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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 90
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lakṣmaṇena tu tad vākyam uktaṃ śrutvā sa rāghavaḥ
rāvaṇāya śarān ghorān visasarja camūmukhe
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daśagrīvo rathasthas tu rāmaṃ vajropamaiḥ śaraiḥ
ājaghāna mahāghorair dhārābhir iva toyadaḥ
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dīptapāvakasaṃkāśaiḥ śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
nirbibheda raṇe rāmo daśagrīvaṃ samāhitaḥ
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bhūmisthitasya rāmasya rathasthasya ca rakṣasaḥ
na samaṃ yuddham ity āhur devagandharvadānavāḥ
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tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgaḥ kiṃkiṇīśatabhūṣitaḥ
taruṇādityasaṃkāśo vaidūryamayakūbaraḥ
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sadaśvaiḥ kāñcanāpīḍair yuktaḥ śvetaprakīrṇakaiḥ
haribhiḥ sūryasaṃkāśair hemajālavibhūṣitaiḥ
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rukmaveṇudhvajaḥ śrīmān devarājaratho varaḥ
abhyavartata kākutstham avatīrya triviṣṭapāt
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abravīc ca tadā rāmaṃ sapratodo rathe sthitaḥ
prāñjalir mātalir vākyaṃ sahasrākṣasya sārathiḥ
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sahasrākṣeṇa kākutstha ratho 'yaṃ vijayāya te
dattas tava mahāsattva śrīmāñ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
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idam aindraṃ mahaccāpaṃ kavacaṃ cāgnisaṃnibham
śarāś cādityasaṃkāśāḥ śaktiś ca vimalā śitāḥ
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āruhyemaṃ rathaṃ vīra rākṣasaṃ jahi rāvaṇam
mayā sārathinā rāma mahendra iva dānavān
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ity uktaḥ sa parikramya rathaṃ tam abhivādya ca
āruroha tadā rāmo lokāṁl lakṣmyā virājayan
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tad babhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ dvairathaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
rāmasya ca mahābāho rāvaṇasya ca rakṣasaḥ
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sa gāndharveṇa gāndharvaṃ daivaṃ daivena rāghavaḥ
astraṃ rākṣasarājasya jaghāna paramāstravit
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astraṃ tu paramaṃ ghoraṃ rākṣasaṃ rākasādhipa
sasarja paramakruddhaḥ punar eva niśācaraḥ
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te rāvaṇadhanurmuktāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ
abhyavartanta kākutsthaṃ sarpā bhūtvā mahāviṣāḥ
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te dīptavadanā dīptaṃ vamanto jvalanaṃ mukhaiḥ
rāmam evābhyavartanta vyāditāsyā bhayānakāḥ
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tair vāsukisamasparśair dīptabhogair mahāviṣaiḥ
diśaś ca saṃtatāḥ sarvāḥ pradiśaś ca samāvṛtāḥ
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tān dṛṣṭvā pannagān rāmaḥ samāpatata āhave
astraṃ gārutmataṃ ghoraṃ prāduścakre bhayāvaham
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te rāghavadhanurmuktā rukmapuṅkhāḥ śikhiprabhāḥ
suparṇāḥ kāñcanā bhūtvā viceruḥ sarpaśatravaḥ
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te tān sarvāñ śarāñ jaghnuḥ sarparūpān mahājavān
suparṇarūpā rāmasya viśikhāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
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astre pratihate kruddho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
abhyavarṣat tadā rāmaṃ ghorābhiḥ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ
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tataḥ śarasahasreṇa rāmam akliṣṭakāriṇam
ardayitvā śaraugheṇa mātaliṃ pratyavidhyata
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pātayitvā rathopasthe rathāt ketuṃ ca kāñcanam
aindrān abhijaghānāśvāñ śarajālena rāvaṇaḥ
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viṣedur devagandharvā dānavāś cāraṇaiḥ saha
rāmam ārtaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
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vyathitā vānarendrāś ca babhūvuḥ savibhīṣaṇāḥ
rāmacandramasaṃ dṛṣṭvā grastaṃ rāvaṇarāhuṇā
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prājāpatyaṃ ca nakṣatraṃ rohiṇīṃ śaśinaḥ priyām
samākramya budhas tasthau prajānām aśubhāvahaḥ
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sadhūmaparivṛttormiḥ prajvalann iva sāgaraḥ
utpapāta tadā kruddhaḥ spṛśann iva divākaram
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śastravarṇaḥ suparuṣo mandaraśmir divākaraḥ
adṛśyata kabandhāṅgaḥ saṃsakto dhūmaketunā
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kosalānāṃ ca nakṣatraṃ vyaktam indrāgnidaivatam
ākramyāṅgārakas tasthau viśākhām api cāmbare
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daśāsyo viṃśatibhujaḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ
adṛśyata daśagrīvo maināka iva parvataḥ
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nirasyamāno rāmas tu daśagrīveṇa rakṣasā
nāśakad abhisaṃdhātuṃ sāyakān raṇamūrdhani
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sa kṛtvā bhrukuṭīṃ kruddhaḥ kiṃ cit saṃraktalocanaḥ
jagāma sumahākrodhaṃ nirdahann iva cakṣuṣā
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