युद्धकाण्डम्Yuddha Kāṇḍa

tad vacaḥ pathyam aklībam sāraṇena abhibhāṣitam ।
niśamya rāvaṇo rājā pratyabhāṣata sāraṇam ॥6-26-1॥ ॥

yadi mām abhiyunjīran deva gandharva dānavāḥ ।
na eva sītām pradāsyāmi sarva loka bhayād api ॥6-26-2॥ ॥

tvam tu saumya paritrasto haribhir nirjito bhṛśam ।
pratipradānam adya eva sītāyāḥ sādhu manyase ॥6-26-3॥ ॥

ko hi nāma sapatno mām samare jetum arhati ।
iti uktvā paruṣam vākyam rāvaṇo rākṣasa adhipaḥ ॥6-26-4॥ ॥

āruroha tataḥ śrīmān prāsādam hima pāṇḍuram ।
bahu tāla samutsedham rāvaṇo atha didṛkṣayā ॥6-26-5॥ ॥

tābhyām carābhyām sahito rāvaṇaḥ krodha mūrcitaḥ ।
paśyamānaḥ samudram ca parvatāmaḥ ca vanāni ca ॥6-26-6॥ ॥

dadarśa pṛthivī deśam susampūrṇam plavam gamaiḥ ।
tad apāram asamkhyeyam vānarāṇām mahad balam ॥6-26-7॥ ॥

ālokya rāvaṇo rājā paripapracca sāraṇam ।
eṣām vānara mukhyānām ke śūrāḥ ke mahābalāḥ ॥6-26-8॥ ॥

ke pūrvam abhivartante mahāutsāhāḥ samantataḥ ।
keṣām śṛṇoti sugrīvaḥ ke vā yūthapa yūthapāḥ ॥6-26-9॥ ॥

sāraṇa ācakṣva me sarvam ke pradhānāḥ plavam gamāḥ ।
sāraṇo rākṣasa indrasya vacanam paripṛccataḥ ॥6-26-10॥ ॥

ācacakṣe atha mukhyajño mukhyāms tāms tu vana okasaḥ ।
eṣa yo abhimukho laṁkām nardams tiṣṭhati vānaraḥ ॥6-26-11॥ ॥

yūthapānām sahasrāṇām śatena parivāritaḥ ।
yasya ghoṣeṇa mahatā saprākārā satoraṇā ॥6-26-12॥ ॥

laṁkā pravepate sarvā saśaila vana kānanā ।
sarva śākhā mṛga indrasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ ॥6-26-13॥ ॥

bala agre tiṣṭhate vīro nīlo nāma eṣa yūthapaḥ ।
bāhū pragṛhya yaḥ padbhyām mahīm gaccati vīryavān ॥6-26-14॥ ॥

laṁkām abhimukhaḥ kopād abhīkṣṇam ca vijṛmbhate ।
giri śṛnga pratīkāśaḥ padma kinjalka samnibhaḥ ॥6-26-15॥ ॥

sphoṭayati abhisamrabdho lāngūlam ca punaḥ punaḥ ।
yasya lāngūla śabdena svananti iva diśo daśa ॥6-26-16॥ ॥

eṣa vānara rājena surgrīveṇa abhiṣecitaḥ ।
yauvarājye angado nāma tvām āhvayati samyuge ॥6-26-17॥ ॥

vālinaḥ sadṛśaḥ putraḥ sugrīvasya sadā priyaḥ ।
rāghavārthe parākrāntaḥ śakrārthe varuṇo yathā ॥6-26-18॥ ॥

etasya sā matiḥ sarvā yaddṛṣṭā janakātmajā ।
hanūmatā vegavatā rāghavasya hitaiṣiṇā ॥6-26-19॥ ॥

bahūni vānarendrāṇāmeṣa yūthāni vīryavān ।
parigṛhyābhiyāti tvām svenānīkena marditum ॥6-26-20॥ ॥

anuvālisutasyāpi balena mahatā vṛtaḥ ।
vīrastiṣṭhati samgrāme setuheturayam nalaḥ ॥6-26-21॥ ॥

ye tu viṣṭabhya gātrāṇi kṣveḍayanti nadanti ca ।
utthāya ca vijṛmbhante krodhena hari pumgavāḥ ॥6-26-22॥ ॥

ete duṣprasahā ghorāḥ caṇḍāḥ caṇḍa parākramāḥ ।
aṣṭau śata sahasrāṇi daśa koṭi śatāni ca ॥6-26-23॥ ॥

ya enam anugaccanti vīrāḥ candana vāsinaḥ ।
eṣa āśamsate laṁkām svena anīkena marditum ॥6-26-24॥ ॥

śveto rajata samkāśaḥ sabalo bhīma vikramaḥ ।
buddhimān vānaraḥ śūras triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ ॥6-26-25॥ ॥

tūrṇam sugrīvam āgamya punar gaccati vānaraḥ ।
vibhajan vānarīm senām anīkāni praharṣayan ॥6-26-26॥ ॥

yaḥ purā gomatī tīre ramyam paryeti parvatam ।
nāmnā samkocano nāma nānā naga yuto giriḥ ॥6-26-27॥ ॥

tatra rājyam praśāsti eṣa kumudo nāma yūthapaḥ ।
yo asau śata sahasrāṇām sahasram parikarṣati ॥6-26-28॥ ॥

yasya vālā bahu vyāmā dīrgha lāngūlam āśritāḥ ।
tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ prakīrṇā ghora karmaṇaḥ ॥6-26-29॥ ॥

adīno roṣaṇaḥ caṇḍaḥ samgrāmam abhikānkṣati ।
eṣa eva āśamsate laṁkām svena anīkena marditum ॥6-26-30॥ ॥

yas tv eṣa simha samkāśaḥ kapilo dīrgha kesaraḥ ।
nibhṛtaḥ prekṣate laṁkām didhakṣann iva cakṣuṣā ॥6-26-31॥ ॥

vindhyam kṛṣṇa girim sahyam parvatam ca sudarśanam ।
rājan satatam adhyāste rambho nāma eṣa yūthapaḥ ॥6-26-32॥ ॥

śatam śata sahasrāṇām trimśac ca hari yūthapāḥ ।
yam yāntam vānarā ghorāścaṇḍāścaṇḍparākramāḥ ॥6-26-33॥ ॥

parivārya anugaccanti laṁkām marditum ojasā ।
yas tu karṇau vivṛṇute jṛmbhate ca punaḥ punaḥ ॥6-26-34॥ ॥

na ca samvijate mṛtyor na ca yūthād vidhāvati ।
prakampate ca roṣena tiryakca punarīkṣate ॥6-26-35॥ ॥

paśyan lāṅgūlamapi ca ksveḍatyeṣa mahābalaḥ ।
mahābalo vīta bhayo ramyam sālveya parvatam ॥6-26-36॥ ॥

rājan satatam adhyāste śarabho nāma yūthapaḥ ।
etasya balinaḥ sarve vihārā nāma yūthapāḥ ॥6-26-37॥ ॥

rājan śata sahasrāṇi catvārimśat tathaiva ca ।
yas tu megha iva ākāśam mahān āvṛtya tiṣṭhati ॥6-26-38॥ ॥

madhye vānara vīrāṇām surāṇām iva vāsavaḥ ।
bherīṇām iva samnādo yasya eṣa śrūyate mahān ॥6-26-39॥ ॥

ghoraḥ śākhā mṛga indrāṇām samgrāmam abhikānkṣatām ।
eṣa parvatam adhyāste pāriyātram anuttamam ॥6-26-40॥ ॥

yuddhe duṣprasaho nityam panaso nāma yūthapaḥ ।
enam śata sahasrāṇām śata ardham paryupāsate ॥6-26-41॥ ॥

yūthapā yūthapa śreṣṭham yeṣām yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ ।
yas tu bhīmām pravalgantīm camūm tiṣṭhati śobhayan ॥6-26-42॥ ॥

sthitām tīre samudrasya dvitīya iva sāgaraḥ ।
eṣa dardara samkāśo vinato nāma yūthapaḥ ॥6-26-43॥ ॥

pibamaḥ carati parṇāśām nadīnām uttamām nadīm ।
ṣaṣṭiḥ śata sahasrāṇi balam asya plavam gamāḥ ॥6-26-44॥ ॥

tvām āhvayati yuddhāya krathano nāma yūthapaḥ ।
vikrāntā balavantaśca yathā yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ ॥6-26-45॥ ॥

yas tu gairika varṇa ābham vapuḥ puṣyati vānaraḥ ।
avamatya sadā sarvānvānarān baladarpitaḥ ॥6-26-46॥ ॥

gavayo nāma tejasvī tvām krodhād abhivartate ।
enam śata sahasrāṇi saptatiḥ paryupāsate ।
eṣa āśamsate laṁkām svena anīkena marditum ॥6-26-47॥ ॥

ete duṣprasahā ghorā balinaḥ kāma rūpiṇaḥ ।
yūthapā yūthapa śreṣṭhā yeṣām samkhyā na vidyate ॥