युद्धकाण्डम्Yuddha Kāṇḍa

tato niviṣṭām dhvajinīm sugrīveṇābhipālitām ।
dadarśa rākṣaso'bhyetya śārdūlo nāma vīryavān ॥6-20-1॥ ॥

cāro rākṣasarājasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ ।
tām dṛṣṭvā sarvato'vyagram pratigamya sa rākṣasaḥ ॥6-20-2॥ ॥

āviśya laṅkām vegena rājānamidamabravīt ।
eṣa vai vānararkṣagho laṅkām samabhivartate ॥6-20-3॥ ॥

agādhaścāprameyaśca dvitīya iva sāgaraḥ ।
putrau daśarathasyemau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau ॥6-20-4॥ ॥

uttamau rūpasampannau sītāyāḥ padamāgatau ।
etau sāgaramāsādya samniviṣṭau mahādyutī ॥6-20-5॥ ॥

balam cākāśamāvṛtya sarvato daśayojanam ।
tattvabhūtam mahāraja kṣipram veditumarhasi ॥6-20-6॥ ॥

tava dūtā mahārāja kṣipramarhanti veditum ।
upapradānam sāntvam vā bhedo vātra prayujyatām ॥6-20-7॥ ॥

śārdūlasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ ।
uvāca sahasā vyagraḥ sampradhāryārthamātmanaḥ ॥6-20-8॥ ॥

śukam nāma tadā rakṣo vākyamarthavidām varam ।
sugrīvam brūhi gatvāśu rājānam vacanānmanu ॥6-20-9॥ ॥

yathāsamdeśamaklībam śalksṇayā parayā girā ।
tvam vai mahāraja kulaprasūto ।
mahābalaścarkṣarajaḥsutaśca ।
na kaścanārthastava vāstyanartha ।
stathāpi me bhrātṛsamo harīśa ॥6-20-10॥ ॥

aham yadyaharam bhāryām rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ ।
kim tatra tava sugrīva kiśkindhām prati gamyatām ॥6-20-11॥ ॥

na hīyam haribhirlaṅkā prāptum śakyā katham cana ।
devairapi sagandharvaiḥ kim punarnaravānaraiḥ ॥6-20-12॥ ॥

sa tadā rākṣasendreṇa samdiṣṭo rajanīcaraḥ ।
śuko vihamgamo bhūtvā tūrṇamāplutya cāmbaram ॥6-20-13॥ ॥

sa gatvā dūramadhvānamuparyupari sāgaram ।
samsthito hyambare vākyam sugrīva madimabravīt ॥6-20-14॥ ॥

sarvamuktam yathādiṣṭam rāvaṇena durātmanā ।
tatprapayantam vacanam tūrṇamāplutya vānarāḥ ॥6-20-15॥ ॥

prāpadyanta tadā kṣipram loptum hantum ca muṣṭibhiḥ ।
sarvaiḥ plavaṇgaiḥ prasabham nigṛhīto niśācarah ॥6-20-16॥ ॥

gaganādbhūtale cāśu pratigṛhyāvatāritaḥ ।
vānaraiḥ pīḍyamānastu śuko vacanamabravīt ॥6-20-17॥ ॥

na dūtān ghnanti kākutthsa vāryantām sādhu vānarāḥ ।
yastu hitvā matam bhartuḥ svamatam samprabhāṣate ॥6-20-18॥ ॥

anuktavādī dūtaḥ sann sa dūto vadhamarhati ।
śukasya vacanam rāmaḥ śrutvā tu paridevitam ॥6-20-19॥ ॥

uvāca mā vadhisṭeti ghnataḥ śākhāmṛgarṣabhān ।
sa ca patralaghudbhūtvā haribhirdarśite'bhaye ॥6-20-20॥ ॥

antarikṣe sthito bhūtvā punarvacana mabravīt ।
sugrīva sattvasampanna mahābalaparākrama ॥6-20-21॥ ॥

kim mayā khalu naktavyo rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ ।
sa evamuktaḥ plavagādhipastadā ।
plavaṅgamānāmṛṣabho mahābalaḥ ।
uvāca vākyam rajanīcarasya ।
cāram śukam śuddha madīnasattvaḥ ॥6-20-22॥ ॥

sa me'si mitram va tathānukampyo ।
na copakartāsi na me priyo'pi ।
ariśca rāmasya sahānubandha ।
stato'si vālīva vadhārha vadhyaḥ ॥6-20-23॥ ॥

nihanmyaham tvām sasutam sabandhum ।
sajñātivargam rajanīcareśa ।
laṅkām ca sarvām mahatā balena ।
sarvaiḥ kariṣyāmi sametya bhasma ॥6-20-24॥ ॥

na mokṣyase rāvaṇa rāghavasya ।
sarvaiḥ sahendraidapi mūḍha guptaḥ ।
antarhataḥ sūryapatham gato'pi ।
tathaiva pātālamanupraviṣṭaḥ ॥6-20-25॥ ॥

girīśapādambujasamgato vā ।
hato'si rāmeṇa śānujastvam ॥6-20-26॥ ॥

tasya te triṣu lokeṣu na piśācam na rākṣasam ।
trātāramanupaśyāmi na gandharvam na cāsuram ॥6-20-27॥ ॥

avadhīstvam jarāvṛddham gṛdhrārājam jaṭāyuṣam ।
kim mate rāmasāmnidhye sakāśe lakṣmaṇasya ca ॥6-20-28॥ ॥

hṛtā sītā viśālākṣi yām tvam gṛhya na budhyase ।
mahābalam mahātmānam durādharṣam surairapi ॥6-20-29॥ ॥

na budhyase raghuśreṣṭham yaste prāṇān hariṣyati ।
tato'bravīdvālisuto'pyaṅgado harisattamaḥ ॥6-20-30॥ ॥

vāyam dūto mahāprājña cārakaḥ pratibhāti me ।
tulitam hi balam sarvamanena tava tiṣṭhatā ॥6-20-31॥ ॥

gṛhyatām māgamallaṅkā metaddhi mama rocate ।
tato rājñā samādiṣṭāḥ samutpatya valīmukhāḥ ॥6-20-32॥ ॥

jagṛhuśca babandhuśca vilapantamanāthavat ।
śukastu vānaraiśca ṇḍaistatra taiḥ samprapīḍitaḥ ॥6-20-33॥ ॥

vyācukrośa mahātmānam rāmam daśarathātmajam ।
lupyete me balātpakṣau bhidyete me tathākṣiṇī ॥6-20-34॥ ॥

yām ca rātrim mariṣyāmi jāye rātrim ca yāmaham ।
etasminnantre kāle manmayā cāśubham kṛtam ॥6-20-35॥ ॥

sarvam tadupapadyethā jahyam cedyadi jīvitam ।
nāghātayattadā rāmaḥ śrutvā tatparidevitam ॥