śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha caturviṃśassargaḥ |
āśramaṃ prati yāte tu khare kharaparākrame |
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tānevautpātikānrāmassaha bhrātrā dadarśa ha || 1 ||
tānutpātānmahoghorānutthitānromaharṣaṇān |
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prajānāmahitāndṛṣṭvā rāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt || 2 ||
imānpaśya mahābāho sarvabhūtāpahāriṇaḥ |
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samutthitānmahotpātānsaṃhartuṃ sarvarākṣasān || 3 ||
amī rudhiradhārāstu visṛjantaḥ kharasvanāḥ |
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vyomni meghā vivartante paruṣā gardabhāruṇāḥ || 4 ||
sadhūmāśca śarāssarve mama yuddhābhinandinaḥ |
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rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viceṣṭante ca lakṣmaṇa || 5 ||
yādṛśā iha kūjanti pakṣiṇaḥ vanacāriṇaḥ |
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agrato no bhayaṃ prāptaṃ saṃśayo jīvitasya ca || 6 ||
samprahārastu sumahānbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
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ayamākhyāti me bāhussphuramāṇo muhurmuhuḥ || 7 ||
sannikarṣe tu na śśūra jayaṃ śatroḥ parājayam |
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saprabhaṃ ca prasannaṃ ca tava vaktraṃ hi lakṣyate || 8 ||
udyatānāṃ hi yuddhārthaṃ yeṣāṃ bhavati lakṣmaṇa |
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niṣprabhaṃ vadanaṃ teṣāṃ bhavatyāyuḥ parikṣayaḥ || 9 ||
rakṣasāṃ nardatāṃ ghoraśśrūyate ca mahādhvaniḥ |
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āhatānāṃ ca bherīṇāṃ rākṣasaiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ || 10 ||
anāgatavidhānaṃ tu kartavyaṃ śubhamicchatā |
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āpadaṃ śaṅkamānena puruṣeṇa vipaścitā || 11 ||
tasmādgṛhītvā vaidehīṃ śarapāṇirdhanurdharaḥ |
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guhāmāśraya śailasya durgāṃ pādapasaṅkulām || 12 ||
pratikūlitumicchāmi na hi vākyamidaṃ tvayā |
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śāpito mama pādābhyāṃ gamyatāṃ vatsa mā ciram || 13 ||
tvaṃ hi śūraśca balavānhanyāhyetānna saṃśayaḥ |
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svayaṃ tu hantumicchāmi sarvāneva niśācarān || 14 ||
evamuktastu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇassaha sītāyā |
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śarānādāya cāpaṃ ca guhāṃ durgāṃ samāśrayat || 15 ||
tasminpraviṣṭe tu guhāṃ lakṣmaṇe saha sītayā |
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hanta niryuktamityuktvā rāmaḥ kavacamāviśat || 16 ||
sa tenāgni nikāśena kavacena vibhūṣitaḥ |
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babhūva rāma stimire vidhūmo'gnirivotthitaḥ || 17 ||
sa cāpamudyamya mahaccharānādāya vīryavān |
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babhūvāvasthitastatra jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayandiśaḥ || 18 ||
tato devāssagandharvāssiddhāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ |
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sameyuśca mahātmāno yuddhadarśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 19 ||
ṛṣayaśca mahātmāno loke brahmarṣisattamāḥ |
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sametya cocussahitā anyonyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ || 20 ||
svasti gobrāhmaṇebhyo'stu lokānāṃ ye'bhisaṅgatāḥ |
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jayatāṃ rāghavo yuddhe paulastyān rajanīcarān || 21 ||
cakrahasto yathā yuddhe sarvānasura puṅgavān |
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evamuktvā punaḥ procurālokya ca parasparam || 22 ||
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām |
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ekaśca rāmo dharmātmā kathaṃ yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati || 23 ||
iti rājarṣayassiddhāssagaṇāśca dvijarṣabhāḥ |
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jātakautūhalāstasthurvimānasthāśca devatāḥ || 24 ||
āviṣṭaṃ tejasā rāmaṃ saṅgrāmaśirasi sthitam |
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dṛṣṭvā sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhayādvivyathire tadā || 25 ||
rūpamapratimaṃ tasya rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ |
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babhūva rūpaṃ kruddhasya rudrasyeva pinākinaḥ || 26 ||
tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ ghoravarmāyudhadhvajam |
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anīkaṃ yātudhānānāṃ samantātpratyadṛśyata || 27 ||
siṃhanādaṃ visṛjatāmanyonyamabhigarjatām |
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cāpāni visphārayatāṃ jṛmbhatāmapyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ || 28 ||
vipraghuṣṭasvanānāṃ ca dundhubhīṃścāpi nighnatām |
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teṣāṃ sutumulaśśabdaḥ pūrayāmāsa tadvanam || 29 ||
tena śabdena vitrastāśvāpadā vanacāriṇaḥ |
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dudruvuryatra niśśabdaṃ pṛṣṭhato na vyalokayan || 30 ||
tattvanīkaṃ mahāghoraṃ rāmaṃ samupasarpata |
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dhṛtanānāpraharaṇaṃ gambhīraṃ sāgaropamam || 31 ||
rāmo'pi cārayaṃścakṣussarvato raṇapaṇḍitaḥ |
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dadarśa kharasainyaṃ tadyuddhābhimukhamutthitam || 32 ||
vitatya ca dhanurbhīmaṃ tūṇyāścoddhṛtya sāyakān |
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krodhamāhārayattīvraṃ vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām || 33 ||
duṣprekṣyasso'bhavatkṛddho yugāntāgniriva jvalan |
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasāviṣṭaṃ prādravanvanadevatāḥ || 34 ||
tasya kruddhasya rūpaṃ tu rāmasya dadṛśe tadā |
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dakṣasyeva kratuṃ hantumudyatasya pinākinaḥ || 35 ||
āviṣṭaṃ tejasā rāmaṃ saṅgrāmaśirasi sthitam |
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dṛṣṭvā sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhayārtāni pradudruvuḥ || 36 ||
tatkārmukairābharaṇairdhvajaiśca tairvarmabhiścāgnisamānavarṇaiḥ |
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babhūva sainyaṃ piśitāśanānāṃ sūryodaye nīlamivābhrabṛndam || 37 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe caturviṃśassargaḥ ||