sa tu dattvā daśagrīvo vanaṃ ghoraṃ svarasya tat | bhaginīṃ ca samāśvāsya hṛṣṭaḥ svasthataro 'bhavat || 7.25.1 ||
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Sarga 25 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
sa tu dattvā daśagrīvo vanaṃ ghoraṃ svarasya tat | bhaginīṃ ca samāśvāsya hṛṣṭaḥ svasthataro 'bhavat || 7.25.1 ||
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tato nikumbhilā nāma laṅkopavanamuttamam | tadrākṣasendro balavānpraviveśa sahānugaḥ || 7.25.2 ||
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tato yūpaśatākīrṇaṃ saumyacaityopaśobhitam | dadarśa viṣṭhitaṃ yajñaṃ śriyā samprajvalanniva || 7.25.3 ||
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tataḥ kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ kamaṇḍaluśikhādhvajam | dadarśa svasutaṃ tatra meghanādaṃ bhayāvaham || 7.25.4 ||
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taṃ samāsādya laṅkeśaḥ pariṣvajvātha bāhubhiḥ | abravītkimidaṃ vatsa vartase brūhi tattvataḥ || 7.25.5 ||
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uśanā tvabravīttatra yajñasampatsamṛddhaye | rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭho mahātapāḥ || 7.25.6 ||
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ahamākhyāmi te rājañchrūyatāṃ sarvameva tat | yajñāste sapta putreṇa prāptāssubahuvistarāḥ || 7.25.7 ||
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agniṣṭomo 'śvamedhaśca yajño bahusuvarṇakaḥ | rājasūyastathā yajño gomedho vaiṣvavastathā || 7.25.8 ||
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māheśvare pravṛtte tu yajñe pumbhiḥ sudurlabhe | varāṃste labdhavānputraḥ sākṣātpaśupateriha || 7.25.9 ||
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kāmagaṃ syandanaṃ divyamantarikṣacaraṃ dhruvam | māyāṃ ca tāmasīṃ nāma yayā sampadyate tamaḥ || 7.25.10 ||
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etayā kila saṅgrāme māyayā rākṣaseśvara | prayuktayā gatiḥ śakyā nahi jñātuṃ surāsuraiḥ || 7.25.11 ||
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akṣayāviṣudhī bāṇaiścāpaṃ cāpi sudurjayam | astraṃ ca balavadrājañchatruvidhvaṃsanaṃ raṇe || 7.25.12 ||
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etānsarvānvarāṃllabdhvā putraste 'yaṃ daśānana | adya yajñasamāptau ca tvāṃ didṛkṣussthito hyaham || 7.25.13 ||
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tato 'bravīdṛśagrīvo na śobhanamidaṃ kṛtam | pūjitāḥ śatravo yasmāddravyairindrapurogamāḥ || 7.25.14 ||
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ehīdānīṃ kṛtaṃ viddhi sukṛtaṃ tanna saṃśayaḥ | āgaccha saumya gacchāmaḥ svameva bhavanaṃ prati || 7.25.15 ||
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tato gatvā daśagrīvaḥ saputraḥ savibhīṣaṇaḥ | striyo 'vatārayāmāsa sarvāstā bāṣpagadgadāḥ || 7.25.16 ||
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lakṣiṇyo ratnabhūtāśca devadānavarakṣasām | tasya tāsu matiṃ jñātvā dharmatmā vākyamabravīt || 7.25.17 ||
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īdṛśaistvaṃ samācārairyaśorthakulanāśanaiḥ | dharṣaṇaṃ jñātināṃ jñātvā svamatena viceṣṭase || 7.25.18 ||
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jñātīṃstāndharṣayitvemāstvayā ' 'nītā varāṅganāḥ | tvāmatikramya madhunā rājankumbhīnasī hṛtā || 7.25.19 ||
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rāvaṇastvabravīdvākyaṃ nāvagacchāmi kiṃ tvidam | ko 'yaṃ yastu tvayā ' 'khyāto madhurityeva nāmataḥ || 7.25.20 ||
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vibhīṣaṇastu saṅkruddho bhrātaraṃ vākyamabravīt | śrūyatāmasya pāpasya karmaṇaḥ phalamāgatam || 7.25.21 ||
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mātāmahasya yo bhrātā jyeṣṭho bhrātā sumālinaḥ | mālyavāniti vikhyāto vṛddhaḥ prājño niśācaraḥ || 7.25.22 ||
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pitā jyeṣṭho jananyā no hyasmākaṃ cāryako 'bhavat | tasya kumbhīnasī nāma duhiturduhitā 'bhavat || 7.25.23 ||
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mātṛṣvasurathāsmākaṃ sā ca kanyā 'nalodbhavā | bhavatyasmākamevaiṣā bhrātṛṇāṃ dharmataḥ svasā || 7.25.24 ||
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sā hṛtā, madhunā rājanrākṣasena balīyasā | yajñapravṛtte putre tu mayi cāntarjaloṣite || 7.25.25 ||
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kumbhakarṇe mahārāja nidrāmanubhavatyatha | nihatya rākṣasaśreṣṭhānamātyāniha sammatān || 7.25.26 ||
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dharṣayitvā hṛtā sā tu suptāpyantaḥpure tava | śrutvā 'pi tanmahārāja kṣāntameva hato na saḥ || 7.25.27 ||
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yasmādavaśyaṃ dātavyā kanyā bhartre hi bhrātṛbhiḥ | tadetatkarmaṇo hyasya phalaṃ pāpasya durmate || 7.25.28 ||
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asminnevābhisamprāptaṃ loke viditamastu te | vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutvā rākṣasendraḥ sa rāvaṇaḥ | daurātmyenātmanoddhūtastaptāmbha iva sāgaraḥ || 7.25.29 ||
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tato 'bravīdṛśagrīvaḥ kruddhaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ | kalpyatāṃ me rathaḥ śīghraṃ śūrāḥ sajjībhavantu naḥ || 7.25.30 ||
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bhrātā me kumbhakarṇaśca ye ca mukhyā niśācarāḥ | vāhanānyadhirohantu nānāpraharaṇāyudhāḥ || 7.25.31 ||
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adya taṃ samare hatvā madhuṃ rāvaṇanirbhayam | suralokaṃ gamiṣyāmi yuddhakāṅkṣī suhṛdvṛtaḥ || 7.25.32 ||
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akṣauhiṇīsahasrāṇi catvāryagryāṇi rakṣasām | nānāpraharaṇānyāśu niryayuryuddhakāṅkṣiṇām || 7.25.33 ||
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indrajittvagrataḥ (agrataḥ) sainyātsainikānparigṛhya ca | jagāma rāvaṇo madhye kumbhakarṇaśca pṛṣṭhataḥ || 7.25.34 ||
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vibhīṣaṇaśca dharmātmā laṅkāyāṃ dharmāmācarat | śoṣāḥ sarve mahābhāgā yayurmadhupuraṃ prati || 7.25.35 ||
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kharairuṣṭrairhayairdīptaiḥ śiṃśumārairmahoragaiḥ | rākṣasāḥ prayayuḥ sarve kṛtvā ' 'kāśaṃ nirantaram || 7.25.36 ||
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daityāśca śataśastatra kṛtavairāśca daivataiḥ | rāvaṇaṃ prekṣya gacchantamanvagacchanhi pṛṣṭhataḥ || 7.25.37 ||
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sa tu gatvā madhupuraṃ praviśya ca daśānanaḥ | na dadarśa madhuṃ tatra bhaginīṃ tatra dṛṣṭavān || 7.25.38 ||
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sā ca prahvāñjalirbhūtvā śirasā caraṇau gatā || 7.25.39 ||
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tasya rākṣasarājasya trastā kumbhīnasī tadā | tāṃ samutthāpayāmāsa na bhetavyamiti bruvan || 7.25.40 ||
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rāvaṇo rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ cāpi karavāṇi te | sābravīdyadi me rājanprasannastvaṃ mahābhuja | bhartāraṃ na mamehādya hanturmahasi mānada || 7.25.41 ||
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na hīdṛśaṃ bhayaṃ kiñcitkulastrīṇāmihocyate | bhayānāmapi sarveṣāṃ vaidhavyaṃ vyasanaṃ mahat || 7.25.42 ||
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satyavāgbhava rājendra māmavekṣasva yācatīm | tvayāpyuktaṃ mahārāja na bhetavyamiti svayam || 7.25.43 ||
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rāvaṇastvabravīddhṛṣṭaḥ svasāraṃ tatra saṃsthitām | kva cāsau tava bhartā vai mama śīghraṃ nivedyatām || 7.25.44 ||
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saha tena gamiṣyāmi suralokaṃ jayāvahe | tava kāruṇyasauhārdānnivṛtto 'smi madhorvadhāt || 7.25.45 ||
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ityuktā sā samutthāpya prasuptaṃ taṃ niśācaram | abravītsamprahṛṣṭeva rākṣasī sā patiṃ vacaḥ || 7.25.46 ||
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eṣa prāpto daśagrīvo mama bhrātā mahābalaḥ | suralokajayākāṅkṣī sāhāyye tvāṃ vṛṇoti ca || 7.25.47 ||
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tadasya tvaṃ sahāyārthaṃ sabandhurgaccha rākṣasa | snigdhasya bhajamānasya yuktamarthāya kalpitum || 7.25.48 ||
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tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā tathetyāha madhurvacaḥ || 7.25.49 ||
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dadarśa rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ yathānyāyamupetya saḥ | pūjayamāsa dharmeṇa rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam || 7.25.50 ||
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prāpya pūjāṃ daśagrīvo madhuveśmāni vīryavān | tatra caikāṃ niśāmuṣya gamanāyopacakrame || 7.25.51 ||
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tataḥ kailāsamāsādya śailaṃ vaiśravaṇālayam | rākṣasendro mahendrābhaḥ senāmupaniveśayat || 7.25.52 ||
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