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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 93
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sa tu mohāt susaṃkruddhaḥ kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ
krodhasaṃraktanayano rāvaṇo sūtam abravīt
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hīnavīryam ivāśaktaṃ pauruṣeṇa vivarjitam
bhīruṃ laghum ivāsattvaṃ vihīnam iva tejasā
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vimuktam iva māyābhir astrair iva bahiṣkṛtam
mām avajñāya durbuddhe svayā buddhyā viceṣṭase
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kimarthaṃ mām avajñāya macchandam anavekṣya ca
tvayā śatrusamakṣaṃ me ratho 'yam apavāhitaḥ
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tvayādya hi mamānārya cirakālasamārjitam
yaśo vīryaṃ ca tejaś ca pratyayaś ca vināśitha
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śatroḥ prakhyātavīryasya rañjanīyasya vikramaiḥ
paśyato yuddhalubdho 'haṃ kṛtaḥ kāpuruṣas tvayā
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yas tvaṃ ratham imaṃ mohān na codvahasi durmate
satyo 'yaṃ pratitarko me pareṇa tvam upaskṛtaḥ
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na hīdaṃ vidyate karma suhṛdo hitakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
ripūṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ caitan na tvayaitat svanuṣṭhitam
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nivartaya rathaṃ śīghraṃ yāvan nāpaiti me ripuḥ
yadi vāpy uṣito 'si tvaṃ smaryante yadi vā guṇāḥ
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evaṃ paruṣam uktas tu hitabuddhir abuddhinā
abravīd rāvaṇaṃ sūto hitaṃ sānunayaṃ vacaḥ
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na bhīto 'smi na mūḍho 'smi nopajapto 'smi śatrubhiḥ
na pramatto na niḥsneho vismṛtā na ca satkriyā
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mayā tu hitakāmena yaśaś ca parirakṣatā
snehapraskannamanasā priyam ity apriyaṃ kṛtam
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nāsminn arthe mahārāja tvaṃ māṃ priyahite ratam
kaś cil laghur ivānāryo doṣato gantum arhasi
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śrūyatām abhidhāsyāmi yannimittaṃ mayā rathaḥ
nadīvega ivāmbhobhiḥ saṃyuge vinivartitaḥ
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śramaṃ tavāvagacchāmi mahatā raṇakarmaṇā
na hi te vīra saumukhyaṃ praharṣaṃ vopadhāraye
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rathodvahanakhinnāś ca ta ime rathavājinaḥ
dīnā gharmapariśrāntā gāvo varṣahatā iva
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nimittāni ca bhūyiṣṭhaṃ yāni prādurbhavanti naḥ
teṣu teṣv abhipanneṣu lakṣayāmy apradakṣiṇam
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deśakālau ca vijñeyau lakṣmaṇānīṅgitāni ca
dainyaṃ harṣaś ca khedaś ca rathinaś ca balābalam
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sthalanimnāni bhūmeś ca samāni viṣamāṇi ca
yuddhakālaś ca vijñeyaḥ parasyāntaradarśanam
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upayānāpayāne ca sthānaṃ pratyapasarpaṇam
sarvam etad rathasthena jñeyaṃ rathakuṭumbinā
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tava viśrāmahetos tu tathaiṣāṃ rathavājinām
raudraṃ varjayatā khedaṃ kṣamaṃ kṛtam idaṃ mayā
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na mayā svecchayā vīra ratho 'yam apavāhitaḥ
bhartṛsnehaparītena mayedaṃ yatkṛtaṃ vibho
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ājñāpaya yathātattvaṃ vakṣyasy ariniṣūdana
tat kariṣyāmy ahaṃ vīraṃ gatānṛṇyena cetasā
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saṃtuṣṭas tena vākyena rāvaṇas tasya sāratheḥ
praśasyainaṃ bahuvidhaṃ yuddhalubdho 'bravīd idam
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rathaṃ śīghram imaṃ sūta rāghavābhimukhaṃ kuru
nāhatvā samare śatrūn nivartiṣyati rāvaṇaḥ
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evam uktvā tatas tuṣṭo rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ
dadau tasya śubhaṃ hy ekaṃ hastābharaṇam uttamam
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tato drutaṃ rāvaṇavākyacoditaḥ; pracodayām āsa hayān sa sārathiḥ
sa rākṣasendrasya tato mahārathaḥ; kṣaṇena rāmasya raṇāgrato 'bhavat
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