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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 22
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sa tu tasya mahānādaṃ śrutvā vaivasvato yamaḥ
śatruṃ vijayinaṃ mene svabalasya ca saṃkṣayam
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sa tu yodhān hatān matvā krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ
abravīt tvaritaṃ sūtaṃ rathaḥ samupanīyatām
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tasya sūto rathaṃ divyam upasthāpya mahāsvanam
sthitaḥ sa ca mahātejā āruroha mahāratham
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pāśamudgarahastaś ca mṛtyus tasyāgrato sthitaḥ
yena saṃkṣipyate sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
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kāladaṇḍaś ca pārśvastho mūrtimān syandane sthitaḥ
yamapraharaṇaṃ divyaṃ prajvalann iva tejasā
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tato lokās trayas trastāḥ kampante ca divaukasaḥ
kālaṃ kruddhaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā lokatrayabhayāvaham
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dṛṣṭvā tu te taṃ vikṛtaṃ rathaṃ mṛtyusamanvitam
sacivā rākṣasendrasya sarvalokabhayāvaham
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laghusattvatayā sarve naṣṭasaṃjhā bhayārditāḥ
nātra yoddhuṃ samarthāḥ sma ity uktvā vipradudruvuḥ
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sa tu taṃ tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathaṃ lokabhayāvaham
nākṣubhyata tadā rakṣo vyathā caivāsya nābhavat
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sa tu rāvaṇam āsādya visṛjañ śaktitomarān
yamo marmāṇi saṃkruddho rākṣasasya nyakṛntata
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rāvaṇas tu sthitaḥ svasthaḥ śaravarṣaṃ mumoca ha
tasmin vaivasvatarathe toyavarṣam ivāmbudaḥ
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tato mahāśaktiśataiḥ pātyamānair mahorasi
pratikartuṃ sa nāśaknod rākṣasaḥ śalyapīḍitaḥ
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nānāpraharaṇair evaṃ yamenāmitrakarśinā
saptarātraṃ kṛte saṃkhye na bhagno vijito 'pi vā
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tato 'bhavat punar yuddhaṃ yamarākṣasayos tadā
vijayākāṅkṣiṇos tatra samareṣv anivartinoḥ
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tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
prajāpatiṃ puraskṛtya dadṛśus tad raṇājiram
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saṃvarta iva lokānām abhavad yudhyatos tayoḥ
rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya pretānām īśvarasya ca
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rākṣasendras tataḥ kruddhaś cāpam āyamya saṃyuge
nirantaram ivākāśaṃ kurvan bāṇān mumoca ha
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mṛtyuṃ caturbhir viśikhaiḥ sūtaṃ saptabhir ardayat
yamaṃ śarasahasreṇa śīghraṃ marmasv atāḍayat
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tataḥ kruddhasya sahasā yamasyābhiniviḥsṛtaḥ
jvālāmālo viniśvāso vadanāt krodhapāvakaḥ
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tato 'paśyaṃs tadāścaryaṃ devadānavarākṣasāḥ
krodhajaṃ pāvakaṃ dīptaṃ didhakṣantaṃ ripor balam
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mṛtyus tu paramakruddho vaivasvatam athābravīt
muñca māṃ deva śīghraṃ tvaṃ nihanmi samare ripum
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narakaḥ śambaro vṛtraḥ śambhuḥ kārtasvaro balī
namucir virocanaś caiva tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau
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ete cānye ca bahavo balavanto durāsadāḥ
vinipannā mayā dṛṣṭāḥ kā cintāsmin niśācare
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muñca māṃ sādhu dharmajña yāvad enaṃ nihanmy aham
na hi kaś cin mayā dṛṣṭo muhūrtam api jīvati
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balaṃ mama na khalv etan maryādaiṣā nisargataḥ
saṃspṛṣṭo hi mayā kaś cin na jīved iti niścayaḥ
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etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā dharmarājaḥ pratāpavān
abravīt tatra taṃ mṛtyumayam enaṃ nihanmy aham
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tataḥ saṃraktanayanaḥ kruddho vaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
kāladaṇḍam amoghaṃ taṃ tolayām āsa pāṇinā
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yasya pārśveṣu niśchidrāḥ kālapāśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
pāvakasparśasaṃkāśo mudgaro mūrtimān sthitaḥ
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darśanād eva yaḥ prāṇān prāṇinām uparudhyati
kiṃ punas tāḍanād vāpi pīḍanād vāpi dehinaḥ
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sa jvālāparivāras tu pibann iva niśācaram
karaspṛṣṭo balavatā daṇḍaḥ kruddhaḥ sudāruṇaḥ
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tato vidudruvuḥ sarve sattvās tasmād raṇājirāt
surāś ca kṣubhitā dṛṣṭvā kāladaṇḍodyataṃ yamam
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tasmin prahartukāme tu daṇḍam udyamya rāvaṇam
yamaṃ pitāmahaḥ sākṣād darśayitvedam abravīt
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vaivasvata mahābāho na khalv atulavikramaḥ
prahartavyaṃ tvayaitena daṇḍenāsmin niśācare
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varaḥ khalu mayā dattas tasya tridaśapuṃgava
tat tvayā nānṛtaṃ kāryaṃ yan mayā vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ
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amogho hy eṣa sarvāsāṃ prajānāṃ vinipātane
kāladaṇḍo mayā sṛṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ mṛtyupuraskṛtaḥ
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tan na khalv eṣa te saumya pātyo rākṣasamūrdhani
na hy asmin patite kaś cin muhūrtam api jīvati
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yadi hy asmin nipatite na mriyetaiṣa rākṣasaḥ
mriyeta vā daśagrīvas tathāpy ubhayato 'nṛtam
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rākṣasendrān niyacchādya daṇḍam enaṃ vadhodyatam
satyaṃ mama kuruṣvedaṃ lokāṃs tvaṃ samavekṣya ca
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evam uktas tu dharmātmā pratyuvāca yamas tadā
eṣa vyāvartito daṇḍaḥ prabhaviṣṇur bhavān hi naḥ
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kiṃ tv idānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ kartuṃ raṇagatena hi
yan mayā yan na hantavyo rākṣaso varadarpitaḥ
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eṣa tasmāt praṇaśyāmi darśanād asya rakṣasaḥ
ity uktvā sarathaḥ sāśvas tatraivāntaradhīyata
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daśagrīvas tu taṃ jitvā nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ
puṣpakeṇa tu saṃhṛṣṭo niṣkrānto yamasādanāt
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tato vaivasvato devaiḥ saha brahmapurogamaiḥ
jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭo nāradaś ca mahāmuniḥ
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