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The Ramayana Book 6

Chapter 80

1 tataḥ paulastya sacivāḥ śrutvā cendrajitaṃ hatam
ācacakṣur abhijñāya daśagrīvāya savyathāḥ
2 yuddhe hato mahārāja lakṣmaṇena tavātmajaḥ
vibhīṣaṇasahāyena miṣatāṃ no mahādyute
3 śūraḥ śūreṇa saṃgamya saṃyugeṣv aparājitaḥ
lakṣṇanena hataḥ śūraḥ putras te vibudhendrajit
4 sa taṃ pratibhayaṃ śrutvā vadhaṃ putrasya dāruṇam
ghoram indrajitaḥ saṃkhye kaśmalaṃ prāviśan mahat
5 upalabhya cirāt saṃjñāṃ rājā rākṣasapuṃgavaḥ
putraśokārdito dīno vilalāpākulendriyaḥ
6 hā rākṣasacamūmukhya mama vatsa mahāratha
jitvendraṃ katham adya tvaṃ lakṣmaṇasya vaśaṃ gataḥ
7 nanu tvam iṣubhiḥ kruddho bhindyāḥ kālāntakāv api
mandarasyāpi śṛṅgāṇi kiṃ punar lakṣmaṇaṃ raṇe
8 adya vaivasvato rājā bhūyo bahumato mama
yenādya tvaṃ mahābāho saṃyuktaḥ kāladharmaṇā
9 eṣa panthāḥ suyodhānāṃ sarvāmaragaṇeṣv api
yaḥ kṛte hanyate bhartuḥ sa pumān svargam ṛcchati
10 adya devagaṇāḥ sarve lokapālās tatharṣayaḥ
hatam indrajitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sukhaṃ svapsyanti nirbhayāḥ
11 adya lokās trayaḥ kṛtsnāḥ pṛthivī ca sakānanā
ekenendrajitā hīnā śūṇyeva pratibhāti me
12 adya nairṛtakanyāyāṃ śroṣyāmy antaḥpure ravam
kareṇusaṃghasya yathā ninādaṃ girigahvare
13 yauvarājyaṃ ca laṅkāṃ ca rakṣāṃsi ca paraṃtapa
mātaraṃ māṃ ca bhāryāṃ ca kva gato 'si vihāya naḥ
14 mama nāma tvayā vīra gatasya yamasādanam
pretakāryāṇi kāryāṇi viparīte hi vartase
15 sa tvaṃ jīvati sugrīve rāghave ca salakṣmaṇe
mama śalyam anuddhṛtya kva gato 'si vihāya naḥ
16 evamādivilāpārtaṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam
āviveśa mahān kopaḥ putravyasanasaṃbhavaḥ
17 ghoraṃ prakṛtyā rūpaṃ tat tasya krodhāgnimūrchitam
babhūva rūpaṃ rudrasya kruddhasyeva durāsadam
18 tasya kruddhasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatann asrabindavaḥ
dīptābhyām iva dīpābhyāṃ sārciṣaḥ snehabindavaḥ
19 dantān vidaśatas tasya śrūyate daśanasvanaḥ
yantrasyāveṣṭyamānasya mahato dānavair iva
20 kālāgnir iva saṃkruddho yāṃ yāṃ diśam avaikṣata
tasyāṃ tasyāṃ bhayatrastā rākṣasāḥ saṃnililyire
21 tam antakam iva kruddhaṃ carācaracikhādiṣum
vīkṣamāṇaṃ diśaḥ sarvā rākṣasā nopacakramuḥ
22 tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
abravīd rakṣasāṃ madhye saṃstambhayiṣur āhave
23 mayā varṣasahasrāṇi caritvā duścaraṃ tapaḥ
teṣu teṣv avakāśeṣu svayambhūḥ paritoṣitaḥ
24 tasyaiva tapaso vyuṣṭyā prasādāc ca svayambhuvaḥ
nāsurebhyo na devebhyo bhayaṃ mama kadā cana
25 kavacaṃ brahmadattaṃ me yad ādityasamaprabham
devāsuravimardeṣu na bhinnaṃ vajraśaktibhiḥ
26 tena mām adya saṃyuktaṃ rathastham iha saṃyuge
pratīyāt ko 'dya mām ājau sākṣād api puraṃdaraḥ
27 yat tadābhiprasannena saśaraṃ kārmukaṃ mahat
devāsuravimardeṣu mama dattaṃ svayambhuvā
28 adya tūryaśatair bhīmaṃ dhanur utthāpyatāṃ mahat
rāmalakṣmaṇayor eva vadhāya paramāhave
29 sa putravadhasaṃtaptaḥ śūraḥ krodhavaśaṃ gataḥ
samīkṣya rāvaṇo buddhyā sītāṃ hantuṃ vyavasyata
30 pratyavekṣya tu tāmrākṣaḥ sughoro ghoradarśanān
dīno dīnasvarān sarvāṃs tān uvāca niśācarān
31 māyayā mama vatsena vañcanārthaṃ vanaukasām
kiṃ cid eva hataṃ tatra sīteyam iti darśitam
32 tad idaṃ satyam evāhaṃ kariṣye priyam ātmanaḥ
vaidehīṃ nāśayiṣyāmi kṣatrabandhum anuvratām
ity evam uktvā sacivān khaḍgam āśu parāmṛśat
33 uddhṛtya guṇasaṃpannaṃ vimalāmbaravarcasaṃ
niṣpapāta sa vegena sabhāyāḥ sacivair vṛtaḥ
34 rāvaṇaḥ putraśokena bhṛśam ākulacetanaḥ
saṃkruddhaḥ khaḍgam ādāya sahasā yatra maithilī
35 vrajantaṃ rākṣasaṃ prekṣya siṃhanādaṃ pracukruśuḥ
ūcuś cānyonyam āśliṣya saṃkruddhaṃ prekṣya rākṣasāḥ
36 adyainaṃ tāv ubhau dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau pravyathiṣyataḥ
lokapālā hi catvāraḥ kruddhenānena nirjitāḥ
bahavaḥ śatravaś cānye saṃyugeṣv abhipātitāḥ
37 teṣāṃ saṃjalpamānānām aśokavanikāṃ gatām
abhidudrāva vaidehīṃ rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
38 vāryamāṇaḥ susaṃkruddhaḥ suhṛdbhir hitabuddhibhiḥ
abhyadhāvata saṃkruddhaḥ khe graho rohiṇīm iva
39 maithilī rakṣyamāṇā tu rākṣasībhir aninditā
dadarśa rākṣasaṃ kruddhaṃ nistriṃśavaradhāriṇam
40 taṃ niśāmya sanistriṃśaṃ vyathitā janakātmajā
nivāryamāṇaṃ bahuśaḥ suhṛdbhir anivartinam
41 yathāyaṃ mām abhikruddhaḥ samabhidravati svayam
vadhiṣyati sanāthāṃ mām anāthām iva durmatiḥ
42 bahuśaś codayām āsa bhartāraṃ mām anuvratām
bhāryā bhava ramasyeti pratyākhyāto 'bhavan mayā
43 so 'yaṃ mām anupasthānād vyaktaṃ nairāśyam āgataḥ
krodhamohasamāviṣṭo nihantuṃ māṃ samudyataḥ
44 atha vā tau naravyāghrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
mannimittam anāryeṇa samare 'dya nipātitau
aho dhin mannimitto 'yaṃ vināśo rājaputrayoḥ
45 hanūmato hi tadvākyaṃ na kṛtaṃ kṣudrayā mayā
yady ahaṃ tasya pṛṣṭhena tadāyāsam aninditā
nādyaivam anuśoceyaṃ bhartur aṅkagatā satī
46 manye tu hṛdayaṃ tasyāḥ kausalyāyāḥ phaliṣyati
ekaputrā yadā putraṃ vinaṣṭaṃ śroṣyate yudhi
47 sā hi janma ca bālyaṃ ca yauvanaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ
dharmakāryāṇi rūpaṃ ca rudatī saṃsramiṣyati
48 nirāśā nihate putre dattvā śrāddham acetanā
agnim ārokṣyate nūnam apo vāpi pravekṣyati
49 dhig astu kubjām asatīṃ mantharāṃ pāpaniścayām
yannimittam idaṃ duḥkhaṃ kausalyā pratipatsyate
50 ity evaṃ maithilīṃ dṛṣṭvā vilapantīṃ tapasvinīm
rohiṇīm iva candreṇa vinā grahavaśaṃ gatām
51 supārśvo nāma medhāvī rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram
nivāryamāṇaṃ sacivair idaṃ vacanam abravīt
52 kathaṃ nāma daśagrīva sākṣād vaiśravaṇānuja
hantum icchasi vaidehīṃ krodhād dharmam apāsya hi
53 veda vidyāvrata snātaḥ svadharmanirataḥ sadā
striyāḥ kasmād vadhaṃ vīra manyase rākṣaseśvara
54 maithilīṃ rūpasaṃpannāṃ pratyavekṣasva pārthiva
tvam eva tu sahāsmābhī rāghave krodham utsṛja
55 abhyutthānaṃ tvam adyaiva kṛṣṇapakṣacaturdaśīm
kṛtvā niryāhy amāvāsyāṃ vijayāya balair vṛtaḥ
56 śūro dhīmān rathī khaḍgī rathapravaram āsthitaḥ
hatvā dāśarathiṃ rāmaṃ bhavān prāpsyati maithilīm
57 sa tad durātmā suhṛdā niveditaṃ; vacaḥ sudharmyaṃ pratigṛhya rāvaṇaḥ
gṛhaṃ jagāmātha tataś ca vīryavān; punaḥ sabhāṃ ca prayayau suhṛdvṛtaḥ

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