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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 94
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tam āpatantaṃ sahasā svanavantaṃ mahādhvajam
rathaṃ rākṣasarājasya nararājo dadarśa ha
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kṛṣṇavājisamāyuktaṃ yuktaṃ raudreṇa varcasā
taḍitpatākāgahanaṃ darśitendrāyudhāyudham
śaradhārā vimuñcantaṃ dhārāsāram ivānbudam
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā meghasaṃkāśam āpatantaṃ rathaṃ ripoḥ
girer vajrābhimṛṣṭasya dīryataḥ sadṛśasvanam
uvāca mātaliṃ rāmaḥ sahasrākṣasya sārathim
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mātale paśya saṃrabdham āpatantaṃ rathaṃ ripoḥ
yathāpasavyaṃ patatā vegena mahatā punaḥ
samare hantum ātmānaṃ tathānena kṛtā matiḥ
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tad apramādam ātiṣṭha pratyudgaccha rathaṃ ripoḥ
vidhvaṃsayitum icchāmi vāyur megham ivotthitam
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aviklavam asaṃbhrāntam avyagrahṛdayekṣaṇam
raśmisaṃcāraniyataṃ pracodaya rathaṃ drutam
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kāmaṃ na tvaṃ samādheyaḥ puraṃdararathocitaḥ
yuyutsur aham ekāgraḥ smāraye tvāṃ na śikṣaye
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parituṣṭaḥ sa rāmasya tena vākyena mātaliḥ
pracodayām āsa rathaṃ surasārathisattamaḥ
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apasavyaṃ tataḥ kurvan rāvaṇasya mahāratham
cakrotkṣiptena rajasā rāvaṇaṃ vyavadhūnayat
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tataḥ kruddho daśagrīvas tāmravisphāritekṣaṇaḥ
rathapratimukhaṃ rāmaṃ sāyakair avadhūnayat
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dharṣaṇāmarṣito rāmo dhairyaṃ roṣeṇa laṅghayan
jagrāha sumahāvegam aindraṃ yudhi śarāsanam
śarāṃś ca sumahātejāḥ sūryaraśmisamaprabhān
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tad upoḍhaṃ mahad yuddham anyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇoḥ
parasparābhimukhayor dṛptayor iva siṃhayoḥ
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tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
samīyur dvairathaṃ draṣṭuṃ rāvaṇakṣayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
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samutpetur athotpātā dāruṇā lomaharṣaṇāḥ
rāvaṇasya vināśāya rāghavasya jayāya ca
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vavarṣa rudhiraṃ devo rāvaṇasya rathopari
vātā maṇḍalinas tīvrā apasavyaṃ pracakramuḥ
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mahad gṛdhrakulaṃ cāsya bhramamāṇaṃ nabhastale
yena yena ratho yāti tena tena pradhāvati
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saṃdhyayā cāvṛtā laṅkā japāpuṣpanikāśayā
dṛśyate saṃpradīteva divase 'pi vasuṃdharā
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sanirghātā maholkāś ca saṃpracetur mahāsvanāḥ
viṣādayantyo rakṣāṃsi rāvaṇasya tadāhitāḥ
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rāvaṇaś ca yatas tatra pracacāla vasuṃdharā
rakṣasāṃ ca praharatāṃ gṛhītā iva bāhavaḥ
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tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ patitāḥ sūryaraśmayaḥ
dṛśyante rāvaṇasyāṅge parvatasyeva dhātavaḥ
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gṛdhrair anugatāś cāsya vamantyo jvalanaṃ mukhaiḥ
praṇedur mukham īkṣantyaḥ saṃrabdham aśivaṃ śivāḥ
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pratikūlaṃ vavau vāyū raṇe pāṃsūn samutkiran
tasya rākṣasarājasya kurvan dṛṣṭivilopanam
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nipetur indrāśanayaḥ sainye cāsya samantataḥ
durviṣahya svanā ghorā vinā jaladharasvanam
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diśaś ca pradiśaḥ sarvā babhūvus timirāvṛtāḥ
pāṃsuvarṣeṇa mahatā durdarśaṃ ca nabho 'bhavat
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kurvantyaḥ kalahaṃ ghoraṃ sārikās tadrathaṃ prati
nipetuḥ śataśas tatra dāruṇā dāruṇasvanāḥ
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jaghanebhyaḥ sphuliṅgāṃś ca netrebhyo 'śrūṇi saṃtatam
mumucus tasya turagās tulyam agniṃ ca vāri ca
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evaṃ prakārā bahavaḥ samutpātā bhayāvahāḥ
rāvaṇasya vināśāya dāruṇāḥ saṃprajajñire
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rāmasyāpi nimittāni saumyāni ca śivāni ca
babhūvur jayaśaṃsīni prādurbhūtāni sarvaśaḥ
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tato nirīkṣyātmagatāni rāghavo; raṇe nimittāni nimittakovidaḥ
jagāma harṣaṃ ca parāṃ ca nirvṛtiṃ; cakāra yuddhe 'bhyadhikaṃ ca vikramam
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