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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 87
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mahodaramahāpārśvau hatau dṛṣṭvā tu rākṣasau
tasmiṃś ca nihate vīre virūpākṣe mahābale
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āviveśa mahān krodho rāvaṇaṃ tu mahāmṛdhe
sūtaṃ saṃcodayām āsa vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha
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nihatānām amātyānāṃ ruddhasya nagarasya ca
duḥkham eṣo 'paneṣyāmi hatvā tau rāmalakṣmaṇau
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rāmavṛkṣaṃ raṇe hanmi sītāpuṣpaphalapradam
praśākhā yasya sugrīvo jāmbavān kumudo nalaḥ
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sa diśo daśa ghoṣeṇa rathasyātiratho mahān
nādayan prayayau tūrṇaṃ rāghavaṃ cābhyavartata
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pūritā tena śabdena sanadīgirikānanā
saṃcacāla mahī sarvā savarāhamṛgadvipā
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tāmasaṃ sumahāghoraṃ cakārāstraṃ sudāruṇam
nirdadāha kapīn sarvāṃs te prapetuḥ samantataḥ
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tāny anīkāny anekāni rāvaṇasya śarottamaiḥ
dṛṣṭvā bhagnāni śataśo rāghavaḥ paryavasthitaḥ
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sa dadarśa tato rāmaṃ tiṣṭhantam aparājitam
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā viṣṇunā vāsavaṃ yathā
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ālikhantam ivākāśam avaṣṭabhya mahad dhanuḥ
padmapatraviśālākṣaṃ dīrghabāhum ariṃdamam
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vānarāṃś ca raṇe bhagnān āpatantaṃ ca rāvaṇam
samīkṣya rāghavo hṛṣṭo madhye jagrāha kārmukam
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visphārayitum ārebhe tataḥ sa dhanur uttamam
mahāvegaṃ mahānādaṃ nirbhindann iva medinīm
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tayoḥ śarapathaṃ prāpya rāvaṇo rājaputrayoḥ
sa babhūva yathā rāhuḥ samīpe śaśisūryayoḥ
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rāvaṇasya ca bāṇaughai rāmavispharitena ca
śabdena rākṣasās tena petuś ca śataśas tadā
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tam icchan prathamaṃ yoddhuṃ lakṣmaṇo niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
mumoca dhanur āyamya śarān agniśikhopamān
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tān muktamātrān ākāśe lakṣmaṇena dhanuṣmatā
bāṇān bāṇair mahātejā rāvaṇaḥ pratyavārayat
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ekam ekena bāṇena tribhis trīn daśabhir daśa
lakṣmaṇasya praciccheda darśayan pāṇilāghavam
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abhyatikramya saumitriṃ rāvaṇaḥ samitiṃjayaḥ
āsasāda tato rāmaṃ sthitaṃ śailam ivācalam
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sa saṃkhye rāmam āsādya krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
vyasṛjac charavarṇāni rāvaṇo rāghavopari
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śaradhārās tato rāmo rāvaṇasya dhanuścyutāḥ
dṛṣṭvaivāpatitāḥ śīghraṃ bhallāñ jagrāha satvaram
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tāñ śaraughāṃs tato bhallais tīkṣṇaiś ciccheda rāghavaḥ
dīpyamānān mahāvegān kruddhān āśīviṣān iva
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rāghavo rāvaṇaṃ tūrṇaṃ rāvaṇo rāghavaṃ tathā
anyonyaṃ vividhais tīkṣṇaiḥ śarair abhivavarṣatuḥ
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ceratuś ca ciraṃ citraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savyadakṣiṇam
bāṇavegān samudīkṣya samareṣv aparājitau
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tayor bhūtāni vitreṣur yugapat saṃprayudhyatoḥ
raudrayoḥ sāyakamucor yamāntakanikāśayoḥ
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saṃtataṃ vividhair bāṇair babhūva gaganaṃ tadā
ghanair ivātapāpāye vidyunmālāsamākulaiḥ
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gavākṣitam ivākāśaṃ babhūva śūravṛṣṭibhiḥ
mahāvegaiḥ sutīkṣṇāgrair gṛdhrapatraiḥ suvājitaiḥ
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śarāndhakāraṃ tau bhīmaṃ cakratuḥ paramaṃ tadā
gate 'staṃ tapane cāpi mahāmeghāv ivotthitau
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babhūva tumulaṃ yuddham anyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇoḥ
anāsādyam acintyaṃ ca vṛtravāsavayor iva
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ubhau hi parameṣvāsāv ubhau śastraviśāradau
ubhau cāstravidāṃ mukhyāv ubhau yuddhe viceratuḥ
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ubhau hi yena vrajatas tena tena śarormayaḥ
ūrmayo vāyunā viddhā jagmuḥ sāgarayor iva
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tataḥ saṃsaktahastas tu rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ
nārācamālāṃ rāmasya lalāṭe pratyamuñcata
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raudracāpaprayuktāṃ tāṃ nīlotpaladalaprabhām
śirasā dhārayan rāmo na vyathāṃ pratyapadyata
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atha mantrān api japan raudram astram udīrayan
śarān bhūyaḥ samādāya rāmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ
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mumoca ca mahātejāś cāpam āyamya vīryavān
tāñ śarān rākṣasendrāya cikṣepācchinnasāyakaḥ
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te mahāmeghasaṃkāśe kavace patitāḥ śarāḥ
avadhye rākṣasendrasya na vyathāṃ janayaṃs tadā
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punar evātha taṃ rāmo rathasthaṃ rākṣasādhipam
lalāṭe paramāstreṇa sarvāstrakuśalo 'bhinat
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te bhittvā bāṇarūpāṇi pañcaśīrṣā ivoragāḥ
śvasanto viviśur bhūmiṃ rāvaṇapratikūlatāḥ
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nihatya rāghavasyāstraṃ rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
āsuraṃ sumahāghoram anyad astraṃ samādade
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siṃhavyāghramukhāṃś cānyān kaṅkakāka mukhān api
gṛdhraśyenamukhāṃś cāpi sṛgālavadanāṃs tathā
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īhāmṛgamuhāṃś cānyān vyāditāsyān bhayāvahān
pañcāsyāṁl lelihānāṃś ca sasarja niśitāñ śarān
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śarān kharamukhāṃś cānyān varāhamukhasaṃsthitān
śvānakukkuṭavaktrāṃś ca makarāśīviṣānanān
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etāṃś cānyāṃś ca māyābhiḥ sasarja niśitāñ śarān
rāmaṃ prati mahātejāḥ kruddhaḥ sarpa iva śvasan
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āsureṇa samāviṣṭaḥ so 'streṇa raghunandanaḥ
sasarjāstraṃ mahotsāhaḥ pāvakaṃ pāvakopamaḥ
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agnidīptamukhān bāṇāṃs tathā sūryamukhān api
candrārdhacandravaktrāṃś ca dhūmaketumukhān api
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grahanakṣatravarṇāṃś ca maholkā mukhasaṃsthitān
vidyujjihvopamāṃś cānyān sasarja niśitāñ śarān
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te rāvaṇaśarā ghorā rāghavāstrasamāhatāḥ
vilayaṃ jagmur ākāśe jagmuś caiva sahasraśaḥ
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tad astraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā
hṛṣṭā nedus tataḥ sarve kapayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
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