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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 95
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tataḥ pravṛttaṃ sukrūraṃ rāmarāvaṇayos tadā
sumahad dvairathaṃ yuddhaṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham
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tato rākṣasasainyaṃ ca harīṇāṃ ca mahad balam
pragṛhītapraharaṇaṃ niśceṣṭaṃ samatiṣṭhata
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saṃprayuddhau tato dṛṣṭvā balavan nararākṣasau
vyākṣiptahṛdayāḥ sarve paraṃ vismayam āgatāḥ
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nānāpraharaṇair vyagrair bhujair vismitabuddhayaḥ
tasthuḥ prekṣya ca saṃgrāmaṃ nābhijaghnuḥ parasparam
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rakṣasāṃ rāvaṇaṃ cāpi vānarāṇāṃ ca rāghavam
paśyatāṃ vismitākṣāṇāṃ sainyaṃ citram ivābabhau
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tau tu tatra nimittāni dṛṣṭvā rāghavarāvaṇau
kṛtabuddhī sthirāmarṣau yuyudhāte abhītavat
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jetavyam iti kākutstho martavyam iti rāvaṇaḥ
dhṛtau svavīryasarvasvaṃ yuddhe 'darśayatāṃ tadā
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tataḥ krodhād daśagrīvaḥ śarān saṃdhāya vīryavān
mumoca dhvajam uddiśya rāghavasya rathe sthitam
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te śarās tam anāsādya puraṃdararathadhvajam
raktaśaktiṃ parāmṛśya nipetur dharaṇītale
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tato rāmo 'bhisaṃkruddhaś cāpam āyamya vīryavān
kṛtapratikṛtaṃ kartuṃ manasā saṃpracakrame
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rāvaṇadhvajam uddiśya mumoca niśitaṃ śaram
mahāsarpam ivāsahyaṃ jvalantaṃ svena tejasā
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jagāma sa mahīṃ bhittvā daśagrīvadhvajaṃ śaraḥ
sa nikṛtto 'patad bhūmau rāvaṇasya rathadhvajaḥ
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dhvajasyonmathanaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaḥ sumahābalaḥ
krodhajenāgninā saṃkhye pradīpta iva cābhavat
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sa roṣavaśam āpannaḥ śaravarṣaṃ mahad vaman
rāmasya turagān divyāñ śarair vivyādha rāvaṇaḥ
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te viddhā harayas tasya nāskhalan nāpi babhramuḥ
babhūvuḥ svasthahṛdayāḥ padmanālair ivāhatāḥ
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teṣām asaṃbhramaṃ dṛṣṭvā vājināṃ rāvaṇas tadā
bhūya eva susaṃkruddhaḥ śaravarṣaṃ mumoca ha
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gadāś ca parighāṃś caiva cakrāṇi musalāni ca
giriśṛṅgāṇi vṛkṣāṃś ca tathā śūlaparaśvadhān
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māyā vihitam etat tu śastravarṣam apātayat
sahasraśas tato bāṇān aśrāntahṛdayodyamaḥ
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tumulaṃ trāsajananaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmapratisvanam
durdharṣam abhavad yuddhe naikaśastramayaṃ mahat
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vimucya rāghavarathaṃ samantād vānare bale
sāyakair antarikṣaṃ ca cakārāśu nirantaram
mumoca ca daśagrīvo niḥsaṅgenāntarātmanā
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vyāyacchamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā tatparaṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe
prahasann iva kākutsthaḥ saṃdadhe sāyakāñ śitān
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sa mumoca tato bāṇān raṇe śatasahasraśaḥ
tān dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaś cakre svaśaraiḥ khaṃ nirantaram
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tatas tābhyāṃ prayuktena śaravarṣeṇa bhāsvatā
śarabaddham ivābhāti dvitīyaṃ bhāsvad ambaram
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nānimitto 'bhavad bāṇo nātibhettā na niṣphalaḥ
tathā visṛjator bāṇān rāmarāvaṇayor mṛdhe
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prāyudhyetām avicchinnam asyantau savyadakṣiṇam
cakratus tau śaraughais tu nirucchvāsam ivāmbaram
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rāvaṇasya hayān rāmo hayān rāmasya rāvaṇaḥ
jaghnatus tau tadānyonyaṃ kṛtānukṛtakāriṇau
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