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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 50
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sa tu rākṣasaśārdūlo nidrāmadasamākulaḥ
rājamārgaṃ śriyā juṣṭaṃ yayau vipulavikramaḥ
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rākṣasānāṃ sahasraiś ca vṛtaḥ paramadurjayaḥ
gṛhebhyaḥ puṣpavarṣeṇa kāryamāṇas tadā yayau
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sa hemajālavitataṃ bhānubhāsvaradarśanam
dadarśa vipulaṃ ramyaṃ rākṣasendraniveśanam
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sa tat tadā sūrya ivābhrajālaṃ; praviśya rakṣo'dhipater niveśanam
dadarśa dūre 'grajam āsanasthaṃ; svayambhuvaṃ śakra ivāsanastham
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so 'bhigamya gṛhaṃ bhrātuḥ kakṣyām abhivigāhya ca
dadarśodvignam āsīnaṃ vimāne puṣpake gurum
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atha dṛṣṭvā daśagrīvaḥ kumbhakarṇam upasthitam
tūrṇam utthāya saṃhṛṣṭaḥ saṃnikarṣam upānayat
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athāsīnasya paryaṅke kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
bhrātur vavande caraṇāṃ kiṃ kṛtyam iti cābravīt
utpatya cainaṃ mudito rāvaṇaḥ pariṣasvaje
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sa bhrātrā saṃpariṣvakto yathāvac cābhinanditaḥ
kumbhakarṇaḥ śubhaṃ divyaṃ pratipede varāsanam
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sa tadāsanam āśritya kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
saṃraktanayanaḥ kopād rāvaṇaṃ vākyam abravīt
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kimartham aham ādṛtya tvayā rājan prabodhitaḥ
śaṃsa kasmād bhayaṃ te 'sti ko 'dya preto bhaviṣyati
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bhrātaraṃ rāvaṇaḥ kruddhaṃ kumbhakarṇam avasthitam
īṣat tu parivṛttābhyāṃ netrābhyāṃ vākyam abravīt
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adya te sumahān kālaḥ śayānasya mahābala
sukhitas tvaṃ na jānīṣe mama rāmakṛtaṃ bhayam
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eṣa dāśarathī rāmaḥ sugrīvasahito balī
samudraṃ sabalas tīrtvā mūlaṃ naḥ parikṛntati
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hanta paśyasva laṅkāyā vanāny upavanāni ca
setunā sukham āgamya vānaraikārṇavaṃ kṛtam
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ye rākṣasā mukhyatamā hatās te vānarair yudhi
vānarāṇāṃ kṣayaṃ yuddhe na paśyāmi kadā cana
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sarvakṣapitakośaṃ ca sa tvam abhyavapadya mām
trāyasvemāṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ bālavṛddhāvaśeṣitām
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bhrātur arthe mahābāho kuru karma suduṣkaram
mayaivaṃ noktapūrvo hi kaś cid bhrātaḥ paraṃtapa
tvayy asti mama ca snehaḥ parā saṃbhāvanā ca me
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devāsuravimardeṣu bahuśo rākṣasarṣabha
tvayā devāḥ prativyūhya nirjitāś cāsurā yudhi
na hi te sarvabhūteṣu dṛśyate sadṛśo balī
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kuruṣva me priyahitam etad uttamaṃ; yathāpriyaṃ priyaraṇabāndhavapriya
svatejasā vidhama sapatnavāhinīṃ; śaradghanaṃ pavana ivodyato mahān
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