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sarga - 95

tataḥ pravṛttaṃ sukrūraṃ rāmarāvaṇayostadā .
sumahaddvairathaṃ yuddhaṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham .. 1..

tato rākṣasasainyaṃ ca harīṇāṃ ca mahadbalam .
pragṛhītapraharaṇaṃ niśceṣṭaṃ samatiṣṭhata .. 2..

samprayuddhau tato dṛṣṭvā balavannararākṣasau .
vyākṣiptahṛdayāḥ sarve paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ .. 3..

nānāpraharaṇairvyagrairbhujairvismitabuddhayaḥ .
tasthuḥ prekṣya ca saṅgrāmaṃ nābhijaghnuḥ parasparam .. 4..

rakṣasāṃ rāvaṇaṃ cāpi vānarāṇāṃ ca rāghavam .
paśyatāṃ vismitākṣāṇāṃ sainyaṃ citramivābabhau .. 5..

tau tu tatra nimittāni dṛṣṭvā rāghavarāvaṇau .
kṛtabuddhī sthirāmarṣau yuyudhāte abhītavat .. 6..

jetavyamiti kākutstho martavyamiti rāvaṇaḥ .
dhṛtau svavīryasarvasvaṃ yuddhe.adarśayatāṃ tadā .. 7..

tataḥ krodhāddaśagrīvaḥ śarānsandhāya vīryavān .
mumoca dhvajamuddiśya rāghavasya rathe sthitam .. 8..

te śarāstamanāsādya purandararathadhvajam .
raktaśaktiṃ parāmṛśya nipeturdharaṇītale .. 9..

tato rāmo.abhisaṅkruddhaścāpamāyamya vīryavān .
kṛtapratikṛtaṃ kartuṃ manasā sampracakrame .. 10..

rāvaṇadhvajamuddiśya mumoca niśitaṃ śaram .
mahāsarpamivāsahyaṃ jvalantaṃ svena tejasā .. 11..

jagāma sa mahīṃ bhittvā daśagrīvadhvajaṃ śaraḥ .
sa nikṛtto.apatadbhūmau rāvaṇasya rathadhvajaḥ .. 12..

dhvajasyonmathanaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaḥ sumahābalaḥ .
krodhajenāgninā saṅkhye pradīpta iva cābhavat .. 13..

sa roṣavaśamāpannaḥ śaravarṣaṃ mahadvaman .
rāmasya turagāndivyāñśarairvivyādha rāvaṇaḥ .. 14..

te viddhā harayastasya nāskhalannāpi babhramuḥ .
babhūvuḥ svasthahṛdayāḥ padmanālairivāhatāḥ .. 15..

teṣāmasambhramaṃ dṛṣṭvā vājināṃ rāvaṇastadā .
bhūya eva susaṅkruddhaḥ śaravarṣaṃ mumoca ha .. 16..

gadāśca parighāṃścaiva cakrāṇi musalāni ca .
giriśṛṅgāṇi vṛkṣāṃśca tathā śūlaparaśvadhān .. 17..

māyā vihitametattu śastravarṣamapātayat .
sahasraśastato bāṇānaśrāntahṛdayodyamaḥ .. 18..

tumulaṃ trāsajananaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmapratisvanam .
durdharṣamabhavadyuddhe naikaśastramayaṃ mahat .. 19..

vimucya rāghavarathaṃ samantādvānare bale .
sāyakairantarikṣaṃ ca cakārāśu nirantaram .
mumoca ca daśagrīvo niḥsaṅgenāntarātmanā .. 20..

vyāyacchamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā tatparaṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe .
prahasanniva kākutsthaḥ sandadhe sāyakāñśitān .. 21..

sa mumoca tato bāṇānraṇe śatasahasraśaḥ .
tāndṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaścakre svaśaraiḥ khaṃ nirantaram .. 22..

tatastābhyāṃ prayuktena śaravarṣeṇa bhāsvatā .
śarabaddhamivābhāti dvitīyaṃ bhāsvadambaram .. 23..

nānimitto.abhavadbāṇo nātibhettā na niṣphalaḥ .
tathā visṛjatorbāṇānrāmarāvaṇayormṛdhe .. 24..

prāyudhyetāmavicchinnamasyantau savyadakṣiṇam .
cakratustau śaraughaistu nirucchvāsamivāmbaram .. 25..

rāvaṇasya hayānrāmo hayānrāmasya rāvaṇaḥ .
jaghnatustau tadānyonyaṃ kṛtānukṛtakāriṇau .. 26..




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