Ramayana · Chapter 6.049

tato rāmo mahātejā dhanur ādāya vīryavān
kirīṭinaṃ mahākāyaṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ dadarśa ha

taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ parvatākāradarśanam
kramamāṇam ivākāśaṃ purā nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum

satoyāmbudasaṃkāśaṃ kāñcanāṅgadabhūṣaṇam
dṛṣṭvā punaḥ pradudrāva vānarāṇāṃ mahācamūḥ

vidrutāṃ vāhinīṃ dṛṣṭvā vardhamānaṃ ca rākṣasaṃ
savismayam idaṃ rāmo vibhīṣaṇam uvāca ha

ko 'sau parvatasaṃkaśaḥ kirīṭī harilocanaḥ
laṅkāyāṃ dṛśyate vīraḥ savidyud iva toyadaḥ

pṛthivyāḥ ketubhūto 'sau mahān eko 'tra dṛśyate
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā vānarāḥ sarve vidravanti tatas tataḥ

ācakṣva me mahān ko 'sau rakṣo vā yadi vāsuraḥ
na mayaivaṃvidhaṃ bhūtaṃ dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kadā cana

sa pṛṣṭo rājaputreṇa rāmeṇākliṣṭakāriṇā
vibhīṣaṇo mahāprājñaḥ kākutstham idam abravīt

yena vaivasvato yuddhe vāsavaś ca parājitaḥ
saiṣa viśravasaḥ putraḥ kumbhakarṇaḥ pratāpavān

etena devā yudhi dānavāś ca yakṣā bhujaṃgāḥ piśitāśanāś ca
gandharvavidyādharakiṃnarāś ca sahasraśo rāghava saṃprabhagnāḥ

śūlapāṇiṃ virūpākṣaṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam
hantuṃ na śekus tridaśāḥ kālo 'yam iti mohitāḥ

prakṛtyā hy eṣa tejasvī kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
anyeṣāṃ rākṣasendrāṇāṃ varadānakṛtaṃ balam

etena jātamātreṇa kṣudhārtena mahātmanā
bhakṣitāni sahasrāṇi sattvānāṃ subahūny api

teṣu saṃbhakṣyamāṇeṣu prajā bhayanipīḍitāḥ
yānti sma śaraṇaṃ śakraṃ tam apy arthaṃ nyavedayan

sa kumbhakarṇaṃ kupito mahendro jaghāna vajreṇa śitena vajrī
sa śakravajrābhihato mahātmā cacāla kopāc ca bhṛśaṃ nanāda

tasya nānadyamānasya kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ
śrutvā ninādaṃ vitrastā bhūyo bhūmir vitatrase

tataḥ kopān mahendrasya kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
vikṛṣyairāvatād dantaṃ jaghānorasi vāsavam

kumbhakarṇaprahārārto vicacāla sa vāsavaḥ
tato viṣeduḥ sahasā devabrahmarṣidānavāḥ

prajābhiḥ saha śakraś ca yayau sthānaṃ svayambhuvaḥ
kumbhakarṇasya daurātmyaṃ śaśaṃsus te prajāpateḥ
prajānāṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ cāpi devānāṃ cāpi dharṣaṇam

evaṃ prajā yadi tv eṣa bhakṣayiṣyati nityaśaḥ
acireṇaiva kālena śūnyo loko bhaviṣyati

vāsavasya vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ
rakṣāṃsy āvāhayām āsa kumbhakarṇaṃ dadarśa ha

kumbhakarṇaṃ samīkṣyaiva vitatrāsa prajāpatiḥ
dṛṣṭvā niśvasya caivedaṃ svayambhūr idam abravīt

dhruvaṃ lokavināśāya paurastyenāsi nirmitaḥ
tasmāt tvam adya prabhṛti mṛtakalpaḥ śayiṣyasi
brahmaśāpābhibhūto 'tha nipapātāgrataḥ prabhoḥ

tataḥ paramasaṃbhrānto rāvaṇo vākyam abravīt
vivṛddhaḥ kāñcano vṛkṣaḥ phalakāle nikṛtyate

na naptāraṃ svakaṃ nyāyyaṃ śaptum evaṃ prajāpate
na mithyāvacanaś ca tvaṃ svapsyaty eṣa na saṃśayaḥ
kālas tu kriyatām asya śayane jāgare tathā

rāvaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā svayambhūr idam abravīt
śayitā hy eṣa ṣaṇ māsān ekāhaṃ jāgariṣyati

ekenāhnā tv asau vīraś caran bhūmiṃ bubhukṣitaḥ
vyāttāsyo bhakṣayel lokān saṃkruddha iva pāvakaḥ

so 'sau vyasanam āpannaḥ kumbhakarṇam abodhayat
tvatparākramabhītaś ca rājā saṃprati rāvaṇaḥ

sa eṣa nirgato vīraḥ śibirād bhīmavikramaḥ
vānarān bhṛśasaṃkruddho bhakṣayan paridhāvati

kumbhakarṇaṃ samīkṣyaiva harayo vipradudruvuḥ
katham enaṃ raṇe kruddhaṃ vārayiṣyanti vānarāḥ

ucyantāṃ vānarāḥ sarve yantram etat samucchritam
iti vijñāya harayo bhaviṣyantīha nirbhayāḥ

vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutvā hetumat sumukhodgatam
uvāca rāghavo vākyaṃ nīlaṃ senāpatiṃ tadā

gaccha sainyāni sarvāṇi vyūhya tiṣṭhasva pāvake
dvārāṇy ādāya laṅkāyāś caryāś cāpy atha saṃkramān

śailaśṛṅgāṇi vṛkṣāṃś ca śilāś cāpy upasaṃharan
tiṣṭhantu vānarāḥ sarve sāyudhāḥ śailapāṇayaḥ

rāghaveṇa samādiṣṭo nīlo haricamūpatiḥ
śaśāsa vānarānīkaṃ yathāvat kapikuñjaraḥ

tato gavākṣaḥ śarabho hanumān aṅgado nalaḥ
śailaśṛṅgāṇi śailābhā gṛhītvā dvāram abhyayuḥ

tato harīṇāṃ tad anīkam ugraṃ rarāja śailodyatavṛkṣahastam
gireḥ samīpānugataṃ yathaiva mahan mahāmbhodharajālam ugram