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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 24
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avaṣṭabdhadhanuṃ rāmaṃ kruddhaṃ ca ripughātinam
dadarśāśramam āgamya kharaḥ saha puraḥsaraiḥ
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā saguṇaṃ cāpam udyamya kharaniḥsvanam
rāmasyābhimukhaṃ sūtaṃ codyatām ity acodayat
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sa kharasyājñayā sūtas turagān samacodayat
yatra rāmo mahābāhur eko dhunvan dhanuḥ sthitaḥ
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taṃ tu niṣpatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te rajanīcarāḥ
nardamānā mahānādaṃ sacivāḥ paryavārayan
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sa teṣāṃ yātudhānānāṃ madhye rato gataḥ kharaḥ
babhūva madhye tārāṇāṃ lohitāṅga ivoditaḥ
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tatas taṃ bhīmadhanvānaṃ kruddhāḥ sarve niśācarāḥ
rāmaṃ nānāvidhaiḥ śastrair abhyavarṣanta durjayam
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mudgarair āyasaiḥ śūlaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ
rākṣasāḥ samare rāmaṃ nijaghnū roṣatatparāḥ
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te balāhakasaṃkāśā mahānādā mahābalāḥ
abhyadhāvanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ yuddhe jighāṃsavaḥ
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te rāme śaravarṣāṇi vyasṛjan rakṣasāṃ guṇāḥ
śailendram iva dhārābhir varṣamāṇā mahādhanāḥ
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sa taiḥ parivṛto ghorai rāghavo rakṣasāṃ gaṇaiḥ
tithiṣv iva mahādevo vṛtaḥ pāriṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ
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tāni muktāni śastrāṇi yātudhānaiḥ sa rāghavaḥ
pratijagrāha viśikhair nadyoghān iva sāgaraḥ
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sa taiḥ praharaṇair ghorair bhinnagātro na vivyathe
rāmaḥ pradīptair bahubhir vajrair iva mahācalaḥ
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sa viddhaḥ kṣatajādigdhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rāghavaḥ
babhūva rāmaḥ saṃdhyābhrair divākara ivāvṛtaḥ
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viṣedur devagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
ekaṃ sahastrair bahubhis tadā dṛṣṭvā samāvṛtam
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tato rāmaḥ susaṃkruddho maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ
sasarja niśitān bāṇāñ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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durāvārān durviṣahān kālapāśopamān raṇe
mumoca līlayā rāmaḥ kaṅkapatrān ajihmagān
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te śarāḥ śatrusainyeṣu muktā rāmeṇa līlayā
ādadū rakṣasāṃ prāṇān pāśāḥ kālakṛtā iva
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bhittvā rākṣasadehāṃs tāṃs te śarā rudhirāplutāḥ
antarikṣagatā rejur dīptāgnisamatejasaḥ
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asaṃkhyeyās tu rāmasya sāyakāś cāpamaṇḍalāt
viniṣpetur atīvogrā rakṣaḥ prāṇāpahāriṇaḥ
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tair dhanūṃṣi dhvajāgrāṇi varmāṇi ca śirāṃsi ca
bahūn sahastābharaṇān ūrūn karikaropamān
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tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ
bhīmam ārtasvaraṃ cakrur bhidyamānā niśācarāḥ
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tat sainyaṃ niśitair bāṇair arditaṃ marmabhedibhiḥ
rāmeṇa na sukhaṃ lebhe śuṣkaṃ vanam ivāgninā
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ke cid bhīmabalāḥ śūrāḥ śūlān khaḍgān paraśvadhān
cikṣipuḥ paramakruddhā rāmāya rajanīcarāḥ
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tāni bāṇair mahābāhuḥ śastrāṇy āvārya rāghavaḥ
jahāra samare prāṇāṃś ciccheda ca śirodharān
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avaśiṣṭāś ca ye tatra viṣaṇṇāś ca niśācarāḥ
kharam evābhyadhāvanta śaraṇārthaṃ śarārditāḥ
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tān sarvān punar ādāya samāśvāsya ca dūṣaṇaḥ
abhyadhāvata kākutsthaṃ kruddho rudram ivāntakaḥ
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nivṛttās tu punaḥ sarve dūṣaṇāśrayanirbhayāḥ
rāmam evābhyadhāvanta sālatālaśilāyudhāḥ
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tad babhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam
rāmasyāsya mahāghoraṃ punas teṣāṃ ca rakṣasām
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