Ramayana · Chapter 6.059

svabalaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
bhrātṝṃś ca nihatān dṛṣṭvā śakratulyaparākramān

pitṛvyau cāpi saṃdṛśya samare saṃniṣūditau
mahodaramahāpārśvau bhrātarau rākṣasarṣabhau

cukopa ca mahātejā brahmadattavaro yudhi
atikāyo 'drisaṃkāśo devadānavadarpahā

sa bhāskarasahasrasya saṃghātam iva bhāsvaram
ratham āsthāya śakrārir abhidudrāva vānarān

sa visphārya mahac cāpaṃ kirīṭī mṛṣṭakuṇḍalaḥ
nāma viśrāvayām āsa nanāda ca mahāsvanam

tena siṃhapraṇādena nāmaviśrāvaṇena ca
jyāśabdena ca bhīmena trāsayām āsa vānarān

te tasya rūpam ālokya yathā viṣṇos trivikrame
bhayārtā vānarāḥ sarve vidravanti diśo daśa

te 'tikāyaṃ samāsādya vānarā mūḍhacetasaḥ
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmur lakṣmaṇāgrajam āhave

tato 'tikāyaṃ kākutstho rathasthaṃ parvatopamam
dadarśa dhanvinaṃ dūrād garjantaṃ kālameghavat

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ rāghavas tu suvismitaḥ
vānarān sāntvayitvā tu vibhīṣaṇam uvāca ha

ko 'sau parvatasaṃkāśo dhanuṣmān harilocanaḥ
yukte hayasahasreṇa viśāle syandane sthitaḥ

ya eṣa niśitaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiḥ prāsatomaraiḥ
arciṣmadbhir vṛto bhāti bhūtair iva maheśvaraḥ

kālajihvāprakāśābhir ya eṣo 'bhivirājate
āvṛto rathaśaktībhir vidyudbhir iva toyadaḥ

dhanūṃsi cāsya sajyāni hemapṛṣṭhāni sarvaśaḥ
śobhayanti rathaśreṣṭhaṃ śakrapātam ivāmbaram

ka eṣa rakṣaḥ śārdūlo raṇabhūmiṃ virājayan
abhyeti rathināṃ śreṣṭho rathenādityatejasā

dhvajaśṛṅgapratiṣṭhena rāhuṇābhivirājate
sūryaraśmiprabhair bāṇair diśo daśa virājayan

triṇataṃ meghanirhrādaṃ hemapṛṣṭham alaṃkṛtam
śatakratudhanuḥprakhyaṃ dhanuś cāsya virājate

sadhvajaḥ sapatākaś ca sānukarṣo mahārathaḥ
catuḥsādisamāyukto meghastanitanisvanaḥ

viṃśatir daśa cāṣṭau ca tūṇīraratham āsthitāḥ
kārmukāṇi ca bhīmāni jyāś ca kāñcanapiṅgalāḥ

dvau ca khaḍgau rathagatau pārśvasthau pārśvaśobhinau
caturhastatsarucitau vyaktahastadaśāyatau

raktakaṇṭhaguṇo dhīro mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ
kālaḥ kālamahāvaktro meghastha iva bhāskaraḥ

kāñcanāṅgadanaddhābhyāṃ bhujābhyām eṣa śobhate
śṛṅgābhyām iva tuṅgābhyāṃ himavān parvatottamaḥ

kuṇḍalābhyāṃ tu yasyaitad bhāti vaktraṃ śubhekṣaṇam
punarvasvantaragataṃ pūrṇabimbam ivaindavam

ācakṣva me mahābāho tvam enaṃ rākṣasottamam
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā vānarāḥ sarve bhayārtā vidrutā diśaḥ

sa pṛṣṭho rājaputreṇa rāmeṇāmitatejasā
ācacakṣe mahātejā rāghavāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ

daśagrīvo mahātejā rājā vaiśravaṇānujaḥ
bhīmakarmā mahotsāho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ

tasyāsīd vīryavān putro rāvaṇapratimo raṇe
vṛddhasevī śrutadharaḥ sarvāstraviduṣāṃ varaḥ

aśvapṛṣṭhe rathe nāge khaḍge dhanuṣi karṣaṇe
bhede sāntve ca dāne ca naye mantre ca saṃmataḥ

yasya bāhuṃ samāśritya laṅkā bhavati nirbhayā
tanayaṃ dhānyamālinyā atikāyam imaṃ viduḥ

etenārādhito brahmā tapasā bhāvitātmanā
astrāṇi cāpy avāptāni ripavaś ca parājitāḥ

surāsurair avadhyatvaṃ dattam asmai svayambhuvā
etac ca kavacaṃ divyaṃ rathaś caiṣo 'rkabhāskaraḥ

etena śataśo devā dānavāś ca parājitāḥ
rakṣitāni ca rakṣāmi yakṣāś cāpi niṣūditāḥ

vajraṃ viṣṭambhitaṃ yena bāṇair indrasya dhīmataḥ
pāśaḥ salilarājasya yuddhe pratihatas tathā

eṣo 'tikāyo balavān rākṣasānām atharṣabhaḥ
rāvaṇasya suto dhīmān devadanava darpahā

tad asmin kriyatāṃ yatnaḥ kṣipraṃ puruṣapuṃgava
purā vānarasainyāni kṣayaṃ nayati sāyakaiḥ

tato 'tikāyo balavān praviśya harivāhinīm
visphārayām āsa dhanur nanāda ca punaḥ punaḥ

taṃ bhīmavapuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathasthaṃ rathināṃ varam
abhipetur mahātmāno ye pradhānāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ

kumudo dvivido maindo nīlaḥ śarabha eva ca
pādapair giriśṛṅgaiś ca yugapat samabhidravan

teṣāṃ vṛkṣāṃś ca śailāṃś ca śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
atikāyo mahātejāś cicchedāstravidāṃ varaḥ

tāṃś caiva sarān sa harīñ śaraiḥ sarvāyasair balī
vivyādhābhimukhaḥ saṃkhye bhīmakāyo niśācaraḥ

te 'rditā bāṇabarṣeṇa bhinnagātrāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
na śekur atikāyasya pratikartuṃ mahāraṇe

tat sainyaṃ harivīrāṇāṃ trāsayām āsa rākṣasaḥ
mṛgayūtham iva kruddho harir yauvanam āsthitaḥ

sa rāṣasendro harisainyamadhye nāyudhyamānaṃ nijaghāna kaṃ cit
upetya rāmaṃ sadhanuḥ kalāpī sagarvitaṃ vākyam idaṃ babhāṣe

rathe sthito 'haṃ śaracāpapāṇir na prākṛtaṃ kaṃ cana yodhayāmi
yasyāsti śaktir vyavasāya yuktā dadātuṃ me kṣipram ihādya yuddham

tat tasya vākyaṃ bruvato niśamya cukopa saumitrir amitrahantā
amṛṣyamāṇaś ca samutpapāta jagrāha cāpaṃ ca tataḥ smayitvā

kruddhaḥ saumitrir utpatya tūṇād ākṣipya sāyakam
purastād atikāyasya vicakarṣa mahad dhanuḥ

pūrayan sa mahīṃ śailān ākāśaṃ sāgaraṃ diśaḥ
jyāśabdo lakṣmaṇasyogras trāsayan rajanīcarān

saumitreś cāpanirghoṣaṃ śrutvā pratibhayaṃ tadā
visiṣmiye mahātejā rākṣasendrātmajo balī

athātikāyaḥ kupito dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇam utthitam
ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇam idaṃ vacanam abravīt

bālas tvam asi saumitre vikrameṣv avicakṣaṇaḥ
gaccha kiṃ kālasadṛśaṃ māṃ yodhayitum icchasi

na hi madbāhusṛṣṭānām astrāṇāṃ himavān api
soḍhum utsahate vegam antarikṣam atho mahī

sukhaprasuptaṃ kālāgniṃ prabodhayitum icchasi
nyasya cāpaṃ nivartasva mā prāṇāñ jahi madgataḥ

atha vā tvaṃ pratiṣṭabdho na nivartitum icchasi
tiṣṭha prāṇān parityajya gamiṣyasi yamakṣayam

paśya me niśitān bāṇān aridarpaniṣūdanān
īśvarāyudhasaṃkāśāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇān

eṣa te sarpasaṃkāśo bāṇaḥ pāsyati śoṇitam
mṛgarāja iva kruddho nāgarājasya śoṇitam

śrutvātikāyasya vacaḥ saroṣaṃ sagarvitaṃ saṃyati rājaputraḥ
sa saṃcukopātibalo bṛhacchrīr uvāca vākyaṃ ca tato mahārtham

na vākyamātreṇa bhavān pradhāno na katthanāt satpuruṣā bhavanti
mayi sthite dhanvini bāṇapāṇau vidarśayasvātmabalaṃ durātman

karmaṇā sūcayātmānaṃ na vikatthitum arhasi
pauruṣeṇa tu yo yuktaḥ sa tu śūra iti smṛtaḥ

sarvāyudhasamāyukto dhanvī tvaṃ ratham āsthitaḥ
śarair vā yadi vāpy astrair darśayasva parākramam

tataḥ śiras te niśitaiḥ pātayiṣyāmy ahaṃ śaraiḥ
mārutaḥ kālasaṃpakvaṃ vṛntāt tālaphalaṃ yathā

adya te māmakā bāṇās taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ
pāsyanti rudhiraṃ gātrād bāṇaśalyāntarotthitam

bālo 'yam iti vijñāya na māvajñātum arhasi
bālo vā yadi vā vṛddho mṛtyuṃ jānīhi saṃyuge

lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā hetumat paramārthavat
atikāyaḥ pracukrodha bāṇaṃ cottamam ādade

tato vidyādharā bhūtā devā daityā maharṣayaḥ
guhyakāś ca mahātmānas tad yuddhaṃ dadṛśus tadā

tato 'tikāyaḥ kupitaś cāpam āropya sāyakam
lakṣmaṇasya pracikṣepa saṃkṣipann iva cāmbaram

tam āpatantaṃ niśitaṃ śaram āśīviṣopamam
ardhacandreṇa ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā

taṃ nikṛttaṃ śaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛttabhogam ivoragam
atikāyo bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ pañcabāṇān samādade

tāñ śarān saṃpracikṣepa lakṣmaṇāya niśācaraḥ
tān aprāptāñ śarais tīkṣṇaiś ciccheda bharatānujaḥ

sa tāṃś chittvā śarais tīkṣṇair lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā
ādade niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ jvalantam iva tejasā

tam ādāya dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe yojayām āsa lakṣmaṇaḥ
vicakarṣa ca vegena visasarja ca sāyakam

pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena śareṇānata parvaṇā
lalāṭe rākṣasaśreṣṭham ājaghāna sa vīryavān

sa lalāṭe śaro magnas tasya bhīmasya rakṣasaḥ
dadṛśe śoṇitenāktaḥ pannagendra ivāhave

rākṣasaḥ pracakampe ca lakṣmaṇeṣu prakampitaḥ
rudrabāṇahataṃ bhīmaṃ yathā tripuragopuram

cintayām āsa cāśvasya vimṛśya ca mahābalaḥ
sādhu bāṇanipātena śvāghanīyo 'si me ripuḥ

vicāryaivaṃ vinamyāsyaṃ vinamya ca bhujāv ubhau
sa rathopastham āsthāya rathena pracacāra ha

ekaṃ trīn pañca sapteti sāyakān rākṣasarṣabhaḥ
ādade saṃdadhe cāpi vicakarṣotsasarja ca

te bāṇāḥ kālasaṃkāśā rākṣasendradhanuś cyutāḥ
hemapuṅkhā raviprakhyāś cakrur dīptam ivāmbaram

tatas tān rākṣasotsṛṣṭāñ śaraughān rāvaṇānujaḥ
asaṃbhrāntaḥ praciccheda niśitair bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ

tāñ śarān yudhi saṃprekṣya nikṛttān rāvaṇātmajaḥ
cukopa tridaśendrārir jagrāha niśitaṃ śaram

sa saṃdhāya mahātejās taṃ bāṇaṃ sahasotsṛjat
tataḥ saumitrim āyāntam ājaghāna stanāntare

atikāyena saumitris tāḍito yudhi vakṣasi
susrāva rudhiraṃ tīvraṃ madaṃ matta iva dvipaḥ

sa cakāra tadātmānaṃ viśalyaṃ sahasā vibhuḥ
jagrāha ca śaraṃ tīṣṇam astreṇāpi samādadhe

āgneyena tadāstreṇa yojayām āsa sāyakam
sa jajvāla tadā bāṇo dhanuś cāsya mahātmanaḥ

atikāyo 'titejasvī sauram astraṃ samādade
tena bāṇaṃ bhujaṃgābhaṃ hemapuṅkham ayojayat

tatas taṃ jvalitaṃ ghoraṃ lakṣmaṇaḥ śaram āhitam
atikāyāya cikṣepa kāladaṇḍam ivāntakaḥ

āgneyenābhisaṃyuktaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇaṃ niśācaraḥ
utsasarja tadā bāṇaṃ dīptaṃ sūryāstrayojitam

tāv ubhāv ambare bāṇāv anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ
tejasā saṃpradīptāgrau kruddhāv iva bhujaṃ gamau

tāv anyonyaṃ vinirdahya petatur dharaṇītale
nirarciṣau bhasmakṛtau na bhrājete śarottamau

tato 'tikāyaḥ saṃkruddhas tv astram aiṣīkam utsṛjat
tat praciccheda saumitrir astram aindreṇa vīryavān

aiṣīkaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā kumāro rāvaṇātmajaḥ
yāmyenāstreṇa saṃkruddho yojayām āsa sāyakam

tatas tad astraṃ cikṣepa lakṣmaṇāya niśācaraḥ
vāyavyena tad astraṃ tu nijaghāna sa lakṣmaṇaḥ

athainaṃ śaradhārābhir dhārābhir iva toyadaḥ
abhyavarṣata saṃkruddho lakṣmaṇo rāvaṇātmajam

te 'tikāyaṃ samāsādya kavace vajrabhūṣite
bhagnāgraśalyāḥ sahasā petur bāṇā mahītale

tān moghān abhisaṃprekṣya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā
abhyavarṣata bāṇānāṃ sahasreṇa mahāyaśāḥ

sa varṣyamāṇo bāṇaughair atikāyo mahābalaḥ
avadhyakavacaḥ saṃkhye rākṣaso naiva vivyathe

na śaśāka rujaṃ kartuṃ yudhi tasya narottamaḥ
athainam abhyupāgamya vāyur vākyam uvāca ha

brahmadattavaro hy eṣa avadhya kavacāvṛtaḥ
brāhmeṇāstreṇa bhindhy enam eṣa vadhyo hi nānyathā

tataḥ sa vāyor vacanaṃ niśamya saumitrir indrapratimānavīryaḥ
samādade bāṇam amoghavegaṃ tad brāhmam astraṃ sahasā niyojya

tasmin varāstre tu niyujyamāne saumitriṇā bāṇavare śitāgre
diśaḥ sacandrārkamahāgrahāś ca nabhaś ca tatrāsa rarāsa corvī

taṃ brahmaṇo 'streṇa niyujya cāpe śaraṃ supuṅkhaṃ yamadūtakalpam
saumitrir indrārisutasya tasya sasarja bāṇaṃ yudhi vajrakalpam

taṃ lakṣmaṇotsṛṣṭam amoghavegaṃ samāpatantaṃ jvalanaprakāśam
suvarṇavajrottamacitrapuṅkhaṃ tadātikāyaḥ samare dadarśa

taṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ sahasātikāyo jaghāna bāṇair niśitair anekaiḥ
sa sāyakas tasya suparṇavegas tadātivegena jagāma pārśvam

tam āgataṃ prekṣya tadātikāyo bāṇaṃ pradīptāntakakālakalpam
jaghāna śaktyṛṣṭigadākuṭhāraiḥ śūlair halaiś cāpy avipannaceṣṭaḥ

tāny āyudhāny adbhutavigrahāṇi moghāni kṛtvā sa śaro 'gnidīptaḥ
prasahya tasyaiva kirīṭajuṣṭaṃ tadātikāyasya śiro jahāra

tac chiraḥ saśiras trāṇaṃ lakṣmaṇeṣuprapīḍitam
papāta sahasā bhūmau śṛṅgaṃ himavato yathā

praharṣayuktā bahavas tu vānarā prabuddhapadmapratimānanās tadā
apūjayaṃl lakṣmaṇam iṣṭabhāginaṃ hate ripau bhīmabale durāsade