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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 15
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tatas tān vidrutān dṛṣṭvā yakṣāñ śatasahasraśaḥ
svayam eva dhanādhyakṣo nirjagāma raṇaṃ prati
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tatra māṇicāro nāma yakṣaḥ paramadurjayaḥ
vṛto yakṣasahasraiḥ sa caturbhiḥ samayodhayat
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te gadāmusalaprāsaśaktitomaramudgaraiḥ
abhighnanto raṇe yakṣā rākṣasān abhidudruvuḥ
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tataḥ prahastena tadā sahasraṃ nihataṃ raṇe
mahodareṇa gadayā sahasram aparaṃ hatam
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kruddhena ca tadā rāma mārīcena durātmanā
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa dve sahasre nipātite
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dhūmrākṣeṇa samāgamya māṇibhadro mahāraṇe
musalenorasi krodhāt tāḍito na ca kampitaḥ
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tato gadāṃ samāvidhya māṇibhadreṇa rākṣasaḥ
dhūmrākṣas tāḍito mūrdhni vihvalo nipapāta ha
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dhūmrākṣaṃ tāḍitaṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ śoṇitokṣitam
abhyadhāvat susaṃkruddho māṇibhadraṃ daśānanaḥ
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taṃ kruddham abhidhāvantaṃ yugāntāgnim ivotthitam
śaktibhis tāḍayām āsa tisṛbhir yamapuṃgavaḥ
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tato rākṣasarājena tāḍito gadayā raṇe
tasya tena prahāreṇa mukuṭaḥ pārśvam āgataḥ
tadā prabhṛti yakṣo 'sau pārśvamaulir iti smṛtaḥ
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tasmiṃs tu vimukhe yakṣe māṇibhadre mahātmani
saṃnādaḥ sumahān rāma tasmiñ śaile vyavardhata
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tato dūrāt pradadṛśe dhanādhyakṣo gadādharaḥ
śukraproṣṭaḥpadābhyāṃ ca śaṅkhapadmasamāvṛtaḥ
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sa dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ saṃkye śāpād vibhraṣṭagauravam
uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmān yuktaṃ paitāmaye kule
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mayā tvaṃ vīryamāṇo 'pi nāvagacchasi durmate
paścād asya phalaṃ prāpya jñāsyase nirayaṃ gataḥ
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yo hi mohād viṣaṃ pītvā nāvagacchati mānavaḥ
pariṇāme sa vi mūḍho jānīte karmaṇaḥ phalam
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daivatāni hi nandanti dharmayuktena kena cit
yena tvam īdṛśaṃ bhāvaṃ nītas tac ca na budhyase
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yo hi mātṝh pitṝn bhrātṝn ācaryāṃś cāvamanyate
sa paśyati phalaṃ tasya pretarājavaśaṃ gataḥ
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adhruve hi śarīre yo na karoti tapo 'rjanam
sa paścāt tapyate mūḍho mṛto dṛṣṭvātmano gatim
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kasya cin na hi durbudheś chandato jāyate matim
yādṛśaṃ kurute karma tādṛśaṃ phalam aśnute
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buddhiṃ rūpaṃ balaṃ vittaṃ putrān māhātmyam eva ca
prapnuvanti narāḥ sarvaṃ svakṛtaiḥ pūrvakarmabhiḥ
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evaṃ nirayagāmī tvaṃ yasya te matir īdṛśī
na tvāṃ samabhibhāṣiṣye durvṛttasyaiṣa nirṇayaḥ
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evam uktvā tatas tena tasyāmātyāḥ samāhatāḥ
mārīcapramukhāḥ sarve vimukhā vipradudruvuḥ
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tatas tena daśagrīvo yakṣendreṇa mahātmanā
gadayābhihato mūrdhni na ca sthānād vyakampata
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tatas tau rāma nighnantāv anyonyaṃ paramāhave
na vihvalau na ca śrāntau babhūvatur amarṣaṇaiḥ
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āgneyam astraṃ sa tato mumoca dhanado raṇe
vāruṇena daśagrīvas tad astraṃ pratyavārayat
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tato māyāṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa rākṣasīṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ
jaghāna mūrdhni dhanadaṃ vyāvidhya mahatīṃ gadām
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evaṃ sa tenābhihato vihvalaḥ śoṇitokṣitaḥ
kṛttamūla ivāśoko nipapāta dhanādhipaḥ
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tataḥ padmādibhis tatra nidhibhiḥ sa dhanādhipaḥ
nandanaṃ vanam ānīya dhanado śvāsitas tadā
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tato nirjitya taṃ rāma dhanadaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
puṣpakaṃ tasya jagrāha vimānaṃ jayalakṣaṇam
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kāñcanastambhasaṃvītaṃ vaidūryamaṇitoraṇam
muktājālapraticchannaṃ sarvakāmaphaladrumam
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tat tu rājā samāruhya kāmagaṃ vīryanirjitam
jitvā vaiśravaṇaṃ devaṃ kailāsād avarohata
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