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lakṣmaṇena tu tadvākyamuktaṃ śrutvā sa rāghavaḥ .
rāvaṇāya śarānghorānvisasarja camūmukhe .. 1..

daśagrīvo rathasthastu rāmaṃ vajropamaiḥ śaraiḥ .
ājaghāna mahāghorairdhārābhiriva toyadaḥ .. 2..

dīptapāvakasaṅkāśaiḥ śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ .
nirbibheda raṇe rāmo daśagrīvaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 3..

bhūmisthitasya rāmasya rathasthasya ca rakṣasaḥ .
na samaṃ yuddhamityāhurdevagandharvadānavāḥ .. 4..

tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgaḥ kiṅkiṇīśatabhūṣitaḥ .
taruṇādityasaṅkāśo vaidūryamayakūbaraḥ .. 5..

sadaśvaiḥ kāñcanāpīḍairyuktaḥ śvetaprakīrṇakaiḥ .
haribhiḥ sūryasaṅkāśairhemajālavibhūṣitaiḥ .. 6..

rukmaveṇudhvajaḥ śrīmāndevarājaratho varaḥ .
abhyavartata kākutsthamavatīrya triviṣṭapāt .. 7..

abravīcca tadā rāmaṃ sapratodo rathe sthitaḥ .
prāñjalirmātalirvākyaṃ sahasrākṣasya sārathiḥ .. 8..

sahasrākṣeṇa kākutstha ratho.ayaṃ vijayāya te .
dattastava mahāsattva śrīmāñśatrunibarhaṇaḥ .. 9..

idamaindraṃ mahaccāpaṃ kavacaṃ cāgnisaṃnibham .
śarāścādityasaṅkāśāḥ śaktiśca vimalā śitāḥ .. 10..

āruhyemaṃ rathaṃ vīra rākṣasaṃ jahi rāvaṇam .
mayā sārathinā rāma mahendra iva dānavān .. 11..

ityuktaḥ sa parikramya rathaṃ tamabhivādya ca .
āruroha tadā rāmo lokā.Nllakṣmyā virājayan .. 12..

tadbabhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ dvairathaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .
rāmasya ca mahābāho rāvaṇasya ca rakṣasaḥ .. 13..

sa gāndharveṇa gāndharvaṃ daivaṃ daivena rāghavaḥ .
astraṃ rākṣasarājasya jaghāna paramāstravit .. 14..

astraṃ tu paramaṃ ghoraṃ rākṣasaṃ rākasādhipa .
sasarja paramakruddhaḥ punareva niśācaraḥ .. 15..

te rāvaṇadhanurmuktāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ .
abhyavartanta kākutsthaṃ sarpā bhūtvā mahāviṣāḥ .. 16..

te dīptavadanā dīptaṃ vamanto jvalanaṃ mukhaiḥ .
rāmamevābhyavartanta vyāditāsyā bhayānakāḥ .. 17..

tairvāsukisamasparśairdīptabhogairmahāviṣaiḥ .
diśaśca santatāḥ sarvāḥ pradiśaśca samāvṛtāḥ .. 18..

tāndṛṣṭvā pannagānrāmaḥ samāpatata āhave .
astraṃ gārutmataṃ ghoraṃ prāduścakre bhayāvaham .. 19..

te rāghavadhanurmuktā rukmapuṅkhāḥ śikhiprabhāḥ .
suparṇāḥ kāñcanā bhūtvā viceruḥ sarpaśatravaḥ .. 20..

te tānsarvāñśarāñjaghnuḥ sarparūpānmahājavān .
suparṇarūpā rāmasya viśikhāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .. 21..

astre pratihate kruddho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
abhyavarṣattadā rāmaṃ ghorābhiḥ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ .. 22..

tataḥ śarasahasreṇa rāmamakliṣṭakāriṇam .
ardayitvā śaraugheṇa mātaliṃ pratyavidhyata .. 23..

pātayitvā rathopasthe rathātketuṃ ca kāñcanam .
aindrānabhijaghānāśvāñśarajālena rāvaṇaḥ .. 24..

viṣedurdevagandharvā dānavāścāraṇaiḥ saha .
rāmamārtaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ .. 25..

vyathitā vānarendrāśca babhūvuḥ savibhīṣaṇāḥ .
rāmacandramasaṃ dṛṣṭvā grastaṃ rāvaṇarāhuṇā .. 26..

prājāpatyaṃ ca nakṣatraṃ rohiṇīṃ śaśinaḥ priyām .
samākramya budhastasthau prajānāmaśubhāvahaḥ .. 27..

sadhūmaparivṛttormiḥ prajvalanniva sāgaraḥ .
utpapāta tadā kruddhaḥ spṛśanniva divākaram .. 28..

śastravarṇaḥ suparuṣo mandaraśmirdivākaraḥ .
adṛśyata kabandhāṅgaḥ saṃsakto dhūmaketunā .. 29..

kosalānāṃ ca nakṣatraṃ vyaktamindrāgnidaivatam .
ākramyāṅgārakastasthau viśākhāmapi cāmbare .. 30..

daśāsyo viṃśatibhujaḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ .
adṛśyata daśagrīvo maināka iva parvataḥ .. 31..

nirasyamāno rāmastu daśagrīveṇa rakṣasā .
nāśakadabhisandhātuṃ sāyakānraṇamūrdhani .. 32..

sa kṛtvā bhrukuṭīṃ kruddhaḥ kiṃ citsaṃraktalocanaḥ .
jagāma sumahākrodhaṃ nirdahanniva cakṣuṣā .. 33..

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