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The Ramayana Book 4

Chapter 60

1 tatas tad dāruṇaṃ karma duṣkaraṃ sāhasāt kṛtam
ācacakṣe muneḥ sarvaṃ sūryānugamanaṃ tathā
2 bhagavan vraṇayuktatvāl lajjayā cākulendriyaḥ
pariśrānto na śaknomi vacanaṃ paribhāṣitum
3 ahaṃ caiva jaṭāyuś ca saṃgharṣād darpamohitau
ākāśaṃ patitau vīrau jighāsantau parākramam
4 kailāsaśikhare baddhvā munīnām agrataḥ paṇam
raviḥ syād anuyātavyo yāvad astaṃ mahāgirim
5 athāvāṃ yugapat prāptāv apaśyāva mahītale
rathacakrapramāṇāni nagarāṇi pṛthak pṛthak
6 kva cid vāditraghoṣāṃś ca brahmaghoṣāṃś ca śuśruva
gāyantīś cāṅganā bahvīḥ paśyāvo raktavāsasaḥ
7 tūrṇam utpatya cākāśam ādityapatham āsthitau
āvām ālokayāvas tad vanaṃ śādvalasaṃsthitam
8 upalair iva saṃchannā dṛśyate bhūḥ śiloccayaiḥ
āpagābhiś ca saṃvītā sūtrair iva vasuṃdharā
9 himavāṃś caiva vindhyaś ca meruś ca sumahān nagaḥ
bhūtale saṃprakāśante nāgā iva jalāśaye
10 tīvrasvedaś ca khedaś ca bhayaṃ cāsīt tadāvayoḥ
samāviśata mohaś ca mohān mūrchā ca dāruṇā
11 na dig vijñāyate yāmyā nāgenyā na ca vāruṇī
yugānte niyato loko hato dagdha ivāgninā
12 yatnena mahatā bhūyo raviḥ samavalokitaḥ
tulyaḥ pṛthvīpramāṇena bhāskaraḥ pratibhāti nau
13 jaṭāyur mām anāpṛcchya nipapāta mahīṃ tataḥ
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tūrṇam ākāśād ātmānaṃ muktavān aham
14 pakṣibhyāṃ ca mayā gupto jaṭāyur na pradahyata
pramādāt tatra nirdagdhaḥ patan vāyupathād aham
15 āśaṅke taṃ nipatitaṃ janasthāne jaṭāyuṣam
ahaṃ tu patito vindhye dagdhapakṣo jaḍīkṛtaḥ
16 rājyena hīno bhrātrā ca pakṣābhyāṃ vikrameṇa ca
sarvathā martum evecchan patiṣye śikharād gireḥ


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