Ramayana · Chapter 7.027

kailāsaṃ laṅghayitvātha daśagrīvaḥ sarākṣasaḥ
āsasāda mahātejā indralokaṃ niśācaraḥ

tasya rākṣasasainyasya samantād upayāsyataḥ
devalokaṃ yayau śabdo bhidyamānārṇavopamaḥ

śrutvā tu rāvaṇaṃ prāptam indraḥ saṃcalitāsanaḥ
abravīt tatra tān devān sarvān eva samāgatān

ādityān savasūn rudrān viśvān sādhyān marudgaṇān
sajjībhavata yuddhārthaṃ rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ

evam uktās tu śakreṇa devāḥ śakrasamā yudhi
saṃnahyanta mahāsattvā yuddhaśraddhāsamanvitāḥ

sa tu dīnaḥ paritrasto mahendro rāvaṇaṃ prati
viṣṇoḥ samīpam āgatya vākyam etad uvāca ha

viṣṇo kathaṃ kariṣyāmo mahāvīryaparākrama
asau hi balavān rakṣo yuddhārtham abhivartate

varapradānād balavān na khalv anyena hetunā
tac ca satyaṃ hi kartavyaṃ vākyaṃ deva prajāpateḥ

tad yathā namucir vṛtro balir narakaśambarau
tvan mataṃ samavaṣṭabhya yathā dagdhās tathā kuru

na hy anyo deva devānām āpatsu sumahābala
gatiḥ parāyaṇaṃ vāsti tvām ṛte puruṣottama

tvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmān padmanābhaḥ sanātanaḥ
tvayāhaṃ sthāpitaś caiva devarājye sanātane

tad ākhyāhi yathātattvaṃ devadeva mama svayam
asicakrasahāyas tvaṃ yudhyase saṃyuge ripum

evam uktaḥ sa śakreṇa devo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
abravīn na paritrāsaḥ kāryas te śrūyatāṃ ca me

na tāvad eṣa durvṛttaḥ śakyo daivatadānavaiḥ
hantuṃ yudhi samāsādya varadānena durjayaḥ

sarvathā tu mahat karma kariṣyati balotkaṭaḥ
rakṣaḥ putrasahāyo 'sau dṛṣṭam etan nisargataḥ

bravīṣi yat tu māṃ śakra saṃyuge yotsyasīti ha
naivāhaṃ pratiyotsye taṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam

anihatya ripuṃ viṣṇur na hi pratinivartate
durlabhaś caiṣa kāmo 'dya varam āsādya rākṣase

pratijānāmi devendra tvatsamīpaṃ śatakrato
rākṣasasyāham evāsya bhavitā mṛtyukāraṇam

aham enaṃ vadhiṣyāmi rāvaṇaṃ sasutaṃ yudhi
devatās toṣayiṣyāmi jñātvā kālam upasthitam

etasminn antare nādaḥ śuśruve rajanīkṣaye
tasya rāvaṇasainyasya prayuddhasya samantataḥ

atha yuddhaṃ samabhavad devarākṣasayos tadā
ghoraṃ tumulanirhrādaṃ nānāpraharaṇāyudham

etasminn antare śūrā rākṣasā ghoradarśanāḥ
yuddhārtham abhyadhāvanta sacivā rāvaṇājñayā

mārīcaś ca prahastaś ca mahāpārśvamahodarau
akampano nikumbhaś ca śukaḥ sāraṇa eva ca

saṃhrādir dhūmaketuś ca mahādaṃṣṭro mahāmukhaḥ
jambumālī mahāmālī virūpākṣaś ca rākṣasaḥ

etaiḥ sarvair mahāvīryair vṛto rākṣasapuṃgavaḥ
rāvaṇasyāryakaḥ sainyaṃ sumālī praviveśa ha

sa hi devagaṇān sarvān nānāpraharaṇaiḥ śitaiḥ
vidhvaṃsayati saṃkruddhaḥ saha taiḥ kṣaṇadācaraiḥ

etasminn antare śūro vasūnām aṣṭamo vasuḥ
sāvitra iti vikhyātaḥ praviveśa mahāraṇam

tato yuddhaṃ samabhavat surāṇāṃ rākṣasaiḥ saha
kruddhānāṃ rakṣasāṃ kīrtiṃ samareṣv anivartinām

tatas te rākṣasāḥ śūrā devāṃs tān samare sthitān
nānāpraharaṇair ghorair jaghnuḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

surās tu rākṣasān ghorān mahāvīryān svatejasā
samare vividhaiḥ śastrair anayan yamasādanam

etasminn antare śūraḥ sumālī nāma rākṣasaḥ
nānāpraharaṇaiḥ kruddho raṇam evābhyavartata

devānāṃ tad balaṃ sarvaṃ nānāpraharaṇaiḥ śitaiḥ
vidhvaṃsayati saṃkruddho vāyur jaladharān iva

te mahābāṇavarṣaiś ca śūlaiḥ prāsaiś ca dāruṇaiḥ
pīḍyamānāḥ surāḥ sarve na vyatiṣṭhan samāhitāḥ

tato vidrāvyamāṇeṣu tridaśeṣu sumālinā
vasūnām aṣṭamo devaḥ sāvitro vyavatiṣṭhata

saṃvṛtaḥ svair anīkais tu praharantaṃ niśācaram
vikrameṇa mahātejā vārayām āsa saṃyuge

sumattayos tayor āsīd yuddhaṃ loke sudāruṇam
sumālino vasoś caiva samareṣv anivartinoḥ

tatas tasya mahābāṇair vasunā sumahātmanā
mahān sa pannagarathaḥ kṣaṇena vinipātitaḥ

hatvā tu saṃyuge tasya rathaṃ bāṇaśataiḥ śitaiḥ
gadāṃ tasya vadhārthāya vasur jagrāha pāṇinā

tāṃ pradīptāṃ pragṛhyāśu kāladaṇḍanibhāṃ śubhām
tasya mūrdhani sāvitraḥ sumāler vinipātayat

tasya mūrdhani solkābhā patantī ca tadā babhau
sahasrākṣasamutsṛṣṭā girāv iva mahāśaniḥ

tasya naivāsthi kāyo vā na māṃsaṃ dadṛśe tadā
gadayā bhasmasādbhūto raṇe tasmin nipātitaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ saṃkhye rākṣasās te samantataḥ
dudruvuḥ sahitāḥ sarve krośamānā mahāsvanam