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tam āpatantaṃ sahasā svanavantaṃ mahādhvajam / (1.1) Par.?

rathaṃ rākṣasarājasya nararājo dadarśa ha // (1.2) Par.?

kṛṣṇavājisamāyuktaṃ yuktaṃ raudreṇa varcasā / (2.1) Par.?

taḍitpatākāgahanaṃ darśitendrāyudhāyudham / (2.2) Par.?

śaradhārā vimuñcantaṃ dhārāsāram ivāmbudam // (2.3) Par.?

taṃ dṛṣṭvā meghasaṃkāśam āpatantaṃ rathaṃ ripoḥ / (3.1) Par.?

girer vajrābhimṛṣṭasya dīryataḥ sadṛśasvanam / (3.2) Par.?

uvāca mātaliṃ rāmaḥ sahasrākṣasya sārathim // (3.3) Par.?

mātale paśya saṃrabdham āpatantaṃ rathaṃ ripoḥ / (4.1) Par.?

yathāpasavyaṃ patatā vegena mahatā punaḥ / (4.2) Par.?

samare hantum ātmānaṃ tathānena kṛtā matiḥ // (4.3) Par.?

tad apramādam ātiṣṭha pratyudgaccha rathaṃ ripoḥ / (5.1) Par.?

vidhvaṃsayitum icchāmi vāyur megham ivotthitam // (5.2) Par.?

aviklavam asaṃbhrāntam avyagrahṛdayekṣaṇam / (6.1) Par.?

raśmisaṃcāraniyataṃ pracodaya rathaṃ drutam // (6.2) Par.?

kāmaṃ na tvaṃ samādheyaḥ puraṃdararathocitaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

yuyutsur aham ekāgraḥ smāraye tvāṃ na śikṣaye // (7.2) Par.?

parituṣṭaḥ sa rāmasya tena vākyena mātaliḥ / (8.1) Par.?

pracodayāmāsa rathaṃ surasārathisattamaḥ // (8.2) Par.?

apasavyaṃ tataḥ kurvan rāvaṇasya mahāratham / (9.1) Par.?

cakrotkṣiptena rajasā rāvaṇaṃ vyavadhūnayat // (9.2) Par.?

tataḥ kruddho daśagrīvastāmravisphāritekṣaṇaḥ / (10.1) Par.?

rathapratimukhaṃ rāmaṃ sāyakair avadhūnayat // (10.2) Par.?

dharṣaṇāmarṣito rāmo dhairyaṃ roṣeṇa laṅghayan / (11.1) Par.?

jagrāha sumahāvegam aindraṃ yudhi śarāsanam / (11.2) Par.?

śarāṃśca sumahātejāḥ sūryaraśmisamaprabhān // (11.3) Par.?

tad upoḍhaṃ mahad yuddham anyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇoḥ / (12.1) Par.?

parasparābhimukhayor dṛptayor iva siṃhayoḥ // (12.2) Par.?

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ / (13.1) Par.?

samīyur dvairathaṃ draṣṭuṃ rāvaṇakṣayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ // (13.2) Par.?

samutpetur athotpātā dāruṇā lomaharṣaṇāḥ / (14.1) Par.?

rāvaṇasya vināśāya rāghavasya jayāya ca // (14.2) Par.?

vavarṣa rudhiraṃ devo rāvaṇasya rathopari / (15.1) Par.?

vātā maṇḍalinastīvrā apasavyaṃ pracakramuḥ // (15.2) Par.?

mahad gṛdhrakulaṃ cāsya bhramamāṇaṃ nabhastale / (16.1) Par.?

yena yena ratho yāti tena tena pradhāvati // (16.2) Par.?

saṃdhyayā cāvṛtā laṅkā japāpuṣpanikāśayā / (17.1) Par.?

dṛśyate saṃpradīpteva divase 'pi vasuṃdharā // (17.2) Par.?

sanirghātā maholkāśca sampracerur mahāsvanāḥ / (18.1) Par.?

viṣādayantyo rakṣāṃsi rāvaṇasya tadāhitāḥ // (18.2) Par.?

rāvaṇaśca yatastatra pracacāla vasuṃdharā / (19.1) Par.?

rakṣasāṃ ca praharatāṃ gṛhītā iva bāhavaḥ // (19.2) Par.?

tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ patitāḥ sūryaraśmayaḥ / (20.1) Par.?

dṛśyante rāvaṇasyāṅge parvatasyeva dhātavaḥ // (20.2) Par.?

gṛdhrair anugatāścāsya vamantyo jvalanaṃ mukhaiḥ / (21.1) Par.?

praṇedur mukham īkṣantyaḥ saṃrabdham aśivaṃ śivāḥ // (21.2) Par.?

pratikūlaṃ vavau vāyū raṇe pāṃsūn samutkiran / (22.1) Par.?

tasya rākṣasarājasya kurvan dṛṣṭivilopanam // (22.2) Par.?

nipetur indrāśanayaḥ sainye cāsya samantataḥ / (23.1) Par.?

durviṣahyasvanā ghorā vinā jaladharasvanam // (23.2) Par.?

diśaśca pradiśaḥ sarvā babhūvustimirāvṛtāḥ / (24.1) Par.?

pāṃsuvarṣeṇa mahatā durdarśaṃ ca nabho 'bhavat // (24.2) Par.?

kurvantyaḥ kalahaṃ ghoraṃ sārikāstadrathaṃ prati / (25.1) Par.?

nipetuḥ śataśastatra dāruṇā dāruṇasvanāḥ // (25.2) Par.?

jaghanebhyaḥ sphuliṅgāṃśca netrebhyo 'śrūṇi saṃtatam / (26.1) Par.?

mumucustasya turagāstulyam agniṃ ca vāri ca // (26.2) Par.?

evaṃprakārā bahavaḥ samutpātā bhayāvahāḥ / (27.1) Par.?

rāvaṇasya vināśāya dāruṇāḥ samprajajñire // (27.2) Par.?

rāmasyāpi nimittāni saumyāni ca śivāni ca / (28.1) Par.?

babhūvur jayaśaṃsīni prādurbhūtāni sarvaśaḥ // (28.2) Par.?

tato nirīkṣyātmagatāni rāghavo raṇe nimittāni nimittakovidaḥ / (29.1) Par.?

jagāma harṣaṃ ca parāṃ ca nirvṛtiṃ cakāra yuddhe 'bhyadhikaṃ ca vikramam // (29.2) Par.?