Sarga 13 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
atha lokeśvarotsṛṣṭā tatra kālena kenacit | nidrā samabhavattīvrā kumbhakarṇasya rūpiṇī || 7.13.1 ||
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tato bhrātaramāsīnaṃ kumbhakarṇo 'bravīdvacaḥ | nidrā māṃ bādhate rājankārayasva mamālayam || 7.13.2 ||
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viniyuktāstato rājñā śilpino viśvakarmavat | vistīrṇaṃ yojanaṃ śubhraṃ tato dviguṇamāyatam || 7.13.3 ||
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darśanīyaṃ nirābādhaṃ kumbhakarṇasya cakrire | sphāṭikaiḥ kāñcanaiścitraiḥ stambhaiḥ sarvatra śobhitam || 7.13.4 ||
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vaiḍūryakṛtasopānaṃ kiṅkiṇījālakaṃ tathā | dāntatoraṇavinyastaṃ vajrasphaṭikavedikam || 7.13.5 ||
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manoharaṃ sarvasukhaṃ kārayāmāsa rākṣasaḥ | sarvatra sukhadaṃ nityaṃ meroḥ puṇyāṃ guhāmiva || 7.13.6 ||
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tatra nidrāṃ samāviṣṭaḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ | bahūnyabdasahasrāṇi śayāno na prabuddhyate || 7.13.7 ||
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nidrābhibhūte tu tadā kumbhakarṇe daśānanaḥ | devarṣiyakṣagandharvānsañjaghne hi niraṅkuśaḥ || 7.13.8 ||
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udyānāni ca citrāṇi nandanādīni yāni ca | tāni gatvā susaṅakruddho bhinatti sma daśānanaḥ || 7.13.9 ||
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nadīṃ gaja iva krīḍanvṛkṣānvāyuriva kṣipan | nagānvrajra ivotsṛṣṭo vidhvaṃsayati rākṣasaḥ || 7.13.10 ||
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tathāvṛttaṃ tu vijñāya daśagrīvaṃ dhaneśvaraḥ | kulānurūpaṃ dharmajño vṛttaṃ saṃsmṛtya cātmanaḥ || 7.13.11 ||
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saubhrātradarśanārthaṃ tu dūtaṃ vaiśravaṇastadā | laṅkāṃ sampreṣayāmāsa daśagrīvasya vai hitam || 7.13.12 ||
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sa gatvā nagarīṃ laṅkāmāsasāda vibhīṣaṇam | mānitastena dharmeṇa pṛṣṭaścāgamanaṃ prati || 7.13.13 ||
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pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṃ rājño jñātīnāṃ ca bibhīṣaṇaḥ | sabhāyāṃ darśayāmāsa tamāsīnaṃ daśānanam || 7.13.14 ||
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sa dṛṣṭvā tatra rājānaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā | jayeti vācā sampūjya tūṣṇīṃ samabhivartata || 7.13.15 ||
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taṃ tatrottamaparyaṅke varāstaraṇaśobhite | upaviṣṭaṃ daśagrīvaṃ dūto vākyamathābravīt || 7.13.16 ||
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rājanvadāmi te sarvaṃ bhrātā tava yadabravīt | ubhayoḥ sadṛśaṃ vīra vṛttasya ca kulasya ca || 7.13.17 ||
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sādhu paryāptametāvatkṛtaścāritrasaṅgrahaḥ | sādhu dharme vyavasthānaṃ kriyatāṃ yadi śakyate || 7.13.18 ||
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dṛṣṭaṃ me nandanaṃ bhagnamṛṣayo nihatāḥ śrutāḥ | devatānāṃ samudyogastvatto rājanmama śrutaḥ || 7.13.19 ||
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nirākṛtaśca bahuśastvayā 'haṃ rākṣasādhipa | aparāddhā hi bālyācca ramaṇīyāḥ svabāndhavāḥ || 7.13.20 ||
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ahaṃ tu himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ gato dharmamupāsitum | raudraṃ vrattaṃ samāsthāya niyato niyatendriyaḥ || 7.13.21 ||
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tatra devo mayā dṛṣṭaḥ saha devyā mayā prabhuḥ | savyaṃ cakṣurmayā daivāttatra devyāṃ nipātitam || 7.13.22 ||
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kā nviyaṃ syāditi śubhā na khalvanyena hetunā | rūpaṃ hyanupamaṃ kṛtvā rudrāṇī tatra tiṣṭhati || 7.13.23 ||
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devyā divyaprabhāveṇa dagdhaṃ savyaṃ mamekṣaṇam | reṇudhvastamiva jyotiḥ piṅgulatvamupāgatam || 7.13.24 ||
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tato 'hamanyadvistīrṇaṃ gatvā tasya girestaṭam | tūṣṇīṃ varṣaśatānyaṣṭau samādhāraṃ mahāvratam || 7.13.25 ||
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samāpte niyame tasmiṃstatra devo maheśvaraḥ | prītaḥ prītena manasā prāha vākyamidaṃ prabhuḥ || 7.13.26 ||
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paiṅgalyaṃ yadavāptaṃ hi devyā rūpanirīkṣaṇāt | prīto 'smi tava dharmajña tapasā nena suvrata || 7.13.27 ||
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mayā caitadvrataṃ cīrṇaṃ tvayā caiva dhanādhipa | tṛtīyaḥ puruṣo nāsti yaścarevratamīdṛśam || 7.13.28 ||
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vrataṃ suniścayaṃ hyetanmayā hyutpāditaṃ purā | tatsakhitvaṃ mayā saumya rocayasva dhaneśvara || 7.13.29 ||
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tapasā nirjitaścaiva sakhā bhava mamānagha | devyā dagdhaṃ prabhāveṇa yacca savyaṃ tavekṣaṇam || 7.13.30 ||
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ekākṣipiṅgaletyeva nāma sthāsyati śāśvatam | evaṃ tena sakhitvaṃ ca prāpyānujñāṃ ca śaṅkarāt || 7.13.31 ||
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āgatya ca śruto 'yaṃ me tava pāpaviniścayaḥ || 7.13.32 ||
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tadadharmiṣṭhasaṃyogānnivarta kuladūṣaṇāt | cintyate hi vadhopāyaḥ sarṣisaṅghaiḥ suraistava || 7.13.33 ||
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evamukto daśagrīvaḥ kruddhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | hastau dantāṃśca sampīḍya vākyametaduvāca ha || 7.13.34 ||
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vijñātaṃ te mayā dūta vākyaṃ yasya prabhāṣase | naitattvamasi naivāsau bhrātrā yenāsi coditaḥ || 7.13.35 ||
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hitaṃ naiṣa mamaitaddhi bravīti dhanarakṣakaḥ | maheśvarasakhitvaṃ tu mūḍha śrāvayate kila || 7.13.36 ||
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na cedaṃ kṣamaṇīyaṃ me yadetadbhāṣitaṃ tvayā | yadetāvanmayā kālaṃ dūta tasya tu marṣitam || 7.13.37 ||
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na hantavyo gururjyeṣṭho mayā 'yamiti manyate | tasya tvidānīṃ śrutvā me vākyameṣā kṛtā matiḥ || 7.13.38 ||
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trīँllokānapi jeṣyāmi bāhuvīryamupāśritaḥ || 7.13.39 ||
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etanmuhūrtamevāhaṃ tasyaikasya tu vai kṛte | caturo lokapālāṃstānnayiṣyāmi yamakṣayam || 7.13.40 ||
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evamuktvā tu laṅkeśo dūtaṃ khaḍgena jaghnivān | dadau bhakṣayituṃ hyenaṃ rākṣasānāṃ durātmanām || 7.13.41 ||
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evaṃ kṛtasvastyayano rathamāruhya rāvaṇaḥ | trailokyavijayākāṅkṣī yayau yatra dhaneśvaraḥ || 7.13.42 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe trayodaśaḥ sargaḥ || 13 ||
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