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Ramayana · Chapter 1.019

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tac chrutvā rājaśārdūla viśvāmitrasya bhāṣitam
muhūrtam iva niḥsaṃjñaḥ saṃjñāvān idam abravīt

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ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣo me rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ
na yuddhayogyatām asya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ

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iyam akṣauhiṇī pūrṇā yasyāhaṃ patir īśvaraḥ
anayā saṃvṛto gatvā yodhāhaṃ tair niśācaraiḥ

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ime śūrāś ca vikrāntā bhṛtyā me 'straviśāradāḥ
yogyā rakṣogaṇair yoddhuṃ na rāmaṃ netum arhasi

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aham eva dhanuṣpāṇir goptā samaramūrdhani
yāvat prāṇān dhariṣyāmi tāvad yotsye niśācaraiḥ

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nirvighnā vratacaryā sā bhaviṣyati surakṣitā
ahaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi na rāma netum arhasi

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bālo hy akṛtavidyaś ca na ca vetti balābalam
na cāstrabalasaṃyukto na ca yuddhaviśāradaḥ
na cāsau rakṣasāṃ yogyaḥ kūṭayuddhā hi te dhruvam

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viprayukto hi rāmeṇa muhūrtam api notsahe
jīvituṃ muniśārdūla na rāmaṃ netum arhasi

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yadi vā rāghavaṃ brahman netum icchasi suvrata
caturaṅgasamāyuktaṃ mayā saha ca taṃ naya

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ṣaṣṭir varṣasahasrāṇi jātasya mama kauśika
duḥkhenotpāditaś cāyaṃ na rāmaṃ netum arhasi

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caturṇām ātmajānāṃ hi prītiḥ paramikā mama
jyeṣṭhaṃ dharmapradhānaṃ ca na rāmaṃ netum arhasi

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kiṃ vīryā rākṣasās te ca kasya putrāś ca ke ca te
kathaṃ pramāṇāḥ ke caitān rakṣanti munipuṃgava

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kathaṃ ca pratikartavyaṃ teṣāṃ rāmeṇa rakṣasām
māmakair vā balair brahman mayā vā kūṭayodhinām

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sarvaṃ me śaṃsa bhagavan kathaṃ teṣāṃ mayā raṇe
sthātavyaṃ duṣṭabhāvānāṃ vīryotsiktā hi rākṣasāḥ

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tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata
paulastyavaṃśaprabhavo rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ

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sa brahmaṇā dattavaras trailokyaṃ bādhate bhṛśam
mahābalo mahāvīryo rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtaḥ

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śrūyate hi mahāvīryo rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
sākṣād vaiśravaṇabhrātā putro viśravaso muneḥ

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yadā svayaṃ na yajñasya vighnakartā mahābalaḥ
tena saṃcoditau tau tu rākṣasau sumahā balau
mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca yajñavighnaṃ kariṣyataḥ

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ity ukto muninā tena rājovāca muniṃ tadā
na hi śakto 'smi saṃgrāme sthātuṃ tasya durātmanaḥ

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sa tvaṃ prasādaṃ dharmajña kuruṣva mama putrake
devadānavagandharvā yakṣāḥ pataga pannagāḥ

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na śaktā rāvaṇaṃ soḍhuṃ kiṃ punar mānavā yudhi
sa hi vīryavatāṃ vīryam ādatte yudhi rākṣasaḥ

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tena cāhaṃ na śakto 'smi saṃyoddhuṃ tasya vā balaiḥ
sabalo vā muniśreṣṭha sahito vā mamātmajaiḥ

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katham apy amaraprakhyaṃ saṃgrāmāṇām akovidam
bālaṃ me tanayaṃ brahman naiva dāsyāmi putrakam

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atha kālopamau yuddhe sutau sundopasundayoḥ
yajñavighnakarau tau te naiva dāsyāmi putrakam

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mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca vīryavantau suśikṣitau
tayor anyatareṇāhaṃ yoddhā syāṃ sasuhṛdgaṇaḥ

Original text: Rāmāyaṇa · Edition: John Smith's Rāmāyaṇa-Page (last comparison: 2020-04-16) · Data entry Muneo Tokunaga · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0