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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 59
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svabalaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
bhrātṝṃś ca nihatān dṛṣṭvā śakratulyaparākramān
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pitṛvyau cāpi saṃdṛśya samare saṃniṣūditau
mahodaramahāpārśvau bhrātarau rākṣasarṣabhau
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cukopa ca mahātejā brahmadattavaro yudhi
atikāyo 'drisaṃkāśo devadānavadarpahā
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sa bhāskarasahasrasya saṃghātam iva bhāsvaram
ratham āsthāya śakrārir abhidudrāva vānarān
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sa visphārya mahac cāpaṃ kirīṭī mṛṣṭakuṇḍalaḥ
nāma viśrāvayām āsa nanāda ca mahāsvanam
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tena siṃhapraṇādena nāmaviśrāvaṇena ca
jyāśabdena ca bhīmena trāsayām āsa vānarān
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te tasya rūpam ālokya yathā viṣṇos trivikrame
bhayārtā vānarāḥ sarve vidravanti diśo daśa
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te 'tikāyaṃ samāsādya vānarā mūḍhacetasaḥ
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmur lakṣmaṇāgrajam āhave
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tato 'tikāyaṃ kākutstho rathasthaṃ parvatopamam
dadarśa dhanvinaṃ dūrād garjantaṃ kālameghavat
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sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ rāghavas tu suvismitaḥ
vānarān sāntvayitvā tu vibhīṣaṇam uvāca ha
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ko 'sau parvatasaṃkāśo dhanuṣmān harilocanaḥ
yukte hayasahasreṇa viśāle syandane sthitaḥ
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ya eṣa niśitaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiḥ prāsatomaraiḥ
arciṣmadbhir vṛto bhāti bhūtair iva maheśvaraḥ
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kālajihvāprakāśābhir ya eṣo 'bhivirājate
āvṛto rathaśaktībhir vidyudbhir iva toyadaḥ
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dhanūṃsi cāsya sajyāni hemapṛṣṭhāni sarvaśaḥ
śobhayanti rathaśreṣṭhaṃ śakrapātam ivāmbaram
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ka eṣa rakṣaḥ śārdūlo raṇabhūmiṃ virājayan
abhyeti rathināṃ śreṣṭho rathenādityatejasā
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dhvajaśṛṅgapratiṣṭhena rāhuṇābhivirājate
sūryaraśmiprabhair bāṇair diśo daśa virājayan
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triṇataṃ meghanirhrādaṃ hemapṛṣṭham alaṃkṛtam
śatakratudhanuḥprakhyaṃ dhanuś cāsya virājate
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sadhvajaḥ sapatākaś ca sānukarṣo mahārathaḥ
catuḥsādisamāyukto meghastanitanisvanaḥ
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viṃśatir daśa cāṣṭau ca tūṇīraratham āsthitāḥ
kārmukāṇi ca bhīmāni jyāś ca kāñcanapiṅgalāḥ
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dvau ca khaḍgau rathagatau pārśvasthau pārśvaśobhinau
caturhastatsarucitau vyaktahastadaśāyatau
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raktakaṇṭhaguṇo dhīro mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ
kālaḥ kālamahāvaktro meghastha iva bhāskaraḥ
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kāñcanāṅgadanaddhābhyāṃ bhujābhyām eṣa śobhate
śṛṅgābhyām iva tuṅgābhyāṃ himavān parvatottamaḥ
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kuṇḍalābhyāṃ tu yasyaitad bhāti vaktraṃ śubhekṣaṇam
punarvasvantaragataṃ pūrṇabimbam ivaindavam
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ācakṣva me mahābāho tvam enaṃ rākṣasottamam
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā vānarāḥ sarve bhayārtā vidrutā diśaḥ
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sa pṛṣṭho rājaputreṇa rāmeṇāmitatejasā
ācacakṣe mahātejā rāghavāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ
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daśagrīvo mahātejā rājā vaiśravaṇānujaḥ
bhīmakarmā mahotsāho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
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tasyāsīd vīryavān putro rāvaṇapratimo raṇe
vṛddhasevī śrutadharaḥ sarvāstraviduṣāṃ varaḥ
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aśvapṛṣṭhe rathe nāge khaḍge dhanuṣi karṣaṇe
bhede sāntve ca dāne ca naye mantre ca saṃmataḥ
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yasya bāhuṃ samāśritya laṅkā bhavati nirbhayā
tanayaṃ dhānyamālinyā atikāyam imaṃ viduḥ
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etenārādhito brahmā tapasā bhāvitātmanā
astrāṇi cāpy avāptāni ripavaś ca parājitāḥ
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surāsurair avadhyatvaṃ dattam asmai svayambhuvā
etac ca kavacaṃ divyaṃ rathaś caiṣo 'rkabhāskaraḥ
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etena śataśo devā dānavāś ca parājitāḥ
rakṣitāni ca rakṣāmi yakṣāś cāpi niṣūditāḥ
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vajraṃ viṣṭambhitaṃ yena bāṇair indrasya dhīmataḥ
pāśaḥ salilarājasya yuddhe pratihatas tathā
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eṣo 'tikāyo balavān rākṣasānām atharṣabhaḥ
rāvaṇasya suto dhīmān devadanava darpahā
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tad asmin kriyatāṃ yatnaḥ kṣipraṃ puruṣapuṃgava
purā vānarasainyāni kṣayaṃ nayati sāyakaiḥ
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tato 'tikāyo balavān praviśya harivāhinīm
visphārayām āsa dhanur nanāda ca punaḥ punaḥ
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taṃ bhīmavapuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathasthaṃ rathināṃ varam
abhipetur mahātmāno ye pradhānāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
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kumudo dvivido maindo nīlaḥ śarabha eva ca
pādapair giriśṛṅgaiś ca yugapat samabhidravan
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teṣāṃ vṛkṣāṃś ca śailāṃś ca śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
atikāyo mahātejāś cicchedāstravidāṃ varaḥ
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tāṃś caiva sarān sa harīñ śaraiḥ sarvāyasair balī
vivyādhābhimukhaḥ saṃkhye bhīmakāyo niśācaraḥ
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te 'rditā bāṇabarṣeṇa bhinnagātrāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
na śekur atikāyasya pratikartuṃ mahāraṇe
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tat sainyaṃ harivīrāṇāṃ trāsayām āsa rākṣasaḥ
mṛgayūtham iva kruddho harir yauvanam āsthitaḥ
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sa rāṣasendro harisainyamadhye; nāyudhyamānaṃ nijaghāna kaṃ cit
upetya rāmaṃ sadhanuḥ kalāpī; sagarvitaṃ vākyam idaṃ babhāṣe
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rathe sthito 'haṃ śaracāpapāṇir; na prākṛtaṃ kaṃ cana yodhayāmi
yasyāsti śaktir vyavasāya yuktā; dadātuṃ me kṣipram ihādya yuddham
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tat tasya vākyaṃ bruvato niśamya; cukopa saumitrir amitrahantā
amṛṣyamāṇaś ca samutpapāta; jagrāha cāpaṃ ca tataḥ smayitvā
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kruddhaḥ saumitrir utpatya tūṇād ākṣipya sāyakam
purastād atikāyasya vicakarṣa mahad dhanuḥ
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pūrayan sa mahīṃ śailān ākāśaṃ sāgaraṃ diśaḥ
jyāśabdo lakṣmaṇasyogras trāsayan rajanīcarān
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saumitreś cāpanirghoṣaṃ śrutvā pratibhayaṃ tadā
visiṣmiye mahātejā rākṣasendrātmajo balī
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athātikāyaḥ kupito dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇam utthitam
ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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bālas tvam asi saumitre vikrameṣv avicakṣaṇaḥ
gaccha kiṃ kālasadṛśaṃ māṃ yodhayitum icchasi
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na hi madbāhusṛṣṭānām astrāṇāṃ himavān api
soḍhum utsahate vegam antarikṣam atho mahī
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sukhaprasuptaṃ kālāgniṃ prabodhayitum icchasi
nyasya cāpaṃ nivartasva mā prāṇāñ jahi madgataḥ
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atha vā tvaṃ pratiṣṭabdho na nivartitum icchasi
tiṣṭha prāṇān parityajya gamiṣyasi yamakṣayam
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paśya me niśitān bāṇān aridarpaniṣūdanān
īśvarāyudhasaṃkāśāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇān
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eṣa te sarpasaṃkāśo bāṇaḥ pāsyati śoṇitam
mṛgarāja iva kruddho nāgarājasya śoṇitam
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śrutvātikāyasya vacaḥ saroṣaṃ; sagarvitaṃ saṃyati rājaputraḥ
sa saṃcukopātibalo bṛhacchrīr; uvāca vākyaṃ ca tato mahārtham
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na vākyamātreṇa bhavān pradhāno; na katthanāt satpuruṣā bhavanti
mayi sthite dhanvini bāṇapāṇau; vidarśayasvātmabalaṃ durātman
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karmaṇā sūcayātmānaṃ na vikatthitum arhasi
pauruṣeṇa tu yo yuktaḥ sa tu śūra iti smṛtaḥ
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sarvāyudhasamāyukto dhanvī tvaṃ ratham āsthitaḥ
śarair vā yadi vāpy astrair darśayasva parākramam
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tataḥ śiras te niśitaiḥ pātayiṣyāmy ahaṃ śaraiḥ
mārutaḥ kālasaṃpakvaṃ vṛntāt tālaphalaṃ yathā
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adya te māmakā bāṇās taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ
pāsyanti rudhiraṃ gātrād bāṇaśalyāntarotthitam
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bālo 'yam iti vijñāya na māvajñātum arhasi
bālo vā yadi vā vṛddho mṛtyuṃ jānīhi saṃyuge
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lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā hetumat paramārthavat
atikāyaḥ pracukrodha bāṇaṃ cottamam ādade
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tato vidyādharā bhūtā devā daityā maharṣayaḥ
guhyakāś ca mahātmānas tad yuddhaṃ dadṛśus tadā
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tato 'tikāyaḥ kupitaś cāpam āropya sāyakam
lakṣmaṇasya pracikṣepa saṃkṣipann iva cāmbaram
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tam āpatantaṃ niśitaṃ śaram āśīviṣopamam
ardhacandreṇa ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā
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taṃ nikṛttaṃ śaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛttabhogam ivoragam
atikāyo bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ pañcabāṇān samādade
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tāñ śarān saṃpracikṣepa lakṣmaṇāya niśācaraḥ
tān aprāptāñ śarais tīkṣṇaiś ciccheda bharatānujaḥ
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sa tāṃś chittvā śarais tīkṣṇair lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā
ādade niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ jvalantam iva tejasā
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tam ādāya dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe yojayām āsa lakṣmaṇaḥ
vicakarṣa ca vegena visasarja ca sāyakam
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pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena śareṇānata parvaṇā
lalāṭe rākṣasaśreṣṭham ājaghāna sa vīryavān
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sa lalāṭe śaro magnas tasya bhīmasya rakṣasaḥ
dadṛśe śoṇitenāktaḥ pannagendra ivāhave
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rākṣasaḥ pracakampe ca lakṣmaṇeṣu prakampitaḥ
rudrabāṇahataṃ bhīmaṃ yathā tripuragopuram
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cintayām āsa cāśvasya vimṛśya ca mahābalaḥ
sādhu bāṇanipātena śvāghanīyo 'si me ripuḥ
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vicāryaivaṃ vinamyāsyaṃ vinamya ca bhujāv ubhau
sa rathopastham āsthāya rathena pracacāra ha
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ekaṃ trīn pañca sapteti sāyakān rākṣasarṣabhaḥ
ādade saṃdadhe cāpi vicakarṣotsasarja ca
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te bāṇāḥ kālasaṃkāśā rākṣasendradhanuś cyutāḥ
hemapuṅkhā raviprakhyāś cakrur dīptam ivāmbaram
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tatas tān rākṣasotsṛṣṭāñ śaraughān rāvaṇānujaḥ
asaṃbhrāntaḥ praciccheda niśitair bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ
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tāñ śarān yudhi saṃprekṣya nikṛttān rāvaṇātmajaḥ
cukopa tridaśendrārir jagrāha niśitaṃ śaram
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sa saṃdhāya mahātejās taṃ bāṇaṃ sahasotsṛjat
tataḥ saumitrim āyāntam ājaghāna stanāntare
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atikāyena saumitris tāḍito yudhi vakṣasi
susrāva rudhiraṃ tīvraṃ madaṃ matta iva dvipaḥ
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sa cakāra tadātmānaṃ viśalyaṃ sahasā vibhuḥ
jagrāha ca śaraṃ tīṣṇam astreṇāpi samādadhe
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āgneyena tadāstreṇa yojayām āsa sāyakam
sa jajvāla tadā bāṇo dhanuś cāsya mahātmanaḥ
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atikāyo 'titejasvī sauram astraṃ samādade
tena bāṇaṃ bhujaṃgābhaṃ hemapuṅkham ayojayat
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tatas taṃ jvalitaṃ ghoraṃ lakṣmaṇaḥ śaram āhitam
atikāyāya cikṣepa kāladaṇḍam ivāntakaḥ
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āgneyenābhisaṃyuktaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇaṃ niśācaraḥ
utsasarja tadā bāṇaṃ dīptaṃ sūryāstrayojitam
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tāv ubhāv ambare bāṇāv anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ
tejasā saṃpradīptāgrau kruddhāv iva bhujaṃ gamau
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tāv anyonyaṃ vinirdahya petatur dharaṇītale
nirarciṣau bhasmakṛtau na bhrājete śarottamau
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tato 'tikāyaḥ saṃkruddhas tv astram aiṣīkam utsṛjat
tat praciccheda saumitrir astram aindreṇa vīryavān
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aiṣīkaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā kumāro rāvaṇātmajaḥ
yāmyenāstreṇa saṃkruddho yojayām āsa sāyakam
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tatas tad astraṃ cikṣepa lakṣmaṇāya niśācaraḥ
vāyavyena tad astraṃ tu nijaghāna sa lakṣmaṇaḥ
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athainaṃ śaradhārābhir dhārābhir iva toyadaḥ
abhyavarṣata saṃkruddho lakṣmaṇo rāvaṇātmajam
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te 'tikāyaṃ samāsādya kavace vajrabhūṣite
bhagnāgraśalyāḥ sahasā petur bāṇā mahītale
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tān moghān abhisaṃprekṣya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā
abhyavarṣata bāṇānāṃ sahasreṇa mahāyaśāḥ
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sa varṣyamāṇo bāṇaughair atikāyo mahābalaḥ
avadhyakavacaḥ saṃkhye rākṣaso naiva vivyathe
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na śaśāka rujaṃ kartuṃ yudhi tasya narottamaḥ
athainam abhyupāgamya vāyur vākyam uvāca ha
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brahmadattavaro hy eṣa avadhya kavacāvṛtaḥ
brāhmeṇāstreṇa bhindhy enam eṣa vadhyo hi nānyathā
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tataḥ sa vāyor vacanaṃ niśamya; saumitrir indrapratimānavīryaḥ
samādade bāṇam amoghavegaṃ; tad brāhmam astraṃ sahasā niyojya
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tasmin varāstre tu niyujyamāne; saumitriṇā bāṇavare śitāgre
diśaḥ sacandrārkamahāgrahāś ca; nabhaś ca tatrāsa rarāsa corvī
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taṃ brahmaṇo 'streṇa niyujya cāpe; śaraṃ supuṅkhaṃ yamadūtakalpam
saumitrir indrārisutasya tasya; sasarja bāṇaṃ yudhi vajrakalpam
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taṃ lakṣmaṇotsṛṣṭam amoghavegaṃ; samāpatantaṃ jvalanaprakāśam
suvarṇavajrottamacitrapuṅkhaṃ; tadātikāyaḥ samare dadarśa
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taṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ sahasātikāyo; jaghāna bāṇair niśitair anekaiḥ
sa sāyakas tasya suparṇavegas; tadātivegena jagāma pārśvam
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tam āgataṃ prekṣya tadātikāyo; bāṇaṃ pradīptāntakakālakalpam
jaghāna śaktyṛṣṭigadākuṭhāraiḥ; śūlair halaiś cāpy avipannaceṣṭaḥ
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tāny āyudhāny adbhutavigrahāṇi; moghāni kṛtvā sa śaro 'gnidīptaḥ
prasahya tasyaiva kirīṭajuṣṭaṃ; tadātikāyasya śiro jahāra
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tac chiraḥ saśiras trāṇaṃ lakṣmaṇeṣuprapīḍitam
papāta sahasā bhūmau śṛṅgaṃ himavato yathā
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praharṣayuktā bahavas tu vānarā; prabuddhapadmapratimānanās tadā
apūjayaṁl lakṣmaṇam iṣṭabhāginaṃ; hate ripau bhīmabale durāsade
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