śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha dvāviṃśassargaḥ |
evamādharṣitaśśūraśśūrpaṇakhyā kharastataḥ |
uvāca rakṣasāṃ madhye kharaḥ kharataraṃ vacaḥ || 1 ||
tavāvamānaprabhavaḥ krodho'yamatulo mama |
na śakyate dhārayituṃ lavaṇāmbha ivolbaṇam || 2 ||
na rāmaṃ gaṇaye vīryānmānuṣaṃ kṣīṇajīvitam |
ātmaduścaritaiḥ prāṇānhatoyo'dya vimokṣyate || 3 ||
bāṣpassaṃhriyatāmeṣa sambhramaśca vimucyatām |
ahaṃ rāmaṃ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam || 4 ||
paraśvathahatasyādya mandaprāṇasya saṃyuge |
rāmasya rudhiraṃ raktamuṣṇaṃ pāsyasi rākṣasi || 5 ||
sā prahṛṣṭā vacaśśrutvā kharasya vadanāccyutam |
praśaśaṃsa punarmaurkhyādbhrātaraṃ rakṣasāṃ varam || 6 ||
tayā paruṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ punareva praśaṃsitaḥ |
abravīddūṣaṇaṃ nāma kharassenāpatiṃ tadā || 7 ||
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām |
rakṣasāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣvanivartinām || 8 ||
nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām |
lokahiṃsāvihārāṇāṃ balināmugratejasām || 9 ||
teṣāṃ śārdūladarpāṇāṃ mahāsyānāṃ mahaujasām |
sarvodyoga mudīrṇānāṃ rakṣasāṃ saumya kāraya || 10 ||
upasthāpaya me kṣipraṃ rathaṃ saumya dhanūṃṣi ca |
śarāṃścitrāṃśca khaṅgāṃśca śaktīśca vividhāśśitāḥ || 11 ||
agre niryātumicchāmi paulastyānāṃ mahātmanām |
vadhārthaṃ durvinītasya rāmasya raṇakovidaḥ || 12 ||
iti tasya bruvāṇasya sūryavarṇaṃ mahāratham |
sadaśvaiśśabalairyuktamācacakṣe'tha dūṣaṇaḥ || 13 ||
taṃ meruśikharākāraṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam |
hemacakramasambādhaṃ vaidūryamayakūbaram || 14 ||
matsyaiḥ puṣpairdrumaiśśailaiścandrasūryaiśca kāñcanaiḥ |
maṅgalaiḥ pakṣisaṅghaiśca tārābhirabhisaṃvṛtam || 15 ||
dhvajanistriṃśasampannaṃ kiṅkiṇīkavirājitam |
sadaśvayuktaṃ so'marṣādāruroha kharo ratham || 16 ||
niśāmya tu rathasthaṃ taṃ rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ |
tasthussamparivāryainaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ ca mahābalam || 17 ||
kharastu tānmaheṣvāsānghoravarmāyudhadhvajān |
niryātetyabravīddṛṣṭvā rathasthassarvarākṣasān || 18 ||
tatastad rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ ghoracarmāyudhadhvajam |
nirjagāma janasthānānmahānādaṃ mahājavam || 19 ||
mudgaraiḥ paṭṭisaiśśūlaissutīkṣṇaiśca paraśvadhaiḥ |
khaṅgaiścakraiśca hastasthairbhrājamānaiśca tomaraiḥ || 20 ||
śaktibhiḥ parighairghorairatimātraiśca kārmukaiḥ |
gadāsimusalairvajrairgṛhītairbhīmadarśanaiḥ || 21 ||
rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa |
niryātāni janasthānātkharacittānuvartinām || 22 ||
tāṃstvabhidravato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasān bhīmavikramān |
kharasyāpi rathaḥ kiñcijjagāma tadanantaram || 23 ||
tatastāñchabalānaśvāstaptakāñcanabhūṣitān |
kharasya matimājñāya sārathissamacodayat || 24 ||
sa codito rathaśśīghraṃ kharasya ripughātinaḥ |
śabdenāpūrayāmāsa diśaśca pradiśastadā || 25 ||
pravṛddhamanyustu kharaḥ kharasvano riporvadhārthaṃ tvarito yathāntakaḥ |
acūcudatsārathimunnadanghanaṃ mahābalo megha ivāśmavarṣavān || 26 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe dvāviṃśassargaḥ ||