Ramayana · Chapter 6.087

mahodaramahāpārśvau hatau dṛṣṭvā tu rākṣasau
tasmiṃś ca nihate vīre virūpākṣe mahābale

āviveśa mahān krodho rāvaṇaṃ tu mahāmṛdhe
sūtaṃ saṃcodayām āsa vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha

nihatānām amātyānāṃ ruddhasya nagarasya ca
duḥkham eṣo 'paneṣyāmi hatvā tau rāmalakṣmaṇau

rāmavṛkṣaṃ raṇe hanmi sītāpuṣpaphalapradam
praśākhā yasya sugrīvo jāmbavān kumudo nalaḥ

sa diśo daśa ghoṣeṇa rathasyātiratho mahān
nādayan prayayau tūrṇaṃ rāghavaṃ cābhyavartata

pūritā tena śabdena sanadīgirikānanā
saṃcacāla mahī sarvā savarāhamṛgadvipā

tāmasaṃ sumahāghoraṃ cakārāstraṃ sudāruṇam
nirdadāha kapīn sarvāṃs te prapetuḥ samantataḥ

tāny anīkāny anekāni rāvaṇasya śarottamaiḥ
dṛṣṭvā bhagnāni śataśo rāghavaḥ paryavasthitaḥ

sa dadarśa tato rāmaṃ tiṣṭhantam aparājitam
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā viṣṇunā vāsavaṃ yathā

ālikhantam ivākāśam avaṣṭabhya mahad dhanuḥ
padmapatraviśālākṣaṃ dīrghabāhum ariṃdamam

vānarāṃś ca raṇe bhagnān āpatantaṃ ca rāvaṇam
samīkṣya rāghavo hṛṣṭo madhye jagrāha kārmukam

visphārayitum ārebhe tataḥ sa dhanur uttamam
mahāvegaṃ mahānādaṃ nirbhindann iva medinīm

tayoḥ śarapathaṃ prāpya rāvaṇo rājaputrayoḥ
sa babhūva yathā rāhuḥ samīpe śaśisūryayoḥ

rāvaṇasya ca bāṇaughai rāmavispharitena ca
śabdena rākṣasās tena petuś ca śataśas tadā

tam icchan prathamaṃ yoddhuṃ lakṣmaṇo niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
mumoca dhanur āyamya śarān agniśikhopamān

tān muktamātrān ākāśe lakṣmaṇena dhanuṣmatā
bāṇān bāṇair mahātejā rāvaṇaḥ pratyavārayat

ekam ekena bāṇena tribhis trīn daśabhir daśa
lakṣmaṇasya praciccheda darśayan pāṇilāghavam

abhyatikramya saumitriṃ rāvaṇaḥ samitiṃjayaḥ
āsasāda tato rāmaṃ sthitaṃ śailam ivācalam

sa saṃkhye rāmam āsādya krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
vyasṛjac charavarṣāni rāvaṇo rāghavopari

śaradhārās tato rāmo rāvaṇasya dhanuścyutāḥ
dṛṣṭvaivāpatitāḥ śīghraṃ bhallāñ jagrāha satvaram

tāñ śaraughāṃs tato bhallais tīkṣṇaiś ciccheda rāghavaḥ
dīpyamānān mahāvegān kruddhān āśīviṣān iva

rāghavo rāvaṇaṃ tūrṇaṃ rāvaṇo rāghavaṃ tathā
anyonyaṃ vividhais tīkṣṇaiḥ śarair abhivavarṣatuḥ

ceratuś ca ciraṃ citraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savyadakṣiṇam
bāṇavegān samudīkṣya samareṣv aparājitau

tayor bhūtāni vitreṣur yugapat saṃprayudhyatoḥ
raudrayoḥ sāyakamucor yamāntakanikāśayoḥ

saṃtataṃ vividhair bāṇair babhūva gaganaṃ tadā
ghanair ivātapāpāye vidyunmālāsamākulaiḥ

gavākṣitam ivākāśaṃ babhūva śūravṛṣṭibhiḥ
mahāvegaiḥ sutīkṣṇāgrair gṛdhrapatraiḥ suvājitaiḥ

śarāndhakāraṃ tau bhīmaṃ cakratuḥ paramaṃ tadā
gate 'staṃ tapane cāpi mahāmeghāv ivotthitau

babhūva tumulaṃ yuddham anyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇoḥ
anāsādyam acintyaṃ ca vṛtravāsavayor iva

ubhau hi parameṣvāsāv ubhau śastraviśāradau
ubhau cāstravidāṃ mukhyāv ubhau yuddhe viceratuḥ

ubhau hi yena vrajatas tena tena śarormayaḥ
ūrmayo vāyunā viddhā jagmuḥ sāgarayor iva

tataḥ saṃsaktahastas tu rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ
nārācamālāṃ rāmasya lalāṭe pratyamuñcata

raudracāpaprayuktāṃ tāṃ nīlotpaladalaprabhām
śirasā dhārayan rāmo na vyathāṃ pratyapadyata

atha mantrān api japan raudram astram udīrayan
śarān bhūyaḥ samādāya rāmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ

mumoca ca mahātejāś cāpam āyamya vīryavān
tāñ śarān rākṣasendrāya cikṣepācchinnasāyakaḥ

te mahāmeghasaṃkāśe kavace patitāḥ śarāḥ
avadhye rākṣasendrasya na vyathāṃ janayaṃs tadā

punar evātha taṃ rāmo rathasthaṃ rākṣasādhipam
lalāṭe paramāstreṇa sarvāstrakuśalo 'bhinat

te bhittvā bāṇarūpāṇi pañcaśīrṣā ivoragāḥ
śvasanto viviśur bhūmiṃ rāvaṇapratikūlatāḥ

nihatya rāghavasyāstraṃ rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
āsuraṃ sumahāghoram anyad astraṃ samādade

siṃhavyāghramukhāṃś cānyān kaṅkakākamukhān api
gṛdhraśyenamukhāṃś cāpi sṛgālavadanāṃs tathā

īhāmṛgamukhāṃś cānyān vyāditāsyān bhayāvahān
pañcāsyāṃl lelihānāṃś ca sasarja niśitāñ śarān

śarān kharamukhāṃś cānyān varāhamukhasaṃsthitān
śvānakukkuṭavaktrāṃś ca makarāśīviṣānanān

etāṃś cānyāṃś ca māyābhiḥ sasarja niśitāñ śarān
rāmaṃ prati mahātejāḥ kruddhaḥ sarpa iva śvasan

āsureṇa samāviṣṭaḥ so 'streṇa raghunandanaḥ
sasarjāstraṃ mahotsāhaḥ pāvakaṃ pāvakopamaḥ

agnidīptamukhān bāṇāṃs tathā sūryamukhān api
candrārdhacandravaktrāṃś ca dhūmaketumukhān api

grahanakṣatravarṇāṃś ca maholkāmukhasaṃsthitān
vidyujjihvopamāṃś cānyān sasarja niśitāñ śarān

te rāvaṇaśarā ghorā rāghavāstrasamāhatāḥ
vilayaṃ jagmur ākāśe jagmuś caiva sahasraśaḥ

tad astraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā
hṛṣṭā nedus tataḥ sarve kapayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ