Ramayana · Chapter 6.083

ārtānāṃ rākṣasīnāṃ tu laṅkāyāṃ vai kule kule
rāvaṇaḥ karuṇaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrāva pariveditam

sa tu dīrghaṃ viniśvasya muhūrtaṃ dhyānam āsthitaḥ
babhūva paramakruddho rāvaṇo bhīmadarśanaḥ

saṃdaśya daśanair oṣṭhaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
rākṣasair api durdarśaḥ kālāgnir iva mūrchitaḥ

uvāca ca samīpasthān rākṣasān rākṣaseśvaraḥ
bhayāvyaktakathāṃs tatra nirdahann iva cakṣuṣā

mahodaraṃ mahāpārśvaṃ virūpākṣaṃ ca rākṣasaṃ
śīghraṃ vadata sainyāni niryāteti mamājñayā

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasās te bhayārditāḥ
codayām āsur avyagrān rākṣasāṃs tān nṛpājñayā

te tu sarve tathety uktvā rākṣasā ghoradarśanāḥ
kṛtasvastyayanāḥ sarve rāvaṇābhimukhā yayuḥ

pratipūjya yathānyāyaṃ rāvaṇaṃ te mahārathāḥ
tasthuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve bhartur vijayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

athovāca prahasyaitān rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
mahodaramahāpārśvau virūpākṣaṃ ca rākṣasaṃ

adya bāṇair dhanurmuktair yugāntādityasaṃnibhaiḥ
rāghavaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva neṣyāmi yamasādhanam

kharasya kumbhakarṇasya prahastendrajitos tathā
kariṣyāmi pratīkāram adya śatruvadhād aham

naivāntarikṣaṃ na diśo na nadyo nāpi sāgaraḥ
prakāśatvaṃ gamiṣyanti madbāṇajaladāvṛtāḥ

adya vānarayūthānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ
dhanuḥsamudrād udbhūtair mathiṣyāmi śarormibhiḥ

vyākośapadmacakrāṇi padmakesaravarcasām
adya yūthataṭākāni gajavat pramathāmy aham

saśarair adya vadanaiḥ saṃkhye vānarayūthapāḥ
maṇḍayiṣyanti vasudhāṃ sanālair iva paṅkalaiḥ

adya yuddhapracaṇḍānāṃ harīṇāṃ drumayodhinām
muktenaikeṣuṇā yuddhe bhetsyāmi ca śataṃśatam

hato bhartā hato bhrātā yāsāṃ ca tanayā hatāḥ
vadhenādya ripos tāsāṃ karmomy asrapramārjanam

adya madbāṇanirbhinnaiḥ prakīrṇair gatacetanaiḥ
karomi vānarair yuddhe yatnāvekṣyatalāṃ mahīm

adya gomāyavo gṛdhrā ye ca māṃsāśino 'pare
sarvāṃs tāṃs tarpayiṣyāmi śatrumāṃsaiḥ śarārditaiḥ

kalpyatāṃ me rathaśīghraṃ kṣipram ānīyatāṃ dhanuḥ
anuprayāntu māṃ yuddhe ye 'vaśiṣṭā niśācarāḥ

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā mahāpārśvo 'bravīd vacaḥ
balādhyakṣān sthitāṃs tatra balaṃ saṃtvaryatām iti

balādhyakṣās tu saṃrabdhā rākṣasāṃs tān gṛhād gṛhāt
codayantaḥ pariyayur laṅkāṃ laghuparākramāḥ

tato muhūrtān niṣpetū rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ
nardanto bhīmavadanā nānāpraharaṇair bhujaiḥ

asibhiḥ paṭṭasaiḥ śūlair galābhir musalair halaiḥ
śaktibhis tīkṣṇadhārābhir mahadbhiḥ kūṭamudgaraiḥ

yaṣṭibhir vimalaiś cakrair niśitaiś ca paraśvadhaiḥ
bhiṇḍipālaiḥ śataghnībhir anyaiś cāpi varāyudhaiḥ

athānayan balādhyakṣāś catvāro rāvaṇājñayā
drutaṃ sūtasamāyuktaṃ yuktāṣṭaturagaṃ ratham

āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā
rāvaṇaḥ sattvagāmbhīryād dārayann iva medinīm

rāvaṇenābhyanujñātau mahāpārśvamahodarau
virūpākṣaś ca durdharṣo rathān āruruhus tadā

te tu hṛṣṭā vinardanto bhindanta iva medinīm
nādaṃ ghoraṃ vimuñcanto niryayur jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

tato yuddhāya tejasvī rakṣogaṇabalair vṛtaḥ
niryayāv udyatadhanuḥ kālāntakayamomapaḥ

tataḥ prajavanāśvena rathena sa mahārathaḥ
dvāreṇa niryayau tena yatra tau rāmalakṣmaṇau

tato naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo diśaś ca timirāvṛtāḥ
dvijāś ca nedur ghorāś ca saṃcacāla ca medinī

vavarṣa rudhiraṃ devaś caskhaluś ca turaṃgamāḥ
dhvajāgre nyapatad gṛdhro vineduś cāśivaṃ śivāḥ

nayanaṃ cāsphurad vāmaṃ savyo bāhur akampata
vivarṇavadanaś cāsīt kiṃ cid abhraśyata svaraḥ

tato niṣpatato yuddhe daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ
raṇe nidhanaśaṃsīni rūpāṇy etāni jajñire

antarikṣāt papātolkā nirghātasamanisvanā
vinedur aśivaṃ gṛdhrā vāyasair anunāditāḥ

etān acintayan ghorān utpātān samupasthitān
niryayau rāvaṇo mohād vadhārthī kālacoditaḥ

teṣāṃ tu rathaghoṣeṇa rākṣasānāṃ mahātmanām
vānarāṇām api camūr yuddhāyaivābhyavartata

teṣāṃ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ babhūva kapirakṣasām
anyonyam āhvayānānāṃ kruddhānāṃ jayam icchatām

tataḥ kruddho daśagrīvaḥ śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
vānarāṇām anīkeṣu cakāra kadanaṃ mahat

nikṛttaśirasaḥ ke cid rāvaṇena valīmukhāḥ
nirucchvāsā hatāḥ ke cit ke cit pārśveṣu dāritāḥ
ke cid vibhinnaśirasaḥ ke cic cakṣurvivarjitāḥ

daśānanaḥ krodhavivṛttanetro yato yato 'bhyeti rathena saṃkhye
tatas tatas tasya śarapravegaṃ soḍhuṃ na śekur hariyūthapās te