Ramayana · Chapter 7.059

atha rātryāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ śatrughno bhṛgunandanam
papraccha cyavanaṃ vipraṃ lavaṇasya balābalam

śūlasya ca balaṃ brahman ke ca pūrvaṃ nipātitāḥ
anena śūlamukhena dvandvayuddham upāgatāḥ

tasya tadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ
pratyuvāca mahātejāś cyavano raghunandanam

asaṃkhyeyāni karmāṇi yāny asya puruṣarṣabha
ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhave yad vṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva me

ayodhyāyāṃ purā rājā yuvanāśvasuto balī
māndhātā iti vikhyātas triṣu lokeṣu vīryavān

sa kṛtvā pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ śāsane pṛthivīpatiḥ
suralokam atho jetum udyogam akaron nṛpaḥ

indrasya tu bhayaṃ tīvraṃ surāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
māndhātari kṛtodyoge devalokajigīṣayā

ardhāsanena śakrasya rājyārdhena ca pārthivaḥ
vandyamānaḥ suragaṇaiḥ pratijñām adhyarohata

tasya pāpam abhiprāyaṃ viditvā pākaśāsanaḥ
sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vākyam uvāca yuvanāśvajam

rājā tvaṃ mānuṣe loke na tāvat puruṣarṣabha
akṛtvā pṛthivīṃ vaśyāṃ devarājyam ihecchasi

yadi vīra samagrā te medinī nikhilā vaśe
devarājyaṃ kuruṣveha sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ

indram evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu māndhātā vākyam abravīt
kva me śakra pratihataṃ śāsanaṃ pṛthivītale

tam uvāca sahasrākṣo lavaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ
madhuputro madhuvane nājñāṃ te kurute 'nagha

tac chrutvā vipriyaṃ ghoraṃ sahasrākṣeṇa bhāṣitam
vrīḍito 'vāṅmukho rājā vyāhartuṃ na śaśāka ha

āmantrya tu sahasrākṣaṃ hriyā kiṃ cid avāṅmukhaḥ
punar evāgamac chrīmān imaṃ lokaṃ nareśvaraḥ

sa kṛtvā hṛdaye 'marṣaṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ
ājagāma madhoḥ putraṃ vaśe kartum aninditaḥ

sa kāṅkṣamāṇo lavaṇaṃ yuddhāya puruṣarṣabhaḥ
dūtaṃ saṃpreṣayām āsa sakāśaṃ lavaṇasya saḥ

sa gatvā vipriyāṇy āha bahūni madhunaḥ sutam
vadantam evaṃ taṃ dūtaṃ bhakṣayām āsa rākṣasaḥ

cirāyamāṇe dūte tu rājā krodhasamanvitaḥ
ardayām āsa tad rakṣaḥ śaravṛṣṭyā samantataḥ

tataḥ prahasya lavaṇaḥ śūlaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā
vadhāya sānubandhasya mumocāyudham uttamam

tac chūlaṃ dīpyamānaṃ tu sabhṛtyabalavāhanam
bhasmīkṛtya nṛpaṃ bhūyo lavaṇasyāgamat karam

evaṃ sa rājā sumahān hataḥ sabalavāhanaḥ
śūlasya ca balaṃ vīra aprameyam anuttamam

śvaḥ prabhāte tu lavaṇaṃ vadhiṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ
agṛhītāyudhaṃ kṣipraṃ dhruvo hi vijayas tava