Ramayana · Chapter 7.028

sumālinaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā vasunā bhasmasātkṛtam
vidrutaṃ cāpi svaṃ sainyaṃ lakṣayitvārditaṃ śaraiḥ

tataḥ sa balavān kruddho rāvaṇasya suto yudhi
nivartya rākṣasān sarvān meghanādo vyatiṣṭhata

sa rathenāgnivarṇena kāmagena mahārathaḥ
abhidudrāva senāṃ tāṃ vanāny agnir iva jvalan

tataḥ praviśatas tasya vividhāyudhadhāriṇaḥ
vidudruvur diśaḥ sarvā devās tasya ca darśanāt

na tatrāvasthitaḥ kaś cid raṇe tasya yuyutsataḥ
sarvān āvidhya vitrastān dṛṣṭvā śakro 'bhyabhāṣata

na bhetavyaṃ na gantavyaṃ nivartadhvaṃ raṇaṃ prati
eṣa gacchati me putro yuddhārtham aparājitaḥ

tataḥ śakrasuto devo jayanta iti viśrutaḥ
rathenādbhutakalpena saṃgrāmam abhivartata

tatas te tridaśāḥ sarve parivārya śacīsutam
rāvaṇasya sutaṃ yuddhe samāsādya vyavasthitāḥ

teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ mahad abhūt sadṛśaṃ devarakṣasām
kṛte mahendraputrasya rākṣasendrasutasya ca

tato mātaliputre tu gomukhe rākṣasātmajaḥ
sārathau pātayām āsa śarān kāñcanabhūṣaṇān

śacīsutas tv api tathā jayantas tasya sārathim
taṃ caiva rāvaṇiṃ kruddhaḥ pratyavidhyad raṇājire

tataḥ kruddho mahātejā rakṣo visphāritekṣaṇaḥ
rāvaṇiḥ śakraputraṃ taṃ śaravarṣair avākirat

tataḥ pragṛhya śastrāṇi sāravanti mahānti ca
śataghnīs tomarān prāsān gadākhaḍgaparaśvadhān
sumahānty adriśṛṅgāṇi pātayām āsa rāvaṇiḥ

tataḥ pravyathitā lokāḥ saṃjajñe ca tamo mahat
tasya rāvaṇaputrasya tadā śatrūn abhighnataḥ

tatas tad daivatabalaṃ samantāt taṃ śacīsutam
bahuprakāram asvasthaṃ tatra tatra sma dhāvati

nābhyajānaṃs tadānyonyaṃ śatrūn vā daivatāni vā
tatra tatra viparyastaṃ samantāt paridhāvitam

etasminn antare śūraḥ pulomā nāma vīryavān
daiteyas tena saṃgṛhya śacīputro 'pavāhitaḥ

gṛhītvā taṃ tu naptāraṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa mahodadhim
mātāmaho 'ryakas tasya paulomī yena sā śacī

praṇāśaṃ dṛśya tu surā jayantasyātidāruṇam
vyathitāś cāprahṛṣṭāś ca samantād vipradudruvuḥ

rāvaṇis tv atha saṃhṛṣṭo balaiḥ parivṛtaḥ svakaiḥ
abhyadhāvata devāṃs tān mumoca ca mahāsvanam

dṛṣṭvā praṇāśaṃ putrasya rāvaṇeś cāpi vikramam
mātaliṃ prāha devendro rathaḥ samupanīyatām

sa tu divyo mahābhīmaḥ sajja eva mahārathaḥ
upasthito mātalinā vāhyamāno manojavaḥ

tato meghā rathe tasmiṃs taḍidvanto mahāsvanāḥ
agrato vāyucapalā gacchanto vyanadaṃs tadā

nānāvādyāni vādyanta stutayaś ca samāhitāḥ
nanṛtuś cāpsaraḥsaṃghāḥ prayāte vāsave raṇam

rudrair vasubhir ādityaiḥ sādhyaiś ca samarudgaṇaiḥ
vṛto nānāpraharaṇair niryayau tridaśādhipaḥ

nirgacchatas tu śakrasya paruṣaṃ pavano vavau
bhāskaro niṣprabhaś cāsīn maholkāś ca prapedire

etasminn antare śūro daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān
āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā

pannagaiḥ sumahākāyair veṣṭitaṃ lomaharṣaṇaiḥ
yeṣāṃ niśvāsavātena pradīptam iva saṃyugam

daityair niśācaraiḥ śūrai rathaḥ saṃparivāritaḥ
samarābhimukho divyo mahendram abhivartata

putraṃ taṃ vārayitvāsau svayam eva vyavasthitaḥ
so 'pi yuddhād viniṣkramya rāvaṇiḥ samupāviśat

tato yuddhaṃ pravṛttaṃ tu surāṇāṃ rākṣasaiḥ saha
śastrābhivarṣaṇaṃ ghoraṃ meghānām iva saṃyuge

kumbhakarṇas tu duṣṭātmā nānāpraharaṇodyataḥ
nājñāyata tadā yuddhe saha kenāpy ayudhyata

dantair bhujābhyāṃ padbhyāṃ ca śaktitomarasāyakaiḥ
yena kenaiva saṃrabdhas tāḍayām āsa vai surān

tato rudrair mahābhāgaiḥ sahādityair niśācaraḥ
prayuddhas taiś ca saṃgrāme kṛttaḥ śastrair nirantaram

tatas tad rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ tridaśaiḥ samarudgaṇaiḥ
raṇe vidrāvitaṃ sarvaṃ nānāpraharaṇaiḥ śitaiḥ

ke cid vinihatāḥ śastrair veṣṭanti sma mahītale
vāhaneṣv avasaktāś ca sthitā evāpare raṇe

rathān nāgān kharān uṣṭrān pannagāṃs turagāṃs tathā
śiṃśumārān varāhāṃś ca piśācavadanāṃs tathā

tān samāliṅgya bāhubhyāṃ viṣṭabdhāḥ ke cid ucchritāḥ
devais tu śastrasaṃviddhā mamrire ca niśācarāḥ

citrakarma ivābhāti sa teṣāṃ raṇasaṃplavaḥ
nihatānāṃ pramattānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahītale

śoṇitodaka niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā
pravṛttā saṃyugamukhe śastragrāhavatī nadī

etasminn antare kruddho daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān
nirīkṣya tad balaṃ sarvaṃ daivatair vinipātitam

sa taṃ prativigāhyāśu pravṛddhaṃ sainyasāgaram
tridaśān samare nighnañ śakram evābhyavartata

tataḥ śakro mahac cāpaṃ visphārya sumahāsvanam
yasya visphāraghoṣeṇa svananti sma diśo daśa

tad vikṛṣya mahac cāpam indro rāvaṇamūrdhani
nipātayām āsa śarān pāvakādityavarcasaḥ

tathaiva ca mahābāhur daśagrīvo vyavasthitaḥ
śakraṃ kārmukavibhraṣṭaiḥ śaravarṣair avākirat

prayudhyator atha tayor bāṇavarṣaiḥ samantataḥ
nājñāyata tadā kiṃ cit sarvaṃ hi tamasā vṛtam