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The Ramayana Book 6

Chapter 50

1 sa tu rākṣasaśārdūlo nidrāmadasamākulaḥ
rājamārgaṃ śriyā juṣṭaṃ yayau vipulavikramaḥ
2 rākṣasānāṃ sahasraiś ca vṛtaḥ paramadurjayaḥ
gṛhebhyaḥ puṣpavarṣeṇa kāryamāṇas tadā yayau
3 sa hemajālavitataṃ bhānubhāsvaradarśanam
dadarśa vipulaṃ ramyaṃ rākṣasendraniveśanam
4 sa tat tadā sūrya ivābhrajālaṃ; praviśya rakṣo'dhipater niveśanam
dadarśa dūre 'grajam āsanasthaṃ; svayambhuvaṃ śakra ivāsanastham
5 so 'bhigamya gṛhaṃ bhrātuḥ kakṣyām abhivigāhya ca
dadarśodvignam āsīnaṃ vimāne puṣpake gurum
6 atha dṛṣṭvā daśagrīvaḥ kumbhakarṇam upasthitam
tūrṇam utthāya saṃhṛṣṭaḥ saṃnikarṣam upānayat
7 athāsīnasya paryaṅke kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
bhrātur vavande caraṇāṃ kiṃ kṛtyam iti cābravīt
utpatya cainaṃ mudito rāvaṇaḥ pariṣasvaje
8 sa bhrātrā saṃpariṣvakto yathāvac cābhinanditaḥ
kumbhakarṇaḥ śubhaṃ divyaṃ pratipede varāsanam
9 sa tadāsanam āśritya kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
saṃraktanayanaḥ kopād rāvaṇaṃ vākyam abravīt
10 kimartham aham ādṛtya tvayā rājan prabodhitaḥ
śaṃsa kasmād bhayaṃ te 'sti ko 'dya preto bhaviṣyati
11 bhrātaraṃ rāvaṇaḥ kruddhaṃ kumbhakarṇam avasthitam
īṣat tu parivṛttābhyāṃ netrābhyāṃ vākyam abravīt
12 adya te sumahān kālaḥ śayānasya mahābala
sukhitas tvaṃ na jānīṣe mama rāmakṛtaṃ bhayam
13 eṣa dāśarathī rāmaḥ sugrīvasahito balī
samudraṃ sabalas tīrtvā mūlaṃ naḥ parikṛntati
14 hanta paśyasva laṅkāyā vanāny upavanāni ca
setunā sukham āgamya vānaraikārṇavaṃ kṛtam
15 ye rākṣasā mukhyatamā hatās te vānarair yudhi
vānarāṇāṃ kṣayaṃ yuddhe na paśyāmi kadā cana
16 sarvakṣapitakośaṃ ca sa tvam abhyavapadya mām
trāyasvemāṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ bālavṛddhāvaśeṣitām
17 bhrātur arthe mahābāho kuru karma suduṣkaram
mayaivaṃ noktapūrvo hi kaś cid bhrātaḥ paraṃtapa
tvayy asti mama ca snehaḥ parā saṃbhāvanā ca me
18 devāsuravimardeṣu bahuśo rākṣasarṣabha
tvayā devāḥ prativyūhya nirjitāś cāsurā yudhi
na hi te sarvabhūteṣu dṛśyate sadṛśo balī
19 kuruṣva me priyahitam etad uttamaṃ; yathāpriyaṃ priyaraṇabāndhavapriya
svatejasā vidhama sapatnavāhinīṃ; śaradghanaṃ pavana ivodyato mahān


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