Sarga 67 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
atha rātryāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ śatrughno bhṛgunandanam | papraccha cyavanaṃ vipraṃ lavaṇasya yathā balam || 7.67.1 ||
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śūlasya ca balaṃ brahmanke ca pūrvaṃ vināśitāḥ | anena śūlamukhyena dvandvayuddhamupāgatāḥ || 7.67.2 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ | pratyuvāca mahātejāścyavano raghunandanam || 7.67.3 ||
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asaṅkhyeyāni karmāṇi yānyasya raghunandana | ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhave yadvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇaṣva me || 7.67.4 ||
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ayodhyāyāṃ purā rājā yuvanāśvasuto balī | māndhāteti sa vikhyātastriṣu lokeṣu vīryavān || 7.67.5 ||
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sa kṛtvā pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ śāsane pṛthivīpatiḥ | suralokamito jetumudyogamakaronnṛpaḥ || 7.67.6 ||
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indrasya ca bhayaṃ tīvraṃ surāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām | māndhātari kṛtodyoge devalokajigīṣayā || 7.67.7 ||
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ardhāsanena śakrasya rājyārdhena ca pārthivaḥ | vandyamānaḥ suragaṇaiḥ pratijñāmadhyarohata || 7.67.8 ||
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tasya pāpamabhiprāyaṃ viditvā pākaśāsanaḥ | sāntvapūrvamidaṃ vākyamuvāca yuvanāśvajam || 7.67.9 ||
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rājā tvaṃ mānuṣe loke na tāvatpuruṣarṣabha | akṛtvā pṛthivīṃ vaśyāṃ devarājyamihecchasi || 7.67.10 ||
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yadi vīra samagrā te medinī nikhilā vaśe | devarājyaṃ kuruṣveha sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ || 7.67.11 ||
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indramevaṃ bruvāṇaṃ taṃ māndhātā vākyamabravīt | kva me śakra pratihataṃ śāsanaṃ pṛthivītale || 7.67.12 ||
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tamuvāca sahasrākṣo lavaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ | madhuputro madhuvane na te ' 'jñāṃ kurute 'nagha || 7.67.13 ||
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tacchrutvā vipriyaṃ ghoraṃ sahasrākṣeṇa bhāṣitam | vrīḍito 'vāṅmukho rājā vyāhartuṃ na śaśāka ha || 7.67.14 ||
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āmantrya tu sahasrākṣaṃ hriyā kiñcidavāṅmukhaḥ | punarevāgamacchrīmānimaṃ lokaṃ nareśvaraḥ || 7.67.15 ||
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sa kṛtvā hṛdaye 'marṣaṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ | ājagāma madhoḥ putraṃ vaśe kartumarindamaḥ || 7.67.16 ||
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sa kāṅkṣamāṇo lavaṇaṃ yuddhāya puruṣarṣabhaḥ | dūtaṃ sampreṣayāmāsa sakāśaṃ lavaṇasya hi || 7.67.17 ||
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sa gatvā vipriyāṇyāha bahūni madhunaḥ sutam | vadantamevaṃ taṃ dūtaṃ bhakṣayāmāsa rākṣasaḥ || 7.67.18 ||
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cirāyamāṇe dūte tu rājā krodhasamanvitaḥ | ardayāmāsa tadrakṣaḥ śaravṛṣṭyā samantataḥ || 7.67.19 ||
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tataḥ prahasya tadrakṣaḥ śūlaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā | vadhāya sānubandhasya mumocāyudhamuttamam || 7.67.20 ||
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tacchūlaṃ dīpyamānaṃ tu sabhṛtyabalavāhanam | bhasmīkṛtvā nṛpaṃ bhūyo lavaṇasyāgamatkaram || 7.67.21 ||
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evaṃ sa rājā sumahānhataḥ sabalavāhanaḥ | śūlasya tu balaṃ saumya aprameyamanuttamam || 7.67.22 ||
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śvaḥ prabhāte tu lavaṇaṃ vadhiṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ | agṛhītāyudhaṃ kṣipraṃ dhruvo hi vijayastava || 7.67.23 ||
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lokānāṃ svasti caiva syātkṛte karmaṇi ca tvayā | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ lavaṇasya durātmanaḥ || 7.67.24 ||
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śūlasya ca balaṃ ghoramaprameyaṃ nararṣabha | vināśaścaiva māndhāturyattenābhūcca pārthiva || 7.67.25 ||
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tvaṃ śvaḥ prabhāte lavaṇaṃ mahātmanvadhiṣyase nātra tu saṃśayo me | śūlaṃ vinā nirgatamāmiṣārthe dhruvo jayaste bhavitā narendra || 7.67.26 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe saptaṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ || 67 ||
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