Ramayana · Chapter 7.021

evaṃ saṃcintya viprendro jagāma laghuvikramaḥ
ākhyātuṃ tad yathāvṛttaṃ yamasya sadanaṃ prati

apaśyat sa yamaṃ tatra devam agnipuraskṛtam
vidhānam upatiṣṭhantaṃ prāṇino yasya yādṛśam

sa tu dṛṣṭvā yamaḥ prāptaṃ maharṣiṃ tatra nāradam
abravīt sukham āsīnam arghyam āvedya dharmataḥ

kaccit kṣemaṃ nu devarṣe kaccid dharmo na naśyati
kim āgamanakṛtyaṃ te devagandharvasevita

abravīt tu tadā vākyaṃ nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
śrūyatām abhidhāsyāmi vidhānaṃ ca vidhīyatām

eṣa nāmnā daśagrīvaḥ pitṛrāja niśācaraḥ
upayāti vaśaṃ netuṃ vikramais tvāṃ sudurjayam

etena kāraṇenāhaṃ tvarito 'smy āgataḥ prabho
daṇḍapraharaṇasyādya tava kiṃ nu kariṣyati

etasminn antare dūrād aṃśumantam ivoditam
dadṛśe divyam āyāntaṃ vimānaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ

taṃ deśaṃ prabhayā tasya puṣpakasya mahābalaḥ
kṛtvā vitimiraṃ sarvaṃ samīpaṃ samavartata

sa tv apaśyan mahābāhur daśagrīvas tatas tataḥ
prāṇinaḥ sukṛtaṃ karma bhuñjānāṃś caiva duṣkṛtam

tatas tān vadhyamānāṃs tu karmabhir duṣkṛtaiḥ svakaiḥ
rāvaṇo mocayām āsa vikrameṇa balād balī

preteṣu mucyamāneṣu rākṣasena balīyasā
pretagopāḥ susaṃrabdhā rākṣasendram abhidravan

te prāsaiḥ parighaiḥ śūlair mudgaraiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ
puṣpakaṃ samavarṣanta śūrāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

tasyāsanāni prāsādān vedikāstaraṇāni ca
puṣpakasya babhañjus te śīghraṃ madhukarā iva

devaniṣṭhānabhūtaṃ tad vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ mṛdhe
bhajyamānaṃ tathaivāsīd akṣayaṃ brahmatejasā

tatas te rāvaṇāmātyā yathākāmaṃ yathābalam
ayudhyanta mahāvīryāḥ sa ca rājā daśānanaḥ

te tu śoṇitadigdhāṅgāḥ sarvaśastrasamāhatāḥ
amātyā rākṣasendrasya cakrur āyodhanaṃ mahat

anyonyaṃ ca mahābhāgā jaghnuḥ praharaṇair yudhi
yamasya ca mahat sainyaṃ rākṣasasya ca mantriṇaḥ

amātyāṃs tāṃs tu saṃtyajya rākṣasasya mahaujasaḥ
tam eva samadhāvanta śūlavarṣair daśānanam

tataḥ śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ prahārair jarjarīkṛtaḥ
vimāne rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ phullāśoka ivābabhau

sa śūlāni gadāḥ prāsāñ śaktitomarasāyakān
musalāni śilāvṛkṣān mumocāstrabalād balī

tāṃs tu sarvān samākṣipya tad astram apahatya ca
jaghnus te rākṣasaṃ ghoram ekaṃ śatasahasrakaḥ

parivārya ca taṃ sarve śailaṃ meghotkarā iva
bhindipālaiś ca śūlaiś ca nirucchvāsam akārayan

vimuktakavacaḥ kruddho siktaḥ śoṇitavisravaiḥ
sa puṣpakaṃ parityajya pṛthivyām avatiṣṭhata

tataḥ sa kārmukī bāṇī pṛthivyāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
labdhasaṃjño muhūrtena kruddhas tasthau yathāntakaḥ

tataḥ pāśupataṃ divyam astraṃ saṃdhāya kārmuke
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti tān uktvā tac cāpaṃ vyapakarṣata

jvālāmālī sa tu śaraḥ kravyādānugato raṇe
mukto gulmān drumāṃś caiva bhasmakṛtvā pradhāvati

te tasya tejasā dagdhāḥ sainyā vaivasvatasya tu
raṇe tasmin nipatitā dāvadagdhā nagā iva

tataḥ sa sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ rākṣaso bhīmavikramaḥ
nanāda sumahānādaṃ kampayann iva medinīm