Chapter 97

atha saṃsmārayāmāsa rāghavaṃ mātalistadā |
ajānanniva kiṃ vīra tvamenamanuvartase || 1 ||
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visṛjāsmai vadhāya tvamastraṃ paitāmahaṃ prabho |
vināśakālaḥ kathito yaḥ suraiḥ so'dya vartate || 2 ||
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tataḥ saṃsmārito rāmastena vākyena mātaleḥ |
jagrāha sa śaraṃ dīptaṃ niśvasantamivoragam || 3 ||
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yamasmai prathamaṃ prādādagastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ |
brahmadattaṃ mahadbāṇamamoghaṃ yudhi vīryavān || 4 ||
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brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ pūrvamindrārthamamitaujasā |
dattaṃ surapateḥ pūrvaṃ trilokajayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 5 ||
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yasya vājeṣu pavanaḥ phale pāvakabhāskarau |
śarīramākāśamayaṃ gaurave merumandarau || 6 ||
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jājvalyamānaṃ vapuṣā supuṅkhaṃ hemabhūṣitam |
tejasā sarvabhūtānāṃ kṛtaṃ bhāskaravarcasaṃ || 7 ||
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sadhūmamiva kālāgniṃ dīptamāśīviṣaṃ yathā |
rathanāgāśvavṛndānāṃ bhedanaṃ kṣiprakāriṇam || 8 ||
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dvārāṇāṃ parighāṇāṃ ca girīṇāmapi bhedanam |
nānārudhirasiktāṅgaṃ medodigdhaṃ sudāruṇam || 9 ||
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vajrasāraṃ mahānādaṃ nānāsamitidāruṇam |
sarvavitrāsanaṃ bhīmaṃ śvasantamiva pannagam || 10 ||
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kaṅkagṛdhrabalānāṃ ca gomāyugaṇarakṣasām |
nityaṃ bhakṣapradaṃ yuddhe yamarūpaṃ bhayāvaham || 11 ||
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nandanaṃ vānarendrāṇāṃ rakṣasāmavasādanam |
vājitaṃ vividhairvājaiścārucitrairgarutmataḥ || 12 ||
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tamuttameṣuṃ lokānāmikṣvākubhayanāśanam |
dviṣatāṃ kīrtiharaṇaṃ praharṣakaramātmanaḥ || 13 ||
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abhimantrya tato rāmastaṃ maheṣuṃ mahābalaḥ |
vedaproktena vidhinā saṃdadhe kārmuke balī || 14 ||
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sa rāvaṇāya saṃkruddho bhṛśamāyamya kārmukam |
cikṣepa paramāyattastaṃ śaraṃ marmaghātinam || 15 ||
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sa vajra iva durdharṣo vajrabāhuvisarjitaḥ |
kṛtānta iva cāvāryo nyapatad rāvaṇorasi || 16 ||
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sa visṛṣṭo mahāvegaḥ śarīrāntakaraḥ śaraḥ |
bibheda hṛdayaṃ tasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ || 17 ||
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rudhirāktaḥ sa vegena jīvitāntakaraḥ śaraḥ |
rāvaṇasya haranprāṇān viveśa dharaṇītalam || 18 ||
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sa śaro rāvaṇaṃ hatvā rudhirārdrakṛtacchaviḥ |
kṛtakarmā nibhṛtavat svatūṇīṃ punarāviśat || 19 ||
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tasya hastāddhatasyāśu kārmukaṃ tat sasāyakam |
nipapāta saha prāṇairbhraśyamānasya jīvitāt || 20 ||
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gatāsurbhīmavegastu nairṛtendro mahādyutiḥ |
papāta syandanādbhūmau vṛtro vajrahato yathā || 21 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ |
hatanāthā bhayatrastāḥ sarvataḥ saṃpradudruvuḥ || 22 ||
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nardantaścābhipetustān vānarā drumayodhinaḥ |
daśagrīvavadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā vijayaṃ rāghavasya ca || 23 ||
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arditā vānarairhṛṣṭairlaṅkāmabhyapatanbhayāt |
hatāśrayatvāt karuṇairbāṣpaprasravaṇairmukhaiḥ || 24 ||
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tato vineduḥ saṃhṛṣṭā vānarā jitakāśinaḥ |
vadanto rāghavajayaṃ rāvaṇasya ca taṃ vadham || 25 ||
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athāntarikṣe vyanadat saumyastridaśadundubhiḥ |
divyagandhavahastatra mārutaḥ susukho vavau || 26 ||
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nipapātāntarikṣācca puṣpavṛṣṭistadā bhuvi |
kirantī rāghavarathaṃ duravāpā manoharāḥ || 27 ||
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rāghavastavasaṃyuktā gagane ca viśuśruve |
sādhu sādhviti vāgagryā devatānāṃ mahātmanām || 28 ||
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āviveśa mahān harṣo devānāṃ cāraṇaiḥ saha |
rāvaṇe nihate raudre sarvalokabhayaṃkare || 29 ||
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tataḥ sakāmaṃ sugrīvamaṅgadaṃ ca mahābalam |
cakāra rāghavaḥ prīto hatvā rākṣasapuṃgavam || 30 ||
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tataḥ prajagmuḥ praśamaṃ marudgaṇā diśaḥ prasedurvimalaṃ nabho'bhavat |
mahī cakampe na ca mārutā vavuḥ sthiraprabhaścāpyabhavaddivākaraḥ || 31 ||
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tatastu sugrīvavibhīṣaṇādayaḥ suhṛdviśeṣāḥ sahalakṣmaṇāstadā |
sametya hṛṣṭā vijayena rāghavaṃ raṇe'bhirāmaṃ vidhinābhyapūjayan || 32 ||
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sa tu nihataripuḥ sthirapratijñaḥ svajanabalābhivṛto raṇe rarāja |
raghukulanṛpanandano mahaujāstridaśagaṇairabhisaṃvṛto yathendraḥ || 33 ||
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