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 8
hanyamāne bale tasminpadmanābhena pṛṣṭhataḥ |
mālyavān saṃnivṛtto'tha velātiga ivārṇavaḥ || 1 ||
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saṃraktanayanaḥ kopāccalanmaulirniśācaraḥ |
padmanābhamidaṃ prāha vacanaṃ paruṣaṃ tadā || 2 ||
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nārāyaṇa na jānīṣe kṣatradharmaṃ sanātanam |
ayuddhamanaso bhagnānyo'smān haṃsi yathetaraḥ || 3 ||
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parāṅmukhavadhaṃ pāpaṃ yaḥ karoti sureśvara |
sa hantā na gataḥ svargaṃ labhate puṇyakarmaṇām || 4 ||
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yuddhaśraddhātha vā te'sti śaṅkhacakragadādhara |
ahaṃ sthito'smi paśyāmi balaṃ darśaya yattava || 5 ||
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uvāca rākṣasendraṃ taṃ devarājānujo balī |
yuṣmatto bhayabhītānāṃ devānāṃ vai mayābhayam |
rākṣasotsādanaṃ dattaṃ tadetadanupālyate || 6 ||
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prāṇairapi priyaṃ kāryaṃ devānāṃ hi sadā mayā |
so'haṃ vo nihaniṣyāmi rasātalagatānapi || 7 ||
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devamevaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu raktāmburuhalocanam |
śaktyā bibheda saṃkruddho rākṣasendro rarāsa ca || 8 ||
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mālyavadbhujanirmuktā śaktirghaṇṭākṛtasvanā |
harerurasi babhrāja meghastheva śatahradā || 9 ||
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tatastāmeva cotkṛṣya śaktiṃ śaktidharapriyaḥ |
mālyavantaṃ samuddiśya cikṣepāmburuhekṣaṇaḥ || 10 ||
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skandotsṛṣṭeva sā śaktirgovindakaraniḥsṛtā |
kāṅkṣantī rākṣasaṃ prāyānmaholkevāñjanācalam || 11 ||
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sā tasyorasi vistīrṇe hārabhāsāvabhāsite |
apatad rākṣasendrasya girikūṭa ivāśaniḥ || 12 ||
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tayā bhinnatanutrāṇāḥ prāviśadvipulaṃ tamaḥ |
mālyavānpunarāśvastastasthau giririvācalaḥ || 13 ||
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tataḥ kārṣṇāyasaṃ śūlaṃ kaṇṭakairbahubhiścitam |
pragṛhyābhyahanaddevaṃ stanayorantare dṛḍham || 14 ||
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tathaiva raṇaraktastu muṣṭinā vāsavānujam |
tāḍayitvā dhanurmātramapakrānto niśācaraḥ || 15 ||
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tato'mbare mahāñ śabdaḥ sādhu sādhviti cotthitaḥ |
āhatya rākṣaso viṣṇuṃ garuḍaṃ cāpyatāḍayat || 16 ||
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vainateyastataḥ kruddhaḥ pakṣavātena rākṣasaṃ |
vyapohadbalavān vāyuḥ śuṣkaparṇacayaṃ yathā || 17 ||
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dvijendrapakṣavātena drāvitaṃ dṛśya pūrvajam |
sumālī svabalaiḥ sārdhaṃ laṅkāmabhimukho yayau || 18 ||
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pakṣavātabaloddhūto mālyavānapi rākṣasaḥ |
svabalena samāgamya yayau laṅkāṃ hriyā vṛtaḥ || 19 ||
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evaṃ te rākṣasā rāma hariṇā kamalekṣaṇa |
bahuśaḥ saṃyuge bhagnā hatapravaranāyakāḥ || 20 ||
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aśaknuvantaste viṣṇuṃ pratiyoddhuṃ bhayārditāḥ |
tyaktvā laṅkāṃ gatā vastuṃ pātālaṃ sahapatnayaḥ || 21 ||
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sumālinaṃ samāsādya rākṣasaṃ raghunandana |
sthitāḥ prakhyātavīryāste vaṃśe sālakaṭaṅkaṭe || 22 ||
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ye tvayā nihatāste vai paulastyā nāma rākṣasāḥ |
sumālī mālyavānmālī ye ca teṣāṃ puraḥsarāḥ |
sarva ete mahābhāga rāvaṇādbalavattarāḥ || 23 ||
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na cānyo rakṣasāṃ hantā sureṣvapi puraṃjaya |
ṛte nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam || 24 ||
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bhavānnārāyaṇo devaścaturbāhuḥ sanātanaḥ |
rākṣasān hantumutpanno ajeyaḥ prabhuravyayaḥ || 25 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Chapter 8
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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