śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha ṣaḍviṃśassargaḥ |
dūṣaṇastu svakaṃ sainyaṃ hanyamānaṃ nirīkṣya saḥ |
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sandideśa mahābāhurbhīmavegāndurāsadān || 1 ||
rākṣasānpañcasahasrānsamareṣvanivartinaḥ |
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te śūlaiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ khaṅgai śilāvarṣairdrumairapi || 2 ||
śaravarṣairavicchinnaṃ vavarṣustaṃ samantataḥ |
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sa dṛmāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat || 3 ||
pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavastīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ |
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pratigṛhya ca tadvarṣaṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ || 4 ||
rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām |
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tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pradīpta iva tejasā || 5 ||
śarairavākiratsainyaṃ sarvatassahadūṣaṇam |
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tatassenāpatiḥ kruddho dūṣaṇaśśatrudūṣaṇaḥ || 6 ||
śarairaśanikalpaistaṃ rāghavaṃ samavākirat |
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tato rāmassusaṅkṛddhaḥ kṣureṇāsya mahaddhanuḥ || 7 ||
ciccheda samare vīraścaturbhiścaturo hayān |
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hatvā cāśvānśaraistīkṣṇairardhacandreṇa sāratheḥ || 8 ||
śiro jahāra tadrakṣastribhirvivyādha vakṣasi |
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sa cchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ || 9 ||
jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam |
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veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭairdevasainyapramardanam || 10 ||
āyasaiśśaṅkubhistīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitam |
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vajrāśanisamasparśaṃ paragopuradāraṇam || 11 ||
taṃ mahoragasaṅkāśaṃ pragṛhya parighaṃ raṇe |
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dūṣaṇo'bhyadravadrāmaṃ krūrakarmā niśācaraḥ || 12 ||
tasyābhipatamānasya dūṣaṇasya sa rāghavaḥ |
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dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda sahastābharaṇau bhujau || 13 ||
bhraṣṭastasya mahākāyaḥ papāta raṇamūrdhani |
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parighaśchinnahastasya śakradhvaja ivāgrataḥ || 14 ||
sa karābhyāṃ vikīrṇābhyāṃ papāta bhuvi dūṣaṇaḥ |
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viṣāṇābhyāṃ viśīrṇābhyāṃ manasvīva mahāgajaḥ || 15 ||
taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ raṇe |
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sādhusādhviti kākutsthaṃ sarvabhūtānyapūjayan || 16 ||
etasminnantare kruddhāstrayaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ |
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saṃhṛtyābhyadravan rāmaṃ mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ || 17 ||
mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī ca mahābalaḥ |
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mahākapālo vipulaṃ śūlamudyamya rākṣasaḥ || 18 ||
sthūlākṣaḥ paṭṭisaṃ gṛhya pramāthī ca paraśvadham |
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dṛṣṭvaivāpatatastūrṇaṃ rāghavassāyakaiśśitaiḥ || 19 ||
tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha samprāptānatithīniva |
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mahākapālasya śiraściccheda parameṣubhiḥ || 20 ||
asaṅkhyeyaistu bāṇaughaiḥ pramamātha pramāthinam |
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sa papāta hato bhūmau viṭapīva mahādrumaḥ || 21 ||
sthūlākṣasyākṣiṇī tīkṣṇaiḥ pūrayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ |
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dūṣaṇasyānugānpañcasahasrānkupitaḥ kṣaṇāt || 22 ||
bāṇaughaiḥ pañcasāhasrairanayadyamasādanam |
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dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya caiva padānugān || 23 ||
vyādideśa kharaḥ kruddhaḥ senādhyakṣānmahābalān |
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ayaṃ vinihatassaṅkhye dūṣaṇassapadānugaḥ || 24 ||
mahatyā senayā sārdhaṃ yuddhvā rāmaṃ kumānuṣam |
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śastrairnānāvidhākārairhanadhvaṃ sarvarākṣasāḥ || 25 ||
evamuktvā kharaḥ kruddho rāmamevābhidudruve |
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śyenagāmī pṛthugrīvo yajñaśatrurvihaṅgamaḥ || 26 ||
durjayaḥ karavīrākṣaḥ paruṣaḥ kālakārmukaḥ |
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meghamālī mahāmālī sarpāsyo rudhirāśanaḥ || 27 ||
dvādaśaite mahāvīryā balādhyakṣāssasainikāḥ |
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rāmamevābhyadhāvanta visṛjantaśśarottamān || 28 ||
tataḥ pāvakasaṅkāśairhemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ |
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jaghāna śeṣaṃ tejasvī tasya sainyasya sāyakaiḥ || 29 ||
te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāssadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ |
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nijaghnustāni rakṣāṃsi vajrā iva mahādrumān || 30 ||
rakṣasāṃ tu śataṃ rāmaśśatenaikena karṇinā |
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sahasraṃ ca sahasreṇa jaghāna raṇamūrdhani || 31 ||
tairbhinnavarmābharaṇāśchinnabhinnaśarāsanāḥ |
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nipetuśśoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ rajanīcarāḥ || 32 ||
tairmuktakeśaissamare patitaiśśoṇitokṣitaiḥ |
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āstīrṇā vasudhā kṛtsnā mahāvediḥ kuśairiva || 33 ||
kṣaṇena tu mahāghoraṃ vanaṃ nihatarākṣasam |
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babhūva nirayaprakhyaṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamam || 34 ||
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām |
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hatānyekena rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇa padātinā || 35 ||
tasya sainyasya sarvasya kharaśśeṣo mahārathaḥ |
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rākṣasastriśirāścaiva rāmaśca ripusūdanaḥ || 36 ||
śeṣā hatā mahāsatvā rākṣasā raṇamūrdhani |
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ghorā durviṣahāḥ sarve lakṣmaṇasyāgrajena te || 37 ||
tatastu tadbhīmabalaṃ mahāhave samīkṣya rāmeṇa hataṃ balīyasā |
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rathena rāmaṃ mahatā kharastadā samāsasādendra ivodyatāśaniḥ || 38 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe ṣaḍviṃśassargaḥ ||