Chapter 63

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śeṣa uvāca |
lavaṃ vimūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā balivairividāraṇam |
śatrughno jayamāpede raṇamūrdhni mahābalaḥ || 1 ||
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lavaṃ bālaṃ rathe sthāpya śirastrāṇādyalaṃkṛtam |
rāmapratinidhiṃ mūrtyā tato gaṃtumiyeṣa saḥ || 2 ||
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svamitraṃ śatruṇā grastamiti duḥkhasamanvitāḥ |
bālāmātre'sya sītāyai tvaritāḥ saṃnyavedayan || 3 ||
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bālā ūcuḥ |
mātarjānaki te putro balādvāhamapāharat |
kasyacidbhūpavaryasya balayuktasya māninaḥ || 4 ||
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tato yuddhamabhūdghoraṃ tasya sainyena jānaki |
tadā vīreṇa putreṇa tava sarvaṃ nipātitam || 5 ||
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paścādapi jayaṃ prāptaḥ sutastava manoharaḥ |
taṃ bhūpaṃ mūrchitaṃ kṛtvā jayamāpa raṇāṃgaṇe || 6 ||
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tato mūrcchāṃ vihāyaiṣa rājā paramadāruṇaḥ |
saṃkupya pātayāmāsa tava putraṃ raṇāṃgaṇe || 7 ||
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asmābhirvāritaḥ pūrvaṃ mā gṛhāṇa hayottamam |
asmānsarvāṃśca dhikkṛtya brāhmaṇānvedapāragān || 8 ||
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iti vākyaṃ śiśūnāṃ sā samākarṇya sudāruṇam |
papāta bhūtalopasthe duḥkhayuktā ruroda ha || 9 ||
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sītovāca |
kathaṃ nṛpo dayāhīno bālena saha yudhyati |
adharmakṛtadurbuddhiryo madbālaṃ nyapātayat || 10 ||
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lava vīrabhavānkutra vartate'ti balānvitaḥ |
kathaṃ tvaṃ niṣkṛpasyāho rājño'hārṣīddhayottamam || 11 ||
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tvaṃ bālaste durākrāṃtāḥ sarvaśastraviśāradāḥ |
rathasthā virathastvaṃ vai kathaṃ yuddhaṃ samaṃ bhavet || 12 ||
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tātāhaṃ tu tvayā sārddhaṃ rāmatyāgāsukhaṃ jahau |
idānīṃ rahitā yuṣmatkathaṃ jīvāmi kānane || 13 ||
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ehi māṃ muṃca yajñāśvaṃ gacchatveṣa mahīpatiḥ |
madduḥkhaṃ nābhijānāsi mama duḥkhapramārjakaḥ || 14 ||
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kuśo yadyabhaviṣyatsa raṇe vīraśiromaṇiḥ |
amocayiṣyadadhunā bhavaṃtaṃ bhūpapārśvataḥ || 15 ||
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so'pi maddaivato nāsti samīpe kiṃ karomyataḥ |
daivameva mamāpyatra kāraṇaṃ duḥkhasaṃbhave || 16 ||
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evamādi bahuśrīmatyeṣā vai vilalāpa ha |
pādāṃguṣṭhena likhatī bhūmiṃ netradvayāśrubhiḥ || 17 ||
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bālānprati jagādāsau pṛthukaḥ sa ca bhūpatiḥ |
kathaṃ matsutamāpātya raṇe kutra gamiṣyati || 18 ||
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iti vākyaṃ vadatyeṣā jānakī patidevatā |
tāvatkuśastu saṃprāpta ujjayinyā maharṣibhiḥ || 19 ||
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māghāsitacaturdaśyāṃ mahākālaṃ samarcya ca |
prāpya bhūrivarāṃstasmādāgamanmātṛsannidhau || 20 ||
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jānakīṃ vihvalāṃ dṛṣṭvā netrodbhūtāśru viklavām |
śokavihvaladīnāṃgīṃ babhāṣe yāvadutsukaḥ || 21 ||
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tadā svabāhuravadatsphuradyuddhābhiśaṃsanaḥ |
hṛdaye caraṇotsāho babhūvātirathasya hi || 22 ||
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sa pratyuvāca jananīṃ dīnagadgadabhāṣiṇīm |
mātastava gataṃ duḥkhaṃ mayi putra upasthite || 23 ||
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mayi jīvati te netrādaśrūṇi bhuvi no patan |
prasūmuvācāśrukhinnāṃ dīnagadgadabhāṣiṇīm || 24 ||
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kuśo duḥkhamitaḥ sadyo duḥkhitāṃ dhīramānasaḥ |
mama bhrātā lavaḥ kutra vartate vairimardanaḥ || 25 ||
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sadā māmāgataṃ jñātvā praharṣansannidhāviyāt |
na dṛśyate kathaṃ vīraḥ kutra raṃtuṃ gato balī || 26 ||
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kena vā saha bālatvādgato māṃ vai nirīkṣitum |
kiṃ tvaṃ rodiṣi me mātarlavaḥ kutra sa vartate || 27 ||
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tanme kathaya sarvaṃ yattava duḥkhasya kāraṇam |
tacchrutvā putravākyaṃ sā duḥkhitā kuśamabravīt || 28 ||
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lavo dhṛto nṛpeṇātra kenaciddhayarakṣiṇā |
babaṃdha bālako metra hayaṃ yāgakriyocitam || 29 ||
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tadrakṣakānbahūñjigye eko'nekānripūnbalī |
rājā taṃ mūrcchitaṃ kṛtvā babaṃdha raṇamūrdhani || 30 ||
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bālakā iti māmūcuḥ sahagaṃtāra eva hi |
tato'haṃ duḥkhitā jātā niśamya lavamādhṛtam || 31 ||
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tvaṃ mocaya balāttasmātkāle prāpto nṛpottamāt |
niśamya māturvacanaṃ kuśaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ |
jagāda tāṃ daśannoṣṭhaṃ daṃtairdaṃtānviniṣpiṣan || 32 ||
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kuśa uvāca |
mātarjānīhi taṃ muktaṃ lavaṃ pāśasya baṃdhanāt |
idānīṃ hanmi taṃ bāṇaiḥ samagrabalavāhanam || 33 ||
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yadi devo'maro vāpi yadi śarvaḥ samāgataḥ |
tathāpi mocaye tasmādbāṇairniśitaparvabhiḥ || 34 ||
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mā rodiṣi mātariha vīrāṇāṃ raṇamūrchitam |
kīrtaye'tra bhavatyeva palāyanamakīrtaye || 35 ||
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dehi me kavacaṃ divyaṃ dhanurguṇasamanvitam |
śirastrāṇaṃ ca me mātaḥ karavālaṃ tathāśitam || 36 ||
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idānīṃ yāmi samare pātayāmi balaṃ mahat |
mocayāmi bhrātaraṃ svaṃ raṇamadhyādvimūrchitam || 37 ||
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na mocayāmyadya putraṃ tava mātarmahāraṇāt |
tadā tau me bhavatpādau saṃruṣṭau bhavatāṃ kṣitau || 38 ||
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śeṣa uvāca |
iti vākyena saṃtuṣṭā jānakī śubhalakṣaṇā |
sarvaṃ prādādastravṛṃdaṃ jayāśīrbhirniyujyatam || 39 ||
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prayāhi putra saṃgrāmaṃ lavaṃ mocaya mūrcchitam |
ityājñaptaḥ kuśaḥ saṃkhye kavacī kuṃḍalī balī || 40 ||
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mukuṭī karavālī ca carmadhārī dhanurdharaḥ |
akṣayāviṣudhī kṛtvā skaṃdhayoḥ siṃhavīryayoḥ || 41 ||
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jagāma tarasā natvā mātṛpādau rathāgraṇīḥ |
vegena yāvadyuddhāya gacchati kṣipramāhave || 42 ||
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tāvaddadarśa svalavaṃ vairivṛṃdanipātakam |
āyāṃtaṃ taṃ kuśaṃ vīrā dadṛśuḥ sumahābhaṭāḥ || 43 ||
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kṛtāṃtamiva saṃhartuṃ sarvaṃ viśvamupasthitam |
lavo mahābalaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuśaṃ bhrātaramāgatam || 44 ||
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atyaṃtaṃ vahnivadyuddhe didīpe vāyunā samam |
rathādunmucya cātmānaṃ yuddhāya sa vinirgataḥ || 45 ||
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kuśaḥ sarvānraṇasthānvai vīrānpūrvadiśi kṣipat |
paścimāyāṃ diśi lavaḥ kopātsarvānsamairayat || 46 ||
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kuśabāṇavyathāvyāptā lavasāyakapīḍitāḥ |
sainye janā mune sarve utkallolāṃbudhibhramāḥ || 47 ||
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kuśena ca lavenātha śaravrātaiḥ prapīḍitam |
na śarma lebhe sakalaṃ sainyaṃ vīraprapūritam || 48 ||
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itastataḥ prabhagnaṃ tadbalaṃ trastaṃ punaḥ punaḥ |
na kutracidraṇe sthitvā yuddhamaicchadbalānvitaḥ || 49 ||
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etasminsamaye rājā śatrughnaḥ paratāpanaḥ |
kuśaṃ vīraṃ yayau yoddhuṃ tādṛśaṃ lavasannibham || 50 ||
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kuśaṃ dṛṣṭvā balākrāṃtaṃ rāmamūrtisamaprabham |
rathe tiṣṭhanhemamaye jagāda paravīrahā || 51 ||
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śatrughna uvāca |
ko'si tvaṃ sannibho bhrātrā lavena sumahābalaḥ |
kiṃ nāmāsi mahāvīra kaste tātaḥ kva te prasūḥ || 52 ||
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kathaṃ vane dvijairjuṣṭe tiṣṭhasi tvaṃ nararṣabha |
sarvaṃ śaṃsa yathāyudhye tvayā saha mahābala || 53 ||
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iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya kuśaḥ provāca bhūmipam |
meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā nādayanraṇamaṃḍalam || 54 ||
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kevalaṃ suṣuve sītā pativrataparāyaṇā |
vane vasāvo vālmīkeścaraṇārcanatatparau || 55 ||
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mātṛsevāsamudyuktau sarvavidyāviśāradau |
kuśo lava iti prakhyāmāgatau bhūpate'nagha || 56 ||
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kastvaṃ vīro raṇaślāghī kimarthaṃ hayasattamaḥ |
mukto'sti samare tvadya jetāsi balasaṃyutaḥ || 57 ||
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yudhyasva tvaṃ mayā sārddhaṃ yadi vīro'si bhūmipa |
idānīṃ pātayiṣyāmi bhavaṃtaṃ raṇamūrdhani || 58 ||
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śatrughnastaṃ sutaṃ jñātvā sītāyā rāmasaṃbhavam |
visiṣmāya svayaṃ citte kopāddhanurupādadat || 59 ||
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tamāttadhanuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuśaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ |
visphārayāmāsa dhanuḥ svīyaṃ sudṛḍhamuttamam || 60 ||
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mumoca bāṇānniśitāñchatrughnaḥ sarvaśastravit |
tāṃściccheda kuśaḥ sarvāṃllīlayā prahasanraṇe || 61 ||
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bāṇāśca śatasāhasrāḥ kuśasya ca nṛpasya ca |
bhuvanaṃ vyāpnuvansarvaṃ taccitramabhavanmune || 62 ||
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agnyastreṇa kuśaḥ sarvāndadāha tarasā balī |
śamayāmāsa taṃ bhūpaḥ parjanyāstreṇa vīryavān || 63 ||
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śamayāmāsa taṃ bhūpo vāyavyenātivikramaḥ |
tadā vāyurabhūttīvraḥ sarvato raṇamaṃḍale |
parvatāstreṇa taṃ vāyuṃ kṣobhayaṃtaṃ samāvṛṇot || 64 ||
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vajrāstreṇa nṛpaḥ saṃkhye ciccheda sanagopalān |
tadā nārāyaṇāstraṃ sa mumoca kuśa udbhaṭaḥ |
nārāyaṇaṃ tadā bhūpaṃ nāśakatparibādhitum || 65 ||
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tadā prakupito'tyataṃ kuśaḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ |
uvāca bhūpaṃ śatrughnaṃ mahābalaparākramam || 66 ||
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jānāmi tvāṃ mahāvīraṃ saṃgrāme jayakāriṇam |
yattvāṃ nārāyaṇāstraṃ me na babādhe bhayānakam || 67 ||
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idānīṃ pātayāmyadya bhūmau tvāṃ nṛpate śaraiḥ |
tribhiścennakaromyetatpratijñāṃ tarhi me śṛṇu || 68 ||
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yo manuṣyavapuḥ prāpya durlabhaṃ puṇyakoṭibhiḥ |
tannādriyeta saṃmohāttasya mestvatra pātakam || 69 ||
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sāvadhāno bhavānatra bhavatu pradhanāṃgaṇe |
pātayāmi kṣitau sadya ityuktvā svaśarāsane || 70 ||
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śaraṃ saṃropayāmāsa ghoraṃ kālānalaprabham |
lakṣīkṛtya riporvakṣo vipulaṃ kaṭhinaṃ mahat || 71 ||
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taṃ saṃdhitaṃ śaraṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrughnaḥ kopamūrcchitaḥ |
mumoca bāṇānniśitānkuśatvagbhedakārakān || 72 ||
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sa bāṇo hṛdayaṃ tasya bhettuṃ tatpracacāla vai |
ghorarūpo vahnisamaāśīviṣavaducchvasan || 73 ||
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sa bāṇo nṛpavaryeṇa rāmaṃ smṛtvāśulakṣitaḥ |
ciccheda kuśamuktaṃ sa sāyakaṃ śitaparvakam || 74 ||
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tadātyaṃtaṃ prakupitaḥ kuśo bāṇasya kṛṃtanāt |
aparaṃ sāyakaṃ cāpe dadhāra śitaparvakam || 75 ||
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sa yāvattaduro bhettuṃ karoti ca baloddhuraḥ |
taṃ tāvadacchinattasya śaraṃ kālānalaprabham || 76 ||
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tadā kuśo mātṛpādau smṛtvā roṣasamanvitaḥ |
tṛtīyaṃ cāpake svīye dadhāra śaramadbhutam || 77 ||
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śatrughnastamapi kṣipraṃ cchettuṃ bāṇaṃ samādade |
tāvadviddhaḥ śareṇāsau papāta dharaṇītale || 78 ||
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hāhākāro mahānāsīcchatrughne vinipātite |
jayamāpakuśastatra svabāhubaladarpitaḥ || 79 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe |
śatrughnamūrcchane kuśajayonāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 63 ||
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