Ramayana · Chapter 6.078

sa hatāśvo mahātejā bhūmau tiṣṭhan niśācaraḥ
indrajit paramakruddhaḥ saṃprajajvāla tejasā

tau dhanvinau jighāṃsantāv anyonyam iṣubhir bhṛśam
vijayenābhiniṣkrāntau vane gajavṛṣāv iva

nibarhayantaś cānyonyaṃ te rākṣasavanaukasaḥ
bhartāraṃ na jahur yuddhe saṃpatantas tatas tataḥ

sa lakṣmaṇaṃ samuddiśya paraṃ lāghavam āsthitaḥ
vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi varṣāṇīva puraṃdaraḥ

muktam indrajitā tat tu śaravarṣam ariṃdamaḥ
avārayad asaṃbhrānto lakṣmaṇaḥ sudurāsadam

abhedyakacanaṃ matvā lakṣmaṇaṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ
lalāṭe lakṣmaṇaṃ bāṇaiḥ supuṅkhais tribhir indrajit
avidhyat paramakruddhaḥ śīghram astraṃ pradarśayan

taiḥ pṛṣatkair lalāṭasthaiḥ śuśubhe raghunandanaḥ
raṇāgre samaraślāghī triśṛṅga iva parvataḥ

sa tathāpy ardito bāṇai rākṣasena mahāmṛdhe
tam āśu prativivyādha lakṣmaṇaḥ panabhiḥ śaraiḥ

lakṣmaṇendrajitau vīrau mahābalaśarāsanau
anyonyaṃ jaghnatur bāṇair viśikhair bhīmavikramau

tau parasparam abhyetya sarvagātreṣu dhanvinau
ghorair vivyadhatur bāṇaiḥ kṛtabhāvāv ubhau jaye

tasmai dṛḍhataraṃ kruddho hatāśvāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ
vajrasparśasamān pañca sasarjorasi mārgaṇān

te tasya kāyaṃ nirbhidya rukmapuṅkhā nimittagāḥ
babhūvur lohitādigdhā raktā iva mahoragāḥ

sa pitṛvyasya saṃkruddha indrajic charam ādade
uttamaṃ rakṣasāṃ madhye yamadattaṃ mahābalaḥ

taṃ samīkṣya mahātejā maheṣuṃ tena saṃhitam
lakṣmaṇo 'py ādade bāṇam anyaṃ bhīmaparākramaḥ

kubereṇa svayaṃ svapne yad dattam amitātmanā
durjayaṃ durviṣahyaṃ ca sendrair api surāsuraiḥ

tābhyāṃ tau dhanuṣi śreṣṭhe saṃhitau sāyakottamau
vikṛṣyamāṇau vīrābhyāṃ bhṛśaṃ jajvalatuḥ śriyā

tau bhāsayantāv ākāśaṃ dhanurbhyāṃ viśikhau cyutau
mukhena mukham āhatya saṃnipetatur ojasā

tau mahāgrahasaṃkāśāv anyonyaṃ saṃnipatya ca
saṃgrāme śatadhā yātau medinyāṃ vinipetatuḥ

śarau pratihatau dṛṣṭvā tāv ubhau raṇamūrdhani
vrīḍito jātaroṣau ca lakṣmaṇendrajitāv ubhau

susaṃrabdhas tu saumitrir astraṃ vāruṇam ādade
raudraṃ mahedrajid yuddhe vyasṛjad yudhi viṣṭhitaḥ

tayoḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ saṃbabhūvādbhutopamam
gaganasthāni bhūtāni lakṣmaṇaṃ paryavārayan

bhairavābhirute bhīme yuddhe vānararākṣasām
bhūtair bahubhir ākāśaṃ vismitair āvṛtaṃ babhau

ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā gandharvā garuṇoragāḥ
śatakratuṃ puraskṛtya rarakṣur lakṣmaṇaṃ raṇe

athānyaṃ mārgaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ saṃdadhe rāvaṇānujaḥ
hutāśanasamasparśaṃ rāvaṇātmajadāruṇam

supatram anuvṛttāṅgaṃ suparvāṇaṃ susaṃsthitam
suvarṇavikṛtaṃ vīraḥ śarīrāntakaraṃ śaram

durāvāraṃ durviṣahaṃ rākṣasānāṃ bhayāvaham
āśīviṣaviṣaprakhyaṃ devasaṃghaiḥ samarcitam

yena śakro mahātejā dānavān ajayat prabhuḥ
purā devāsure yuddhe vīryavān harivāhanaḥ

tad aindram astraṃ saumitriḥ saṃyugeṣv aparājitam
śaraśreṣṭhaṃ dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe naraśreṣṭho 'bhisaṃdadhe

saṃdhāyāmitradalanaṃ vicakarṣa śarāsanam
sajyam āyamya durdharśaḥ kālo lokakṣaye yathā

saṃdhāya dhanuṣi śreṣṭhe vikarṣann idam abravīt
lakṣmīvāṃl lakṣmaṇo vākyam arthasādhakam ātmanaḥ

dharmātmā satyasaṃdhaś ca rāmo dāśarathir yadi
pauruṣe cāpratidvandvas tad enaṃ jahi rāvaṇim

ity uktvā bāṇam ākarṇaṃ vikṛṣya tam ajihmagam
lakṣmaṇaḥ samare vīraḥ sasarjendrajitaṃ prati
aindrāstreṇa samāyujya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā

tac chiraḥ saśiras trāṇaṃ śrīmaj jvalitakuṇḍalam
pramathyendrajitaḥ kāyāt papāta dharaṇītale

tad rākṣasatanūjasya chinnaskandhaṃ śiro mahat
tapanīyanibhaṃ bhūmau dadṛśe rudhirokṣitam

hatas tu nipapātāśu dharaṇyāṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ
kavacī saśirastrāṇo vidhvastaḥ saśarāsanaḥ

cukruśus te tataḥ sarve vānarāḥ savibhīṣaṇāḥ
hṛṣyanto nihate tasmin devā vṛtravadhe yathā

athāntarikṣe bhūtānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
abhijajñe ca saṃnādo gandharvāpsarasām api

patitaṃ samabhijñāya rākṣasī sā mahācamūḥ
vadhyamānā diśo bheje haribhir jitakāśibhiḥ

vanarair vadhyamānās te śastrāṇy utsṛjya rākṣasāḥ
laṅkām abhimukhāḥ sarve naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ pradhāvitāḥ

dudruvur bahudhā bhītā rākṣasāḥ śataśo diśaḥ
tyaktvā praharaṇān sarve paṭṭasāsiparaśvadhān

ke cil laṅkāṃ paritrastāḥ praviṣṭā vānarārditāḥ
samudre patitāḥ ke cit ke cit parvatam āśritāḥ

hatam indrajitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ samarakṣitau
rākṣasānāṃ sahasreṣu na kaś cit pratyadṛśyata

yathāstaṃ gata āditye nāvatiṣṭhanti raśmayaḥ
tathā tasmin nipatite rākṣasās te gatā diśaḥ

śāntarakśmir ivādityo nirvāṇa iva pāvakaḥ
sa babhūva mahātejā vyapāsta gatajīvitaḥ

praśāntapīḍā bahulo vinaṣṭāriḥ praharṣavān
babhūva lokaḥ patite rākṣasendrasute tadā

harṣaṃ ca śakro bhagavān saha sarvaiḥ surarṣabhaiḥ
jagāma nihate tasmin rākṣase pāpakarmaṇi

śuddhā āpo nabhaś caiva jahṛṣur daityadānavāḥ
ājagmuḥ patite tasmin sarvalokabhayāvahe

ūcuś ca sahitāḥ sarve devagandharvadānavāḥ
vijvarāḥ śāntakaluṣā brāhmaṇā vicarantv iti

tato 'bhyanandan saṃhṛṣṭāḥ samare hariyūthapāḥ
tam apratibalaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ nairṛtapuṃgavam

vibhīṣaṇo hanūmāṃś ca jāmbavāṃś carkṣayūthapaḥ
vijayenābhinandantas tuṣṭuvuś cāpi lakṣmaṇam

kṣveḍantaś ca nadantaś ca garjantaś ca plavaṃgamāḥ
labdhalakṣā raghusutaṃ parivāryopatasthire

lāṅgūlāni pravidhyantaḥ sphoṭayantaś ca vānarāḥ
lakṣmaṇo jayatīty evaṃ vākyaṃ vyaśrāvayaṃs tadā

anyonyaṃ ca samāśliṣya kapayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
cakrur uccāvacaguṇā rāghavāśrayajāḥ kathāḥ

tad asukaram athābhivīkṣya hṛṣṭāḥ priyasuhṛdo yudhi lakṣmaṇasya karma
paramam upalabhan manaḥpraharṣaṃ vinihatam indraripuṃ niśamya devāḥ