Ramayana · Chapter 7.025

sa tu dattvā daśagrīvo vanaṃ ghoraṃ kharasya tat
bhaginīṃ ca samāśvāsya hṛṣṭaḥ svasthataro 'bhavat

tato nikumbhilā nāma laṅkāyāḥ kānanaṃ mahat
mahātmā rākṣasendras tat praviveśa sahānugaḥ

tatra yūpaśatākīrṇaṃ saumyacaityopaśobhitam
dadarśa viṣṭhitaṃ yajñaṃ saṃpradīptam iva śriyā

tataḥ kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ kamaṇḍaluśikhādhvajam
dadarśa svasutaṃ tatra meghanādam ariṃdamam

rakṣaḥpatiḥ samāsādya samāśliṣya ca bāhubhiḥ
abravīt kim idaṃ vatsa vartate tad bravīhi me

uśanā tv abravīt tatra gurur yajñasamṛddhaye
rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭho mahātapāḥ

aham ākhyāmi te rājañ śrūyatāṃ sarvam eva ca
yajñās te sapta putreṇa prāptāḥ subahuvistarāḥ

agniṣṭomo 'śvamedhaś ca yajño bahusuvarṇakaḥ
rājasūyas tathā yajño gomedho vaiṣṇavas tathā

māheśvare pravṛtte tu yajñe pumbhiḥ sudurlabhe
varāṃs te labdhavān putraḥ sākṣāt paśupater iha

kāmagaṃ syandanaṃ divyam antarikṣacaraṃ dhruvam
māyāṃ ca tāmasīṃ nāma yayā saṃpadyate tamaḥ

etayā kila saṃgrāme māyayā rākṣaseśvara
prayuddhasya gatiḥ śakyā na hi jñātuṃ surāsuraiḥ

akṣayāv iṣudhī bāṇaiś cāpaṃ cāpi sudurjayam
astraṃ ca balavat saumya śatruvidhvaṃsanaṃ raṇe

etān sarvān varāṃl labdhvā putras te 'yaṃ daśānana
adya yajñasamāptau ca tvatpratīkṣaḥ sthito aham

tato 'bravīd daśagrīvo na śobhanam idaṃ kṛtam
pūjitāḥ śatravo yasmād dravyair indrapurogamāḥ

ehīdānīṃ kṛtaṃ yad dhi tad akartuṃ na śakyate
āgaccha saumya gacchāmaḥ svam eva bhavanaṃ prati

tato gatvā daśagrīvaḥ saputraḥ savibhīṣaṇaḥ
striyo 'vatārayām āsa sarvās tā bāṣpaviklavāḥ

lakṣiṇyo ratnabūtāś ca devadānavarakṣasām
nānābhūṣaṇasaṃpannā jvalantyaḥ svena tejasā

vibhīṣaṇas tu tā nārīr dṛṣṭvā śokasamākulāḥ
tasya tāṃ ca matiṃ jñātvā dharmātmā vākyam abravīt

īdṛśais taiḥ samācārair yaśo'rthakulanāśanaiḥ
dharṣaṇaṃ prāṇināṃ dattvā svamatena viceṣṭase

jñātīn vai dharṣayitvemās tvayānītā varāṅganāḥ
tvām atikramya madhunā rājan kumbhīnasī hṛtā

rāvaṇas tv abravīd vākyaṃ nāvagacchāmi kiṃ tv idam
ko vāyaṃ yas tvayākhyāto madhur ity eva nāmataḥ

vibhīṣaṇas tu saṃkruddho bhrātaraṃ vākyam abravīt
śrūyatām asya pāpasya karmaṇaḥ phalam āgatam

mātāmahasya yo 'smākaṃ jyeṣṭho bhrātā sumālinaḥ
mālyavān iti vikhyāto vṛddhaprājño niśācaraḥ

pitur jyeṣṭho jananyāś ca asmākaṃ tv āryako 'bhavat
tasya kumbhīnasī nāma duhitur duhitābhavat

mātṛṣvasur athāsmākaṃ sā kanyā cānalodbhavā
bhavaty asmākam eṣā vai bhrātṝṇāṃ dharmataḥ svasā

sā hṛtā madhunā rājan rākṣasena balīyasā
yajñapravṛtte putre te mayi cāntarjaloṣite

nihatya rākṣasaśreṣṭhān amātyāṃs tava saṃmatān
dharṣayitvā hṛtā rājan guptā hy antaḥpure tava

śrutvā tv etan mahārāja kṣāntam eva hato na saḥ
yasmād avaśyaṃ dātavyā kanyā bhartre hi dātṛbhiḥ
asminn evābhisaṃprāptaṃ loke viditam astu te

tato 'bravīd daśagrīvaḥ kruddhaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ
kalpyatāṃ me rathaḥ śīghraṃ śūrāḥ sajjībhavantu ca

bhrātā me kumbhakarṇaś ca ye ca mukhyā niśācarāḥ
vāhanāny adhirohantu nānāpraharaṇāyudhāḥ

adya taṃ samare hatvā madhuṃ rāvaṇanirbhayam
indralokaṃ gamiṣyāmi yuddhakāṅkṣī suhṛdvṛtaḥ

tato vijitya tridivaṃ vaśe sthāpya puraṃdaram
nirvṛto vihariṣyāmi trailokyaiśvaryaśobhitaḥ

akṣauhiṇīsahasrāṇi catvāry ugrāṇi rakṣasām
nānāpraharaṇāny āśu niryayur yuddhakāṅkṣiṇām

indrajit tv agrataḥ sainyaṃ sainikān parigṛhya ca
rāvaṇo madhyataḥ śūraḥ kumbhakarṇaś ca pṛṣṭhataḥ

vibhīṣaṇas tu dharmātmā laṅkāyāṃ dharmam ācarat
te tu sarve mahābhāgā yayur madhupuraṃ prati

rathair nāgaiḥ kharair uṣṭrair hayair dīptair mahoragaiḥ
rākṣasāḥ prayayuḥ sarve kṛtvākāśaṃ nirantaram

daityāś ca śataśas tatra kṛtavairāḥ suraiḥ saha
rāvaṇaṃ prekṣya gacchantam anvagacchanta pṛṣṭhataḥ

sa tu gatvā madhupuraṃ praviśya ca daśānanaḥ
na dadarśa madhuṃ tatra bhaginīṃ tatra dṛṣṭavān

sā prahvā prāñjalir bhūtvā śirasā pādayor gatā
tasya rākṣasarājasya trastā kumbhīnasī svasā

tāṃ samutthāpayām āsa na bhetavyam iti bruvan
rāvaṇo rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ cāpi karavāṇi te

sābravīd yadi me rājan prasannas tvaṃ mahābala
bhartāraṃ na mamehādya hantum arhasi mānada

satyavāg bhava rājendra mām avekṣasva yācatīm
tvayā hy uktaṃ mahābāho na bhetavyam iti svayam

rāvaṇas tv abravīd dhṛṣṭaḥ svasāraṃ tatra saṃsthitām
kva cāsau tava bhartā vai mama śīghraṃ nivedyatām

saha tena gamiṣyāmi suralokaṃ jayāya vai
tava kāruṇyasauhārdān nivṛtto 'smi madhor vadhāt

ity uktā sā prasuptaṃ taṃ samutthāpya niśācaram
abravīt saṃprahṛṣṭeva rākṣasī suvipaścitam

eṣa prāpto daśagrīvo mama bhrātā niśācaraḥ
suralokajayākāṅkṣī sāhāyye tvāṃ vṛṇoti ca

tad asya tvaṃ sahāyārthaṃ sabandhur gaccha rākṣasa
snigdhasya bhajamānasya yuktam arthāya kalpitum

tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā tathety āha madhur vacaḥ
dadarśa rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ yathānyāyam upetya saḥ

pūjayām āsa dharmeṇa rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam
prāptapūjo daśagrīvo madhuveśmani vīryavān
tatra caikāṃ niśām uṣya gamanāyopacakrame

tataḥ kailāsam āsādya śailaṃ vaiśravaṇālayam
rākṣasendro mahendrābhaḥ senām upaniveśayat