युद्धकाण्डम्Yuddha Kāṇḍa

sa babhuva kṛśo rājā maithilīkāmamohitaḥ ।
asanmānācca suhṛdām pāpaḥ pāpena karmaṇāḥ ॥6-11-1॥ ॥

atītasamaye kāle tasminve yudhi rāvaṇaḥ ।
amātyaiśca suhṛdbhiśca prāptakālamamanyata ॥6-11-2॥ ॥

sa hemajālavitatam maṇividrumabhūṣitam ।
upagamya vinītāśvamāruroha mahārtham ॥6-11-3॥ ॥

tamāsthāya rathaśreṣṭho mahāmeghasamasvanam ।
prayayau rakṣasām śreṣṭho daśagrīvaḥ sabhām prati ॥6-11-4॥ ॥

asicarmadharā yodhāḥ sarvāyudhadharāstataḥ ।
rākṣasā rākṣasendrasya purastātsampratasthire ॥6-11-5॥ ॥

nānāvikṛtaveṣāśca nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ ।
pārśvataḥ pṛṣṭhataścainam parivārya yayustadā ॥6-11-6॥ ॥

rathaiścātirathā śīghram mataiśca varavāraṇaiḥ ।
amātpeturdaśagrīvamākrīḍadbhiśca vājibhiḥ ॥6-11-7॥ ॥

gadāparighahastāśca śaktitomarapāṇayaḥ ।
paraśvathadharāścānye tathānye śūlapāṇayaḥ ॥6-11-8॥ ॥

tatastūryasahasrāṇām samjajñe niḥsvano mahān ।
tumulaḥ śaṅkhaśabdaśca sabhām gaccati ravaṇe ॥6-11-9॥ ॥

sa nemighoṣeṇa mahānsahasābhininādayan ।
rājamārgam śriyā juṣṭam pratipede mahārathaḥ ॥6-11-10॥ ॥

vimalam cātapatram ca pagṛhītamaśobhata ।
pāṇḍuram rākṣasendrasya pūrṇastāradhipo yathā ॥6-11-11॥ ॥

hemañjarigarbhe ca śuddhasphaṭikavigrahe ।
cāmaravyajane tasya rejatuḥ savyadakṣiṇe ॥6-11-12॥ ॥

te kṛtāñjalayaḥ sarve rathastham pṛthivīsthitāḥ ।
rākṣsā rākṣasaśreṣṭham śirobhistam vavandire ॥6-11-13॥ ॥

rākṣanaiḥ stūyamānaḥ san jayāśīrbhirarimdamaḥ ।
asasāda mahātejāḥ sabhām viracitām tadā ॥6-11-14॥ ॥

suvarṇarajatāstīrṇām viśuddhasphaṭikāntarām ।
virājamāno vapuṣā rukmapaṭṭottaraccadām ॥6-11-15॥ ॥

tām piśācaśataiḥ ṣaḍbhirabhiguptām sadāprabhām ।
praviveśa mahātejāḥ sukṛtām viśvakarmaṇā ॥6-11-16॥ ॥

tasyām sa vaidūryamayam priyākājinasamvṛtam ।
mahatsopāśrayam bheje rāvaṇaḥ paramāsanam ॥6-11-17॥ ॥

tataḥ śaśāseśvaravaddūtān laghuparākramān ।
samānayata me kṣipramihaitān rākṣasāniti ॥6-11-18॥ ॥

kṛtyamasti mahājjāne kartavyamiti śatrubhiḥ ।
rākṣasāstadvacaḥ śrutvā laṅkāyām paricakramuḥ ॥6-11-19॥ ॥

anugehamavasthaya vihāraśayaneṣu ca ।
udyāneṣu ca rakkṣamsi codayanto hyabhītavat ॥6-11-20॥ ॥

te rathān rucirāneke dṛptāneke dṛḍhān hayān ।
nāganeke'dhiruruhurjagmuścaike padātayaḥ ॥6-11-21॥ ॥

sā purī paramākīrṇā rathakuñjaravājibhiḥ ।
sampatadbhirviruruce garutmadcirivāmabaram ॥6-11-22॥ ॥

te vāhanānyavasthāpya yānāni vividhāni ca ।
sabhām padbhiḥ praviviśuḥ simhā giriguhāmiva ॥6-11-23॥ ॥

rājñaḥ pādau gṛhītvā tu rājñā te pratipūjitāḥ ।
pīṭheṣvanye bṛsīṣvanye bhūmau kecidupāviśan ॥6-11-24॥ ॥

te sametya sabhāyām vai rākṣasā rājaśāsanāt ।
yathārhamupatasthuste rāvaṇam rākṣasādhipam ॥6-11-25॥ ॥

mantriṇaśca yathāmukhyā niścitārtheṣu paṇḍitāḥ ।
amātyāśca guṇopetāḥ sarvajñā buddhidarśanāḥ ॥6-11-26॥ ॥

samīyustatra śataśaḥ śūrāśca bahavastathā ।
sabhāyām hemavarṇāyām sarvārthasya sukhāya vai ॥6-11-27॥ ॥

tato mahātmā vipulam suyugyam ।
ratham varam hemavicitritāṅgam ।
śubham samāsthāya yayau yaśasvī ।
vibhīṣaṇaḥ samsadamagrajasya ॥6-11-28॥ ॥

sa pūrvajāyāvarajaḥ śaśamsa ।
nā mātha paścāccaraṇau vavande ।
śukaḥ prahastaśca tathaiva tebhyo ।
dadau yathārham pR^thagāsanāni ॥6-11-29॥ ॥

suvarṇanānāmaṇibhuṣaṇānām ।
suvāsasām samsadi rākṣasānām ।
teṣām parārthyagurucandanānām ।
srajām ca gandhāḥ pravavuḥ samantāt ॥6-11-30॥ ॥

na cukruśurnānṛtamāha kaści ।
tsabhāsado nāpi jajalpuruccaiḥ ।
samsiddhārthaḥ sarva evogravīryā ।
bhartuḥ sarve dadṛśuścānanam te ॥6-11-31॥ ॥

sa rāvaṇaḥ śastrabhṛtām manasvinām ।
mahābalānām samitau manasvī ।
tapyām sabhāyām prabhayā cakāśe ।
madhye vasūnāmiva vajrahastaḥ ॥