Ramayana · Chapter 4.011

rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā harṣapauruṣavardhanam
sugrīvaḥ pūjayāṃ cakre rāghavaṃ praśaśaṃsa ca

asaṃśayaṃ prajvalitais tīkṣṇair marmātigaiḥ śaraiḥ
tvaṃ daheḥ kupito lokān yugānta iva bhāskaraḥ

vālinaḥ pauruṣaṃ yat tad yac ca vīryaṃ dhṛtiś ca yā
tan mamaikamanāḥ śrutvā vidhatsva yadanantaram

samudrāt paścimāt pūrvaṃ dakṣiṇād api cottaram
krāmaty anudite sūrye vālī vyapagataklamaḥ

agrāṇy āruhya śailānāṃ śikharāṇi mahānty api
ūrdhvam utkṣipya tarasā pratigṛhṇāti vīryavān

bahavaḥ sāravantaś ca vaneṣu vividhā drumāḥ
vālinā tarasā bhagnā balaṃ prathayatātmanaḥ

mahiṣo dundubhir nāma kailāsaśikharaprabhaḥ
balaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayām āsa vīryavān

vīryotsekena duṣṭātmā varadānāc ca mohitaḥ
jagāma sa mahākāyaḥ samudraṃ saritāṃ patim

ūrmimantam atikramya sāgaraṃ ratnasaṃcayam
mama yuddhaṃ prayaccheti tam uvāca mahārṇavam

tataḥ samudro dharmātmā samutthāya mahābalaḥ
abravīd vacanaṃ rājann asuraṃ kālacoditam

samartho nāsmi te dātuṃ yuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada
śrūyatām abhidhāsyāmi yas te yuddhaṃ pradāsyati

śailarājo mahāraṇye tapasviśaraṇaṃ param
śaṃkaraśvaśuro nāmnā himavān iti viśrutaḥ

guhā prasravaṇopeto bahukandaranirjharaḥ
sa samarthas tava prītim atulāṃ kartum āhave

taṃ bhītam iti vijñāya samudram asurottamaḥ
himavadvanam āgacchac charaś cāpād iva cyutaḥ

tatas tasya gireḥ śvetā gajendravipulāḥ śilāḥ
cikṣepa bahudhā bhūmau dundubhir vinanāda ca

tataḥ śvetāmbudākāraḥ saumyaḥ prītikarākṛtiḥ
himavān abravīd vākyaṃ sva eva śikhare sthitaḥ

kleṣṭum arhasi māṃ na tvaṃ dundubhe dharmavatsala
raṇakarmasv akuśalas tapasviśaraṇaṃ hy aham

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā girirājasya dhīmataḥ
uvāca dundubhir vākyaṃ krodhāt saṃraktalocanaḥ

yadi yuddhe 'samarthas tvaṃ madbhayād vā nirudyamaḥ
tam ācakṣva pradadyān me yo 'dya yuddhaṃ yuyutsataḥ

himavān abravīd vākyaṃ śrutvā vākyaviśāradaḥ
anuktapūrvaṃ dharmātmā krodhāt tam asurottamam

vālī nāma mahāprājñaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ
adhyāste vānaraḥ śrīmān kiṣkindhām atulaprabhām

sa samartho mahāprājñas tava yuddhaviśāradaḥ
dvandvayuddhaṃ mahad dātuṃ namucer iva vāsavaḥ

taṃ śīghram abhigaccha tvaṃ yadi yuddham ihecchasi
sa hi durdharṣaṇo nityaṃ śūraḥ samarakarmaṇi

śrutvā himavato vākyaṃ krodhāviṣṭaḥ sa dundubhiḥ
jagāma tāṃ purīṃ tasya kiṣkindhāṃ vālinas tadā

dhārayan māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo bhayāvahaḥ
prāvṛṣīva mahāmeghas toyapūrṇo nabhastale

tatas tu dvāram āgamya kiṣkindhāyā mahābalaḥ
nanarda kampayan bhūmiṃ dundubhir dundubhir yathā

samīpajān drumān bhañjan vasudhāṃ dārayan khuraiḥ
viṣāṇenollekhan darpāt taddvāraṃ dvirado yathā

antaḥpuragato vālī śrutvā śabdam amarṣaṇaḥ
niṣpapāta saha strībhis tārābhir iva candramāḥ

mitaṃ vyaktākṣarapadaṃ tam uvāca sa dundubhim
harīṇām īśvaro vālī sarveṣāṃ vanacāriṇām

kimarthaṃ nagaradvāram idaṃ ruddhvā vinardasi
dundubhe vidito me 'si rakṣa prāṇān mahābala

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vānarendrasya dhīmataḥ
uvāca dundubhir vākyaṃ krodhāt saṃraktalocanaḥ

na tvaṃ strīsaṃnidhau vīra vacanaṃ vaktum arhasi
mama yuddhaṃ prayaccha tvaṃ tato jñāsyāmi te balam

atha vā dhārayiṣyāmi krodham adya niśām imām
gṛhyatām udayaḥ svairaṃ kāmabhogeṣu vānara

yo hi mattaṃ pramattaṃ vā suptaṃ vā rahitaṃ bhṛśam
hanyāt sa bhrūṇahā loke tvadvidhaṃ madamohitam

sa prahasyābravīn mandaṃ krodhāt tam asurottamam
visṛjya tāḥ striyaḥ sarvās tārāprabhṛtikās tadā

matto 'yam iti mā maṃsthā yady abhīto 'si saṃyuge
mado 'yaṃ saṃprahāre 'smin vīrapānaṃ samarthyatām

tam evam uktvā saṃkruddho mālām utkṣipya kāñcanīm
pitrā dattāṃ mahendreṇa yuddhāya vyavatiṣṭhata

viṣāṇayor gṛhītvā taṃ dundubhiṃ girisaṃnibham
vālī vyāpātayāṃ cakre nanarda ca mahāsvanam

yuddhe prāṇahare tasmin niṣpiṣṭo dundubhis tadā
śrotrābhyām atha raktaṃ tu tasya susrāva pātyataḥ
papāta ca mahākāyaḥ kṣitau pañcatvam āgataḥ

taṃ tolayitvā bāhubhyāṃ gatasattvam acetanam
cikṣepa vegavān vālī vegenaikena yojanam

tasya vegapraviddhasya vaktrāt kṣatajabindavaḥ
prapetur mārutotkṣiptā mataṅgasyāśramaṃ prati

tān dṛṣṭvā patitāṃs tatra muniḥ śoṇitavipruṣaḥ
utsasarja mahāśāpaṃ kṣeptāraṃ vālinaṃ prati
iha tenāpraveṣṭavyaṃ praviṣṭasya badho bhavet

sa maharṣiṃ samāsādya yācate sma kṛtāñjaliḥ

tataḥ śāpabhayād bhīta ṛśyamūkaṃ mahāgirim
praveṣṭuṃ necchati harir draṣṭuṃ vāpi nareśvara

tasyāpraveśaṃ jñātvāham idaṃ rāma mahāvanam
vicarāmi sahāmātyo viṣādena vivarjitaḥ

eṣo 'sthinicayas tasya dundubheḥ saṃprakāśate
vīryotsekān nirastasya girikūṭanibho mahān

ime ca vipulāḥ sālāḥ sapta śākhāvalambinaḥ
yatraikaṃ ghaṭate vālī niṣpatrayitum ojasā

etad asyāsamaṃ vīryaṃ mayā rāma prakāśitam
kathaṃ taṃ vālinaṃ hantuṃ samare śakṣyase nṛpa

yadi bhindyād bhavān sālān imāṃs tv ekeṣuṇā tataḥ
jānīyāṃ tvāṃ mahābāho samarthaṃ vālino vadhe

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ
rāghavo dundubheḥ kāyaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhena līlayā
tolayitvā mahābāhuś cikṣepa daśayojanam

kṣiptaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ kāyaṃ sugrīvaḥ punar abravīt
lakṣmaṇasyāgrato rāmam idaṃ vacanam arthavat

ārdraḥ samāṃsapratyagraḥ kṣiptaḥ kāyaḥ purā sakhe
laghuḥ saṃprati nirmāṃsas tṛṇabhūtaś ca rāghava
nātra śakyaṃ balaṃ jñātuṃ tava vā tasya vādhikam