Ramayana [sanskrit]
175,075 words | ISBN-10: 8129302500 | ISBN-13: 9788129302502
This Sanskrit edition of the Ramayana: An ancient epic revolving around the life and legends of Rama, Sita and Ravana. Original titles: Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (वाल्मीकि रामायण) or Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa (वाल्मीकिरामायण)
Chapter 23
āśramaṃ prati yāte tu khare kharaparākrame |
tānevautpātikān rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā dadarśa ha || 1 ||
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tānutpātānmahāghorānutthitān romaharṣaṇān |
prajānāmahitāndṛṣṭvā vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇamabravīt || 2 ||
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imānpaśya mahābāho sarvabhūtāpahāriṇaḥ |
samutthitānmahotpātān saṃhartuṃ sarvarākṣasān || 3 ||
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amī rudhiradhārāstu visṛjantaḥ kharasvanān |
vyomni meghā vivartante paruṣā gardabhāruṇāḥ || 4 ||
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sadhūmāśca śarāḥ sarve mama yuddhābhinandinaḥ |
rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viveṣṭante ca lakṣmaṇa || 5 ||
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yādṛśā iha kūjanti pakṣiṇo vanacāriṇaḥ |
agrato no bhayaṃ prāptaṃ saṃśayo jīvitasya ca || 6 ||
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saṃprahārastu sumahānbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
ayamākhyāti me bāhuḥ sphuramāṇo muhurmuhuḥ || 7 ||
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saṃnikarṣe tu naḥ śūra jayaṃ śatroḥ parājayam |
suprabhaṃ ca prasannaṃ ca tava vaktraṃ hi lakṣyate || 8 ||
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udyatānāṃ hi yuddhārthaṃ yeṣāṃ bhavati lakṣmaṇaḥ |
niṣprabhaṃ vadanaṃ teṣāṃ bhavatyāyuḥ parikṣayaḥ || 9 ||
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anāgatavidhānaṃ tu kartavyaṃ śubhamicchatā |
āpadaṃ śaṅkamānena puruṣeṇa vipaścitā || 10 ||
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tasmādgṛhītvā vaidehīṃ śarapāṇirdhanurdharaḥ |
guhāmāśrayaśailasya durgāṃ pādapasaṃkulām || 11 ||
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pratikūlitumicchāmi na hi vākyamidaṃ tvayā |
śāpito mama pādābhyāṃ gamyatāṃ vatsa māciram || 12 ||
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evamuktastu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā |
śarānādāya cāpaṃ ca guhāṃ durgāṃ samāśrayat || 13 ||
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tasminpraviṣṭe tu guhāṃ lakṣmaṇe saha sītayā |
hanta niryuktamityuktvā rāmaḥ kavacamāviśat || 14 ||
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sā tenāgninikāśena kavacena vibhūṣitaḥ |
babhūva rāmastimire vidhūmo'gnirivotthitaḥ || 15 ||
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sa cāpamudyamya mahaccharānādāya vīryavān |
babhūvāvasthitastatra jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayandiśaḥ || 16 ||
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tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ |
ūcuḥ paramasaṃtrastā guhyakāśca parasparam || 17 ||
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caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām |
ekaśca rāmo dharmātmā kathaṃ yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati || 18 ||
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tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ ghoravarmāyudhadhvajam |
anīkaṃ yātudhānānāṃ samantāt pratyadṛśyata || 19 ||
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siṃhanādaṃ visṛjatāmanyonyamabhigarjatām |
cāpāni vispharayatāṃ jṛmbhatāṃ cāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ || 20 ||
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vipraghuṣṭasvanānāṃ ca dundubhīṃścāpi nighnatām |
teṣāṃ sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ pūrayāmāsa tadvanam || 21 ||
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tena śabdena vitrastāḥ śvāpadā vanacāriṇaḥ |
dudruvuryatra niḥśabdaṃ pṛṣṭhato nāvalokayan || 22 ||
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tattvanīkaṃ mahāvegaṃ rāmaṃ samupasarpata |
ghṛtanānāpraharaṇaṃ gambhīraṃ sāgaropamam || 23 ||
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rāmo'pi cārayaṃścakṣuḥ sarvato raṇapaṇḍitaḥ |
dadarśa kharasainyaṃ tad yuddhābhimukhamudyatam || 24 ||
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vitatya ca dhanurbhīmaṃ tūṇyāścoddhṛtya sāyakān |
krodhamāhārayattīvraṃ vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām || 25 ||
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duṣprekṣyaḥ so'bhavat kruddho yugāntāgniriva jvalan |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasāviṣṭaṃ prāvyathan vanadevatāḥ || 26 ||
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tasya kruddhasya rūpaṃ tu rāmasya dadṛśe tadā |
dakṣasyeva kratuṃ hantumudyatasya pinākinaḥ || 27 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Chapter 23
Valmiki-Ramayana
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2011)
[Two Volumes] With Sanskrit text and English translation.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (Hindi Translation)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2011)
A Set of Two Volumes (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation)
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Ramayana (Marathi Translation)
by Swadhyaya Mandal (Vedic Research Centre), Gujarat (1967)
Set of 10 Volumes
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Valmiki Ramayanam (with Five Sanskrit Commentaries)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2008)
Sanskrit only in Seven Volumes
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Burmese Ramayana
by Ohno Toru [B.R. Publishing Corporation] (2000)
With an English Translation of The Original Palm Leaf Manuscript in Burmese Language in 1233 year of Burmese Era (1871 A.D.)
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Srimad Valmikiya Ramayana in Bengali
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2015)
শ্রীমদ্বাল্মীকীয় রামায়ণ:
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Srimad Valmiki Ramayana in Gujarati
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2013)
શ્રીમદવાલ્મીકીય રામાયણ: [Set of 2 Volumes]
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The Ramayana of Valmiki in Kannada
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
ಶ್ರೀ ಮದ್ವಲ್ಮಿಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ: [Set of 3 Volumes]
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Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam and Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Malayalam
by Swami Siddhinathananda & Swami Ranganathananda [Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur] (2019)
രാമായണം: [Set of 3 Volumes]
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Shrimad Valmiki Ramayana Mulam (Telugu)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)
వాల్మీకీ రామాయణం [Set of 3 Volumes]
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