Ramayana · Chapter 6.053

sa tathoktas tu nirbhartsya kumbhakarṇo mahodaram
abravīd rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāvaṇaṃ tataḥ

so 'haṃ tava bhayaṃ ghoraṃ vadhāt tasya durātmanaḥ
rāmasyādya pramārjāmi nirvairas tvaṃ sukhībhava

garjanti na vṛthā śūra nirjalā iva toyadāḥ
paśya saṃpādyamānaṃ tu garjitaṃ yudhi karmaṇā

na marṣayati cātmānaṃ saṃbhāvayati nātmanā
adarśayitvā śūrās tu karma kurvanti duṣkaram

viklavānām abuddhīnāṃ rājñāṃ paṇḍitamāninām
śṛṇvatām ādita idaṃ tvadvidhānāṃ mahodara

yuddhe kāpuruṣair nityaṃ bhavadbhiḥ priyavādibhiḥ
rājānam anugacchadbhiḥ kṛtyam etad vināśitam

rājaśeṣā kṛtā laṅkā kṣīṇaḥ kośo balaṃ hatam
rājānam imam āsādya suhṛccihnam amitrakam

eṣa niryāmy ahaṃ yuddham udyataḥ śatrunirjaye
durnayaṃ bhavatām adya samīkartuṃ mahāhave

evam uktavato vākyaṃ kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ
pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ prahasan rākṣasādhipaḥ

mahodaro 'yaṃ rāmāt tu paritrasto na saṃśayaḥ
na hi rocayate tāta yuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada

kaś cin me tvatsamo nāsti sauhṛdena balena ca
gaccha śatruvadhāya tvaṃ kumbhakarṇajayāya ca

ādade niśitaṃ śūlaṃ vegāc chatrunibarhaṇaḥ
sarvakālāyasaṃ dīptaṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam

indrāśanisamaṃ bhīmaṃ vajrapratimagauravam
devadānavagandharvayakṣakiṃnarasūdanam

raktamālya mahādāma svataś codgatapāvakam
ādāya niśitaṃ śūlaṃ śatruśoṇitarañjitam
kumbhakarṇo mahātejā rāvaṇaṃ vākyam abravīt

gamiṣyāmy aham ekākī tiṣṭhatv iha balaṃ mahat
adya tān kṣudhitaḥ kruddho bhakṣayiṣyāmi vānarān

kumbhakarṇavacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo vākyam abravīt
sainyaiḥ parivṛto gaccha śūlamudgalapāṇibhiḥ

vānarā hi mahātmānaḥ śīghrāś ca vyavasāyinaḥ
ekākinaṃ pramattaṃ vā nayeyur daśanaiḥ kṣayam

tasmāt paramadurdharṣaiḥ sainyaiḥ parivṛto vraja
rakṣasām ahitaṃ sarvaṃ śatrupakṣaṃ nisūdaya

athāsanāt samutpatya srajaṃ maṇikṛtāntarām
ābabandha mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇasya rāvaṇaḥ

aṅgadān aṅgulīveṣṭān varāṇy ābharaṇāni ca
hāraṃ ca śaśisaṃkāśam ābabandha mahātmanaḥ

divyāni ca sugandhīni mālyadāmāni rāvaṇaḥ
śrotre cāsajjayām āsa śrīmatī cāsya kuṇḍale

kāñcanāṅgadakeyūro niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
kumbhakarṇo bṛhatkarṇaḥ suhuto 'gnir ivābabhau

śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā mecakena virājitaḥ
amṛtotpādane naddho bhujaṃgeneva mandaraḥ

sa kāñcanaṃ bhārasahaṃ nivātaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ dīptam ivātmabhāsā
ābadhyamānaḥ kavacaṃ rarāja saṃdhyābhrasaṃvīta ivādrirājaḥ

sarvābharaṇanaddhāṅgaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sa rākṣasaḥ
trivikramakṛtotsāho nārāyaṇa ivābabhau

bhrātaraṃ saṃpariṣvajya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
praṇamya śirasā tasmai saṃpratasthe mahābaliḥ
tam āśīrbhiḥ praśastābhiḥ preṣayām āsa rāvaṇaḥ

śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ sainyaiś cāpi varāyudhaiḥ
taṃ gajaiś ca turaṃgaiś ca syandanaiś cāmbudasvanaiḥ
anujagmur mahātmānaṃ rathino rathināṃ varam

sarpair uṣṭraiḥ kharair aśvaiḥ siṃhadvipamṛgadvijaiḥ
anujagmuś ca taṃ ghoraṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam

sa puṣpavarṇair avakīryamāṇo dhṛtātapatraḥ śitaśūlapāṇiḥ
madotkaṭaḥ śoṇitagandhamatto viniryayau dānavadevaśatruḥ

padātayaś a bahavo mahānādā mahābalāḥ
anvayū rākṣasā bhīmā bhīmākṣāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ

raktākṣāḥ sumahākāyā nīlāñjanacayopamāḥ
śūrān udyamya khaḍgāṃś ca niśitāṃś ca paraśvadhān

bahuvyāmāṃś ca vipulān kṣepaṇīyān durāsadān
tālaskandhāṃś ca vipulān kṣepaṇīyān durāsadān

athānyad vapur ādāya dāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
niṣpapāta mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ

dhanuḥśataparīṇāhaḥ sa ṣaṭśatasamucchitaḥ
raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣo mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ

saṃnipatya ca rakṣāṃsi dagdhaśailopamo mahān
kumbhakarṇo mahāvaktraḥ prahasann idam abravīt

adya vānaramukhyānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ
nirdahiṣyāmi saṃkruddhaḥ śalabhān iva pāvakaḥ

nāparādhyanti me kāmaṃ vānarā vanacāriṇaḥ
jātir asmadvidhānāṃ sā purodyānavibhūṣaṇam

purarodhasya mūlaṃ tu rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
hate tasmin hataṃ sarvaṃ taṃ vadhiṣyāmi saṃyuge

evaṃ tasya bruvāṇasya kumbhakarṇasya rākṣasāḥ
nādaṃ cakrur mahāghoraṃ kampayanta ivārṇavam

tasya niṣpatatas tūrṇaṃ kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ
babhūvur ghorarūpāṇi nimittāni samantataḥ

ulkāśaniyutā meghā vineduś ca sudāruṇāḥ
sasāgaravanā caiva vasudhā samakampata

ghorarūpāḥ śivā neduḥ sajvālakavalair mukhaiḥ
maṇḍalāny apasavyāni babandhuś ca vihaṃgamāḥ

niṣpapāta ca gṛdhre 'sya śūle vai pathi gacchataḥ
prāsphuran nayanaṃ cāsya savyo bāhur akampata

niṣpapāta tadā coklā jvalantī bhīmanisvanā
ādityo niṣprabhaś cāsīn na pravāti sukho 'nilaḥ

acintayan mahotpātān utthitāṃl lomaharṣaṇān
niryayau kumbhakarṇas tu kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ

sa laṅghayitvā prākāraṃ padbhyāṃ parvatasaṃnibhaḥ
dadarśābhraghanaprakhyaṃ vānarānīkam adbhutam

te dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ vānarāḥ parvatopamam
vāyununnā iva ghanā yayuḥ sarvā diśas tadā

tad vānarānīkam atipracaṇḍaṃ diśo dravad bhinnam ivābhrajālam
sa kumbhakarṇaḥ samavekṣya harṣān nanāda bhūyo ghanavad ghanābhaḥ

te tasya ghoraṃ ninadaṃ niśamya yathā ninādaṃ divi vāridasya
petur dharaṇyāṃ bahavaḥ plavaṃgā nikṛttamūlā iva sālavṛkṣāḥ

vipulaparighavān sa kumbhakarṇo ripunidhanāya viniḥsṛto mahātmā
kapi gaṇabhayam ādadat subhīmaṃ prabhur iva kiṃkaradaṇḍavān yugānte