Ramayana · Chapter 6.055

te nivṛttā mahākāyāḥ śrutvāṅgadavacas tadā
naiṣṭhikīṃ buddhim āsthāya sarve saṃgrāmakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

samudīritavīryās te samāropitavikramāḥ
paryavasthāpitā vākyair aṅgadena valīmukhāḥ

prayātāś ca gatā harṣaṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayāḥ
cakruḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ vānarās tyaktajīvitāḥ

atha vṛkṣān mahākāyāḥ sānūni sumahānti ca
vānarās tūrṇam udyamya kumbhakarṇam abhidravan

sa kumbhakarṇaḥ saṃkruddho gadām udyamya vīryavān
ardayan sumahākāyaḥ samantād vyākṣipad ripūn

śatāni sapta cāṣṭau ca sahasrāṇi ca vānarāḥ
prakīrṇāḥ śerate bhūmau kumbhakarṇena pothitāḥ

ṣoḍaśāṣṭau ca daśa ca viṃśat triṃśat tathaiva ca
parikṣipya ca bāhubhyāṃ khādan viparidhāvati
bhakṣayan bhṛśasaṃkruddho garuḍaḥ pannagān iva

hanūmāñ śailaśṛṅgāṇi vṛkṣāṃś ca vividhān bahūn
vavarṣa kumbhakarṇasya śirasy ambaram āsthitaḥ

tāni parvataśṛṅgāṇi śūlena tu bibheda ha
babhañja vṛkṣavarṣaṃ ca kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ

tato harīṇāṃ tad anīkam ugraṃ dudrāva śūlaṃ niśitaṃ pragṛhya
tasthau tato 'syāpatataḥ purastān mahīdharāgraṃ hanumān pragṛhya

sa kumbhakarṇaṃ kupito jaghāna vegena śailottamabhīmakāyam
sa cukṣubhe tena tadābhibūto medārdragātro rudhirāvasiktaḥ

sa śūlam āvidhya taḍitprakāśaṃ giriṃ yathā prajvalitāgraśṛṅgam
bāhvantare mārutim ājaghāna guho 'calaṃ krauñcam ivograśaktyā

sa śūlanirbhinna mahābhujāntaraḥ pravihvalaḥ śoṇitam udvaman mukhāt
nanāda bhīmaṃ hanumān mahāhave yugāntameghastanitasvanopamam

tato vineduḥ sahasā prahṛṣṭā rakṣogaṇās taṃ vyathitaṃ samīkṣya
plavaṃgamās tu vyathitā bhayārtāḥ pradudruvuḥ saṃyati kumbhakarṇāt

nīlaś cikṣepa śailāgraṃ kumbhakarṇāya dhīmate
tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya muṣṭinābhijaghāna ha

muṣṭiprahārābhihataṃ tac chailāgraṃ vyaśīryata
savisphuliṅgaṃ sajvālaṃ nipapāta mahītale

ṛṣabhaḥ śarabho nīlo gavākṣo gandhamādanaḥ
pañcavānaraśārdūlāḥ kumbhakarṇam upādravan

śailair vṛkṣais talaiḥ pādair muṣṭibhiś ca mahābalāḥ
kumbhakarṇaṃ mahākāyaṃ sarvato 'bhinijaghnire

sparśān iva prahārāṃs tān vedayāno na vivyathe
ṛṣabhaṃ tu mahāvegaṃ bāhubhyāṃ pariṣasvaje

kumbhakarṇabhujābhyāṃ tu pīḍito vānararṣabhaḥ
nipapātarṣabho bhīmaḥ pramukhāgataśoṇitaḥ

muṣṭinā śarabhaṃ hatvā jānunā nīlam āhave
ājaghāna gavākṣaṃ ca talenendraripus tadā

dattapraharavyathitā mumuhuḥ śoṇitokṣitāḥ
nipetus te tu medinyāṃ nikṛttā iva kiṃśukāḥ

teṣu vānaramukhyeṣu patiteṣu mahātmasu
vānarāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi kumbhakarṇaṃ pradudruvuḥ

taṃ śailam iva śailābhāḥ sarve tu plavagarṣabhāḥ
samāruhya samutpatya dadaṃśuś ca mahābalāḥ

taṃ nakhair daśanaiś cāpi muṣṭibhir jānubhis tathā
kumbhakarṇaṃ mahākāyaṃ te jaghnuḥ plavagarṣabhāḥ

sa vānarasahasrais tair ācitaḥ parvatopamaḥ
rarāja rākṣasavyāghro girir ātmaruhair iva

bāhubhyāṃ vānarān sarvān pragṛhya sa mahābalaḥ
bhakṣayām āsa saṃkruddho garuḍaḥ pannagān iva

prakṣiptāḥ kumbhakarṇena vaktre pātālasaṃnibhe
nāsā puṭābhyāṃ nirjagmuḥ karṇābhyāṃ caiva vānarāḥ

bhakṣayan bhṛśasaṃkruddho harīn parvatasaṃnibhaḥ
babhañja vānarān sarvān saṃkruddho rākṣasottamaḥ

māṃsaśoṇitasaṃkledāṃ bhūmiṃ kurvan sa rākṣasaḥ
cacāra harisainyeṣu kālāgnir iva mūrchitaḥ

vajrahasto yathā śakraḥ pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ
śūlahasto babhau tasmin kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ

yathā śuṣkāṇy araṇyāni grīṣme dahati pāvakaḥ
tathā vānarasainyāni kumbhakarṇo vinirdahat

tatas te vadhyamānās tu hatayūthā vināyakāḥ
vānarā bhayasaṃvignā vinedur visvaraṃ bhṛśam

anekaśo vadhyamānāḥ kumbhakarṇena vānarāḥ
rāghavaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmur vyathitāḥ khinnacetasaḥ

tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam
utpapāta tadā vīraḥ sugrīvo vānarādhipaḥ

sa parvatāgram utkṣipya samāvidhya mahākapiḥ
abhidudrāva vegena kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam

tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya kumbhakarṇaḥ plavaṃgamam
tasthau vivṛtasarvāṅgo vānarendrasya saṃmukhaḥ

kapiśoṇitadigdhāṅgaṃ bhakṣayantaṃ mahākapīn
kumbhakarṇaṃ sthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sugrīvo vākyam abravīt

pātitāś ca tvayā vīrāḥ kṛtaṃ karma suduṣkaram
bhakṣitāni ca sainyāni prāptaṃ te paramaṃ yaśaḥ

tyaja tad vānarānīkaṃ prākṛtaiḥ kiṃ kariṣyasi
sahasvaikaṃ nipātaṃ me parvatasyāsya rākṣasa

tad vākyaṃ harirājasya sattvadhairyasamanvitam
śrutvā rākṣasaśārdūlaḥ kumbhakarṇo 'bravīd vacaḥ

prajāpates tu pautras tvaṃ tathaivarkṣarajaḥsutaḥ
śrutapauruṣasaṃpannas tasmād garjasi vānara

sa kumbhakarṇasya vaco niśamya vyāvidhya śailaṃ sahasā mumoca
tenājaghānorasi kumbhakarṇaṃ śailena vajrāśanisaṃnibhena

tac chailaśṛṅgaṃ sahasā vikīrṇaṃ bhujāntare tasya tadā viśāle
tato viṣeduḥ sahasā plavaṃgamā rakṣogaṇāś cāpi mudā vineduḥ

sa śailaśṛṅgābhihataś cukopa nanāda kopāc ca vivṛtya vaktram
vyāvidhya śūlaṃ ca taḍitprakāśaṃ cikṣepa haryṛkṣapater vadhāya

tat kumbhakarṇasya bhujapraviddhaṃ śūlaṃ śitaṃ kāñcanadāmajuṣṭam
kṣipraṃ samutpatya nigṛhya dorbhyāṃ babhañja vegena suto 'nilasya

kṛtaṃ bhārasahasrasya śūlaṃ kālāyasaṃ mahat
babhañja janaum āropya prahṛṣṭaḥ plavagarṣabhaḥ

sa tat tadā bhagnam avekṣya śūlaṃ cukopa rakṣo'dhipatir mahātmā
utpāṭya laṅkāmalayāt sa śṛṅgaṃ jaghāna sugrīvam upetya tena

sa śailaśṛṅgābhihato visaṃjñaḥ papāta bhūmau yudhi vānarendraḥ
taṃ prekṣya bhūmau patitaṃ visaṃjñaṃ neduḥ prahṛṣṭā yudhi yātudhānāḥ

tam abhyupetyādbhutaghoravīryaṃ sa kumbhakarṇo yudhi vānarendram
jahāra sugrīvam abhipragṛhya yathānilo megham atipracaṇḍaḥ

sa taṃ mahāmeghanikāśarūpam utpāṭya gacchan yudhi kumbhakarṇaḥ
rarāja merupratimānarūpo merur yathātyucchritaghoraśṛṅgaḥ

tataḥ samutpāṭya jagāma vīraḥ saṃstūyamāno yudhi rākṣasendraiḥ
śṛṇvan ninādaṃ tridaśālayānāṃ plavaṃgarājagrahavismitānām

tatas tam ādāya tadā sa mene harīndram indropamam indravīryaḥ
asmin hṛte sarvam idaṃ hṛtaṃ syāt sarāghavaṃ sainyam itīndraśatruḥ

vidrutāṃ vāhinīṃ dṛṣṭvā vānarāṇāṃ tatas tataḥ
kumbhakarṇena sugrīvaṃ gṛhītaṃ cāpi vānaram

hanūmāṃś cintayām āsa matimān mārutātmajaḥ
evaṃ gṛhīte sugrīve kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā bhavet

yad vai nyāyyaṃ mayā kartuṃ tat kariṣyāmi sarvathā
bhūtvā parvatasaṃkāśo nāśayiṣyāmi rākṣasaṃ

mayā hate saṃyati kumbhakarṇe mahābale muṣṭiviśīrṇadehe
vimocite vānarapārthive ca bhavantu hṛṣṭāḥ pravagāḥ samagrāḥ

atha vā svayam apy eṣa mokṣaṃ prāpsyati pārthivaḥ
gṛhīto 'yaṃ yadi bhavet tridaśaiḥ sāsuroragaiḥ

manye na tāvad ātmānaṃ budhyate vānarādhipaḥ
śailaprahārābhihataḥ kumbhakarṇena saṃyuge

ayaṃ muhūrtāt sugrīvo labdhasaṃjño mahāhave
ātmano vānarāṇāṃ ca yat pathyaṃ tat kariṣyati

mayā tu mokṣitasyāsya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ
aprītaś ca bhavet kaṣṭā kīrtināśaś ca śāśvataḥ

tasmān muhūrtaṃ kāṅkṣiṣye vikramaṃ pārthivasya naḥ
bhinnaṃ ca vānarānīkaṃ tāvad āśvāsayāmy aham

ity evaṃ cintayitvā tu hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ
bhūyaḥ saṃstambhayām āsa vānarāṇāṃ mahācamūm

sa kumbhakarṇo 'tha viveśa laṅkāṃ sphurantam ādāya mahāhariṃ tam
vimānacaryāgṛhagopurasthaiḥ puṣpāgryavarṣair avakīryamāṇaḥ

tataḥ sa saṃjñām upalabhya kṛcchrād balīyasas tasya bhujāntarasthaḥ
avekṣamāṇaḥ purarājamārgaṃ vicintayām āsa muhur mahātmā

evaṃ gṛhītena kathaṃ nu nāma śakyaṃ mayā saṃprati kartum adya
tathā kariṣyāmi yathā harīṇāṃ bhaviṣyatīṣṭaṃ ca hitaṃ ca kāryam

tataḥ karāgraiḥ sahasā sametya rājā harīṇām amarendraśatroḥ
nakhaiś ca karṇau daśanaiś ca nāsāṃ dadaṃśa pārśveṣu ca kumbhakarṇam

sa kumbhakarṇau hṛtakarṇanāso vidāritas tena vimarditaś ca
roṣābhibhūtaḥ kṣatajārdragātraḥ sugrīvam āvidhya pipeṣa bhūmau

sa bhūtale bhīmabalābhipiṣṭaḥ surāribhis tair abhihanyamānaḥ
jagāma khaṃ vegavad abhyupetya punaś ca rāmeṇa samājagāma

karṇanāsā vihīnasya kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
rarāja śoṇitotsikto giriḥ prasravaṇair iva

tataḥ sa puryāḥ sahasā mahātmā niṣkramya tad vānarasainyam ugram
babhakṣa rakṣo yudhi kumbhakarṇaḥ prajā yugāntāgnir iva pradīptaḥ

bubhukṣitaḥ śoṇitamāṃsagṛdhnuḥ praviśya tad vānarasainyam ugram
cakhāda rakṣāṃsi harīn piśācān ṛkṣāṃś ca mohād yudhi kumbhakarṇaḥ

ekaṃ dvau trīn bahūn kruddho vānarān saha rākṣasaiḥ
samādāyaikahastena pracikṣepa tvaran mukhe

saṃprasravaṃs tadā medaḥ śoṇitaṃ ca mahābalaḥ
vadhyamāno nagendrāgrair bhakṣayām āsa vānarān
te bhakṣyamāṇā harayo rāmaṃ jagmus tadā gatim

tasmin kāle sumitrāyāḥ putraḥ parabalārdanaḥ
cakāra lakṣmaṇaḥ kruddho yuddhaṃ parapuraṃjayaḥ

sa kumbhakarṇasya śarāñ śarīre sapta vīryavān
nicakhānādade cānyān visasarja ca lakṣmaṇaḥ

atikramya ca saumitriṃ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
rāmam evābhidudrāva dārayann iva medinīm

atha dāśarathī rāmo raudram astraṃ prayojayan
kumbhakarṇasya hṛdaye sasarja niśitāñ śarān

tasya rāmeṇa viddhasya sahasābhipradhāvataḥ
aṅgāramiśrāḥ kruddhasya mukhān niścerur arciṣaḥ

tasyorasi nimagnāś ca śarā barhiṇavāsasaḥ
hastāc cāsya paribhraṣṭā papātorvyāṃ mahāgadā

sa nirāyudham ātmānaṃ yadā mene mahābalaḥ
muṣṭibhyāṃ cāraṇābhyāṃ ca cakāra kadanaṃ mahat

sa bāṇair atividdhāṅgaḥ kṣatajena samukṣitaḥ
rudhiraṃ parisusrāva giriḥ prasravaṇān iva

sa tīvreṇa ca kopena rudhireṇa ca mūrchitaḥ
vānarān rākṣasān ṛkṣān khādan viparidhāvati

tasmin kāle sa dharmātmā lakṣmaṇo rāmam abravīt
kumbhakarṇavadhe yukto yogān parimṛśan bahūn

naivāyaṃ vānarān rājan na vijānāti rākṣasān
mattaḥ śoṇitagandhena svān parāṃś caiva khādati

sādhv enam adhirohantu sarvato vānararṣabhāḥ
yūthapāś ca yathāmukhyās tiṣṭhantv asya samantataḥ

apy ayaṃ durmatiḥ kāle gurubhāraprapīḍitaḥ
prapatan rākṣaso bhūmau nānyān hanyāt plavaṃgamān

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ
te samāruruhur hṛṣṭāḥ kumbhakarṇaṃ plavaṃgamāḥ

kumbhakarṇas tu saṃkruddhaḥ samārūḍhaḥ plavaṃgamaiḥ
vyadhūnayat tān vegena duṣṭahastīva hastipān

tān dṛṣṭvā nirdhūtān rāmo ruṣṭo 'yam iti rākṣasaḥ
samutpapāta vegena dhanur uttamam ādade

sa cāpam ādāya bhujaṃgakalpaṃ dṛḍhajyam ugraṃ tapanīyacitram
harīn samāśvāsya samutpapāta rāmo nibaddhottamatūṇabāṇaḥ

sa vānaragaṇais tais tu vṛtaḥ paramadurjayaḥ
lakṣmaṇānucaro rāmaḥ saṃpratasthe mahābalaḥ

sa dadarśa mahātmānaṃ kirīṭinam ariṃdamam
śoṇitāplutasarvāṅgaṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam

sarvān samabhidhāvantaṃ yathāruṣṭaṃ diśā gajam
mārgamāṇaṃ harīn kruddhaṃ rākṣasaiḥ parivāritam

vindhyamandarasaṃkāśaṃ kāñcanāṅgadabhūṣaṇam
sravantaṃ rudhiraṃ vaktrād varṣamegham ivotthitam

jihvayā parilihyantaṃ śoṇitaṃ śoṇitokṣitam
mṛdnantaṃ vānarānīkaṃ kālāntakayamopamam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ pradīptānalavarcasaṃ
visphārayām āsa tadā kārmukaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ

sa tasya cāpanirghoṣāt kupito nairṛtarṣabhaḥ
amṛṣyamāṇas taṃ ghoṣam abhidudrāva rāghavam

tatas tu vātoddhatameghakalpaṃ bhujaṃgarājottamabhogabāhum
tam āpatantaṃ dharaṇīdharābham uvāca rāmo yudhi kumbhakarṇam

āgaccha rakṣo'dhipamā viṣādam avasthito 'haṃ pragṛhītacāpaḥ
avehi māṃ śakrasapatna rāmam ayaṃ muhūrtād bhavitā vicetāḥ

rāmo 'yam iti vijñāya jahāsa vikṛtasvanam
pātayann iva sarveṣāṃ hṛdayāni vanaukasām

prahasya vikṛtaṃ bhīmaṃ sa meghasvanitopamam
kumbhakarṇo mahātejā rāghavaṃ vākyam abravīt

nāhaṃ virādho vijñeyo na kabandhaḥ kharo na ca
na vālī na ca mārīcaḥ kumbhakarṇo 'ham āgataḥ

paśya me mudgaraṃ ghoraṃ sarvakālāyasaṃ mahat
anena nirjitā devā dānavāś ca mayā purā

vikarṇanāsa iti māṃ nāvajñātuṃ tvam arhasi
svalpāpi hi na me pīḍā karṇanāsāvināśanāt

darśayekṣvākuśārdūla vīryaṃ gātreṣu me laghu
tatas tvāṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi dṛṣṭapauruṣavikramam

sa kumbhakarṇasya vaco niśamya rāmaḥ supuṅkhān visasarja bāṇān
tair āhato vajrasamapravegair na cukṣubhe na vyathate surāriḥ

yaiḥ sāyakaiḥ sālavarā nikṛttā vālī hato vānarapuṃgavaś ca
te kumbhakarṇasya tadā śarīraṃ vajropamā na vyathayāṃ pracakruḥ

sa vāridhārā iva sāyakāṃs tān pibañ śarīreṇa mahendraśatruḥ
jaghāna rāmasya śarapravegaṃ vyāvidhya taṃ mudgaram ugravegam

tatas tu rakṣaḥ kṣatajānuliptaṃ vitrāsanaṃ devamahācamūnām
vyāvidhya taṃ mudgaram ugravegaṃ vidrāvayām āsa camūṃ harīṇām

vāyavyam ādāya tato varāstraṃ rāmaḥ pracikṣepa niśācarāya
samudgaraṃ tena jahāra bāhuṃ sa kṛttabāhus tumulaṃ nanāda

sa tasya bāhur giriśṛṅgakalpaḥ samudgaro rāghavabāṇakṛttaḥ
papāta tasmin harirājasainye jaghāna tāṃ vānaravāhinīṃ ca

te vānarā bhagnahatāvaśeṣāḥ paryantam āśritya tadā viṣaṇṇāḥ
pravepitāṅgā dadṛśuḥ sughoraṃ narendrarakṣo'dhipasaṃnipātam

sa kumbhakarṇo 'stranikṛttabāhur mahān nikṛttāgra ivācalendraḥ
utpāṭayām āsa kareṇa vṛkṣaṃ tato 'bhidudrāva raṇe narendram

taṃ tasya bāhuṃ saha sālavṛkṣaṃ samudyataṃ pannagabhogakalpam
aindrāstrayuktena jahāra rāmo bāṇena jāmbūnadacitritena

sa kumbhakarṇasya bhujo nikṛttaḥ papāta bhūmau girisaṃnikāśaḥ
viveṣṭamāno nijaghāna vṛkṣāñ śailāñ śilāvānararākṣasāṃś ca

taṃ chinnabāhuṃ samavekṣya rāmaḥ samāpatantaṃ sahasā nadantam
dvāv ardhacandrau niśitau pragṛhya ciccheda pādau yudhi rākṣasasya

nikṛttabāhur vinikṛttapādo vidārya vaktraṃ vaḍavāmukhābham
dudrāva rāmaṃ sahasābhigarjan rāhur yathā candram ivāntarikṣe

apūrayat tasya mukhaṃ śitāgrai rāmaḥ śarair hemapinaddhapuṅkhaiḥ
sa pūrṇavaktro na śaśāka vaktuṃ cukūja kṛcchreṇa mumoha cāpi

athādade sūryamarīcikalpaṃ sa brahmadaṇḍāntakakālakalpam
ariṣṭam aindraṃ niśitaṃ supuṅkhaṃ rāmaḥ śaraṃ mārutatulyavegam

taṃ vajrajāmbūnadacārupuṅkhaṃ pradīptasūryajvalanaprakāśam
mahendravajrāśanitulyavegaṃ rāmaḥ pracikṣepa niśācarāya

sa sāyako rāghavabāhucodito diśaḥ svabhāsā daśa saṃprakāśayan
vidhūmavaiśvānaradīptadarśano jagāma śakrāśanitulyavikramaḥ

sa tan mahāparvatakūṭasaṃnibhaṃ vivṛttadaṃṣṭraṃ calacārukuṇḍalam
cakarta rakṣo'dhipateḥ śiras tadā yathaiva vṛtrasya purā puraṃdaraḥ

tad rāmabāṇābhihataṃ papāta rakṣaḥśiraḥ parvatasaṃnikāśam
babhañja caryāgṛhagopurāṇi prākāram uccaṃ tam apātayac ca

tac cātikāyaṃ himavatprakāśaṃ rakṣas tadā toyanidhau papāta
grāhān mahāmīnacayān bhujaṃgamān mamarda bhūmiṃ ca tathā viveśa

tasmir hate brāhmaṇadevaśatrau mahābale saṃyati kumbhakarṇe
cacāla bhūr bhūmidharāś ca sarve harṣāc ca devās tumulaṃ praṇeduḥ

tatas tu devarṣimaharṣipannagāḥ surāś ca bhūtāni suparṇaguhyakāḥ
sayakṣagandharvagaṇā nabhogatāḥ praharṣitā rāma parākrameṇa

praharṣam īyur bahavas tu vānarāḥ prabuddhapadmapratimair ivānanaiḥ
apūjayan rāghavam iṣṭabhāginaṃ hate ripau bhīmabale durāsade

sa kumbhakarṇaṃ surasainyamardanaṃ mahatsu yuddheṣv aparājitaśramam
nananda hatvā bharatāgrajo raṇe mahāsuraṃ vṛtram ivāmarādhipaḥ