Ramayana · Chapter 6.088

tasmin pratihate 'stre tu rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
krodhaṃ ca dviguṇaṃ cakre krodhāc cāstram anantaram

mayena vihitaṃ raudram anyad astraṃ mahādyutiḥ
utsraṣṭuṃ rāvaṇo ghoraṃ rāghavāya pracakrame

tataḥ śūlāni niścerur gadāś ca musalāni ca
kārmukād dīpyamānāni vajrasārāṇi sarvaśaḥ

kūṭamudgarapāśāś ca dīptāś cāśanayas tathā
niṣpetur vividhās tīkṣṇā vātā iva yugakṣaye

tad astraṃ rāghavaḥ śrīmān uttamāstravidāṃ varaḥ
jaghāna paramāstreṇa gandharveṇa mahādyutiḥ

tasmin pratihate 'stre tu rāghaveṇa mahātmanā
rāvaṇaḥ krodhatāmrākṣaḥ sauram astram udīrayat

tataś cakrāṇi niṣpetur bhāsvarāṇi mahānti ca
kārmukād bhīmavegasya daśagrīvasya dhīmataḥ

tair āsīd gaganaṃ dīptaṃ saṃpatadbhir itas tataḥ
patadbhiś ca diśo dīptaiś candrasūryagrahair iva

tāni ciccheda bāṇaughaiś cakrāṇi tu sa rāghavaḥ
āyudhāni vicitrāṇi rāvaṇasya camūmukhe

tad astraṃ tu hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
vivyādha daśabhir bāṇai rāmaṃ sarveṣu marmasu

sa viddho daśabhir bāṇair mahākārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ
rāvaṇena mahātejā na prākampata rāghavaḥ

tato vivyādha gātreṣu sarveṣu samitiṃjayaḥ
rāghavas tu susaṃkruddho rāvaṇaṃ bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ

etasminn antare kruddho rāghavasyānujo balī
lakṣmaṇaḥ sāyakān sapta jagrāha paravīrahā

taiḥ sāyakair mahāvegai rāvaṇasya mahādyutiḥ
dhvajaṃ manuṣyaśīrṣaṃ tu tasya ciccheda naikadhā

sāratheś cāpi bāṇena śiro jvalitakuṇḍalam
jahāra lakṣmaṇaḥ śrīmān nairṛtasya mahābalaḥ

tasya bāṇaiś ca ciccheda dhanur gajakaropamam
lakṣmaṇo rākṣasendrasya pañcabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

nīlameghanibhāṃś cāsya sadaśvān parvatopamān
jaghānāplutya gadayā rāvaṇasya vibhīṣaṇaḥ

hatāśvād vegavān vegād avaplutya mahārathāt
krodham āhārayat tīvraṃ bhrātaraṃ prati rāvaṇaḥ

tataḥ śaktiṃ mahāśaktir dīptāṃ dīptāśanīm iva
vibhīṣaṇāya cikṣepa rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān

aprāptām eva tāṃ bāṇais tribhiś ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ
athodatiṣṭhat saṃnādo vānarāṇāṃ tadā raṇe

sā papāta tridhā chinnā śaktiḥ kāñcanamālinī
savisphuliṅgā jvalitā maholkeva divaś cyutā

tataḥ saṃbhāvitatarāṃ kālenāpi durāsadām
jagrāha vipulāṃ śaktiṃ dīpyamānāṃ svatejasā

sā veginā balavatā rāvaṇena durātmanā
jajvāla sumahāghorā śakrāśanisamaprabhā

etasminn antare vīro lakṣmaṇas taṃ vibhīṣaṇam
prāṇasaṃśayam āpannaṃ tūrṇam evābhyapadyata

taṃ vimokṣayituṃ vīraś cāpam āyamya lakṣmaṇaḥ
rāvaṇaṃ śaktihastaṃ taṃ śaravarṣair avākirat

kīryamāṇaḥ śaraugheṇa visṛṣṭena mahātmanā
na prahartuṃ manaś cakre vimukhīkṛtavikramaḥ

mokṣitaṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇena sa rāvaṇaḥ
lakṣmaṇābhimukhas tiṣṭhann idaṃ vacanam abravīt

mokṣitas te balaślāghin yasmād evaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
vimucya rākṣasaṃ śaktis tvayīyaṃ vinipātyate

eṣā te hṛdayaṃ bhittvā śaktir lohitalakṣaṇā
madbāhuparighotsṛṣṭā prāṇān ādāya yāsyati

ity evam uktvā tāṃ śaktim aṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ mahāsvanām
mayena māyāvihitām amoghāṃ śatrughātinīm

lakṣmaṇāya samuddiśya jvalantīm iva tejasā
rāvaṇaḥ paramakruddhaś cikṣepa ca nanāda ca

sā kṣiptā bhīmavegena śakrāśanisamasvanā
śaktir abhyapatad vegāl lakṣmaṇaṃ raṇamūrdhani

tām anuvyāharac chaktim āpatantīṃ sa rāghavaḥ
svastyas tu lakṣmaṇāyeti moghā bhava hatodyamā

nyapatat sā mahāvegā lakṣmaṇasya mahorasi
jihvevoragarājasya dīpyamānā mahādyutiḥ

tato rāvaṇavegena sudūram avagāḍhayā
śaktyā nirbhinnahṛdayaḥ papāta bhuvi lakṣmaṇaḥ

tadavasthaṃ samīpastho lakṣmaṇaṃ prekṣya rāghavaḥ
bhrātṛsnehān mahātejā viṣaṇṇahṛdayo 'bhavat

sa muhūrtam anudhyāya bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ
babhūva saṃrabdhataro yugānta iva pāvakaḥ

na viṣādasya kālo 'yam iti saṃcintya rāghavaḥ
cakre sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ rāvaṇasya vadhe dhṛtaḥ

sa dadarśa tato rāmaḥ śaktyā bhinnaṃ mahāhave
lakṣmaṇaṃ rudhirādigdhaṃ sapannagam ivācalam

tām api prahitāṃ śaktiṃ rāvaṇena balīyasā
yatnatas te hariśreṣṭhā na śekur avamarditum
arditāś caiva bāṇaughaiḥ kṣiprahastena rakṣasā

saumitriṃ sā vinirbhidya praviṣṭā dharaṇītalam
tāṃ karābhyāṃ parāmṛśya rāmaḥ śaktiṃ bhayāvahām
babhañja samare kruddho balavad vicakarṣa ca

tasya niṣkarṣataḥ śaktiṃ rāvaṇena balīyasā
śarāḥ sarveṣu gātreṣu pātitā marmabhedinaḥ

acintayitvā tān bāṇān samāśliṣya ca lakṣmaṇam
abravīc ca hanūmantaṃ sugrīvaṃ caiva rāghavaḥ
lakṣmaṇaṃ parivāryeha tiṣṭhadhvaṃ vānarottamāḥ

parākramasya kālo 'yaṃ saṃprāpto me cirepsitaḥ
pāpātmāyaṃ daśagrīvo vadhyatāṃ pāpaniścayaḥ
kāṅkṣitaḥ stokakasyeva gharmānte meghadarśanam

asmin muhūrte nacirāt satyaṃ pratiśṛṇomi vaḥ
arāvaṇam arāmaṃ vā jagad drakṣyatha vānarāḥ

rājyanāśaṃ vane vāsaṃ daṇḍake paridhāvanam
vaidehyāś ca parāmarśaṃ rakṣobhiś ca samāgamam

prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ mahad ghoraṃ kleśaṃ ca nirayopamam
adya sarvam ahaṃ tyakṣye hatvā taṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe

yadarthaṃ vānaraṃ sainyaṃ samānītam idaṃ mayā
sugrīvaś ca kṛto rājye nihatvā vālinaṃ raṇe

yadarthaṃ sāgaraḥ krāntaḥ setur baddhaś ca sāgare
so 'yam adya raṇe pāpaś cakṣurviṣayam āgataḥ

cakṣurviṣayam āgamya nāyaṃ jīvitum arhati
dṛṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭiviṣasyeva sarpasya mama rāvaṇaḥ

svasthāḥ paśyata durdharṣā yuddhaṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ
āsīnāḥ parvatāgreṣu mamedaṃ rāvaṇasya ca

adya rāmasya rāmatvaṃ paśyantu mama saṃyuge
trayo lokāḥ sagandharvāḥ sadevāḥ sarṣicāraṇāḥ

adya karma kariṣyāmi yal lokāḥ sacarācarāḥ
sadevāḥ kathayiṣyanti yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati

evam uktvā śitair bāṇais taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
ājaghāna daśagrīvaṃ raṇe rāmaḥ samāhitaḥ

atha pradīptair nārācair musalaiś cāpi rāvaṇaḥ
abhyavarṣat tadā rāmaṃ dhārābhir iva toyadaḥ

rāmarāvaṇamuktānām anyonyam abhinighnatām
śarāṇāṃ ca śarāṇāṃ ca babhūva tumulaḥ svanaḥ

te bhinnāś ca vikīrṇāś ca rāmarāvaṇayoḥ śarāḥ
antarikṣāt pradīptāgrā nipetur dharaṇītale

tayor jyātalanirghoṣo rāmarāvaṇayor mahān
trāsanaḥ sarvabūtānāṃ sa babhūvādbhutopamaḥ

sa kīryamāṇaḥ śarajālavṛṣṭibhir mahātmanā dīptadhanuṣmatārditaḥ
bhayāt pradudrāva sametya rāvaṇo yathānilenābhihato balāhakaḥ