Ramayana · Chapter 3.023

āśramaṃ prati yāte tu khare kharaparākrame
tān evautpātikān rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā dadarśa ha

tān utpātān mahāghorān utthitān romaharṣaṇān
prajānām ahitān dṛṣṭvā vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravīt

imān paśya mahābāho sarvabhūtāpahāriṇaḥ
samutthitān mahotpātān saṃhartuṃ sarvarākṣasān

amī rudhiradhārās tu visṛjantaḥ kharasvanān
vyomni meghā vivartante paruṣā gardabhāruṇāḥ

sadhūmāś ca śarāḥ sarve mama yuddhābhinandinaḥ
rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viveṣṭante ca lakṣmaṇa

yādṛśā iha kūjanti pakṣiṇo vanacāriṇaḥ
agrato no bhayaṃ prāptaṃ saṃśayo jīvitasya ca

saṃprahāras tu sumahān bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
ayam ākhyāti me bāhuḥ sphuramāṇo muhur muhuḥ

saṃnikarṣe tu naḥ śūra jayaṃ śatroḥ parājayam
suprabhaṃ ca prasannaṃ ca tava vaktraṃ hi lakṣyate

udyatānāṃ hi yuddhārthaṃ yeṣāṃ bhavati lakṣmaṇaḥ
niṣprabhaṃ vadanaṃ teṣāṃ bhavaty āyuḥ parikṣayaḥ

anāgatavidhānaṃ tu kartavyaṃ śubham icchatā
āpadaṃ śaṅkamānena puruṣeṇa vipaścitā

tasmād gṛhītvā vaidehīṃ śarapāṇir dhanurdharaḥ
guhām āśrayaśailasya durgāṃ pādapasaṃkulām

pratikūlitum icchāmi na hi vākyam idaṃ tvayā
śāpito mama pādābhyāṃ gamyatāṃ vatsa māciram

evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā
śarān ādāya cāpaṃ ca guhāṃ durgāṃ samāśrayat

tasmin praviṣṭe tu guhāṃ lakṣmaṇe saha sītayā
hanta niryuktam ity uktvā rāmaḥ kavacam āviśat

sā tenāgninikāśena kavacena vibhūṣitaḥ
babhūva rāmas timire vidhūmo 'gnir ivotthitaḥ

sa cāpam udyamya mahac charān ādāya vīryavān
babhūvāvasthitas tatra jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayan diśaḥ

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca saha cāraṇaiḥ
ūcuḥ paramasaṃtrastā guhyakāś ca parasparam

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām
ekaś ca rāmo dharmātmā kathaṃ yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati

tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ ghoravarmāyudhadhvajam
anīkaṃ yātudhānānāṃ samantāt pratyadṛśyata

siṃhanādaṃ visṛjatām anyonyam abhigarjatām
cāpāni vispharayatāṃ jṛmbhatāṃ cāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ

vipraghuṣṭasvanānāṃ ca dundubhīṃś cāpi nighnatām
teṣāṃ sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ pūrayām āsa tad vanam

tena śabdena vitrastāḥ śvāpadā vanacāriṇaḥ
dudruvur yatra niḥśabdaṃ pṛṣṭhato nāvalokayan

tat tv anīkaṃ mahāvegaṃ rāmaṃ samupasarpata
ghṛtanānāpraharaṇaṃ gambhīraṃ sāgaropamam

rāmo 'pi cārayaṃś cakṣuḥ sarvato raṇapaṇḍitaḥ
dadarśa kharasainyaṃ tad yuddhābhimukham udyatam

vitatya ca dhanur bhīmaṃ tūṇyāś coddhṛtya sāyakān
krodham āhārayat tīvraṃ vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām

duṣprekṣyaḥ so 'bhavat kruddho yugāntāgnir iva jvalan
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasāviṣṭaṃ prāvyathan vanadevatāḥ

tasya kruddhasya rūpaṃ tu rāmasya dadṛśe tadā
dakṣasyeva kratuṃ hantum udyatasya pinākinaḥ