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