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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 90
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tathā tatrāsatas tasya bharatasyopayāyinaḥ
sainya reṇuś ca śabdaś ca prādurāstāṃ nabhaḥ spṛśau
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etasminn antare trastāḥ śabdena mahatā tataḥ
arditā yūthapā mattāḥ sayūthā dudruvur diśaḥ
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sa taṃ sainyasamudbhūtaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrava rāghavaḥ
tāṃś ca vipradrutān sarvān yūthapān anvavaikṣata
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tāṃś ca vidravato dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca śrutvā sa niḥsvanam
uvāca rāmaḥ saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ
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hanta lakṣmaṇa paśyeha sumitrā suprajās tvayā
bhīmastanitagambhhiras tumulaḥ śrūyate svanaḥ
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rājā vā rājamātro vā mṛgayām aṭate vane
anyad vā śvāpadaṃ kiṃ cit saumitre jñātum arhasi
sarvam etad yathātattvam acirāj jñātum arhasi
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sa lakṣmaṇaḥ saṃtvaritaḥ sālam āruhya puṣpitam
prekṣamāṇo diśaḥ sarvāḥ pūrvāṃ diśam avaikṣata
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udaṅmukhaḥ prekṣamāṇo dadarśa mahatīṃ camūm
rathāśvagajasaṃbādhāṃ yattair yuktāṃ padātibhiḥ
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tām aśvagajasaṃpūrṇāṃ rathadhvajavibhūṣitām
śaśaṃsa senāṃ rāmāya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt
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agniṃ saṃśamayatv āryaḥ sītā ca bhajatāṃ guhām
sajyaṃ kuruṣva cāpaṃ ca śarāṃś ca kavacaṃ tathā
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taṃ rāmaḥ puruṣavyāghro lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyuvāca ha
aṅgāvekṣasva saumitre kasyaitāṃ manyase camūm
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evam ukktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmāṇo vākyam abravīt
didhakṣann iva tāṃ senāṃ ruṣitaḥ pāvako yathā
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saṃpannaṃ rājyam icchaṃs tu vyaktaṃ prāpyābhiṣecanam
āvāṃ hantuṃ samabhyeti kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ
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eṣa vai sumahāñ śrīmān viṭapī saṃprakāśate
virājaty udgataskandhaḥ kovidāra dhvajo rathe
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bhajanty ete yathākāmam aśvān āruhya śīghragān
ete bhrājanti saṃhṛṣṭā jagān āruhya sādinaḥ
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gṛhītadhanuṣau cāvāṃ giriṃ vīra śrayāvahe
api nau vaśam āgacchet kovidāradhvajo raṇe
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api drakṣyāmi bharataṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat
tvayā rāghava saṃprāptaṃ sītayā ca mayā tathā
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yannimittaṃ bhavān rājyāc cyuto rāghava śāśvatīm
saṃprāpto 'yam arir vīra bharato vadhya eva me
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bharatasya vadhe doṣaṃ nāhaṃ paśyāmi rāghava
pūrvāpakariṇāṃ tyāge na hy adharmo vidhīyate
etasminn nihate kṛtsnām anuśādhi vasuṃdharām
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adya putraṃ hataṃ saṃkhye kaikeyī rājyakāmukā
mayā paśyet suduḥkhārtā hastibhagnam iva drumam
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kaikeyīṃ ca vadhiṣyāmi sānubandhāṃ sabāndhavām
kaluṣeṇādya mahatā medinī parimucyatām
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adyemaṃ saṃyataṃ krodham asatkāraṃ ca mānada
mokṣyāmi śatrusainyeṣu kakṣeṣv iva hutāśanam
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adyaitac citrakūṭasya kānanaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
bhindañ śatruśarīrāṇi kariṣye śoṇitokṣitam
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śarair nirbhinnahṛdayān kuñjarāṃs turagāṃs tathā
śvāpadāḥ parikarṣantu narāś ca nihatān mayā
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śarāṇāṃ dhanuṣaś cāham anṛṇo 'smi mahāvane
sasainyaṃ bharataṃ hatvā bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ
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