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sarga - 88
tasminpratihate.astre tu rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
krodhaṃ ca dviguṇaṃ cakre krodhāccāstramanantaram .. 1..
mayena vihitaṃ raudramanyadastraṃ mahādyutiḥ .
utsraṣṭuṃ rāvaṇo ghoraṃ rāghavāya pracakrame .. 2..
tataḥ śūlāni niścerurgadāśca musalāni ca .
kārmukāddīpyamānāni vajrasārāṇi sarvaśaḥ .. 3..
kūṭamudgarapāśāśca dīptāścāśanayastathā .
niṣpeturvividhāstīkṣṇā vātā iva yugakṣaye .. 4..
tadastraṃ rāghavaḥ śrīmānuttamāstravidāṃ varaḥ .
jaghāna paramāstreṇa gandharveṇa mahādyutiḥ .. 5..
tasminpratihate.astre tu rāghaveṇa mahātmanā .
rāvaṇaḥ krodhatāmrākṣaḥ sauramastramudīrayat .. 6..
tataścakrāṇi niṣpeturbhāsvarāṇi mahānti ca .
kārmukādbhīmavegasya daśagrīvasya dhīmataḥ .. 7..
tairāsīdgaganaṃ dīptaṃ sampatadbhiritastataḥ .
patadbhiśca diśo dīptaiścandrasūryagrahairiva .. 8..
tāni ciccheda bāṇaughaiścakrāṇi tu sa rāghavaḥ .
āyudhāni vicitrāṇi rāvaṇasya camūmukhe .. 9..
tadastraṃ tu hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
vivyādha daśabhirbāṇai rāmaṃ sarveṣu marmasu .. 10..
sa viddho daśabhirbāṇairmahākārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ .
rāvaṇena mahātejā na prākampata rāghavaḥ .. 11..
tato vivyādha gātreṣu sarveṣu samitiñjayaḥ .
rāghavastu susaṅkruddho rāvaṇaṃ bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ .. 12..
etasminnantare kruddho rāghavasyānujo balī .
lakṣmaṇaḥ sāyakānsapta jagrāha paravīrahā .. 13..
taiḥ sāyakairmahāvegai rāvaṇasya mahādyutiḥ .
dhvajaṃ manuṣyaśīrṣaṃ tu tasya ciccheda naikadhā .. 14..
sāratheścāpi bāṇena śiro jvalitakuṇḍalam .
jahāra lakṣmaṇaḥ śrīmānnairṛtasya mahābalaḥ .. 15..
tasya bāṇaiś ca ciccheda dhanurgajakaropamam .
lakṣmaṇo rākṣasendrasya pañcabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .. 16..
nīlameghanibhāṃścāsya sadaśvānparvatopamān .
jaghānāplutya gadayā rāvaṇasya vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 17..
hatāśvādvegavānvegādavaplutya mahārathāt .
krodhamāhārayattīvraṃ bhrātaraṃ prati rāvaṇaḥ .. 18..
tataḥ śaktiṃ mahāśaktirdīptāṃ dīptāśanīm iva .
vibhīṣaṇāya cikṣepa rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān .. 19..
aprāptāmeva tāṃ bāṇaistribhiściccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ .
athodatiṣṭhatsaṃnādo vānarāṇāṃ tadā raṇe .. 20..
sa papāta tridhā chinnā śaktiḥ kāñcanamālinī .
savisphuliṅgā jvalitā maholkeva divaścyutā .. 21..
tataḥ sambhāvitatarāṃ kālenāpi durāsadām .
jagrāha vipulāṃ śaktiṃ dīpyamānāṃ svatejasā .. 22..
sā veginā balavatā rāvaṇena durātmanā .
jajvāla sumahāghorā śakrāśanisamaprabhā .. 23..
etasminnantare vīro lakṣmaṇastaṃ vibhīṣaṇam .
prāṇasaṃśayamāpannaṃ tūrṇamevābhyapadyata .. 24..
taṃ vimokṣayituṃ vīraścāpamāyamya lakṣmaṇaḥ .
rāvaṇaṃ śaktihastaṃ taṃ śaravarṣairavākirat .. 25..
kīryamāṇaḥ śaraugheṇa visṛṣṭtena mahātmanā .
na prahartuṃ manaścakre vimukhīkṛtavikramaḥ .. 26..
mokṣitaṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇena sa rāvaṇaḥ .
lakṣmaṇābhimukhastiṣṭhannidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 27..
mokṣitaste balaślāghinyasmādevaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
vimucya rākṣasaṃ śaktistvayīyaṃ vinipātyate .. 28..
eṣā te hṛdayaṃ bhittvā śaktirlohitalakṣaṇā .
madbāhuparighotsṛṣṭā prāṇānādāya yāsyati .. 29..
ityevamuktvā tāṃ śaktimaṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ mahāsvanām .
mayena māyāvihitāmamoghāṃ śatrughātinīm .. 30..
lakṣmaṇāya samuddiśya jvalantīmiva tejasā .
rāvaṇaḥ paramakruddhaścikṣepa ca nanāda ca .. 31..
sā kṣiptā bhīmavegena śakrāśanisamasvanā .
śaktirabhyapatadvegāllakṣmaṇaṃ raṇamūrdhani .. 32..
tāmanuvyāharacchaktimāpatantīṃ sa rāghavaḥ .
svastyastu lakṣmaṇāyeti moghā bhava hatodyamā .. 33..
nyapatatsā mahāvegā lakṣmaṇasya mahorasi .
jihvevoragarājasya dīpyamānā mahādyutiḥ .. 34..
tato rāvaṇavegena sudūramavagāḍhayā .
śaktyā nirbhinnahṛdayaḥ papāta bhuvi lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 35..
tadavasthaṃ samīpastho lakṣmaṇaṃ prekṣya rāghavaḥ .
bhrātṛsnehānmahātejā viṣaṇṇahṛdayo.abhavat .. 36..
sa muhūrtamanudhyāya bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ .
babhūva saṃrabdhataro yugānta iva pāvakaḥ .. 37..
na viṣādasya kālo.ayamiti sañcintya rāghavaḥ .
cakre sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ rāvaṇasya vadhe dhṛtaḥ .. 38..
sa dadarśa tato rāmaḥ śaktyā bhinnaṃ mahāhave .
lakṣmaṇaṃ rudhirādigdhaṃ sapannagamivācalam .. 39..
tāmapi prahitāṃ śaktiṃ rāvaṇena balīyasā .
yatnataste hariśreṣṭhā na śekuravamarditum .
arditāścaiva bāṇaughaiḥ kṣiprahastena rakṣasā .. 40..
saumitriṃ sā vinirbhidya praviṣṭā dharaṇītalam .
tāṃ karābhyāṃ parāmṛśya rāmaḥ śaktiṃ bhayāvahām .
babhañja samare kruddho balavadvicakarṣa ca .. 41..
tasya niṣkarṣataḥ śaktiṃ rāvaṇena balīyasā .
śarāḥ sarveṣu gātreṣu pātitā marmabhedinaḥ .. 42..
acintayitvā tānbāṇānsamāśliṣyā ca lakṣmaṇam .
abravīcca hanūmantaṃ sugrīvaṃ caiva rāghavaḥ .
lakṣmaṇaṃ parivāryeha tiṣṭhadhvaṃ vānarottamāḥ .. 43..
parākramasya kālo.ayaṃ samprāpto me cirepsitaḥ .
pāpātmāyaṃ daśagrīvo vadhyatāṃ pāpaniścayaḥ .
kāṅkṣitaḥ stokakasyeva gharmānte meghadarśanam .. 44..
asminmuhūrte nacirātsatyaṃ pratiśṛṇomi vaḥ .
arāvaṇamarāmaṃ vā jagaddrakṣyatha vānarāḥ .. 45..
rājyanāśaṃ vane vāsaṃ daṇḍake paridhāvanam .
vaidehyāśca parāmarśaṃ rakṣobhiśca samāgamam .. 46..
prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ mahadghoraṃ kleśaṃ ca nirayopamam .
adya sarvamahaṃ tyakṣye hatvā taṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe .. 47..
yadarthaṃ vānaraṃ sainyaṃ samānītamidaṃ mayā .
sugrīvaśca kṛto rājye nihatvā vālinaṃ raṇe .. 48..
yadarthaṃ sāgaraḥ krāntaḥ seturbaddhaśca sāgare .
so.ayamadya raṇe pāpaścakṣurviṣayamāgataḥ .. 49..
cakṣurviṣayamāgamya nāyaṃ jīvitumarhati .
dṛṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭiviṣasyeva sarpasya mama rāvaṇaḥ .. 50..
svasthāḥ paśyata durdharṣā yuddhaṃ vānarapuṅgavāḥ .
āsīnāḥ parvatāgreṣu mamedaṃ rāvaṇasya ca .. 51..
adya rāmasya rāmatvaṃ paśyantu mama saṃyuge .
trayo lokāḥ sagandharvāḥ sadevāḥ sarṣicāraṇāḥ .. 52..
adya karma kariṣyāmi yallokāḥ sacarācarāḥ .
sadevāḥ kathayiṣyanti yāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati .. 53..
evamuktvā śitairbāṇaistaptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ .
ājaghāna daśagrīvaṃ raṇe rāmaḥ samāhitaḥ .. 54..
atha pradīptairnārācairmusalaiścāpi rāvaṇaḥ .
abhyavarṣattadā rāmaṃ dhārābhiriva toyadaḥ .. 55..
rāmarāvaṇamuktānāmanyonyamabhinighnatām .
śarāṇāṃ ca śarāṇāṃ ca babhūva tumulaḥ svanaḥ .. 56..
te bhinnāśca vikīrṇāśca rāmarāvaṇayoḥ śarāḥ .
antarikṣātpradīptāgrā nipeturdharaṇītale .. 57..
tayorjyātalanirghoṣo rāmarāvaṇayormahān .
trāsanaḥ sarvabūtānāṃ sa babhūvādbhutopamaḥ .. 58..
sa kīryamāṇaḥ śarajālavṛṣṭibhir
mahātmanā dīptadhanuṣmatārditaḥ .
bhayātpradudrāva sametya rāvaṇo
yathānilenābhihato balāhakaḥ .. 59..
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