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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 78
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sa hatāśvo mahātejā bhūmau tiṣṭhan niśācaraḥ
indrajit paramakruddhaḥ saṃprajajvāla tejasā
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tau dhanvinau jighāṃsantāv anyonyam iṣubhir bhṛśam
vijayenābhiniṣkrāntau vane gajavṛṣāv iva
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nibarhayantaś cānyonyaṃ te rākṣasavanaukasaḥ
bhartāraṃ na jahur yuddhe saṃpatantas tatas tataḥ
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sa lakṣmaṇaṃ samuddiśya paraṃ lāghavam āsthitaḥ
vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi varṣāṇīva puraṃdaraḥ
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muktam indrajitā tat tu śaravarṣam ariṃdamaḥ
avārayad asaṃbhrānto lakṣmaṇaḥ sudurāsadam
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abhedyakacanaṃ matvā lakṣmaṇaṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ
lalāṭe lakṣmaṇaṃ bāṇaiḥ supuṅkhais tribhir indrajit
avidhyat paramakruddhaḥ śīghram astraṃ pradarśayan
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taiḥ pṛṣatkair lalāṭasthaiḥ śuśubhe raghunandanaḥ
raṇāgre samaraślāghī triśṛṅga iva parvataḥ
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sa tathāpy ardito bāṇai rākṣasena mahāmṛdhe
tam āśu prativivyādha lakṣmaṇaḥ panabhiḥ śaraiḥ
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lakṣmaṇendrajitau vīrau mahābalaśarāsanau
anyonyaṃ jaghnatur bāṇair viśikhair bhīmavikramau
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tau parasparam abhyetya sarvagātreṣu dhanvinau
ghorair vivyadhatur bāṇaiḥ kṛtabhāvāv ubhau jaye
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tasmai dṛḍhataraṃ kruddho hatāśvāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ
vajrasparśasamān pañca sasarjorasi mārgaṇān
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te tasya kāyaṃ nirbhidya rukmapuṅkhā nimittagāḥ
babhūvur lohitādigdhā rakṭā iva mahoragāḥ
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sa pitṛvyasya saṃkruddha indrajic charam ādade
uttamaṃ rakṣasāṃ madhye yamadattaṃ mahābalaḥ
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taṃ samīkṣya mahātejā maheṣuṃ tena saṃhitam
lakṣmaṇo 'py ādade bāṇam anyaṃ bhīmaparākramaḥ
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kubereṇa svayaṃ svapne yad dattam amitātmanā
durjayaṃ durviṣahyaṃ ca sendrair api surāsuraiḥ
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tābhyāṃ tau dhanuṣi śreṣṭhe saṃhitau sāyakottamau
vikṛṣyamāṇau vīrābhyāṃ bhṛśaṃ jajvalatuḥ śriyā
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tau bhāsayantāv ākāśaṃ dhanurbhyāṃ viśikhau cyutau
mukhena mukham āhatya saṃnipetatur ojasā
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tau mahāgrahasaṃkāśāv anyonyaṃ saṃnipatya ca
saṃgrāme śatadhā yātau medinyāṃ vinipetatuḥ
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śarau pratihatau dṛṣṭvā tāv ubhau raṇamūrdhani
vrīḍito jātaroṣau ca lakṣmaṇendrajitāv ubhau
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susaṃrabdhas tu saumitrir astraṃ vāruṇam ādade
raudraṃ mahedrajid yuddhe vyasṛjad yudhi viṣṭhitaḥ
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tayoḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ saṃbabhūvādbhutopamam
gaganasthāni bhūtāni lakṣmaṇaṃ paryavārayan
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bhairavābhirute bhīme yuddhe vānararākṣasām
bhūtair bahubhir ākāśaṃ vismitair āvṛtaṃ babhau
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ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā gandharvā garuṇoragāḥ
śatakratuṃ puraskṛtya rarakṣur lakṣmaṇaṃ raṇe
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athānyaṃ mārgaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ saṃdadhe rāvaṇānujaḥ
hutāśanasamasparśaṃ rāvaṇātmajadāruṇam
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supatram anuvṛttāṅgaṃ suparvāṇaṃ susaṃsthitam
suvarṇavikṛtaṃ vīraḥ śarīrāntakaraṃ śaram
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durāvāraṃ durviṣahaṃ rākṣasānāṃ bhayāvaham
āśīviṣaviṣaprakhyaṃ devasaṃghaiḥ samarcitam
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yena śakro mahātejā dānavān ajayat prabhuḥ
purā devāsure yuddhe vīryavān harivāhanaḥ
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tad aindram astraṃ saumitriḥ saṃyugeṣv aparājitam
śaraśreṣṭhaṃ dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe naraśreṣṭho 'bhisaṃdadhe
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saṃdhāyāmitradalanaṃ vicakarṣa śarāsanam
sajyam āyamya durdharśaḥ kālo lokakṣaye yathā
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saṃdhāya dhanuṣi śreṣṭhe vikarṣann idam abravīt
lakṣmīvāṁl lakṣmaṇo vākyam arthasādhakam ātmanaḥ
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dharmātmā satyasaṃdhaś ca rāmo dāśarathir yadi
pauruṣe cāpratidvandvas tad enaṃ jahi rāvaṇim
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ity uktvā bāṇam ākarṇaṃ vikṛṣya tam ajihmagam
lakṣmaṇaḥ samare vīraḥ sasarjendrajitaṃ prati
aindrāstreṇa samāyujya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā
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tac chiraḥ saśiras trāṇaṃ śrīmaj jvalitakuṇḍalam
pramathyendrajitaḥ kāyāt papāta dharaṇītale
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tad rākṣasatanūjasya chinnaskandhaṃ śiro mahat
tapanīyanibhaṃ bhūmau dadṛśe rudhirokṣitam
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hatas tu nipapātāśu dharaṇyāṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ
kavacī saśirastrāṇo vidhvastaḥ saśarāsanaḥ
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cukruśus te tataḥ sarve vānarāḥ savibhīṣaṇāḥ
hṛṣyanto nihate tasmin devā vṛtravadhe yathā
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athāntarikṣe bhūtānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
abhijajñe ca saṃnādo gandharvāpsarasām api
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patitaṃ samabhijñāya rākṣasī sā mahācamūḥ
vadhyamānā diśo bheje haribhir jitakāśibhiḥ
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vanarair vadhyamānās te śastrāṇy utsṛjya rākṣasāḥ
laṅkām abhimukhāḥ sarve naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ pradhāvitāḥ
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dudruvur bahudhā bhītā rākṣasāḥ śataśo diśaḥ
tyaktvā praharaṇān sarve paṭṭasāsiparaśvadhān
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ke cil laṅkāṃ paritrastāḥ praviṣṭā vānarārditāḥ
samudre patitāḥ ke cit ke cit parvatam āśritāḥ
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hatam indrajitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ samarakṣitau
rākṣasānāṃ sahasreṣu na kaś cit pratyadṛśyata
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yathāstaṃ gata āditye nāvatiṣṭhanti raśmayaḥ
tathā tasmin nipatite rākṣasās te gatā diśaḥ
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śāntarakśmir ivādityo nirvāṇa iva pāvakaḥ
sa babhūva mahātejā vyapāsta gatajīvitaḥ
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praśāntapīḍā bahulo vinaṣṭāriḥ praharṣavān
babhūva lokaḥ patite rākṣasendrasute tadā
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harṣaṃ ca śakro bhagavān saha sarvaiḥ surarṣabhaiḥ
jagāma nihate tasmin rākṣase pāpakarmaṇi
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śuddhā āpo nabhaś caiva jahṛṣur daityadānavāḥ
ājagmuḥ patite tasmin sarvalokabhayāvahe
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ūcuś ca sahitāḥ sarve devagandharvadānavāḥ
vijvarāḥ śāntakaluṣā brāhmaṇā vicarantv iti
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tato 'bhyanandan saṃhṛṣṭāḥ samare hariyūthapāḥ
tam apratibalaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ nairṛtapuṃgavam
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vibhīṣaṇo hanūmāṃś ca jāmbavāṃś carkṣayūthapaḥ
vijayenābhinandantas tuṣṭuvuś cāpi lakṣmaṇam
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kṣveḍantaś ca nadantaś ca garjantaś ca plavaṃgamāḥ
labdhalakṣā raghusutaṃ parivāryopatasthire
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lāṅgūlāni pravidhyantaḥ sphoṭayantaś ca vānarāḥ
lakṣmaṇo jayatīty evaṃ vākyaṃ vyaśrāvayaṃs tadā
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anyonyaṃ ca samāśliṣya kapayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
cakrur uccāvacaguṇā rāghavāśrayajāḥ kathāḥ
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tad asukaram athābhivīkṣya hṛṣṭāḥ; priyasuhṛdo yudhi lakṣmaṇasya karma
paramam upalabhan manaḥpraharṣaṃ; vinihatam indraripuṃ niśamya devāḥ
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