 | Book 3 Chapter 272
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| 1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ śrutvā hataṃ saṃkhye kumbhakarṇaṃ sahānugam
prahastaṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ dhūmrākṣaṃ cātitejasam
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| 2 | putram indrajitaṃ śūraṃ rāvaṇaḥ pratyabhāṣata
jahi rāmam amitraghna sugrīvaṃ ca salakṣmaṇam
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| 3 | tvayā hi mama satputra yaśo dīptam upārjitam
jitvā vajradharaṃ saṃkhye sahasrākṣaṃ śacīpatim
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| 4 | antarhitaḥ prakāśo vā divyair dattavaraiḥ śaraiḥ
jahi śatrūn amitraghna mama śastrabhṛtāṃ vara
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| 5 | rāmalakṣmaṇasugrīvāḥ śarasparśaṃ na te 'nagha
samarthāḥ pratisaṃsoḍhuṃ kutas tadanuyāyinaḥ
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| 6 | akṛtā yā prahastena kumbhakarṇena cānagha
kharasyāpacitiḥ saṃkhye tāṃ gacchasva mahābhuja
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| 7 | tvam adya niśitair bāṇair hatvā śatrūn sasainikān
pratinandaya māṃ putra purā baddhveva vāsavam
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| 8 | ity uktaḥ sa tathety uktvā ratham āsthāya daṃśitaḥ
prayayāv indrajid rājaṃs tūrṇam āyodhanaṃ prati
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| 9 | tatra viśrāvya vispaṣṭaṃ nāma rākṣasapuṃgavaḥ
āhvayām āsa samare lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam
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| 10 | taṃ lakṣmaṇo 'py abhyadhāvat pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ
trāsayaṃs talaghoṣeṇa siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā
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| 11 | tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ sumahaj jayagṛddhinoḥ
divyāstraviduṣos tīvram anyonyaspardhinos tadā
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| 12 | rāvaṇis tu yadā nainaṃ viśeṣayati sāyakaiḥ
tato gurutaraṃ yatnam ātiṣṭhad balināṃ varaḥ
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| 13 | tata enaṃ mahāvegair ardayām āsa tomaraiḥ
tān āgatān sa ciccheda saumitrir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
te nikṛttāḥ śarais tīkṣṇair nyapatan vasudhātale
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| 14 | tam aṅgado vālisutaḥ śrīmān udyamya pādapam
abhidrutya mahāvegas tāḍayām āsa mūrdhani
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| 15 | tasyendrajid asaṃbhrāntaḥ prāsenorasi vīryavān
prahartum aicchat taṃ cāsya prāsaṃ ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ
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| 16 | tam abhyāśagataṃ vīram aṅgadaṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ
gadayātāḍayat savye pārśve vānarapuṃgavam
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| 17 | tam acintya prahāraṃ sa balavān vālinaḥ sutaḥ
sasarjendrajitaḥ krodhāc chālaskandham amitrajit
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| 18 | so 'ṅgadena ruṣotsṛṣṭo vadhāyendrajitas taruḥ
jaghānendrajitaḥ pārtha rathaṃ sāśvaṃ sasārathim
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| 19 | tato hatāśvāt praskandya rathāt sa hatasārathiḥ
tatraivāntardadhe rājan māyayā rāvaṇātmajaḥ
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| 20 | antarhitaṃ viditvā taṃ bahumāyaṃ ca rākṣasam
rāmas taṃ deśam āgamya tat sainyaṃ paryarakṣata
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| 21 | sa rāmam uddiśya śarais tato dattavarais tadā
vivyādha sarvagātreṣu lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham
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| 22 | tam adṛśyaṃ śaraiḥ śūrau māyayāntarhitaṃ tadā
yodhayām āsatur ubhau rāvaṇiṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau
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| 23 | sa ruṣā sarvagātreṣu tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
vyasṛjat sāyakān bhūyaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 24 | tam adṛśyaṃ vicinvantaḥ sṛjantam aniśaṃ śarān
harayo viviśur vyoma pragṛhya mahatīḥ śilāḥ
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| 25 | tāṃś ca tau cāpy adṛśyaḥ sa śarair vivyādha rākṣasaḥ
sa bhṛśaṃ tāḍayan vīro rāvaṇir māyayāvṛtaḥ
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| 26 | tau śarair ācitau vīrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
petatur gaganād bhūmiṃ sūryācandramasāv iva
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