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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 21
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evam ādharṣitaḥ śūraḥ śūrpaṇakhyā kharas tadā
uvāca rakṣasāṃ madhye kharaḥ kharataraṃ vacaḥ
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tavāpamānaprabhavaḥ krodho 'yam atulo mama
na śakyate dhārayituṃ lavaṇāmbha ivotthitam
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na rāmaṃ gaṇaye vīryān mānuṣaṃ kṣīṇajīvitam
ātmā duścaritaiḥ prāṇān hato yo 'dya vimokṣyati
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bāṣpaḥ saṃhriyatām eṣa saṃbhramaś ca vimucyatām
ahaṃ rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam
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paraśvadhahatasyādya mandaprāṇasya bhūtale
rāmasya rudhiraṃ raktam uṣṇaṃ pāsyasi rākṣasi
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sā prahṛṣṭvā vacaḥ śrutvā kharasya vadanāc cyutam
praśaśaṃsa punar maurkhyād bhrātaraṃ rakṣasāṃ varam
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tayā paruṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ punar eva praśaṃsitaḥ
abravīd dūṣaṇaṃ nāma kharaḥ senāpatiṃ tadā
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caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām
rakṣasīṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣv anivartinām
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nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām
lokasiṃhāvihārāṇāṃ balinām ugratejasām
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teṣāṃ śārdūladarpāṇāṃ mahāsyānāaṃ mahaujasām
sarvodyogam udīrṇānāṃ rakṣasāṃ saumya kāraya
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upasthāpaya me kṣipraṃ rathaṃ saumya dhanūṃṣi ca
śarāṃś ca citrān khaḍgāṃś ca śaktīś ca vividhāḥ śitāḥ
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agre niryātum icchāmi paulastyānāṃ mahātmanām
vadhārthaṃ durvinītasya rāmasya raṇakovidaḥ
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iti tasya bruvāṇasya sūryavarṇaṃ mahāratham
sadaśvaiḥ śabalair yuktam ācacakṣe 'tha dūṣaṇaḥ
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taṃ meruśikharākāraṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam
hemacakram asaṃbādhaṃ vaidūryamaya kūbaram
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matsyaiḥ puṣpair drumaiḥ śailaiś candrasūryaiś ca kāñcanaiḥ
māṅgalyaiḥ pakṣisaṃghaiś ca tārābhiś ca samāvṛtam
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dhvajanistriṃśasaṃpannaṃ kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitam
sadaśvayuktaṃ so 'marṣād āruroha rathaṃ kharaḥ
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niśāmya taṃ rathagataṃ rāakṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ
tasthuḥ saṃparivāryainaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ ca mahābalam
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kharas tu tān maheṣvāsān ghoracarmāyudhadhvajān
niryātety abravīd dṛṣṭvā rathasthaḥ sarvarākṣasān
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tatas tad rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ ghoracarmāyudhadhvajam
nirjagāma janasthānān mahānādaṃ mahājavam
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mudgaraiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiś ca paraśvadhaiḥ
khaḍgaiś cakraiś ca hastasthair bhrājamānaiś ca tomaraiḥ
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śaktibhiḥ patighair ghorair atimātraiś ca kārmukaiḥ
gadāsimusalair vajrair gṛhītair bhīmadarśanaiḥ
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rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa
niryātāni janasthānāt kharacittānuvartinām
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tāṃs tv abhidravato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasān bhīmavikramān
kharasyāpi rathaḥ kiṃ cij jagāma tadanantaram
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tatas tāñ śabalān aśvāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣitān
kharasya matam ājñāya sārathiḥ samacodayat
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sa codito rathaḥ śīghraṃ kharasya ripughātinaḥ
śabdenāpūrayām āsa diśaś ca pratiśas tathā
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pravṛddhamanyus tu kharaḥ kharasvano; ripor vadhārthaṃ tvarito yathāntakaḥ
acūcudat sārathim unnadan punar; mahābalo megha ivāśmavarṣavān
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