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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 21
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evaṃ saṃcintya viprendro jagāma laghuvikramaḥ
ākhyātuṃ tad yathāvṛttaṃ yamasya sadanaṃ prati
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apaśyat sa yamaṃ tatra devam agnipuraskṛtam
vidhānam upatiṣṭhantaṃ prāṇino yasya yādṛśam
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sa tu dṛṣṭvā yamaḥ prāptaṃ maharṣiṃ tatra nāradam
abravīt sukham āsīnam arghyam āvedya dharmataḥ
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kac cit kṣemaṃ nu devarṣe kac cid dharmo na naśyati
kim āgamanakṛtyaṃ te devagandharvasevita
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abravīt tu tadā vākyaṃ nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
śrūyatām abhidhāsyāmi vidhānaṃ ca vidhīyatām
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eṣa nāmnā daśagrīvaḥ pitṛrāja niśācaraḥ
upayāti vaśaṃ netuṃ vikramais tvāṃ sudurjayam
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etena kāraṇenāhaṃ tvarito 'smy āgataḥ prabho
daṇḍapraharaṇasyādya tava kiṃ nu kariṣyati
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etasminn antare dūrād aṃśumantam ivoditam
dadṛśe divyam āyāntaṃ vimānaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ
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taṃ deśaṃ prabhayā tasya puṣpakasya mahābalaḥ
kṛtvā vitimiraṃ sarvaṃ samīpaṃ samavartata
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sa tv apaśyan mahābāhur daśagrīvas tatas tataḥ
prāṇinaḥ sukṛtaṃ karma bhuñjānāṃś caiva duṣkṛtam
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tatas tān vadhyamānāṃs tu karmabhir duṣkṛtaiḥ svakaiḥ
rāvaṇo mocayām āsa vikrameṇa balād balī
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preteṣu mucyamāneṣu rākṣasena balīyasā
pretagopāḥ susaṃrabdhā rākṣasendram abhidravan
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te prāsaiḥ parighaiḥ śūlair mudgaraiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ
puṣpakaṃ samavarṣanta śūrāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
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tasyāsanāni prāsādān vedikāstaraṇāni ca
puṣpakasya babhañjus te śīghraṃ madhukarā iva
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devaniṣṭhānabhūtaṃ tad vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ mṛdhe
bhajyamānaṃ tathaivāsīd akṣayaṃ brahmatejasā
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tatas te rāvaṇāmātyā yathākāmaṃ yathābalam
ayudhyanta mahāvīryāḥ sa ca rājā daśānanaḥ
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te tu śoṇitadigdhāṅgāḥ sarvaśastrasamāhatāḥ
amātyā rākṣasendrasya cakrur āyodhanaṃ mahat
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anyonyaṃ ca mahābhāgā jaghnuḥ praharaṇair yudhi
yamasya ca mahat sainyaṃ rākṣasasya ca mantriṇaḥ
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amātyāṃs tāṃs tu saṃtyajya rākṣasasya mahaujasaḥ
tam eva samadhāvanta śūlavarṣair daśānanam
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tataḥ śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ prahārair jarjarīkṛtaḥ
vimāne rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ phullāśoka ivābabhau
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sa śūlāni gadāḥ prāsāñ śaktitomarasāyakān
musalāni śilāvṛkṣān mumocāstrabalād balī
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tāṃs tu sarvān samākṣipya tad astram apahatya ca
jaghnus te rākṣasaṃ ghoram ekaṃ śatasahasrakaḥ
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parivārya ca taṃ sarve śailaṃ meghotkarā iva
bhindipālaiś ca śūlaiś ca nirucchvāsam akārayan
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vimuktakavacaḥ kruddho siktaḥ śoṇitavisravaiḥ
sa puṣpakaṃ parityajya pṛthivyām avatiṣṭhata
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tataḥ sa kārmukī bāṇī pṛthivyāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
labdhasaṃjño muhūrtena kruddhas tasthau yathāntakaḥ
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tataḥ pāśupataṃ divyam astraṃ saṃdhāya kārmuke
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti tān uktvā tac cāpaṃ vyapakarṣata
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jvālāmālī sa tu śaraḥ kravyādānugato raṇe
mukto gulmān drumāṃś caiva bhasmakṛtvā pradhāvati
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te tasya tejasā dagdhāḥ sainyā vaivasvatasya tu
raṇe tasmin nipatitā dāvadagdhā nagā iva
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tataḥ sa sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ rākṣaso bhīmavikramaḥ
nanāda sumahānādaṃ kampayann iva medinīm
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