Ramayana · Chapter 6.067

makarākṣaṃ hataṃ śrutvā rāvaṇaḥ samitiṃjayaḥ
ādideśātha saṃkruddho raṇāyendrajitaṃ sutam

jahi vīra mahāvīryau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
adṛśyo dṛśyamāno vā sarvathā tvaṃ balādhikaḥ

tvam apratimakarmāṇam indraṃ jayasi saṃyuge
kiṃ punar mānuṣau dṛṣṭvā na vadhiṣyasi saṃyuge

tathokto rākṣasendreṇa pratigṛhya pitur vacaḥ
yajñabhūmau sa vidhivat pāvakaṃ juhuve ndrajit

juhvataś cāpi tatrāgniṃ raktoṣṇīṣadharāḥ striyaḥ
ājagmus tatra saṃbhrāntā rākṣasyo yatra rāvaṇiḥ

śastrāṇi śarapatrāṇi samidho 'tha vibhītakāḥ
lohitāni ca vāsāṃsi sruvaṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ tathā

sarvato 'gniṃ samāstīrya śarapatraiḥ samantataḥ
chāgasya sarvakṛṣṇasya galaṃ jagrāha jīvataḥ

caruhomasamiddhasya vidhūmasya mahārciṣaḥ
babhūvus tāni liṅgāni vijayaṃ darśayanti ca

pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhas taptahāṭakasaṃnibhaḥ
havis tat pratijagrāha pāvakaḥ svayam utthitaḥ

hutvāgniṃ tarpayitvātha devadānavarākṣasān
āruroha rathaśreṣṭham antardhānagataṃ śubham

sa vājibhiś caturbhis tu bāṇaiś ca niśitair yutaḥ
āropitamahācāpaḥ śuśubhe syandanottame

jājvalyamāno vapuṣā tapanīyaparicchadaḥ
śaraiś candrārdhacandraiś ca sa rathaḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ

jāmbūnadamahākambur dīptapāvakasaṃnibhaḥ
babhūvendrajitaḥ ketur vaidūryasamalaṃkṛtaḥ

tena cādityakalpena brahmāstreṇa ca pālitaḥ
sa babhūva durādharṣo rāvaṇiḥ sumahābalaḥ

so 'bhiniryāya nagarād indrajit samitiṃjayaḥ
hutvāgniṃ rākṣasair mantrair antardhānagato 'bravīt

adya hatvāhave yau tau mithyā pravrajitau vane
jayaṃ pitre pradāsyāmi rāvaṇāya raṇādhikam

kṛtvā nirvānarām urvīṃ hatvā rāmaṃ salakṣmaṇam
kariṣye paramāṃ prītim ity uktvāntaradhīyata

āpapātātha saṃkruddho daśagrīveṇa coditaḥ
tīkṣṇakārmukanārācais tīkṣṇas tv indraripū raṇe

sa dadarśa mahāvīryau nāgau triśirasāv iva
sṛjantāv iṣujālāni vīrau vānaramadhyagau

imau tāv iti saṃcintya sajyaṃ kṛtvā ca kārmukam
saṃtatāneṣudhārābhiḥ parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

sa tu vaihāyasaṃ prāpya saratho rāmalakṣmaṇau
acakṣur viṣaye tiṣṭhan vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

tau tasya śaravegena parītau rāmalakṣmaṇau
dhanuṣī saśare kṛtvā divyam astraṃ pracakratuḥ

pracchādayantau gaganaṃ śarajālair mahābalau
tam astraiḥ surasaṃkāśau naiva pasparśatuḥ śaraiḥ

sa hi dhūmāndhakāraṃ ca cakre pracchādayan nabhaḥ
diśaś cāntardadhe śrīmān nīhāratamasāvṛtaḥ

naiva jyātalanirghoṣo na ca nemikhurasvanaḥ
śuśruve caratas tasya na ca rūpaṃ prakāśate

ghanāndhakāre timire śaravarṣam ivādbhutam
sa vavarṣa mahābāhur nārācaśaravṛṣṭibhiḥ

sa rāmaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaiḥ śarair dattavaro bhṛśam
vivyādha samare kruddhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rāvaṇiḥ

tau hanyamānau nārācair dhārābhir iva parvatau
hemapuṅkhān naravyāghrau tigmān mumucatuḥ śarān

antarikṣaṃ samāsādya rāvaṇiṃ kaṅkapatriṇaḥ
nikṛtya patagā bhūmau petus te śoṇitokṣitāḥ

atimātraṃ śaraugheṇa pīḍyamānau narottamau
tān iṣūn patato bhallair anekair nicakartatuḥ

yato hi dadṛśāte tau śarān nipatitāñ śitān
tatas tato dāśarathī sasṛjāte 'stram uttamam

rāvaṇis tu diśaḥ sarvā rathenātirathaḥ patan
vivyādha tau dāśarathī laghv astro niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

tenātividdhau tau vīrau rukmapuṅkhaiḥ susaṃhataiḥ
babhūvatur dāśarathī puṣpitāv iva kiṃśukau

nāsya veda gatiṃ kaś cin na ca rūpaṃ dhanuḥ śarān
na cānyad viditaṃ kiṃ cit sūryasyevābhrasaṃplave

tena viddhāś ca harayo nihatāś ca gatāsavaḥ
babhūvuḥ śataśas tatra patitā dharaṇītale

lakṣmaṇas tu susaṃkruddho bhrātaraṃ vākyam abravīt
brāhmam astraṃ prayokṣyāmi vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām

tam uvāca tato rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam
naikasya heto rakṣāṃsi pṛthivyāṃ hantum arhasi

ayudhyamānaṃ pracchannaṃ prāñjaliṃ śaraṇāgatam
palāyantaṃ pramattaṃ vā na tvaṃ hantum ihārhasi

asyaiva tu vadhe yatnaṃ kariṣyāvo mahābala
ādekṣyāvo mahāvegān astrān āśīviṣopamān

tam enaṃ māyinaṃ kṣudram antarhitarathaṃ balāt
rākṣasaṃ nihaniṣyanti dṛṣṭvā vānarayūthapāḥ

yady eṣa bhūmiṃ viśate divaṃ vā rasātalaṃ vāpi nabhastalaṃ vā
evaṃ nigūḍho 'pi mamāstradagdhaḥ patiṣyate bhūmitale gatāsuḥ

ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā raghupravīraḥ plavagarṣabhair vṛtaḥ
vadhāya raudrasya nṛśaṃsakarmaṇas tadā mahātmā tvaritaṃ nirīkṣate