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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 49
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ity uktasya yathānyāyaṃ rāvaṇasya jaṭāyuṣā
kruddhasyāgninibhāḥ sarvā rejur viṃśatidṛṣṭayaḥ
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saṃraktanayanaḥ kopāt taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ
rākṣasendro 'bhidudrāva patagendram amarṣaṇaḥ
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sa saṃprahāras tumulas tayos tasmin mahāvane
babhūva vātoddhatayor meghayor gagane yathā
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tad babhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ gṛdhrarākṣasayos tadā
sapakṣayor mālyavator mahāparvatayor iva
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tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ
abhyavarṣan mahāghorair gṛdhrarājaṃ mahābalaḥ
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sa tāni śarajālāni gṛdhraḥ patraratheśvaraḥ
jaṭāyuḥ pratijagrāha rāvaṇāstrāṇi saṃyuge
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tasya tīkṣṇanakhābhyāṃ tu caraṇābhyāṃ mahābalaḥ
cakāra bahudhā gātre vraṇān patagasattamaḥ
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atha krodhād daśagrīvo jagrāha daśamārgaṇān
mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān ghorāñ śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā
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sa tair bāṇair mahāvīryaḥ pūrṇamuktair ajihmagaiḥ
bibheda niśitais tīkṣṇair gṛdhraṃ ghoraiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ
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sa rākṣasarathe paśyañ jānakīṃ bāṣpalocanām
acintayitvā bāṇāṃs tān rākṣasaṃ samabhidravat
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tato 'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam
caraṇābhyāṃ mahātejā babhañja patageśvaraḥ
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tac cāgnisadṛśaṃ dīptaṃ rāvaṇasya śarāvaram
pakṣābhyāṃ ca mahātejā vyadhunot patageśvaraḥ
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kāñcanoraśchadān divyān piśācavadanān kharān
tāṃś cāsya javasaṃpannāñ jaghāna samare balī
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varaṃ triveṇusaṃpannaṃ kāmagaṃ pāvakārciṣam
maṇihemavicitrāṅgaṃ babhañja ca mahāratham
pūrṇacandrapratīkāśaṃ chatraṃ ca vyajanaiḥ saha
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sa bhagnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
aṅkenādāya vaidehīṃ papāta bhuvi rāvaṇaḥ
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dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhūmau rāvaṇaṃ bhagnavāhanam
sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni gṛdhrarājam apūjayan
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pariśrāntaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā jarayā pakṣiyūthapam
utpapāta punar hṛṣṭo maithilīṃ gṛhya rāvaṇaḥ
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taṃ prahṛṣṭaṃ nidhāyāṅke gacchantaṃ janakātmajām
gṛdhrarājaḥ samutpatya jaṭāyur idam abravīt
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vajrasaṃsparśabāṇasya bhāryāṃ rāmasya rāvaṇa
alpabuddhe harasy enāṃ vadhāya khalu rakṣasām
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samitrabandhuḥ sāmātyaḥ sabalaḥ saparicchadaḥ
viṣapānaṃ pibasy etat pipāsita ivodakam
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anubandham ajānantaḥ karmaṇām avicakṣaṇāḥ
śīghram eva vinaśyanti yathā tvaṃ vinaśiṣyasi
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baddhas tvaṃ kālapāśena kva gatas tasya mokṣyase
vadhāya baḍiśaṃ gṛhya sāmiṣaṃ jalajo yathā
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na hi jātu durādharṣau kākutsthau tava rāvaṇa
dharṣaṇaṃ cāśramasyāsya kṣamiṣyete tu rāghavau
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yathā tvayā kṛtaṃ karma bhīruṇā lokagarhitam
taskarācarito mārgo naiṣa vīraniṣevitaḥ
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yudhyasva yadi śūro 'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa
śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathā bhrātā kharas tathā
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paretakāle puruṣo yat karma pratipadyate
vināśāyātmano 'dharmyaṃ pratipanno 'si karma tat
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pāpānubandho vai yasya karmaṇaḥ ko nu tat pumān
kurvīta lokādhipatiḥ svayambhūr bhagavān api
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evam uktvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ jaṭāyus tasya rakṣasaḥ
nipapāta bhṛśaṃ pṛṣṭhe daśagrīvasya vīryavān
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taṃ gṛhītvā nakhais tīkṣṇair virarāda samantataḥ
adhirūḍho gajārohi yathā syād duṣṭavāraṇam
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virarāda nakhair asya tuṇḍaṃ pṛṣṭhe samarpayan
keśāṃś cotpāṭayām āsa nakhapakṣamukhāyudhaḥ
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sa tathā gṛdhrarājena kliśyamāno muhur muhuḥ
amarṣasphuritauṣṭhaḥ san prākampata sa rākṣasaḥ
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saṃpariṣvajya vaidehīṃ vāmenāṅkena rāvaṇaḥ
talenābhijaghānārto jaṭāyuṃ krodhamūrchitaḥ
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jaṭāyus tam atikramya tuṇḍenāsya kharādhipaḥ
vāmabāhūn daśa tadā vyapāharad ariṃdamaḥ
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tataḥ kruddho daśakrīvaḥ sītām utsṛjya vīryavān
muṣṭibhyāṃ caraṇābhyāṃ ca gṛdhrarājam apothayat
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tato muhūrtaṃ saṃgrāmo babhūvātulavīryayoḥ
rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya pakṣiṇāṃ pravarasya ca
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tasya vyāyacchamānasya rāmasyārthe 'tha rāvaṇaḥ
pakṣau pādau ca pārśvau ca khaḍgam uddhṛtya so 'cchinat
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sa chinnapakṣaḥ sahasā rakṣasā raudrakarmaṇā
nipapāta hato gṛdhro dharaṇyām alpajīvitaḥ
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau kṣatajārdraṃ jaṭāyuṣam
abhyadhāvata vaidehī svabandhum iva duḥkhitā
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taṃ nīlajīmūtanikāśakalpaṃ; supāṇḍuroraskam udāravīryam
dadarśa laṅkādhipatiḥ pṛthivyāṃ; jaṭāyuṣaṃ śāntam ivāgnidāvam
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tatas tu taṃ patrarathaṃ mahītale; nipātitaṃ rāvaṇavegamarditam
punaḥ pariṣvajya śaśiprabhānanā; ruroda sītā janakātmajā tadā
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