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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 53
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sa tathoktas tu nirbhartsya kumbhakarṇo mahodaram
abravīd rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāvaṇaṃ tataḥ
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so 'haṃ tava bhayaṃ ghoraṃ vadhāt tasya durātmanaḥ
rāmasyādya pramārjāmi nirvairas tvaṃ sukhībhava
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garjanti na vṛthā śūra nirjalā iva toyadāḥ
paśya saṃpādyamānaṃ tu garjitaṃ yudhi karmaṇā
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na marṣayati cātmānaṃ saṃbhāvayati nātmanā
adarśayitvā śūrās tu karma kurvanti duṣkaram
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viklavānām abuddhīnāṃ rājñāṃ paṇḍitamāninām
śṛṇvatām ādita idaṃ tvadvidhānāṃ mahodara
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yuddhe kāpuruṣair nityaṃ bhavadbhiḥ priyavādibhiḥ
rājānam anugacchadbhiḥ kṛtyam etad vināśitam
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rājaśeṣā kṛtā laṅkā kṣīṇaḥ kośo balaṃ hatam
rājānam imam āsādya suhṛccihnam amitrakam
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eṣa niryāmy ahaṃ yuddham udyataḥ śatrunirjaye
durnayaṃ bhavatām adya samīkartuṃ mahāhave
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evam uktavato vākyaṃ kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ
pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ prahasan rākṣasādhipaḥ
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mahodaro 'yaṃ rāmāt tu paritrasto na saṃśayaḥ
na hi rocayate tāta yuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada
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kaś cin me tvatsamo nāsti sauhṛdena balena ca
gaccha śatruvadhāya tvaṃ kumbhakarṇajayāya ca
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ādade niśitaṃ śūlaṃ vegāc chatrunibarhaṇaḥ
sarvakālāyasaṃ dīptaṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam
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indrāśanisamaṃ bhīmaṃ vajrapratimagauravam
devadānavagandharvayakṣakiṃnarasūdanam
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raktamālya mahādāma svataś codgatapāvakam
ādāya niśitaṃ śūlaṃ śatruśoṇitarañjitam
kumbhakarṇo mahātejā rāvaṇaṃ vākyam abravīt
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gamiṣyāmy aham ekākī tiṣṭhatv iha balaṃ mahat
adya tān kṣudhitaḥ kruddho bhakṣayiṣyāmi vānarān
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kumbhakarṇavacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo vākyam abravīt
sainyaiḥ parivṛto gaccha śūlamudgalapāṇibhiḥ
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vānarā hi mahātmānaḥ śīghrāś ca vyavasāyinaḥ
ekākinaṃ pramattaṃ vā nayeyur daśanaiḥ kṣayam
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tasmāt paramadurdharṣaiḥ sainyaiḥ parivṛto vraja
rakṣasām ahitaṃ sarvaṃ śatrupakṣaṃ nisūdaya
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athāsanāt samutpatya srajaṃ maṇikṛtāntarām
ābabandha mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇasya rāvaṇaḥ
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aṅgadān aṅgulīveṣṭān varāṇy ābharaṇāni ca
hāraṃ ca śaśisaṃkāśam ābabandha mahātmanaḥ
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divyāni ca sugandhīni mālyadāmāni rāvaṇaḥ
śrotre cāsajjayām āsa śrīmatī cāsya kuṇḍale
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kāñcanāṅgadakeyūro niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
kumbhakarṇo bṛhatkarṇaḥ suhuto 'gnir ivābabhau
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śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā mecakena virājitaḥ
amṛtotpādane naddho bhujaṃgeneva mandaraḥ
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sa kāñcanaṃ bhārasahaṃ nivātaṃ; vidyutprabhaṃ dīptam ivātmabhāsā
ābadhyamānaḥ kavacaṃ rarāja; saṃdhyābhrasaṃvīta ivādrirājaḥ
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sarvābharaṇanaddhāṅgaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sa rākṣasaḥ
trivikramakṛtotsāho nārāyaṇa ivābabhau
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bhrātaraṃ saṃpariṣvajya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
praṇamya śirasā tasmai saṃpratasthe mahābaliḥ
tam āśīrbhiḥ praśastābhiḥ preṣayām āsa rāvaṇaḥ
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śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ sainyaiś cāpi varāyudhaiḥ
taṃ gajaiś ca turaṃgaiś ca syandanaiś cāmbudasvanaiḥ
anujagmur mahātmānaṃ rathino rathināṃ varam
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sarpair uṣṭraiḥ kharair aśvaiḥ siṃhadvipamṛgadvijaiḥ
anujagmuś ca taṃ ghoraṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam
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sa puṣpavarṇair avakīryamāṇo; dhṛtātapatraḥ śitaśūlapāṇiḥ
madotkaṭaḥ śoṇitagandhamatto; viniryayau dānavadevaśatruḥ
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padātayaś a bahavo mahānādā mahābalāḥ
anvayū rākṣasā bhīmā bhīmākṣāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ
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raktākṣāḥ sumahākāyā nīlāñjanacayopamāḥ
śūrān udyamya khaḍgāṃś ca niśitāṃś ca paraśvadhān
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bahuvyāmāṃś ca vipulān kṣepaṇīyān durāsadān
tālaskandhāṃś ca vipulān kṣepaṇīyān durāsadān
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athānyad vapur ādāya dāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
niṣpapāta mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
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dhanuḥśataparīṇāhaḥ sa ṣaṭśatasamucchitaḥ
raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣo mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ
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saṃnipatya ca rakṣāṃsi dagdhaśailopamo mahān
kumbhakarṇo mahāvaktraḥ prahasann idam abravīt
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adya vānaramukhyānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ
nirdahiṣyāmi saṃkruddhaḥ śalabhān iva pāvakaḥ
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nāparādhyanti me kāmaṃ vānarā vanacāriṇaḥ
jātir asmadvidhānāṃ sā purodyānavibhūṣaṇam
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purarodhasya mūlaṃ tu rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
hate tasmin hataṃ sarvaṃ taṃ vadhiṣyāmi saṃyuge
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evaṃ tasya bruvāṇasya kumbhakarṇasya rākṣasāḥ
nādaṃ cakrur mahāghoraṃ kampayanta ivārṇavam
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tasya niṣpatatas tūrṇaṃ kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ
babhūvur ghorarūpāṇi nimittāni samantataḥ
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ulkāśaniyutā meghā vineduś ca sudāruṇāḥ
sasāgaravanā caiva vasudhā samakampata
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ghorarūpāḥ śivā neduḥ sajvālakavalair mukhaiḥ
maṇḍalāny apasavyāni babandhuś ca vihaṃgamāḥ
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niṣpapāta ca gṛdhre 'sya śūle vai pathi gacchataḥ
prāsphuran nayanaṃ cāsya savyo bāhur akampata
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niṣpapāta tadā coklā jvalantī bhīmanisvanā
ādityo niṣprabhaś cāsīn na pravāti sukho 'nilaḥ
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acintayan mahotpātān utthitāṁl lomaharṣaṇān
niryayau kumbhakarṇas tu kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ
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sa laṅghayitvā prākāraṃ padbhyāṃ parvatasaṃnibhaḥ
dadarśābhraghanaprakhyaṃ vānarānīkam adbhutam
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te dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ vānarāḥ parvatopamam
vāyununnā iva ghanā yayuḥ sarvā diśas tadā
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tad vānarānīkam atipracaṇḍaṃ; diśo dravad bhinnam ivābhrajālam
sa kumbhakarṇaḥ samavekṣya harṣān; nanāda bhūyo ghanavad ghanābhaḥ
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te tasya ghoraṃ ninadaṃ niśamya; yathā ninādaṃ divi vāridasya
petur dharaṇyāṃ bahavaḥ plavaṃgā; nikṛttamūlā iva sālavṛkṣāḥ
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vipulaparighavān sa kumbhakarṇo; ripunidhanāya viniḥsṛto mahātmā
kapi gaṇabhayam ādadat subhīmaṃ; prabhur iva kiṃkaradaṇḍavān yugānte
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