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The Ramayana Book 3

Chapter 30

1 tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā dṛṣṭvā sahasrāṇi caturdaśa
hatāny ekena rāmeṇa rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām
2 dūṣaṇaṃ ca kharaṃ caiva hataṃ triśirasaṃ raṇe
dṛṣṭvā punar mahānādaṃ nanāda jaladopamā
3 sā dṛṣṭvā karma rāmasya kṛtam anyaiḥ suduṣkaram
jagāma paramaudvignā laṅkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām
4 sa dadarśa vimānāgre rāvaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ
upopaviṣṭaṃ sacivair marudbhir iva vāsavam
5 āsīnaṃ sūryasaṃkāśe kāñcane paramāsane
rukmavedigataṃ prājyaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam
6 devagandharvabhūtānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
ajeyaṃ samare śūraṃ vyāttānanam ivāntakam
7 devāsuravimardeṣu vajrāśanikṛtavraṇam
airāvataviṣāṇāgrair utkṛṣṭakiṇavakṣasaṃ
8 viṃśadbhujaṃ daśagrīvaṃ darśanīyaparicchadam
viśālavakṣasaṃ vīraṃ rājalakṣmaṇalakṣitam
9 snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśaṃ taptakāñcanakuṇḍalam
subhujaṃ śukladaśanaṃ mahāsyaṃ parvatopamam
10 viṣṇucakranipātaiś ca śataśo devasaṃyuge
āhatāṅgaṃ samastaiś ca devapraharaṇais tathā
11 akṣobhyāṇāṃ samudrāṇāṃ kṣobhaṇaṃ kṣiprakāriṇam
kṣeptāraṃ parvatāgrāṇāṃ surāṇāṃ ca pramardanam
12 ucchettāraṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ paradārābhimarśanam
sarvadivyāstrayoktāraṃ yajñavighnakaraṃ sadā
13 purīṃ bhogavatīṃ gatvā parājitya ca vāsukim
takṣakasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ parājitya jahāra yaḥ
14 kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā vijitya naravāhanam
vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ tasya kāmagaṃ vai jahāra yaḥ
15 vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ divyaṃ nalinīṃ nandanaṃ vanam
vināśayati yaḥ krodhād devodyānāni vīryavān
16 candrasūryau mahābhāgāv uttiṣṭhantau paraṃtapau
nivārayati bāhubhyāṃ yaḥ śailaśikharopamaḥ
17 daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapas taptvā mahāvane
purā svayambhuve dhīraḥ śirāṃsy upajahāra yaḥ
18 devadānavagandharvapiśācapatagoragaiḥ
abhayaṃ yasya saṃgrāme mṛtyuto mānuṣād ṛte
19 mantrar abhituṣṭaṃ puṇyam adhvareṣu dvijātibhiḥ
havirdhāneṣu yaḥ somam upahanti mahābalaḥ
20 āptayajñaharaṃ krūraṃ brahmaghnaṃ duṣṭacāriṇam
karkaśaṃ niranukrośaṃ prajānām ahite ratam
rāvaṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham
21 rākṣasī bhrātaraṃ krūraṃ sā dadarśa mahābalam
taṃ divyavastrābharaṇaṃ divyamālyopaśobhitam
rākṣasendraṃ mahābhāgaṃ paulastya kulanandanam
22 tam abravīd dīptaviśālalocanaṃ; pradarśayitvā bhayamohamūrchitā
sudāruṇaṃ vākyam abhītacāriṇī; mahātmanā śūrpaṇakhā virūpitā


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