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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 43
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tatas te rākṣasendreṇa coditā mantriṇaḥ sutāḥ
niryayur bhavanāt tasmāt sapta saptārcivarcasaḥ
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mahābalaparīvārā dhanuṣmanto mahābalāḥ
kṛtāstrāstravidāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ parasparajayaiṣiṇaḥ
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hemajālaparikṣiptair dhvajavadbhiḥ patākibhiḥ
toyadasvananirghoṣair vājiyuktair mahārathaiḥ
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taptakāñcanacitrāṇi cāpāny amitavikramāḥ
visphārayantaḥ saṃhṛṣṭās taḍidvanta ivāmbudāḥ
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jananyas tās tatas teṣāṃ viditvā kiṃkarān hatān
babhūvuḥ śokasaṃbhrāntāḥ sabāndhavasuhṛjjanāḥ
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te parasparasaṃgharṣās taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ
abhipetur hanūmantaṃ toraṇastham avasthitam
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sṛjanto bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ te rathagarjitaniḥsvanāḥ
vṛṣṭimanta ivāmbhodā vicerur nairṛtarṣabhāḥ
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avakīrṇas tatas tābhir hanūmāñ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ
abhavat saṃvṛtākāraḥ śailarāḍ iva vṛṣṭibhiḥ
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sa śarān vañcayām āsa teṣām āśucaraḥ kapiḥ
rathavegāṃś ca vīrāṇāṃ vicaran vimale 'mbare
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sa taiḥ krīḍan dhanuṣmadbhir vyomni vīraḥ prakāśate
dhanuṣmadbhir yathā meghair mārutaḥ prabhur ambare
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sa kṛtvā ninadaṃ ghoraṃ trāsayaṃs tāṃ mahācamūm
cakāra hanumān vegaṃ teṣu rakṣaḥsu vīryavān
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talenābhihanat kāṃś cit pādaiḥ kāṃś cit paraṃtapaḥ
muṣṭinābhyahanat kāṃś cin nakhaiḥ kāṃś cid vyadārayat
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pramamāthorasā kāṃś cid ūrubhyām aparān kapiḥ
ke cit tasyaiva nādena tatraiva patitā bhuvi
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tatas teṣv avapanneṣu bhūmau nipatiteṣu ca
tat sainyam agamat sarvaṃ diśo daśabhayārditam
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vinedur visvaraṃ nāgā nipetur bhuvi vājinaḥ
bhagnanīḍadhvajacchatrair bhūś ca kīrṇābhavad rathaiḥ
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sa tān pravṛddhān vinihatya rākṣasān; mahābalaś caṇḍaparākramaḥ kapiḥ
yuyutsur anyaiḥ punar eva rākṣasais; tad eva vīro 'bhijagāma toraṇam
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