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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 16
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sa jitvā bhrātaraṃ rāma dhanadaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
mahāsenaprasūtiṃ tu yayau śaravaṇaṃ tataḥ
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athāpaśyad daśagrīvo raukmaṃ śaravaṇaṃ tadā
gabhastijālasaṃvītaṃ dvitīyam iva bhāskaram
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parvataṃ sa samāsādya kiṃ cid ramyavanāntaram
apaśyat puṣpakaṃ tatra rāma viṣṭambhitaṃ divi
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viṣṭabdhaṃ puṣpakaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmagaṃ hy agamaṃ kṛtam
rākṣasaś cintayām āsa sacivais taiḥ samāvṛtaḥ
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kim idaṃ yannimittaṃ me na ca gacchati puṣpakam
parvatasyoparisthasya kasya karma tv idaṃ bhavet
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tato 'bravīd daśagrīvaṃ mārīco buddhikovidaḥ
naitan niṣkaraṇaṃ rājan puṣpako 'yaṃ na gacchati
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tataḥ pārśvam upāgamya bhavasyānucaro balī
nandīśvara uvācedaṃ rākṣasendram aśaṅkitaḥ
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nivartasva daśagrīva śaile krīḍati śaṃkaraḥ
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suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām
prāṇinām eva sarveṣām agamyaḥ parvataḥ kṛtaḥ
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sa roṣāt tāmranayanaḥ puṣpakād avaruhya ca
ko 'yaṃ śamraka ity uktvā śailamūlam upāgamat
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nandīśvaram athāpaśyad avidūrasthitaṃ prabhum
dīptaṃ śūlam avaṣṭabhya dvitīyam iva śaṃkaram
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sa vānaramukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tam avajñāya rākṣasaḥ
prahāsaṃ mumuce maurkhyāt satoya iva toyadaḥ
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saṃkruddho bhagavān nandī śaṃkarasyāparā tanuḥ
abravīd rākṣasaṃ tatra daśagrīvam upasthitam
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yasmād vānaramūrtiṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasadurmate
maurkhyāt tvam avajānīṣe parihāsaṃ ca muñcasi
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tasmān madrūpasaṃyuktā madvīryasamatejasaḥ
utpatsyante vadhārthaṃ hi kulasya tava vānarāḥ
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kiṃ tv idānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ kartuṃ yat tvāṃ niśācara
na hantavyo hatas tvaṃ hi pūrvam eva svakarmabhiḥ
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acintayitvā sa tadā nandivākyaṃ niśācaraḥ
parvataṃ taṃ samāsādya vākyam etad uvāca ha
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puṣpakasya gatiś chinnā yatkṛte mama gacchataḥ
tad etac chailam unmūlaṃ karomi tava gopate
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kena prabhāvena bhavas tatra krīḍati rājavat
vijñātavyaṃ na jānīṣe bhayasthānam upasthitam
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evam uktvā tato rājan bhujān prakṣipya parvate
tolayām āsa taṃ śailaṃ samṛgavyālapādapam
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tato rāma mahādevaḥ prahasan vīkṣya tatkṛtam
pādāṅguṣṭhena taṃ śailaṃ pīḍayām āsa līlayā
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tatas te pīḍitās tasya śailasyādho gatā bhujāḥ
vismitāś cābhavaṃs tatra sacivās tasya rakṣasaḥ
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rakṣasā tena roṣāc ca bhujānāṃ pīḍanāt tathā
mukto virāvaḥ sumahāṃs trailokyaṃ yena pūritam
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mānuṣāḥ śabdavitrastā menire lokasaṃkṣayam
devatāś cāpi saṃkṣubdhāś calitāḥ sveṣu karmasu
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tataḥ prīto mahādevaḥ śailāgre viṣṭhitas tadā
muktvā tasya bhujān rājan prāha vākyaṃ daśānanam
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prīte 'smi tava vīryāc ca śauṇḍīryāc ca niśācara
ravato vedanā muktaḥ kharaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ
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yasmāl lokatrayaṃ tv etad rāvitaṃ bhayam āgatam
tasmāt tvaṃ rāvaṇo nāma nāmnā tena bhaviṣyasi
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devatā mānuṣā yakṣā ye cānye jagatītale
evaṃ tvām abhidhāsyanti rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam
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gaccha paulasthya visrabdhaḥ pathā yena tvam icchasi
mayā tvam abhyanujñāto rākṣasādhipa gamyatām
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sākṣān maheśvareṇaivaṃ kṛtanāmā sa rāvaṇaḥ
abhivādya mahādevaṃ vimānaṃ tat samāruhat
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tato mahītale rāma paricakrāma rāvaṇaḥ
kṣatriyān sumahāvīryān bādhamānas tatas tataḥ
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