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The Ramayana Book 7

Chapter 59

1 atha rātryāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ śatrughno bhṛgunandanam
papraccha cyavanaṃ vipraṃ lavaṇasya balābalam
2 śūlasya ca balaṃ brahman ke ca pūrvaṃ nipātitāḥ
anena śūlamukhena dvandvayuddham upāgatāḥ
3 tasya tadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ
pratyuvāca mahātejāś cyavano raghunandanam
4 asaṃkhyeyāni karmāṇi yāny asya puruṣarṣabha
ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhave yad vṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva me
5 ayodhyāyāṃ purā rājā yuvanāśvasuto balī
māndhatā iti vikhyātas triṣu lokeṣu vīryavān
6 sa kṛtvā pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ śāsane pṛthivīpatiḥ
suralokam atho jetum udyogam akaron nṛpaḥ
7 indrasya tu bhayaṃ tīvraṃ surāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
māndhātari kṛtodyoge devalokajigīṣayā
8 ardhāsanena śakrasya rājyārdhena ca pārthivaḥ
vandyamānaḥ suragaṇaiḥ pratijñām adhyarohata
9 tasya pāpam abhiprāyaṃ viditvā pākaśāsanaḥ
sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vākyam uvāca yuvanāśvajam
10 rājā tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ loke na tāvat puruṣarṣabha
akṛtvā pṛthivīṃ vaśyāṃ devarājyam ihecchasi
11 yadi vīra samagrā te medinī nikhilā vaśe
devarājyaṃ kuruṣveha sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ
12 indram evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu māndhātā vākyam abravīt
kva me śakrapratihataṃ śāsanaṃ pṛthivītale
13 tam uvāca sahasrākṣo lavaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ
madhuputro madhuvane nājñāṃ te kurute 'nagha
14 tac chrutvā vipriyaṃ ghoraṃ sahasrākṣeṇa bhāṣitam
vrīḍito 'vāṅmukho rājā vyāhartuṃ na śaśāka ha
15 āmantrya tu sahasrākṣaṃ hriyā kiṃ cid avāṅmukhaḥ
punar evāgamac chrīmān imaṃ lokaṃ nareśvaraḥ
16 sa kṛtvā hṛdaye 'marṣaṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ
ājagāma madhoḥ putraṃ vaśe kartum aninditaḥ
17 sa kāṅkṣamāṇo lavaṇaṃ yuddhāya puruṣarṣabhaḥ
dūtaṃ saṃpreṣayām āsa sakāśaṃ lavaṇasya saḥ
18 sa gatvā vipriyāṇy āha bahūni madhunaḥ sutam
vadantam evaṃ taṃ dūtaṃ bhakṣayām āsa rākṣasaḥ
19 cirāyamāṇe dūte tu rājā krodhasamanvitaḥ
ardayām āsa tad rakṣaḥ śaravṛṣṭyā samantataḥ
20 tataḥ prahasya lavaṇaḥ śūlaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā
vadhāya sānubandhasya mumocāyudham uttamam
21 tac chūlaṃ dīpyamānaṃ tu sabhṛtyabalavāhanam
bhasmīkṛtya nṛpaṃ bhūyo lavaṇasyāgamat karam
22 evaṃ sa rājā sumahān hataḥ sabalavāhanaḥ
śūlasya ca balaṃ vīra aprameyam anuttamam
23 śvaḥ prabhāte tu lavaṇaṃ vadhiṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ
agṛhītāyudhaṃ kṣipraṃ dhruvo hi vijayas tava

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