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atha saṃsmārayāmāsa rāghavaṃ mātalistadā .
ajānanniva kiṃ vīra tvamenamanuvartase .. 1..

visṛjāsmai vadhāya tvamastraṃ paitāmahaṃ prabho .
vināśakālaḥ kathito yaḥ suraiḥ so.adya vartate .. 2..

tataḥ saṃsmārito rāmastena vākyena mātaleḥ .
jagrāha sa śaraṃ dīptaṃ niśvasantamivoragam .. 3..

yamasmai prathamaṃ prādādagastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ .
brahmadattaṃ mahadbāṇamamoghaṃ yudhi vīryavān .. 4..

brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ pūrvamindrārthamamitaujasā .
dattaṃ surapateḥ pūrvaṃ trilokajayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ .. 5..

yasya vājeṣu pavanaḥ phale pāvakabhāskarau .
śarīramākāśamayaṃ gaurave merumandarau .. 6..

jājvalyamānaṃ vapuṣā supuṅkhaṃ hemabhūṣitam .
tejasā sarvabhūtānāṃ kṛtaṃ bhāskaravarcasaṃ .. 7..

sadhūmamiva kālāgniṃ dīptamāśīviṣaṃ yathā .
rathanāgāśvavṛndānāṃ bhedanaṃ kṣiprakāriṇam .. 8..

dvārāṇāṃ parighāṇāṃ ca girīṇām api bhedanam .
nānārudhirasiktāṅgaṃ medodigdhaṃ sudāruṇam .. 9..

vajrasāraṃ mahānādaṃ nānāsamitidāruṇam .
sarvavitrāsanaṃ bhīmaṃ śvasantamiva pannagam .. 10..

kaṅkagṛdhrabalānāṃ ca gomāyugaṇarakṣasām .
nityaṃ bhakṣapradaṃ yuddhe yamarūpaṃ bhayāvaham .. 11..

nandanaṃ vānarendrāṇāṃ rakṣasāmavasādanam .
vājitaṃ vividhairvājaiścārucitrairgarutmataḥ .. 12..

tamuttameṣuṃ lokānāmikṣvākubhayanāśanam .
dviṣatāṃ kīrtiharaṇaṃ praharṣakaramātmanaḥ .. 13..

abhimantrya tato rāmastaṃ maheṣuṃ mahābalaḥ .
vedaproktena vidhinā sandadhe kārmuke balī .. 14..

sa rāvaṇāya saṅkruddho bhṛśamāyamya kārmukam .
cikṣepa paramāyattastaṃ śaraṃ marmaghātinam .. 15..

sa vajra iva durdharṣo vajrabāhuvisarjitaḥ .
kṛtānta iva cāvāryo nyapatadrāvaṇorasi .. 16..

sa visṛṣṭo mahāvegaḥ śarīrāntakaraḥ śaraḥ .
bibheda hṛdayaṃ tasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ .. 17..

rudhirāktaḥ sa vegena jīvitāntakaraḥ śaraḥ .
rāvaṇasya haranprāṇānviveśa dharaṇītalam .. 18..

sa śaro rāvaṇaṃ hatvā rudhirārdrakṛtacchaviḥ .
kṛtakarmā nibhṛtavatsvatūṇīṃ punarāviśat .. 19..

tasya hastāddhatasyāśu kārmukaṃ tatsasāyakam .
nipapāta saha prāṇairbhraśyamānasya jīvitāt .. 20..

gatāsurbhīmavegastu nairṛtendro mahādyutiḥ .
papāta syandanādbhūmau vṛtro vajrahato yathā .. 21..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ .
hatanāthā bhayatrastāḥ sarvataḥ sampradudruvuḥ .. 22..

nardantaścābhipetustānvānarā drumayodhinaḥ .
daśagrīvavadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā vijayaṃ rāghavasya ca .. 23..

arditā vānarairhṛṣṭairlaṅkāmabhyapatanbhayāt .
hatāśrayatvātkaruṇairbāṣpaprasravaṇairmukhaiḥ .. 24..

tato vineduḥ saṃhṛṣṭā vānarā jitakāśinaḥ .
vadanto rāghavajayaṃ rāvaṇasya ca taṃ vadham .. 25..

athāntarikṣe vyanadatsaumyastridaśadundubhiḥ .
divyagandhavahastatra mārutaḥ susukho vavau .. 26..

nipapātāntarikṣācca puṣpavṛṣṭistadā bhuvi .
kirantī rāghavarathaṃ duravāpā manoharāḥ .. 27..

rāghavastava saṃyuktā gagane ca viśuśruve .
sādhu sādhviti vāgagryā devatānāṃ mahātmanām .. 28..

āviveśa mahānharṣo devānāṃ cāraṇaiḥ saha .
rāvaṇe nihate raudre sarvalokabhayaṅkare .. 29..

tataḥ sakāmaṃ sugrīvamaṅgadaṃ ca mahābalam .
cakāra rāghavaḥ prīto hatvā rākṣasapuṅgavam .. 30..

tataḥ prajagmuḥ praśamaṃ marudgaṇā
diśaḥ prasedurvimalaṃ nabho.abhavat .
mahī cakampe na ca mārutā vavuḥ
sthiraprabhaścāpyabhavaddivākaraḥ .. 31..

tatastu sugrīvavibhīṣaṇādayaḥ
suhṛdviśeṣāḥ sahalakṣmaṇāstadā .
sametya hṛṣṭā vijayena rāghavaṃ
raṇe.abhirāmaṃ vidhinābhyapūjayan .. 32..

sa tu nihataripuḥ sthirapratijñaḥ
svajanabalābhivṛto raṇe rarāja .
raghukulanṛpanandano mahaujās
tridaśagaṇairabhisaṃvṛto yathendraḥ .. 33..

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