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kharaṃ tu rāmābhimukhaṃ prayāntaṃ vāhinīpatiḥ / (1.1) Par.?

rākṣasas triśirā nāma saṃnipatyedam abravīt // (1.2) Par.?

māṃ niyojaya vikrānta saṃnivartasva sāhasāt / (2.1) Par.?

paśya rāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ saṃyuge vinipātitam // (2.2) Par.?

pratijānāmi te satyam āyudhaṃ cāham ālabhe / (3.1) Par.?

yathā rāmaṃ vadhiṣyāmi vadhārhaṃ sarvarakṣasām // (3.2) Par.?

ahaṃ vāsya raṇe mṛtyur eṣa vā samare mama / (4.1) Par.?

vinivartya raṇotsāhaṃ muhūrtaṃ prāśniko bhava // (4.2) Par.?

prahṛṣṭo vā hate rāme janasthānaṃ prayāsyasi / (5.1) Par.?

mayi vā nihate rāmaṃ saṃyugāyopayāsyasi // (5.2) Par.?

kharas triśirasā tena mṛtyulobhāt prasāditaḥ / (6.1) Par.?

gaccha yudhyety anujñāto rāghavābhimukho yayau // (6.2) Par.?

triśirāś ca rathenaiva vājiyuktena bhāsvatā / (7.1) Par.?

abhyadravad raṇe rāmaṃ triśṛṅga iva parvataḥ // (7.2) Par.?

śaradhārāsamūhān sa mahāmegha ivotsṛjan / (8.1) Par.?

vyasṛjat sadṛśaṃ nādaṃ jalārdrasyeva dundubheḥ // (8.2) Par.?

āgacchantaṃ triśirasaṃ rākṣasaṃ prekṣya rāghavaḥ / (9.1) Par.?

dhanuṣā pratijagrāha vidhunvan sāyakāñ śitān // (9.2) Par.?

sa samprahāras tumulo rāmatriśirasor mahān / (10.1) Par.?

babhūvātīva balinoḥ siṃhakuñjarayor iva // (10.2) Par.?

tatas triśirasā bāṇair lalāṭe tāḍitas tribhiḥ / (11.1) Par.?

amarṣī kupito rāmaḥ saṃrabdham idam abravīt // (11.2) Par.?

aho vikramaśūrasya rākṣasasyedṛśaṃ balam / (12.1) Par.?

puṣpair iva śarair yasya lalāṭe 'smi parikṣataḥ / (12.2) Par.?

mamāpi pratigṛhṇīṣva śarāṃś cāpaguṇacyutān // (12.3) Par.?

evam uktvā tu saṃrabdhaḥ śarān āśīviṣopamān / (13.1) Par.?

triśirovakṣasi kruddho nijaghāna caturdaśa // (13.2) Par.?

caturbhis turagān asya śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ / (14.1) Par.?

nyapātayata tejasvī caturas tasya vājinaḥ // (14.2) Par.?

aṣṭabhiḥ sāyakaiḥ sūtaṃ rathopasthe nyapātayat / (15.1) Par.?

rāmaś cicheda bāṇena dhvajaṃ cāsya samucchritam // (15.2) Par.?

tato hatarathāt tasmād utpatantaṃ niśācaram / (16.1) Par.?

bibheda rāmas taṃ bāṇair hṛdaye so 'bhavaj jaḍaḥ // (16.2) Par.?

sāyakaiś cāprameyātmā sāmarṣas tasya rakṣasaḥ / (17.1) Par.?

śirāṃsy apātayat trīṇi vegavadbhis tribhiḥ śataiḥ // (17.2) Par.?

sa bhūmau śoṇitodgārī rāmabāṇābhipīḍitaḥ / (18.1) Par.?

nyapatat patitaiḥ pūrvaṃ svaśirobhir niśācaraḥ // (18.2) Par.?

hataśeṣās tato bhagnā rākṣasāḥ kharasaṃśrayāḥ / (19.1) Par.?

dravanti sma na tiṣṭhanti vyāghratrastā mṛgā iva // (19.2) Par.?

tān kharo dravato dṛṣṭvā nivartya ruṣitaḥ svayam / (20.1) Par.?

rāmam evābhidudrāva rāhuś candramasaṃ yathā // (20.2) Par.?