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tad drumāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat / (1.1) Par.?

pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavas tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ // (1.2) Par.?

pratigṛhya ca tad varaṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ / (2.1) Par.?

rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām // (2.2) Par.?

tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pradīpta iva tejasā / (3.1) Par.?

śarair abhyakirat sainyaṃ sarvataḥ sahadūṣaṇam // (3.2) Par.?

tataḥ senāpatiḥ kruddho dūṣaṇaḥ śatrudūṣaṇaḥ / (4.1) Par.?

jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam // (4.2) Par.?

veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭair devasainyābhimardanam / (5.1) Par.?

āyasaiḥ śaṅkubhis tīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitam // (5.2) Par.?

vajrāśanisamasparśaṃ paragopuradāraṇam / (6.1) Par.?

taṃ mahoragasaṃkāśaṃ pragṛhya parighaṃ raṇe / (6.2) Par.?

dūṣaṇo 'bhyapatad rāmaṃ krūrakarmā niśācaraḥ // (6.3) Par.?

tasyābhipatamānasya dūṣaṇasya sa rāghavaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ cicheda sahastābharaṇau bhujau // (7.2) Par.?

bhraṣṭas tasya mahākāyaḥ papāta raṇamūrdhani / (8.1) Par.?

parighaś chinnahastasya śakradhvaja ivāgrataḥ // (8.2) Par.?

sa karābhyāṃ vikīrṇābhyāṃ papāta bhuvi dūṣaṇaḥ / (9.1) Par.?

viṣāṇābhyāṃ viśīrṇābhyāṃ manasvīva mahāgajaḥ // (9.2) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ raṇe / (10.1) Par.?

sādhu sādhv iti kākutsthaṃ sarvabhūtāny apūjayan // (10.2) Par.?

etasminn antare kruddhās trayaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ / (11.1) Par.?

saṃhatyābhyadravan rāmaṃ mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ / (11.2) Par.?

mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī ca mahābalaḥ // (11.3) Par.?

mahākapālo vipulaṃ śūlam udyamya rākṣasaḥ / (12.1) Par.?

sthūlākṣaḥ paṭṭiśaṃ gṛhya pramāthī ca paraśvadham // (12.2) Par.?

dṛṣṭvaivāpatatas tāṃs tu rāghavaḥ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ / (13.1) Par.?

tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha samprāptān atithīn iva // (13.2) Par.?

mahākapālasya śiraś cicheda raghunandanaḥ / (14.1) Par.?

asaṃkhyeyais tu bāṇaughaiḥ pramamātha pramāthinam // (14.2) Par.?

sthūlākṣasyākṣiṇī tīkṣṇaiḥ pūrayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ / (15.1) Par.?

sa papāta hato bhūmau viṭapīva mahādrumaḥ // (15.2) Par.?

tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśair hemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ / (16.1) Par.?

jaghanaśeṣaṃ tejasvī tasya sainyasya sāyakaiḥ // (16.2) Par.?

te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāḥ sadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ / (17.1) Par.?

nijaghnus tāni rakṣāṃsi vajrā iva mahādrumān // (17.2) Par.?

rakṣasāṃ tu śataṃ rāmaḥ śatenaikena karṇinā / (18.1) Par.?

sahasraṃ ca sahasreṇa jaghāna raṇamūrdhani // (18.2) Par.?

tair bhinnavarmābharaṇāś chinnabhinnaśarāsanāḥ / (19.1) Par.?

nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ rajanīcarāḥ // (19.2) Par.?

tair muktakeśaiḥ samare patitaiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ / (20.1) Par.?

āstīrṇā vasudhā kṛtsnā mahāvediḥ kuśair iva // (20.2) Par.?

kṣaṇena tu mahāghoraṃ vanaṃ nihatarākṣasam / (21.1) Par.?

babhūva nirayaprakhyaṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamam // (21.2) Par.?

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām / (22.1) Par.?

hatāny ekena rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇa padātinā // (22.2) Par.?

tasya sainyasya sarvasya kharaḥ śeṣo mahārathaḥ / (23.1) Par.?

rākṣasas triśirāś caiva rāmaś ca ripusūdanaḥ // (23.2) Par.?

tatas tu tad bhīmabalaṃ mahāhave samīkṣya rāmeṇa hataṃ balīyasā / (24.1) Par.?

rathena rāmaṃ mahatā kharas tataḥ samāsasādendra ivodyatāśaniḥ // (24.2) Par.?