Ramayana · Chapter 3.049

ity uktasya yathānyāyaṃ rāvaṇasya jaṭāyuṣā
kruddhasyāgninibhāḥ sarvā rejur viṃśatidṛṣṭayaḥ

saṃraktanayanaḥ kopāt taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ
rākṣasendro 'bhidudrāva patagendram amarṣaṇaḥ

sa saṃprahāras tumulas tayos tasmin mahāvane
babhūva vātoddhatayor meghayor gagane yathā

tad babhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ gṛdhrarākṣasayos tadā
sapakṣayor mālyavator mahāparvatayor iva

tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ
abhyavarṣan mahāghorair gṛdhrarājaṃ mahābalaḥ

sa tāni śarajālāni gṛdhraḥ patraratheśvaraḥ
jaṭāyuḥ pratijagrāha rāvaṇāstrāṇi saṃyuge

tasya tīkṣṇanakhābhyāṃ tu caraṇābhyāṃ mahābalaḥ
cakāra bahudhā gātre vraṇān patagasattamaḥ

atha krodhād daśagrīvo jagrāha daśamārgaṇān
mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān ghorāñ śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā

sa tair bāṇair mahāvīryaḥ pūrṇamuktair ajihmagaiḥ
bibheda niśitais tīkṣṇair gṛdhraṃ ghoraiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ

sa rākṣasarathe paśyañ jānakīṃ bāṣpalocanām
acintayitvā bāṇāṃs tān rākṣasaṃ samabhidravat

tato 'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam
caraṇābhyāṃ mahātejā babhañja patageśvaraḥ

tac cāgnisadṛśaṃ dīptaṃ rāvaṇasya śarāvaram
pakṣābhyāṃ ca mahātejā vyadhunot patageśvaraḥ

kāñcanoraśchadān divyān piśācavadanān kharān
tāṃś cāsya javasaṃpannāñ jaghāna samare balī

varaṃ triveṇusaṃpannaṃ kāmagaṃ pāvakārciṣam
maṇihemavicitrāṅgaṃ babhañja ca mahāratham
pūrṇacandrapratīkāśaṃ chatraṃ ca vyajanaiḥ saha

sa bhagnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
aṅkenādāya vaidehīṃ papāta bhuvi rāvaṇaḥ

dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhūmau rāvaṇaṃ bhagnavāhanam
sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni gṛdhrarājam apūjayan

pariśrāntaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā jarayā pakṣiyūthapam
utpapāta punar hṛṣṭo maithilīṃ gṛhya rāvaṇaḥ

taṃ prahṛṣṭaṃ nidhāyāṅke gacchantaṃ janakātmajām
gṛdhrarājaḥ samutpatya jaṭāyur idam abravīt

vajrasaṃsparśabāṇasya bhāryāṃ rāmasya rāvaṇa
alpabuddhe harasy enāṃ vadhāya khalu rakṣasām

samitrabandhuḥ sāmātyaḥ sabalaḥ saparicchadaḥ
viṣapānaṃ pibasy etat pipāsita ivodakam

anubandham ajānantaḥ karmaṇām avicakṣaṇāḥ
śīghram eva vinaśyanti yathā tvaṃ vinaśiṣyasi

baddhas tvaṃ kālapāśena kva gatas tasya mokṣyase
vadhāya baḍiśaṃ gṛhya sāmiṣaṃ jalajo yathā

na hi jātu durādharṣau kākutsthau tava rāvaṇa
dharṣaṇaṃ cāśramasyāsya kṣamiṣyete tu rāghavau

yathā tvayā kṛtaṃ karma bhīruṇā lokagarhitam
taskarācarito mārgo naiṣa vīraniṣevitaḥ

yudhyasva yadi śūro 'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa
śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathā bhrātā kharas tathā

paretakāle puruṣo yat karma pratipadyate
vināśāyātmano 'dharmyaṃ pratipanno 'si karma tat

pāpānubandho vai yasya karmaṇaḥ ko nu tat pumān
kurvīta lokādhipatiḥ svayambhūr bhagavān api

evam uktvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ jaṭāyus tasya rakṣasaḥ
nipapāta bhṛśaṃ pṛṣṭhe daśagrīvasya vīryavān

taṃ gṛhītvā nakhais tīkṣṇair virarāda samantataḥ
adhirūḍho gajārohi yathā syād duṣṭavāraṇam

virarāda nakhair asya tuṇḍaṃ pṛṣṭhe samarpayan
keśāṃś cotpāṭayām āsa nakhapakṣamukhāyudhaḥ

sa tathā gṛdhrarājena kliśyamāno muhur muhuḥ
amarṣasphuritauṣṭhaḥ san prākampata sa rākṣasaḥ

saṃpariṣvajya vaidehīṃ vāmenāṅkena rāvaṇaḥ
talenābhijaghānārto jaṭāyuṃ krodhamūrchitaḥ

jaṭāyus tam atikramya tuṇḍenāsya kharādhipaḥ
vāmabāhūn daśa tadā vyapāharad ariṃdamaḥ

tataḥ kruddho daśakrīvaḥ sītām utsṛjya vīryavān
muṣṭibhyāṃ caraṇābhyāṃ ca gṛdhrarājam apothayat

tato muhūrtaṃ saṃgrāmo babhūvātulavīryayoḥ
rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya pakṣiṇāṃ pravarasya ca

tasya vyāyacchamānasya rāmasyārthe 'tha rāvaṇaḥ
pakṣau pādau ca pārśvau ca khaḍgam uddhṛtya so 'cchinat

sa chinnapakṣaḥ sahasā rakṣasā raudrakarmaṇā
nipapāta hato gṛdhro dharaṇyām alpajīvitaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau kṣatajārdraṃ jaṭāyuṣam
abhyadhāvata vaidehī svabandhum iva duḥkhitā

taṃ nīlajīmūtanikāśakalpaṃ supāṇḍuroraskam udāravīryam
dadarśa laṅkādhipatiḥ pṛthivyāṃ jaṭāyuṣaṃ śāntam ivāgnidāvam

tatas tu taṃ patrarathaṃ mahītale nipātitaṃ rāvaṇavegamarditam
punaḥ pariṣvajya śaśiprabhānanā ruroda sītā janakātmajā tadā