Ramayana · Chapter 7.006

tair vadhyamānā devāś ca ṛṣayaś ca tapodhanāḥ
bhayārtāḥ śaraṇaṃ jagmur devadevaṃ maheśvaram

te sametya tu kāmāriṃ tripurāriṃ trilocanam
ūcuḥ prāñjalayo devā bhayagadgadabhāṣiṇaḥ

sukeśaputrair bhagavan pitāmahavaroddhataiḥ
prajādhyakṣa prajāḥ sarvā bādhyante ripubādhana

śaraṇyāny aśaraṇyāni āśramāṇi kṛtāni naḥ
svargāc ca cyāvitaḥ śakraḥ svarge krīḍanti śakravat

ahaṃ viṣṇur ahaṃ rudro brahmāhaṃ devarāḍ aham
ahaṃ yamo 'haṃ varuṇaś candro 'haṃ ravir apy aham

iti te rākṣasā deva varadānena darpitāḥ
bādhante samaroddharṣā ye ca teṣāṃ puraḥsarāḥ

tan no devabhayārtānām abhayaṃ dātum arhasi
aśivaṃ vapur āsthāya jahi daivatakaṇṭakān

ity uktas tu suraiḥ sarvaiḥ kapardī nīlalohitaḥ
sukeśaṃ prati sāpekṣa āha devagaṇān prabhuḥ

nāhaṃ tān nihaniṣyāmi avadhyā mama te 'surāḥ
kiṃ tu mantraṃ pradāsyāmi yo vai tān nihaniṣyati

evam eva samudyogaṃ puraskṛtya surarṣabhāḥ
gacchantu śaraṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ haniṣyati sa tān prabhuḥ

tatas te jayaśabdena pratinandya maheśvaram
viṣṇoḥ samīpam ājagmur niśācarabhayārditāḥ

śaṅkhacakradharaṃ devaṃ praṇamya bahumānya ca
ūcuḥ saṃbhrāntavad vākyaṃ sukeśatanayārditāḥ

sukeśatanayair devatribhis tretāgnisaṃnibhaiḥ
ākramya varadānena sthānāny apahṛtāni naḥ

laṅkā nāma purī durgā trikūṭaśikhare sthitā
tatra sthitāḥ prabādhante sarvān naḥ kṣaṇadācarāḥ

sa tvam asmatpriyārthaṃ tu jahi tān madhusūdana
cakrakṛttāsyakamalān nivedaya yamāya vai

bhayeṣv abhayado 'smākaṃ nānyo 'sti bhavatā samaḥ
nuda tvaṃ no bhayaṃ deva nīhāram iva bhāskaraḥ

ity evaṃ daivatair ukto devadevo janārdanaḥ
abhayaṃ bhayado 'rīṇāṃ dattvā devān uvāca ha

sukeśaṃ rākṣasaṃ jāne īśāna varadarpitam
tāṃś cāsya tanayāñ jāne yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ sa mālyavān

tān ahaṃ samatikrāntamaryādān rākṣasādhamān
sūdayiṣyāmi saṃgrāme surā bhavata vijvarāḥ

ity uktās te surāḥ sarve viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
yathā vāsaṃ yayur hṛṣṭāḥ praśamanto janārdanam

vibudhānāṃ samudyogaṃ mālyavān sa niśācaraḥ
śrutvā tau bhrātarau vīrāv idaṃ vacanam abravīt

amarā ṛṣayaś caiva saṃhatya kila śaṃkaram
asmadvadhaṃ parīpsanta idam ūcus trilocanam

sukeśatanayā deva varadānabaloddhatāḥ
bādhante 'smān samudyuktā ghorarūpāḥ pade pade

rākṣasair abhibhūtāḥ sma na śaktāḥ sma umāpate
sveṣu veśmasu saṃsthātuṃ bhayāt teṣāṃ durātmanām

tad asmākaṃ hitārthe tvaṃ jahi tāṃs tāṃs trilocana
rākṣasān huṃkṛtenaiva daha pradahatāṃ vara

ity evaṃ tridaśair ukto niśamyāndhakasūdanaḥ
śiraḥ karaṃ ca dhunvāna idaṃ vacanam abravīt

avadhyā mama te devāḥ sukeśatanayā raṇe
mantraṃ tu vaḥ pradāsyāmi yo vai tān nihaniṣyati

yaḥ sa cakragadāpāṇiḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ
haniṣyati sa tān yuddhe śaraṇaṃ taṃ prapadyatha

harān nāvāpya te kāmaṃ kāmārim abhivādya ca
nārāyaṇālayaṃ prāptās tasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayan

tato nārāyaṇenoktā devā indrapurogamāḥ
surārīn sūdayiṣyāmi surā bhavata vijvarāḥ

devānāṃ bhayabhītānāṃ hariṇā rākṣasarṣabhau
pratijñāto vadho 'smākaṃ tac cintayatha yat kṣamam

hiraṇyakaśipor mṛtyur anyeṣāṃ ca suradviṣām
duḥkhaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ jetuṃ yo no hantum abhīpsati

tataḥ sumālī mālī ca śrutvā mālyavato vacaḥ
ūcatur bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhagāṃśāv iva vāsavam

svadhītaṃ dattam iṣṭaṃ ca aiśvaryaṃ paripālitam
āyur nirāmayaṃ prāptaṃ svadharmaḥ sthāpitaś ca naḥ

devasāgaram akṣobhyaṃ śastraughaiḥ pravigāhya ca
jitā devā raṇe nityaṃ na no mṛtyukṛtaṃ bhayam

nārāyaṇaś ca rudraś ca śakraś cāpi yamas tathā
asmākaṃ pramukhe sthātuṃ sarva eva hi bibhyati

viṣṇor doṣaś ca nāsty atra kāraṇaṃ rākṣaseśvara
devānām eva doṣeṇa viṣṇoḥ pracalitaṃ manaḥ

tasmād adya samudyuktāḥ sarvasainyasamāvṛtāḥ
devān eva jighāṃsāmo yebhyo doṣaḥ samutthitaḥ

iti mālī sumālī ca mālyavān agrajaḥ prabhuḥ
udyogaṃ ghoṣayitvātha rākṣasāḥ sarva eva te
yuddhāya niryayuḥ kruddhā jambhavṛtrabalā iva

syandanair vāraṇendraiś ca hayaiś ca girisaṃnibhaiḥ
kharair gobhir athoṣṭraiś ca śiṃśumārair bhujaṃ gamaiḥ

makaraiḥ kacchapair mīnair vihaṃgair garuḍopamaiḥ
siṃhair vyāghrair varāhaiś ca sṛmaraiś camarair api

tyaktvā laṅkāṃ tataḥ sarve rākṣasā balagarvitāḥ
prayātā devalokāya yoddhuṃ daivataśatravaḥ

laṅkāviparyayaṃ dṛṣṭvā yāni laṅkālayāny atha
bhūtāni bhayadarśīni vimanaskāni sarvaśaḥ

bhaumās tathāntarikṣāś ca kālājñaptā bhayāvahāḥ
utpātā rākṣasendrāṇām abhāvāyotthitā drutam

asthīni meghā varṣanti uṣṇaṃ śoṇitam eva ca
velāṃ samudro 'py utkrāntaś calante cācalottamāḥ

aṭṭahāsān vimuñcanto ghananādasamasvanān
bhūtāḥ paripatanti sma nṛtyamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ

gṛdhracakraṃ mahac cāpi jvalanodgāribhir mukhaiḥ
rākṣasānām upari vai bhramate kālacakravat

tān acintyamahotpātān rākṣasā balagarvitāḥ
yanty eva na nivartante mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ

mālyavāṃś ca sumālī ca mālī ca rajanīcarāḥ
āsan puraḥsarās teṣāṃ kratūnām iva pāvakāḥ

mālyavantaṃ tu te sarve mālyavantam ivācalam
niśācarā āśrayante dhātāram iva dehinaḥ

tad balaṃ rākṣasendrāṇāṃ mahābhraghananāditam
jayepsayā devalokaṃ yayau mālī vaśe sthitam

rākṣasānāṃ samudyogaṃ taṃ tu nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
devadūtād upaśrutya dadhre yuddhe tato manaḥ

sa devasiddharṣimahoragaiś ca gandharvamukhyāpsarasopagītaḥ
samāsasādāmaraśatrusainyaṃ cakrāsisīrapravarādidhārī

suparṇapakṣānilanunnapakṣaṃ bhramatpatākaṃ pravikīrṇaśastram
cacāla tad rākṣasarājasainyaṃ calopalo nīla ivācalendraḥ

tatha śitaiḥ śoṇitamāṃsarūṣitair yugāntavaiśvānaratulyavigrahaiḥ
niśācarāḥ saṃparivārya mādhavaṃ varāyudhair nirbibhiduḥ sahasraśaḥ