śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha saptaviṃśassargaḥ |
kharaṃ tu rāmābhimukhaṃ prayāntaṃ vāhinīpatiḥ |
rākṣasastriśirā nāma sannipatyedamabravīt || 1 ||
māṃ niyojaya vikrānta sannivartasva sāhasāt |
paśya rāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ saṃyuge vinipātitam || 2 ||
pratijānāmi te satyamāyudhaṃ cāhamālabhe |
yathā rāmaṃ vadhiṣyāmi vadhārhaṃ sarvarakṣasām || 3 ||
ahaṃ vāsya raṇe mṛtyureṣa vā samare mama |
vinivṛtya raṇotsāhānmuhūrtaṃ prāśniko bhava || 4 ||
prahṛṣṭo vā hate rāme janasthānaṃ prayāsyasi |
mayi vā nihate rāmaṃ saṃyugāyopayāsyasi || 5 ||
kharastriśirasā tena mṛtyulobhātprasāditaḥ |
gaccha yudhyetyanujñāto rāghavābhimukho yayau || 6 ||
triśirāśca rathenaiva vājiyuktena bhāsvatā |
abhyadravadraṇe rāmaṃ triśṛṅga iva parvataḥ || 7 ||
śaradhārāsamūhānsa mahāmegha ivotsṛjan |
vyasṛjatsadṛśaṃ nādaṃ jalārdrasya tu dundubheḥ || 8 ||
āgacchantaṃ triśirasaṃ rākṣasaṃ prekṣya rāghavaḥ |
dhanuṣā pratijagrāha vidhunvansāyakān śitān || 9 ||
sa samprahārastumulo rāmatriśirasormahān |
babhūvātīva balinossiṃhakuñjarayoriva || 10 ||
tatastriśirasā bāṇairlalāṭe tāḍitastribhiḥ |
amarṣī kupitorāmassaṃrabdhamidamabravīt || 11 ||
aho vikramaśūrasya rākṣasasyedṛśaṃ balam |
puṣpairiva śarairyasya lalāṭe'sminparikṣataḥ || 12 ||
mamāpi pratigṛhṇīṣva śarāṃścāpaguṇāccyutān |
evamuktvā tu saṃrabdhaśśarānāśīviṣopamān || 13 ||
triśirovakṣasi kruddho nijaghāna caturdaśa |
caturbhisturagānasya śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ || 14 ||
nyapātayata tejasvī caturastasya vājinaḥ |
aṣṭabhissāyakaissūtaṃ rathopasthānnyapātayat || 15 ||
rāmaściccheda bāṇena dhvajaṃ cāsya samucchritam |
tato hatarathāttasmādutpatantaṃ niśācaram || 16 ||
bibheda rāmastaṃ bāṇairhṛdaye so'bhavajjaḍaḥ |
sāyakaiścāprameyātmā sāmarṣastasya rakṣasaḥ || 17 ||
śirāṃsyapātayadrāmo vegavadbhistribhiśśitaiḥ |
sa bhūmau rudhirodgārī rāmabāṇābhipīḍitaḥ || 18 ||
nyapatatpatitaiḥ pūrvaṃ svaśirobhirniśācaraḥ |
hataśeṣāstato bhagnā rākṣasāḥ kharasaṃśrayā || 19 ||
dravanti sma na tiṣṭhanti vyāghratrastā mṛgā iva |
tānkharo dravato dṛṣṭvā nivartya ruṣitassvayam || 20 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe saptaviṃśassargaḥ ||