Rāmāyaṇa-rev-2-3 (revised text) · Chapter 3.21

evam ādharṣitaḥ śūraḥ śūrpaṇakhyā kharas tadā
uvāca rakṣasāṃ madhye kharaḥ kharataraṃ vacaḥ //

tavāpamānaprabhavaḥ krodho 'yam atulo mama
na śakyate dhārayituṃ lavaṇāmbha ivotthitam //

na rāmaṃ gaṇaye vīryān mānuṣaṃ kṣīṇajīvitam
ātmā duścaritaiḥ prāṇān hato yo 'dya vimokṣyati //

bāṣpaḥ saṃhriyatām eṣa sambhramaś ca vimucyatām
ahaṃ rāmaṃ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam //

paraśvadhahatasyādya mandaprāṇasya bhūtale
rāmasya rudhiraṃ raktam uṣṇaṃ pāsyasi rākṣasi //

sā prahṛṣṭā vacaḥ śrutvā kharasya vadanāc cyutam
praśaśaṃsa punar maurkhyād bhrātaraṃ rakṣasāṃ varam //

tayā paruṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ punar eva praśaṃsitaḥ
abravīd dūṣaṇaṃ nāma kharaḥ senāpatiṃ tadā //

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām
rakṣasāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣv anivartinām //

nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām
lokahiṃsāvihārāṇāṃ balinām ugratejasām //

teṣāṃ śārdūladarpāṇāṃ mahāsyānāṃ mahaujasām
sarvodyogam udīrṇānāṃ rakṣasāṃ saumya kāraya //

upasthāpaya me kṣipraṃ rathaṃ saumya dhanūṃṣi ca
śarāṃś ca citrān khaḍgāṃś ca śaktīś ca vividhāḥ śitāḥ //

agre niryātum icchāmi paulastyānāṃ mahātmanām
vadhārthaṃ durvinītasya rāmasya raṇakovidaḥ //

iti tasya bruvāṇasya sūryavarṇaṃ mahāratham
sadaśvaiḥ śabalair yuktam ācacakṣe 'tha dūṣaṇaḥ //

taṃ meruśikharākāraṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam
hemacakram asaṃbādhaṃ vaidūryamayakūbaram //

matsyaiḥ puṣpair drumaiḥ śailaiś candrasūryaiś ca kāñcanaiḥ
māṅgalyaiḥ pakṣisaṃghaiś ca tārābhiś ca samāvṛtam //

dhvajanistriṃśasampannaṃ kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitam
sadaśvayuktaṃ so 'marṣād āruroha rathaṃ kharaḥ //

niśāmya taṃ rathagataṃ rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ
tasthuḥ saṃparivāryainaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ ca mahābalam //

kharas tu tān maheṣvāsān ghoracarmāyudhadhvajān
niryātety abravīd dṛṣṭvā rathasthaḥ sarvarākṣasān //

tatas tad rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ ghoracarmāyudhadhvajam
nirjagāma janasthānān mahānādaṃ mahājavam //

mudgaraiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiś ca paraśvadhaiḥ
khaḍgaiś cakraiś ca hastasthair bhrājamānaiś ca tomaraiḥ //

śaktibhiḥ parighair ghorair atimātraiś ca kārmukaiḥ
gadāsimusalair vajrair gṛhītair bhīmadarśanaiḥ //

rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa
niryātāni janasthānāt kharacittānuvartinām //

tāṃs tv abhidravato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasān bhīmavikramān
kharasyāpi rathaḥ kiṃcij jagāma tadanantaram //

tatas tāñ śabalān aśvāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣitān
kharasya matam ājñāya sārathiḥ samacodayat //

sa codito rathaḥ śīghraṃ kharasya ripughātinaḥ
śabdenāpūrayām āsa diśaḥ pratidiśas tathā //

pravṛddhamanyus tu kharaḥ kharasvano ripor vadhārthaṃ tvarito yathāntakaḥ
acūcudat sārathim unnadan punar mahābalo megha ivāśmavarṣavān //