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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 42
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saṃdiṣṭo rākṣasendreṇa prahastasya suto balī
jambumālī mahādaṃṣṭro nirjagāma dhanurdharaḥ
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raktamālyāmbaradharaḥ sragvī rucirakuṇḍalaḥ
mahān vivṛttanayanaś caṇḍaḥ samaradurjayaḥ
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dhanuḥ śakradhanuḥ prakhyaṃ mahad rucirasāyakam
visphārayāṇo vegena vajrāśanisamasvanam
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tasya visphāraghoṣeṇa dhanuṣo mahatā diśaḥ
pradiśaś ca nabhaś caiva sahasā samapūryata
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rathena kharayuktena tam āgatam udīkṣya saḥ
hanūmān vegasaṃpanno jaharṣa ca nanāda ca
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taṃ toraṇaviṭaṅkasthaṃ hanūmantaṃ mahākapim
jambumālī mahābāhur vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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ardhacandreṇa vadane śirasy ekena karṇinā
bāhvor vivyādha nārācair daśabhis taṃ kapīśvaram
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tasya tac chuśubhe tāmraṃ śareṇābhihataṃ mukham
śaradīvāmbujaṃ phullaṃ viddhaṃ bhāskararaśminā
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cukopa bāṇābhihato rākṣasasya mahākapiḥ
tataḥ pārśve 'tivipulāṃ dadarśa mahatīṃ śilām
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tarasā tāṃ samutpāṭya cikṣepa balavad balī
tāṃ śarair daśabhiḥ kruddhas tāḍayām āsa rākṣasaḥ
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vipannaṃ karma tad dṛṣṭvā hanūmāṃś caṇḍavikramaḥ
sālaṃ vipulam utpāṭya bhrāmayām āsa vīryavān
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bhrāmayantaṃ kapiṃ dṛṣṭvā sālavṛkṣaṃ mahābalam
cikṣepa subahūn bāṇāñ jambumālī mahābalaḥ
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sālaṃ caturbhir ciccheda vānaraṃ pañcabhir bhuje
urasy ekena bāṇena daśabhis tu stanāntare
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sa śaraiḥ pūritatanuḥ krodhena mahatā vṛtaḥ
tam eva parighaṃ gṛhya bhrāmayām āsa vegitaḥ
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ativego 'tivegena bhrāmayitvā balotkaṭaḥ
parighaṃ pātayām āsa jambumāler mahorasi
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tasya caiva śiro nāsti na bāhū na ca jānunī
na dhanur na ratho nāśvās tatrādṛśyanta neṣavaḥ
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sa hatas tarasā tena jambumālī mahārathaḥ
papāta nihato bhūmau cūrṇitāṅgavibhūṣaṇaḥ
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jambumāliṃ ca nihataṃ kiṃkarāṃś ca mahābalān
cukrodha rāvaṇaḥ śrutvā kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ
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sa roṣasaṃvartitatāmralocanaḥ; prahastaputre nihate mahābale
amātyaputrān ativīryavikramān; samādideśāśu niśācareśvaraḥ
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