Ramayana · Chapter 3.025

tad drumāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat
pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavas tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ

pratigṛhya ca tad varaṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ
rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām

tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pradīpta iva tejasā
śarair abhyakirat sainyaṃ sarvataḥ sahadūṣaṇam

tataḥ senāpatiḥ kruddho dūṣaṇaḥ śatrudūṣaṇaḥ
jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam

veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭair devasainyābhimardanam
āyasaiḥ śaṅkubhis tīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitām

vajrāśanisamasparśaṃ paragopuradāraṇam
taṃ mahoragasaṃkāśaṃ pragṛhya parighaṃ raṇe
dūṣaṇo 'bhyapatad rāmaṃ krūrakarmā niśācaraḥ

tasyābhipatamānasya dūṣaṇasya sa rāghavaḥ
dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda sahastābharaṇau bhujau

bhraṣṭas tasya mahākāyaḥ papāta raṇamūrdhani
parighaś chinnahastasya śakradhvaja ivāgrataḥ

sa karābhyāṃ vikīrṇābhyāṃ papāta bhuvi dūṣaṇaḥ
viṣāṇābhyāṃ viśīrṇābhyāṃ manasvīva mahāgajaḥ

dṛṣṭvā taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ raṇe
sādhu sādhv iti kākutsthaṃ sarvabhūtāny apūjayan

etasminn antare kruddhās trayaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ
saṃhatyābhyadravan rāmaṃ mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ
mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī ca mahābalaḥ

mahākapālo vipulaṃ śūlam udyamya rākṣasaḥ
sthūlākṣaḥ paṭṭiśaṃ gṛhya pramāthī ca paraśvadham

dṛṣṭvaivāpatatas tāṃs tu rāghavaḥ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ
tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha saṃprāptān atithīn iva

mahākapālasya śiraś ciccheda raghunaṅganaḥ
asaṃkhyeyais tu bāṇaughaiḥ pramamātha pramāthinam

sthūlākṣasyākṣiṇī tīkṣṇaiḥ pūrayām āsa sāyakaiḥ
sa papāta hato bhūmau viṭapīva mahādrumaḥ

tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśair hemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ
jaghanaśeṣaṃ tejasvī tasya sainyasya sāyakaiḥ

te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāḥ sadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ
nijaghnus tāni rakṣāṃsi vajrā iva mahādrumān

rakṣasāṃ tu śataṃ rāmaḥ śatenaikena karṇinā
sahasraṃ ca sahasreṇa jaghāna raṇamūrdhani

tair bhinnavarmābharaṇāś chinnabhinnaśarāsanāḥ
nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ rajanīcarāḥ

tair muktakeśaiḥ samare patitaiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ
āstīrṇā vasudhā kṛtsnā mahāvediḥ kuśair iva

kṣaṇena tu mahāghoraṃ vanaṃ nihatarākṣasaṃ
babhūva niraya prakhyaṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamam

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām
hatāny ekena rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇa padātinā

tasya sainyasya sarvasya kharaḥ śeṣo mahārathaḥ
rākṣasas triśirāś caiva rāmaś ca ripusūdanaḥ

tatas tu tad bhīmabalaṃ mahāhave samīkṣya rāmeṇa hataṃ balīyasā
rathena rāmaṃ mahatā kharas tataḥ samāsasādendra ivodyatāśaniḥ