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