Chapter 29

tatastamasi saṃjāte rākṣasā daivataiḥ saha |
ayudhyanta balonmattāḥ sūdayantaḥ parasparam || 1 ||
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tatastu devasainyena rākṣasānāṃ mahadbalam |
daśāṃśaṃ sthāpitaṃ yuddhe śeṣaṃ nītaṃ yamakṣayam || 2 ||
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tasmiṃstu tamasā naddhe sarve te devarākṣasāḥ |
anyonyaṃ nābhyajānanta yudhyamānāḥ parasparam || 3 ||
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indraśca rāvaṇaścaiva rāvaṇiśca mahābalaḥ |
tasmiṃstamojālavṛte mohamīyurna te trayaḥ || 4 ||
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sa tu dṛṣṭvā balaṃ sarvaṃ nihataṃ rāvaṇo raṇe |
krodhamabhyāgamattīvraṃ mahānādaṃ ca muktavān || 5 ||
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krodhāt sūtaṃ ca durdharṣaḥ syandanasthamuvāca ha |
parasainyasya madhyena yāvadantaṃ nayasva mām || 6 ||
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adyaitāṃstridaśān sarvān vikramaiḥ samare svayam |
nānāśastrairmahāsārairnāśayāmi nabhastalāt || 7 ||
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ahamindraṃ vadhiṣyāmi varuṇaṃ dhanadaṃ yamam |
tridaśān vinihatyāśu svayaṃ sthāsyāmyathopari || 8 ||
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viṣādo na ca kartavyaḥ śīghraṃ vāhaya me ratham |
dviḥ khalu tvāṃ bravīmyadya yāvadantaṃ nayasva mām || 9 ||
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ayaṃ sa nandanoddeśo yatra vartāmahe vayam |
naya māmadya tatra tvamudayo yatra parvataḥ || 10 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā turagān sa manojavān |
ādideśātha śatrūṇāṃ madhyenaiva ca sārathiḥ || 11 ||
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tasya taṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā śakro deveśvarastadā |
rathasthaḥ samarasthāṃstāndevān vākyamathābravīt || 12 ||
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surāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ yattāvanmama rocate |
jīvanneva daśagrīvaḥ sādhu rakṣo nigṛhyatām || 13 ||
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eṣa hyatibalaḥ sainye rathena pavanaujasā |
gamiṣyati pravṛddhormiḥ samudra iva parvaṇi || 14 ||
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na hyeṣa hantuṃ śakyo'dya varadānāt sunirbhayaḥ |
tadgrahīṣyāmahe rakṣo yattā bhavata saṃyuge || 15 ||
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yathā baliṃ nigṛhyaitattrailokyaṃ bhujyate mayā |
evametasya pāpasya nigraho mama rocate || 16 ||
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tato'nyaṃ deśamāsthāya śakraḥ saṃtyajya rāvaṇam |
ayudhyata mahātejā rākṣasānnāśayan raṇe || 17 ||
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uttareṇa daśagrīvaḥ praviveśānivartitaḥ |
dakṣiṇena tu pārśvena praviveśa śatakratuḥ || 18 ||
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tataḥ sa yojanaśataṃ praviṣṭo rākṣasādhipaḥ |
devatānāṃ balaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śaravarṣairavākirat || 19 ||
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tataḥ śakro nirīkṣyātha praviṣṭaṃ taṃ balaṃ svakam |
nyavartayadasaṃbhrāntaḥ samāvṛtya daśānanam || 20 ||
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etasminnantare nādo mukto dānavarākṣasaiḥ |
hā hatāḥ smeti taṃ dṛṣṭvā grastaṃ śakreṇa rāvaṇam || 21 ||
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tato rathaṃ samāruhya rāvaṇiḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ |
tat sainyamatisaṃkruddhaḥ praviveśa sudāruṇam || 22 ||
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sa tāṃ praviśya māyāṃ tu dattāṃ gopatinā purā |
adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tat sainyaṃ samavākirat || 23 ||
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tataḥ sa devān saṃtyajya śakramevābhyayāddrutam |
mahendraśca mahātejā na dadarśa sutaṃ ripoḥ || 24 ||
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sa mātaliṃ hayāṃścaiva tāḍayitvā śarottamaiḥ |
mahendraṃ bāṇavarṣeṇa śīghrahasto hyavākirat || 25 ||
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tataḥ śakro rathaṃ tyaktva visṛjya ca sa mātalim |
airāvataṃ samāruhya mṛgayāmāsa rāvaṇim || 26 ||
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sa tu māyā balād rakṣaḥ saṃgrāme nābhyadṛśyata |
kiramāṇaḥ śaraughena mahendramamitaujasaṃ || 27 ||
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sa taṃ yadā pariśrāntamindraṃ mene'tha rāvaṇiḥ |
tadainaṃ māyayā baddhvā svasainyamabhito'nayat || 28 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvātha balāttasminmāyayāpahṛtaṃ raṇe |
mahendramamarāḥ sarve kiṃ nvetaditi cukruśuḥ |
na hi dṛśyati vidyāvānmāyayā yena nīyate || 29 ||
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etasminnantare cāpi sarve suragaṇāstadā |
abhyadravan susaṃkruddhā rāvaṇaṃ śastravṛṣṭibhiḥ || 30 ||
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rāvaṇastu samāsādya vasvādityamarudgaṇān |
na śaśāka raṇe sthātuṃ na yoddhuṃ śastrapīḍitaḥ || 31 ||
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taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā pariśrāntaṃ prahārairjarjaracchavim |
rāvaṇiḥ pitaraṃ yuddhe'darśanastho'bravīdidam || 32 ||
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āgaccha tāta gacchāvo nivṛttaṃ raṇakarma tat |
jitaṃ te viditaṃ bho'stu svastho bhava gatajvaraḥ || 33 ||
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ayaṃ hi surasainyasya trailokyasya ca yaḥ prabhuḥ |
sa gṛhīto mayā śakro bhagnamānāḥ surāḥ kṛtāḥ || 34 ||
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yatheṣṭaṃ bhuṅkṣva trailokyaṃ nigṛhya ripumojasā |
vṛthā te kiṃ śramaṃ kṛtvā yuddhaṃ hi tava niṣphalam || 35 ||
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sa daivatabalāttasmānnivṛtto raṇakarmaṇaḥ |
tacchrutvā rāvaṇervākyaṃ svasthacetā daśānanaḥ || 36 ||
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atha raṇavigatajvaraḥ prabhurvijayamavāpya niśācarādhipaḥ |
bhavanamabhi tato jagāma hṛṣṭaḥ svasutamavāpya ca vākyamabravīt || 37 ||
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atibalasadṛśaiḥ parākramaistairmama kulamānavivardhanaṃ kṛtam |
yadamarasamavikrama tvayā tridaśapatistridaśāśca nirjitāḥ || 38 ||
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tvaritamupanayasva vāsavaṃ nagaramito vraja sainyasaṃvṛtaḥ |
ahamapi tava gacchato drutaṃ saha sacivairanuyāmi pṛṣṭhataḥ || 39 ||
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atha sa balavṛtaḥ savāhanastridaśapatiṃ parigṛhya rāvaṇiḥ |
svabhavanamupagamya rākṣaso muditamanā visasarja rākṣasān || 40 ||
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