Padma Purana · Chapter 5.63

śeṣa uvāca/
lavaṃ vimūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā balivairividāraṇam /
śatrughno jayamāpede raṇamūrdhni mahābalaḥ

lavaṃ bālaṃ rathe sthāpya śirastrāṇādyalaṃkṛtam /
rāmapratinidhiṃ mūrtyā tato gaṃtumiyeṣa saḥ

svamitraṃ śatruṇā grastamiti duḥkhasamanvitāḥ /
bālāmātre'sya sītāyai tvaritāḥ saṃnyavedayan

bālā ūcuḥ/
mātarjānaki te putro balādvāhamapāharat /
kasyacidbhūpavaryasya balayuktasya māninaḥ

tato yuddhamabhūdghoraṃ tasya sainyena jānaki /
tadā vīreṇa putreṇa tava sarvaṃ nipātitam

paścādapi jayaṃ prāptaḥ sutastava manoharaḥ /
taṃ bhūpaṃ mūrchitaṃ kṛtvā jayamāpa raṇāṃgaṇe

tato mūrcchāṃ vihāyaiṣa rājā paramadāruṇaḥ /
saṃkupya pātayāmāsa tava putraṃ raṇāṃgaṇe

asmābhirvāritaḥ pūrvaṃ mā gṛhāṇa hayottamam /
asmānsarvāṃśca dhikkṛtya brāhmaṇānvedapāragān

iti vākyaṃ śiśūnāṃ sā samākarṇya sudāruṇam /
papāta bhūtalopasthe duḥkhayuktā ruroda ha

sītovāca/
kathaṃ nṛpo dayāhīno bālena saha yudhyati /
adharmakṛtadurbuddhiryo madbālaṃ nyapātayat

lava vīrabhavānkutra vartate'ti balānvitaḥ /
kathaṃ tvaṃ niṣkṛpasyāho rājño'hārṣīddhayottamam

tvaṃ bālaste durākrāṃtāḥ sarvaśastraviśāradāḥ /
rathasthā virathastvaṃ vai kathaṃ yuddhaṃ samaṃ bhavet

tātāhaṃ tu tvayā sārddhaṃ rāmatyāgāsukhaṃ jahau /
idānīṃ rahitā yuṣmatkathaṃ jīvāmi kānane

ehi māṃ muṃca yajñāśvaṃ gacchatveṣa mahīpatiḥ /
madduḥkhaṃ nābhijānāsi mama duḥkhapramārjakaḥ

kuśo yadyabhaviṣyatsa raṇe vīraśiromaṇiḥ /
amocayiṣyadadhunā bhavaṃtaṃ bhūpapārśvataḥ

so'pi maddaivato nāsti samīpe kiṃ karomyataḥ /
daivameva mamāpyatra kāraṇaṃ duḥkhasaṃbhave

evamādi bahuśrīmatyeṣā vai vilalāpa ha /
pādāṃguṣṭhena likhatī bhūmiṃ netradvayāśrubhiḥ

bālānprati jagādāsau pṛthukaḥ sa ca bhūpatiḥ /
kathaṃ matsutamāpātya raṇe kutra gamiṣyati

iti vākyaṃ vadatyeṣā jānakī patidevatā /
tāvatkuśastu saṃprāpta ujjayinyā maharṣibhiḥ

māghāsitacaturdaśyāṃ mahākālaṃ samarcya ca /
prāpya bhūrivarāṃstasmādāgamanmātṛsannidhau

jānakīṃ vihvalāṃ dṛṣṭvā netrodbhūtāśru viklavām /
śokavihvaladīnāṃgīṃ babhāṣe yāvadutsukaḥ

tadā svabāhuravadatsphuradyuddhābhiśaṃsanaḥ /
hṛdaye caraṇotsāho babhūvātirathasya hi

sa pratyuvāca jananīṃ dīnagadgadabhāṣiṇīm /
mātastava gataṃ duḥkhaṃ mayi putra upasthite

mayi jīvati te netrādaśrūṇi bhuvi no patan /
prasūmuvācāśrukhinnāṃ dīnagadgadabhāṣiṇīm

kuśo duḥkhamitaḥ sadyo duḥkhitāṃ dhīramānasaḥ /
mama bhrātā lavaḥ kutra vartate vairimardanaḥ

sadā māmāgataṃ jñātvā praharṣansannidhāviyāt /
na dṛśyate kathaṃ vīraḥ kutra raṃtuṃ gato balī

kena vā saha bālatvādgato māṃ vai nirīkṣitum /
kiṃ tvaṃ rodiṣi me mātarlavaḥ kutra sa vartate

tanme kathaya sarvaṃ yattava duḥkhasya kāraṇam /
tacchrutvā putravākyaṃ sā duḥkhitā kuśamabravīt

lavo dhṛto nṛpeṇātra kenaciddhayarakṣiṇā /
babaṃdha bālako metra hayaṃ yāgakriyocitam

tadrakṣakānbahūñjigye eko'nekānripūnbalī /
rājā taṃ mūrcchitaṃ kṛtvā babaṃdha raṇamūrdhani

bālakā iti māmūcuḥ sahagaṃtāra eva hi /
tato'haṃ duḥkhitā jātā niśamya lavamādhṛtam

tvaṃ mocaya balāttasmātkāle prāpto nṛpottamāt /
niśamya māturvacanaṃ kuśaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ /
jagāda tāṃ daśannoṣṭhaṃ daṃtairdaṃtānviniṣpiṣan

kuśa uvāca/
mātarjānīhi taṃ muktaṃ lavaṃ pāśasya baṃdhanāt /
idānīṃ hanmi taṃ bāṇaiḥ samagrabalavāhanam

yadi devo'maro vāpi yadi śarvaḥ samāgataḥ /
tathāpi mocaye tasmādbāṇairniśitaparvabhiḥ

mā rodiṣi mātariha vīrāṇāṃ raṇamūrchitam /
kīrtaye'tra bhavatyeva palāyanamakīrtaye

dehi me kavacaṃ divyaṃ dhanurguṇasamanvitam /
śirastrāṇaṃ ca me mātaḥ karavālaṃ tathāśitam

idānīṃ yāmi samare pātayāmi balaṃ mahat /
mocayāmi bhrātaraṃ svaṃ raṇamadhyādvimūrchitam

na mocayāmyadya putraṃ tava mātarmahāraṇāt /
tadā tau me bhavatpādau saṃruṣṭau bhavatāṃ kṣitau

śeṣa uvāca/
iti vākyena saṃtuṣṭā jānakī śubhalakṣaṇā /
sarvaṃ prādādastravṛṃdaṃ jayāśīrbhirniyujyatam

prayāhi putra saṃgrāmaṃ lavaṃ mocaya mūrcchitam /
ityājñaptaḥ kuśaḥ saṃkhye kavacī kuṃḍalī balī

mukuṭī karavālī ca carmadhārī dhanurdharaḥ /
akṣayāviṣudhī kṛtvā skaṃdhayoḥ siṃhavīryayoḥ

jagāma tarasā natvā mātṛpādau rathāgraṇīḥ /
vegena yāvadyuddhāya gacchati kṣipramāhave

tāvaddadarśa svalavaṃ vairivṛṃdanipātakam /
āyāṃtaṃ taṃ kuśaṃ vīrā dadṛśuḥ sumahābhaṭāḥ

kṛtāṃtamiva saṃhartuṃ sarvaṃ viśvamupasthitam /
lavo mahābalaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuśaṃ bhrātaramāgatam

atyaṃtaṃ vahnivadyuddhe didīpe vāyunā samam /
rathādunmucya cātmānaṃ yuddhāya sa vinirgataḥ

kuśaḥ sarvānraṇasthānvai vīrānpūrvadiśi kṣipat /
paścimāyāṃ diśi lavaḥ kopātsarvānsamairayat

kuśabāṇavyathāvyāptā lavasāyakapīḍitāḥ /
sainye janā mune sarve utkallolāṃbudhibhramāḥ ४७ utkala/
kuśena ca lavenātha śaravrātaiḥ prapīḍitam /
na śarma lebhe sakalaṃ sainyaṃ vīraprapūritam

itastataḥ prabhagnaṃ tadbalaṃ trastaṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
na kutracidraṇe sthitvā yuddhamaicchadbalānvitaḥ

etasminsamaye rājā śatrughnaḥ paratāpanaḥ /
kuśaṃ vīraṃ yayau yoddhuṃ tādṛśaṃ lavasannibham

kuśaṃ dṛṣṭvā balākrāṃtaṃ rāmamūrtisamaprabham /
rathe tiṣṭhanhemamaye jagāda paravīrahā

śatrughna uvāca/
ko'si tvaṃ sannibho bhrātrā lavena sumahābalaḥ /
kiṃ nāmāsi mahāvīra kaste tātaḥ kva te prasūḥ

kathaṃ vane dvijairjuṣṭe tiṣṭhasi tvaṃ nararṣabha /
sarvaṃ śaṃsa yathāyudhye tvayā saha mahābala

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya kuśaḥ provāca bhūmipam /
meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā nādayanraṇamaṃḍalam

kevalaṃ suṣuve sītā pativrataparāyaṇā /
vane vasāvo vālmīkeścaraṇārcanatatparau

mātṛsevāsamudyuktau sarvavidyāviśāradau /
kuśo lava iti prakhyāmāgatau bhūpate'nagha

kastvaṃ vīro raṇaślāghī kimarthaṃ hayasattamaḥ /
mukto'sti samare tvadya jetāsi balasaṃyutaḥ

yudhyasva tvaṃ mayā sārddhaṃ yadi vīro'si bhūmipa /
idānīṃ pātayiṣyāmi bhavaṃtaṃ raṇamūrdhani

śatrughnastaṃ sutaṃ jñātvā sītāyā rāmasaṃbhavam /
visiṣmāya svayaṃ citte kopāddhanurupādadat

tamāttadhanuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuśaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ /
visphārayāmāsa dhanuḥ svīyaṃ sudṛḍhamuttamam

mumoca bāṇānniśitāñchatrughnaḥ sarvaśastravit /
tāṃściccheda kuśaḥ sarvāṃllīlayā prahasanraṇe

bāṇāśca śatasāhasrāḥ kuśasya ca nṛpasya ca /
bhuvanaṃ vyāpnuvansarvaṃ taccitramabhavanmune

agnyastreṇa kuśaḥ sarvāndadāha tarasā balī /
śamayāmāsa taṃ bhūpaḥ parjanyāstreṇa vīryavān

śamayāmāsa taṃ bhūpo vāyavyenātivikramaḥ /
tadā vāyurabhūttīvraḥ sarvato raṇamaṃḍale /
parvatāstreṇa taṃ vāyuṃ kṣobhayaṃtaṃ samāvṛṇot

vajrāstreṇa nṛpaḥ saṃkhye ciccheda sanagopalān /
tadā nārāyaṇāstraṃ sa mumoca kuśa udbhaṭaḥ /
nārāyaṇaṃ tadā bhūpaṃ nāśakatparibādhitum

tadā prakupito'tyataṃ kuśaḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ /
uvāca bhūpaṃ śatrughnaṃ mahābalaparākramam

jānāmi tvāṃ mahāvīraṃ saṃgrāme jayakāriṇam /
yattvāṃ nārāyaṇāstraṃ me na babādhe bhayānakam

idānīṃ pātayāmyadya bhūmau tvāṃ nṛpate śaraiḥ /
tribhiścennakaromyetatpratijñāṃ tarhi me śṛṇu

yo manuṣyavapuḥ prāpya durlabhaṃ puṇyakoṭibhiḥ /
tannādriyeta saṃmohāttasya mestvatra pātakam

sāvadhāno bhavānatra bhavatu pradhanāṃgaṇe /
pātayāmi kṣitau sadya ityuktvā svaśarāsane

śaraṃ saṃropayāmāsa ghoraṃ kālānalaprabham /
lakṣīkṛtya riporvakṣo vipulaṃ kaṭhinaṃ mahat

taṃ saṃdhitaṃ śaraṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrughnaḥ kopamūrcchitaḥ /
mumoca bāṇānniśitānkuśatvagbhedakārakān

sa bāṇo hṛdayaṃ tasya bhettuṃ tatpracacāla vai /
ghorarūpo vahnisamaāśīviṣavaducchvasan

sa bāṇo nṛpavaryeṇa rāmaṃ smṛtvāśulakṣitaḥ /
ciccheda kuśamuktaṃ sa sāyakaṃ śitaparvakam

tadātyaṃtaṃ prakupitaḥ kuśo bāṇasya kṛṃtanāt /
aparaṃ sāyakaṃ cāpe dadhāra śitaparvakam

sa yāvattaduro bhettuṃ karoti ca baloddhuraḥ /
taṃ tāvadacchinattasya śaraṃ kālānalaprabham

tadā kuśo mātṛpādau smṛtvā roṣasamanvitaḥ /
tṛtīyaṃ cāpake svīye dadhāra śaramadbhutam

śatrughnastamapi kṣipraṃ cchettuṃ bāṇaṃ samādade /
tāvadviddhaḥ śareṇāsau papāta dharaṇītale

hāhākāro mahānāsīcchatrughne vinipātite /
jayamāpakuśastatra svabāhubaladarpitaḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe/
śatrughnamūrcchane kuśajayonāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ