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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 60
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tato hatān rākṣasapuṃgavāṃs tān; devāntakāditriśiro 'tikāyān
rakṣogaṇās tatra hatāvaśiṣṭās; te rāvaṇāya tvaritaṃ śaśaṃsuḥ
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tato hatāṃs tān sahasā niśamya; rājā mumohāśrupariplutākṣaḥ
putrakṣayaṃ bhrātṛvadhaṃ ca ghoraṃ; vicintya rājā vipulaṃ pradadhyau
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tatas tu rājānam udīkṣya dīnaṃ; śokārṇave saṃparipupluvānam
atharṣabho rākṣasarājasūnur; athendrajid vākyam idaṃ babhāṣe
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na tāta mohaṃ pratigantum arhasi; yatrendrajij jīvati rākṣasendra
nendrāribāṇābhihato hi kaś cit; prāṇān samarthaḥ samare 'bhidhartum
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paśyādya rāmaṃ sahalakṣmaṇena; madbāṇanirbhinnavikīrṇadeham
gatāyuṣaṃ bhūmitale śayānaṃ; śaraiḥ śitair ācitasarvagātram
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imāṃ pratijñāṃ śṛṇu śakraśatroḥ; suniścitāṃ pauruṣadaivayuktām
adyaiva rāmaṃ sahalakṣmaṇena; saṃtāpayiṣyāmi śarair amoghaiḥ
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adyendravaivasvataviṣṇumitra; sādhyāśvivaiśvānaracandrasūryāḥ
drakṣyanti me vikramam aprameyaṃ; viṣṇor ivograṃ baliyajñavāṭe
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sa evam uktvā tridaśendraśatrur; āpṛcchya rājānam adīnasattvaḥ
samārurohānilatulyavegaṃ; rathaṃ kharaśreṣṭhasamādhiyuktam
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samāsthāya mahātejā rathaṃ harirathopamam
jagāma sahasā tatra yatra yuddham ariṃdama
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taṃ prasthitaṃ mahātmānam anujagmur mahābalāḥ
saṃharṣamāṇā bahavo dhanuḥpravarapāṇayaḥ
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gajaskandhagatāḥ ke cit ke cit paramavājibhiḥ
prāsamudgaranistriṃśa paraśvadhagadādharāḥ
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sa śaṅkhaninadair bhīmair bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ
jagāma tridaśendrāriḥ stūyamāno niśācaraiḥ
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sa śaṅkhaśaśivarṇena chatreṇa ripusādanaḥ
rarāja paripūrṇena nabhaś candramasā yathā
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avījyata tato vīro haimair hemavibhūṣitaiḥ
cārucāmaramukhyaiś ca mukhyaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām
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tatas tv indrajitā laṅkā sūryapratimatejasā
rarājāprativīryeṇa dyaur ivārkeṇa bhāsvatā
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sa tu dṛṣṭvā viniryāntaṃ balena mahatā vṛtam
rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmān rāvaṇaḥ putram abravīt
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tvam apratirathaḥ putra jitas te yudhi vāsavaḥ
kiṃ punar mānuṣaṃ dhṛṣyaṃ na vadhiṣyasi rāghavam
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tathokto rākṣasendreṇa pratigṛhya mahāśiṣaḥ
rathenāśvayujā vīraḥ śīghraṃ gatvā nikumbhilām
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sa saṃprāpya mahātejā yuddhabhūmim ariṃdamaḥ
sthāpayām āsa rakṣāṃsi rathaṃ prati samantataḥ
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tatas tu hutabhoktāraṃ hutabhuk sadṛśaprabhaḥ
juhuve rākṣasaśreṣṭho mantravad vidhivat tadā
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sa havirjālasaṃskārair mālyagandhapuraskṛtaiḥ
juhuve pāvakaṃ tatra rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān
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śastrāṇi śarapatrāṇi samidho 'tha vibhītakaḥ
lohitāni ca vāsāṃsi sruvaṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ tathā
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sa tatrāgniṃ samāstīrya śarapatraiḥ satomaraiḥ
chāgasya sarvakṛṣṇasya galaṃ jagrāha jīvataḥ
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sakṛd eva samiddhasya vidhūmasya mahārciṣaḥ
babhūvus tāni liṅgāni vijayaṃ yāny adarśayan
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pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhas taptakāñcanasaṃnibhaḥ
havis tat pratijagrāha pāvakaḥ svayam utthitaḥ
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so 'stram āhārayām āsa brāhmam astravidāṃ varaḥ
dhanuś cātmarathaṃ caiva sarvaṃ tatrābhyamantrayat
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tasminn āhūyamāne 'stre hūyamāne ca pāvake
sārkagrahendu nakṣatraṃ vitatrāsa nabhastalam
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sa pāvakaṃ pāvakadīptatejā; hutvā mahendrapratimaprabhāvaḥ
sacāpabāṇāsirathāśvasūtaḥ; khe 'ntardadha ātmānam acintyarūpaḥ
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sa sainyam utsṛjya sametya tūrṇaṃ; mahāraṇe vānaravāhinīṣu
adṛśyamānaḥ śarajālam ugraṃ; vavarṣa nīlāmbudharo yathāmbu
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te śakrajidbāṇaviśīrṇadehā; māyāhatā visvaram unnadantaḥ
raṇe nipetur harayo 'drikalpā; yathendravajrābhihatā nagendrāḥ
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te kevalaṃ saṃdadṛśuḥ śitāgrān; bāṇān raṇe vānaravāhinīṣu
māyā nigūḍhaṃ ca surendraśatruṃ; na cātra taṃ rākṣasam abhyapaśyan
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tataḥ sa rakṣo'dhipatir mahātmā; sarvā diśo bāṇagaṇaiḥ śitāgraiḥ
pracchādayām āsa raviprakāśair; viṣādayām āsa ca vānarendrān
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sa śūlanistriṃśa paraśvadhāni; vyāvidhya dīptānalasaṃnibhāni
savisphuliṅgojjvalapāvakāni; vavarṣa tīvraṃ plavagendrasainye
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tato jvalanasaṃkāśaiḥ śitair vānarayūthapāḥ
tāḍitāḥ śakrajidbāṇaiḥ praphullā iva kiṃśukāḥ
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anyonyam abhisarpanto ninadantaś ca visvaram
rākṣasendrāstranirbhinnā nipetur vānararṣabhāḥ
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udīkṣamāṇā gaganaṃ ke cin netreṣu tāḍitāḥ
śarair viviśur anyonyaṃ petuś ca jagatītale
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hanūmantaṃ ca sugrīvam aṅgadaṃ gandhamādanam
jāmbavantaṃ suṣeṇaṃ ca vegadarśinam eva ca
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maindaṃ ca dvividaṃ nīlaṃ gavākṣaṃ gajagomukhau
kesariṃ harilomānaṃ vidyuddaṃṣṭraṃ ca vānaram
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sūryānanaṃ jyotimukhaṃ tathā dadhimukhaṃ harim
pāvakākṣaṃ nalaṃ caiva kumudaṃ caiva vānaram
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prāsaiḥ śūlaiḥ śitair bāṇair indrajinmantrasaṃhitaiḥ
vivyādha hariśārdūlān sarvāṃs tān rākṣasottamaḥ
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sa vai gadābhir hariyūthamukhyān; nirbhidya bāṇais tapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ
vavarṣa rāmaṃ śaravṛṣṭijālaiḥ; salakṣmaṇaṃ bhāskararaśmikalpaiḥ
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sa bāṇavarṣair abhivarṣyamāṇo; dhārānipātān iva tān vicintya
samīkṣamāṇaḥ paramādbhutaśrī; rāmas tadā lakṣmaṇam ity uvāca
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asau punar lakṣmaṇa rākṣasendro; brahmāstram āśritya surendraśatruḥ
nipātayitvā harisainyam ugram; asmāñ śarair ardayati prasaktam
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svayambhuvā dattavaro mahātmā; kham āsthito 'ntarhitabhīmakāyaḥ
kathaṃ nu śakyo yudhi naṣṭadeho; nihantum adyendrajid udyatāstraḥ
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manye svayambhūr bhagavān acintyo; yasyaitad astraṃ prabhavaś ca yo 'sya
bāṇāvapātāṃs tvam ihādya dhīman; mayā sahāvyagramanāḥ sahasva
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pracchādayaty eṣa hi rākṣasendraḥ; sarvā diśaḥ sāyakavṛṣṭijālaiḥ
etac ca sarvaṃ patitāgryavīraṃ; na bhrājate vānararājasainyam
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āvāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā patitau visaṃjñau; nivṛttayuddhau hataroṣaharṣau
dhruvaṃ pravekṣyaty amarārivāsaṃ; asau samādāya raṇāgralakṣmīm
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tatas tu tāv indrajid astrajālair; babhūvatus tatra tadā viśastau
sa cāpi tau tatra viṣādayitvā; nanāda harṣād yudhi rākṣasendraḥ
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sa tat tadā vānararājasainyaṃ; rāmaṃ ca saṃkhye sahalakṣmaṇena
viṣādayitvā sahasā viveśa; purīṃ daśagrīvabhujābhiguptām
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