Ramayana · Chapter 3.065

kṛtvaivam udakaṃ tasmai prasthitau rāghavau tadā
avekṣantau vane sītāṃ paścimāṃ jagmatur diśam

tāṃ diśaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ gatvā śaracāpāsidhāriṇau
aviprahatam aikṣvākau panthānaṃ pratipedatuḥ

gulmair vṛkṣaiś ca bahubhir latābhiś ca praveṣṭitam
āvṛtaṃ sarvato durgaṃ gahanaṃ ghoradarśanam

vyatikramya tu vegena gṛhītvā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
subhīmaṃ tan mahāraṇyaṃ vyatiyātau mahābalau

tataḥ paraṃ janasthānāt trikrośaṃ gamya rāghavau
krauñcāraṇyaṃ viviśatur gahanaṃ tau mahaujasau

nānāmeghaghanaprakhyaṃ prahṛṣṭam iva sarvataḥ
nānāvarṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpair mṛgapakṣigaṇair yutam

didṛkṣamāṇau vaidehīṃ tad vanaṃ tau vicikyatuḥ
tatra tatrāvatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau

lakṣmaṇas tu mahātejāḥ sattvavāñ śīlavāñ śuciḥ
abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ

spandate me dṛḍhaṃ bāhur udvignam iva me manaḥ
prāyaśaś cāpy aniṣṭāni nimittāny upalakṣaye

tasmāt sajjībhavārya tvaṃ kuruṣva vacanaṃ hitam
mamaiva hi nimittāni sadyaḥ śaṃsanti saṃbhramam

eṣa vañculako nāma pakṣī paramadāruṇaḥ
āvayor vijayaṃ yuddhe śaṃsann iva vinardati

tayor anveṣator evaṃ sarvaṃ tad vanam ojasā
saṃjajñe vipulaḥ śabdaḥ prabhañjann iva tad vanam

saṃveṣṭitam ivātyarthaṃ gahanaṃ mātariśvanā
vanasya tasya śabdo 'bhūd divam āpūrayann iva

taṃ śabdaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇas tu rāmaḥ kakṣe sahānujaḥ
dadarśa sumahākāyaṃ rākṣasaṃ vipulorasaṃ

āsedatus tatas tatra tāv ubhau pramukhe sthitam
vivṛddham aśirogrīvaṃ kabandham udare mukham

romabhir nicitais tīkṣṇair mahāgirim ivocchritam
nīlameghanibhaṃ raudraṃ meghastanitaniḥsvanam

mahāpakṣmeṇa piṅgena vipulenāyatena ca
ekenorasi ghoreṇa nayanenāśudarśinā

mahādaṃṣṭropapannaṃ taṃ lelihānaṃ mahāmukham
bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorān ṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān

ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇam ubhau yojanam āyatau
karābhyāṃ vividhān gṛhya ṛṣkān pakṣigaṇān mṛgān

ākarṣantaṃ vikarṣantam anekān mṛgayūthapān
sthitam āvṛtya panthānaṃ tayor bhrātroḥ prapannayoḥ

atha tau samatikramya krośamātre dadarśatuḥ
mahāntaṃ dāruṇaṃ bhīmaṃ kabandhaṃ bhujasaṃvṛtam

sa mahābāhur atyarthaṃ prasārya vipulau bhujau
jagrāha sahitāv eva rāghavau pīḍayan balāt

khaḍginau dṛḍhadhanvānau tigmatejau mahābhujau
bhrātarau vivaśaṃ prāptau kṛṣyamāṇau mahābalau

tāv uvāca mahābāhuḥ kabandho dānavottamaḥ
kau yuvāṃ vṛṣabhaskandhau mahākhaḍgadhanurdharau

ghoraṃ deśam imaṃ prāptau mama bhakṣāv upasthitau
vadataṃ kāryam iha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām

imaṃ deśam anuprāptau kṣudhārtasyeha tiṣṭhataḥ
sabāṇacāpakhaḍgau ca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau
mamāsyam anusaṃprāptau durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ punaḥ

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kabandhasya durātmanaḥ
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā

kṛcchrāt kṛcchrataraṃ prāpya dāruṇaṃ satyavikrama
vyasanaṃ jīvitāntāya prāptam aprāpya tāṃ priyām

kālasya sumahad vīryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa
tvāṃ ca māṃ ca naravyāghra vyasanaiḥ paśya mohitau
nātibhāro 'sti daivasya sarvabhuteṣu lakṣmaṇa

śūrāś ca balavantaś ca kṛtāstrāś ca raṇājire
kālābhipannāḥ sīdanti yathā vālukasetavaḥ

iti bruvāṇo dṛḍhasatyavikramo mahāyaśā dāśarathiḥ pratāpavān
avekṣya saumitrim udagravikramaṃ sthirāṃ tadā svāṃ matim ātmanākarot