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evam ādharṣitaḥ śūraḥ śūrpaṇakhyā kharas tadā / (1.1) Par.?

uvāca rakṣasāṃ madhye kharaḥ kharataraṃ vacaḥ // (1.2) Par.?

tavāpamānaprabhavaḥ krodho 'yam atulo mama / (2.1) Par.?

na śakyate dhārayituṃ lavaṇāmbha ivotthitam // (2.2) Par.?

na rāmaṃ gaṇaye vīryān mānuṣaṃ kṣīṇajīvitam / (3.1) Par.?

ātmā duścaritaiḥ prāṇān hato yo 'dya vimokṣyati // (3.2) Par.?

bāṣpaḥ saṃhriyatām eṣa sambhramaś ca vimucyatām / (4.1) Par.?

ahaṃ rāmaṃ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam // (4.2) Par.?

paraśvadhahatasyādya mandaprāṇasya bhūtale / (5.1) Par.?

rāmasya rudhiraṃ raktam uṣṇaṃ pāsyasi rākṣasi // (5.2) Par.?

sā prahṛṣṭā vacaḥ śrutvā kharasya vadanāc cyutam / (6.1) Par.?

praśaśaṃsa punar maurkhyād bhrātaraṃ rakṣasāṃ varam // (6.2) Par.?

tayā paruṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ punar eva praśaṃsitaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

abravīd dūṣaṇaṃ nāma kharaḥ senāpatiṃ tadā // (7.2) Par.?

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām / (8.1) Par.?

rakṣasāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣv anivartinām // (8.2) Par.?

nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām / (9.1) Par.?

lokahiṃsāvihārāṇāṃ balinām ugratejasām // (9.2) Par.?

teṣāṃ śārdūladarpāṇāṃ mahāsyānāṃ mahaujasām / (10.1) Par.?

sarvodyogam udīrṇānāṃ rakṣasāṃ saumya kāraya // (10.2) Par.?

upasthāpaya me kṣipraṃ rathaṃ saumya dhanūṃṣi ca / (11.1) Par.?

śarāṃś ca citrān khaḍgāṃś ca śaktīś ca vividhāḥ śitāḥ // (11.2) Par.?

agre niryātum icchāmi paulastyānāṃ mahātmanām / (12.1) Par.?

vadhārthaṃ durvinītasya rāmasya raṇakovidaḥ // (12.2) Par.?

iti tasya bruvāṇasya sūryavarṇaṃ mahāratham / (13.1) Par.?

sadaśvaiḥ śabalair yuktam ācacakṣe 'tha dūṣaṇaḥ // (13.2) Par.?

taṃ meruśikharākāraṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam / (14.1) Par.?

hemacakram asaṃbādhaṃ vaidūryamayakūbaram // (14.2) Par.?

matsyaiḥ puṣpair drumaiḥ śailaiś candrasūryaiś ca kāñcanaiḥ / (15.1) Par.?

māṅgalyaiḥ pakṣisaṃghaiś ca tārābhiś ca samāvṛtam // (15.2) Par.?

dhvajanistriṃśasampannaṃ kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitam / (16.1) Par.?

sadaśvayuktaṃ so 'marṣād āruroha rathaṃ kharaḥ // (16.2) Par.?

niśāmya taṃ rathagataṃ rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ / (17.1) Par.?

tasthuḥ saṃparivāryainaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ ca mahābalam // (17.2) Par.?

kharas tu tān maheṣvāsān ghoracarmāyudhadhvajān / (18.1) Par.?

niryātety abravīd dṛṣṭvā rathasthaḥ sarvarākṣasān // (18.2) Par.?

tatas tad rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ ghoracarmāyudhadhvajam / (19.1) Par.?

nirjagāma janasthānān mahānādaṃ mahājavam // (19.2) Par.?

mudgaraiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiś ca paraśvadhaiḥ / (20.1) Par.?

khaḍgaiś cakraiś ca hastasthair bhrājamānaiś ca tomaraiḥ // (20.2) Par.?

śaktibhiḥ parighair ghorair atimātraiś ca kārmukaiḥ / (21.1) Par.?

gadāsimusalair vajrair gṛhītair bhīmadarśanaiḥ // (21.2) Par.?

rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa / (22.1) Par.?

niryātāni janasthānāt kharacittānuvartinām // (22.2) Par.?

tāṃs tv abhidravato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasān bhīmavikramān / (23.1) Par.?

kharasyāpi rathaḥ kiṃcij jagāma tadanantaram // (23.2) Par.?

tatas tāñ śabalān aśvāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣitān / (24.1) Par.?

kharasya matam ājñāya sārathiḥ samacodayat // (24.2) Par.?

sa codito rathaḥ śīghraṃ kharasya ripughātinaḥ / (25.1) Par.?

śabdenāpūrayāmāsa diśaś ca pratidiśas tathā // (25.2) Par.?

pravṛddhamanyus tu kharaḥ kharasvano ripor vadhārthaṃ tvarito yathāntakaḥ / (26.1) Par.?

acūcudat sārathim unnadan punar mahābalo megha ivāśmavarṣavān // (26.2) Par.?