmaṃ prati mahātejāḥ kruddhaḥ sarpa iva śvasan .. 42..

āsureṇa samāviṣṭaḥ so.astreṇa raghunandanaḥ .
sasarjāstraṃ mahotsāhaḥ pāvakaṃ pāvakopamaḥ .. 43..

agnidīptamukhānbāṇāṃstathā sūryamukhānapi .
candrārdhacandravaktrāṃśca dhūmaketumukhānapi .. 44..

grahanakṣatravarṇāṃśca maholkā mukhasaṃsthitān .
vidyujjihvopamāṃścānyānsasarja niśitāñśarān .. 45..

te rāvaṇaśarā ghorā rāghavāstrasamāhatāḥ .
vilayaṃ jagmurākāśe jagmuścaiva sahasraśaḥ .. 46..

tadastraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .
hṛṣṭā nedustataḥ sarve kapayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .. 47..




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