Ramayana · Chapter 3.021

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 saṃbhramaś ca vimucyatām
ahaṃ rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam

paraśvadhahatasyādya mandaprāṇasya bhūtale
rāmasya rudhiraṃ raktam uṣṇaṃ pāsyasi rākṣasi

sā prahṛṣṭvā 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
rakṣasīṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣv anivartinām

nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām
lokasiṃhāvihārāṇāṃ 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 vaidūryamaya kūbaram

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

dhvajanistriṃśasaṃpannaṃ 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 patighair ghorair atimātraiś ca kārmukaiḥ
gadāsimusalair vajrair gṛhītair bhīmadarśanaiḥ

rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa
niryātāni janasthānāt kharacittānuvartinām

tāṃs tv abhidravato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasān bhīmavikramān
kharasyāpi rathaḥ kiṃ cij jagāma tadanantaram

tatas tāñ śabalān aśvāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣitān
kharasya matam ājñāya sārathiḥ samacodayat

sa codito rathaḥ śīghraṃ kharasya ripughātinaḥ
śabdenāpūrayām āsa diśaś ca pratiśas tathā

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