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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 73
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atha tasyām avasthāyāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ rāvaṇānujaḥ
pareṣām ahitaṃ vākyam arthasādhakam abravīt
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asyānīkasya mahato bhedane yatalakṣmaṇa
rākṣasendrasuto 'py atra bhinne dṛśyo bhaviṣyati
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sa tvam indrāśaniprakhyaiḥ śarair avakiran parān
abhidravāśu yāvad vai naitat karma samāpyate
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jahi vīradurātmānaṃ māyāparam adhārmikam
rāvaṇiṃ krūrakarmāṇaṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham
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vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ
vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi rākṣasendrasutaṃ prati
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ṛkṣāḥ śākhāmṛgāś caiva drumādrivarayodhinaḥ
abhyadhāvanta sahitās tad anīkam avasthitam
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rākṣasāś ca śitair bāṇair asibhiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ
udyataiḥ samavartanta kapisainyajighāṃsavaḥ
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sa saṃprahāras tumulaḥ saṃjajñe kapirakṣasām
śabdena mahatā laṅkāṃ nādayan vai samantataḥ
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śastrair bahuvidhākāraiḥ śitair bāṇaiś ca pādapaiḥ
udyatair giriśṛṅgaiś ca ghorair ākāśam āvṛtam
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te rākṣasā vānareṣu vikṛtānanabāhavaḥ
niveśayantaḥ śastrāṇi cakrus te sumahad bhayam
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tathaiva sakalair vṛkṣair giriśṛṅgaiś ca vānarāḥ
abhijaghnur nijaghnuś ca samare rākṣasarṣabhān
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ṛkṣavānaramukhyaiś ca mahākāyair mahābalaiḥ
rakṣasāṃ vadhyamānānāṃ mahad bhayam ajāyata
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svam anīkaṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ tu śrutvā śatrubhir arditam
udatiṣṭhata durdharṣas tat karmaṇy ananuṣṭhite
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vṛkṣāndhakārān niṣkramya jātakrodhaḥ sa rāvaṇiḥ
āruroha rathaṃ sajjaṃ pūrvayuktaṃ sa rākṣasaḥ
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sa bhīmakārmukaśaraḥ kṛṣṇāñjanacayopamaḥ
raktāsyanayanaḥ krūro babhau mṛtyur ivāntakaḥ
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dṛṣṭvaiva tu rathasthaṃ taṃ paryavartata tad balam
rakṣasāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ lakṣmaṇena yuyutsatām
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tasmin kāle tu hanumān udyamya sudurāsadam
dharaṇīdharasaṃkāśī mahāvṛkṣam ariṃdamaḥ
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sa rākṣasānāṃ tat sainyaṃ kālāgnir iva nirdahan
cakāra bahubhir vṛkṣair niḥsaṃjñaṃ yudhi vānaraḥ
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vidhvaṃsayantaṃ tarasā dṛṣṭvaiva pavanātmajam
rākṣasānāṃ sahasrāṇi hanūmantam avākiran
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śitaśūladharāḥ śūlair asibhiś cāsipāṇayaḥ
śaktibhiḥ śaktihastāś ca paṭṭasaiḥ paṭṭasāyudhāḥ
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parighaiś ca gadābhiś ca kuntaiś ca śubhadarśanaiḥ
śataśaś ca śataghnībhir āyasair api mudgaraiḥ
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ghoraiḥ paraśubhiś caiva bhiṇḍipālaiś ca rākṣasāḥ
muṣṭibhir vajravegaiś ca talair aśanisaṃnibhaiḥ
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abhijaghnuḥ samāsādya samantāt parvatopamam
teṣām api ca saṃkruddhaś cakāra kadanaṃ mahat
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sa dadarśa kapiśreṣṭham acalopamam indrajit
sūdayānam amitraghnam amitrān pavanātmajam
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sa sārathim uvācedaṃ yāhi yatraiṣa vānaraḥ
kṣayam eva hi naḥ kuryād rākṣasānām upekṣitaḥ
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ity uktaḥ sārathis tena yayau yatra sa mārutiḥ
vahan paramadurdharṣaṃ sthitam indrajitaṃ rathe
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so 'bhyupetya śarān khaḍgān paṭṭasāsiparaśvadhān
abhyavarṣata durdharṣaḥ kapimūrdhni sa rākṣasaḥ
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tāni śastrāṇi ghorāṇi pratigṛhya sa mārutiḥ
roṣeṇa mahatāviṣo vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha
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yudhyasva yadi śūro 'si rāvaṇātmaja durmate
vāyuputraṃ samāsādya na jīvan pratiyāsyasi
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bāhubhyāṃ saṃprayudhyasva yadi me dvandvam āhave
vegaṃ sahasva durbuddhe tatas tvaṃ rakṣasāṃ varaḥ
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hanūmantaṃ jighāṃsantaṃ samudyataśarāsanam
rāvaṇātmajam ācaṣṭe lakṣmaṇāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ
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yas tu vāsavanirjetā rāvaṇasyātmasaṃbhavaḥ
sa eṣa ratham āsthāya hanūmantaṃ jighāṃsati
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tam apratimasaṃsthānaiḥ śaraiḥ śatruvidāraṇaiḥ
jīvitāntakarair ghoraiḥ saumitre rāvaṇiṃ jahi
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ity evam uktas tu tadā mahātmā; vibhīṣaṇenārivibhīṣaṇena
dadarśa taṃ parvatasaṃnikāśaṃ; rathasthitaṃ bhīmabalaṃ durāsadam
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