Ramayana · Chapter 6.093

sa tu mohāt susaṃkruddhaḥ kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ
krodhasaṃraktanayano rāvaṇo sūtam abravīt

hīnavīryam ivāśaktaṃ pauruṣeṇa vivarjitam
bhīruṃ laghum ivāsattvaṃ vihīnam iva tejasā

vimuktam iva māyābhir astrair iva bahiṣkṛtam
mām avajñāya durbuddhe svayā buddhyā viceṣṭase

kimarthaṃ mām avajñāya macchandam anavekṣya ca
tvayā śatrusamakṣaṃ me ratho 'yam apavāhitaḥ

tvayādya hi mamānārya cirakālasamārjitam
yaśo vīryaṃ ca tejaś ca pratyayaś ca vināśitaḥ

śatroḥ prakhyātavīryasya rañjanīyasya vikramaiḥ
paśyato yuddhalubdho 'haṃ kṛtaḥ kāpuruṣas tvayā

yas tvaṃ ratham imaṃ mohān na codvahasi durmate
satyo 'yaṃ pratitarko me pareṇa tvam upaskṛtaḥ

na hīdaṃ vidyate karma suhṛdo hitakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
ripūṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ caitan na tvayaitat svanuṣṭhitam

nivartaya rathaṃ śīghraṃ yāvan nāpaiti me ripuḥ
yadi vāpy uṣito 'si tvaṃ smaryante yadi vā guṇāḥ

evaṃ paruṣam uktas tu hitabuddhir abuddhinā
abravīd rāvaṇaṃ sūto hitaṃ sānunayaṃ vacaḥ

na bhīto 'smi na mūḍho 'smi nopajapto 'smi śatrubhiḥ
na pramatto na niḥsneho vismṛtā na ca satkriyā

mayā tu hitakāmena yaśaś ca parirakṣatā
snehapraskannamanasā priyam ity apriyaṃ kṛtam

nāsminn arthe mahārāja tvaṃ māṃ priyahite ratam
kaś cil laghur ivānāryo doṣato gantum arhasi

śrūyatām abhidhāsyāmi yannimittaṃ mayā rathaḥ
nadīvega ivāmbhobhiḥ saṃyuge vinivartitaḥ

śramaṃ tavāvagacchāmi mahatā raṇakarmaṇā
na hi te vīra saumukhyaṃ praharṣaṃ vopadhāraye

rathodvahanakhinnāś ca ta ime rathavājinaḥ
dīnā gharmapariśrāntā gāvo varṣahatā iva

nimittāni ca bhūyiṣṭhaṃ yāni prādurbhavanti naḥ
teṣu teṣv abhipanneṣu lakṣayāmy apradakṣiṇam

deśakālau ca vijñeyau lakṣaṇānīṅgitāni ca
dainyaṃ harṣaś ca khedaś ca rathinaś ca balābalam

sthalanimnāni bhūmeś ca samāni viṣamāṇi ca
yuddhakālaś ca vijñeyaḥ parasyāntaradarśanam

upayānāpayāne ca sthānaṃ pratyapasarpaṇam
sarvam etad rathasthena jñeyaṃ rathakuṭumbinā

tava viśrāmahetos tu tathaiṣāṃ rathavājinām
raudraṃ varjayatā khedaṃ kṣamaṃ kṛtam idaṃ mayā

na mayā svecchayā vīra ratho 'yam apavāhitaḥ
bhartṛsnehaparītena mayedaṃ yatkṛtaṃ vibho

ājñāpaya yathātattvaṃ vakṣyasy ariniṣūdana
tat kariṣyāmy ahaṃ vīraṃ gatānṛṇyena cetasā

saṃtuṣṭas tena vākyena rāvaṇas tasya sāratheḥ
praśasyainaṃ bahuvidhaṃ yuddhalubdho 'bravīd idam

rathaṃ śīghram imaṃ sūta rāghavābhimukhaṃ kuru
nāhatvā samare śatrūn nivartiṣyati rāvaṇaḥ

evam uktvā tatas tuṣṭo rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ
dadau tasya śubhaṃ hy ekaṃ hastābharaṇam uttamam

tato drutaṃ rāvaṇavākyacoditaḥ pracodayām āsa hayān sa sārathiḥ
sa rākṣasendrasya tato mahārathaḥ kṣaṇena rāmasya raṇāgrato 'bhavat