Sarga 16 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
sa jitvā dhanadaṃ rāma bhrātaraṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ | mahāsenaprasūtiṃ tadyayau śaravaṇaṃ mahat || 7.16.1 ||
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athāpaśyadṛśagrīvo raukmaṃ śaravaṇaṃ mahat | gabhastijālasaṃvītaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram || 7.16.2 ||
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sa parvataṃ samāruhya kañcidramyavanāntaram | apaśyat puṣpakaṃ tatra rāmaviṣṭambhitaṃ tadā || 7.16.3 ||
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viṣṭabdhaṃ puṣpakaṃ dṛṣṭvā hyagamaṃ kāmāgaṃ kṛtam | acintayadrākṣasendraḥ sacivaistaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ || 7.16.4 ||
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kinnimittaṃ cecchayā me nedaṃ gacchati puṣpakam | parvatasyopariṣṭhasya karmedaṃ kasyacidbhavet || 7.16.5 ||
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tato 'bravīttadā rāma mārīco buddhikovidaḥ | nedaṃ niṣkāraṇaṃ rājanpuṣpakaṃ yanna gacchati || 7.16.6 ||
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athavā puṣpakamidaṃ dhanadānnānyavāhanam | ato niṣpandamabhavaddhanādhyakṣavinākṛtam || 7.16.7 ||
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iti vākyāntare tasya karālaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ | vāmano vikaṭo muṇḍī nandī prahvabhujo balī || 7.16.8 ||
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tataḥ pārśvamupāgamya bhavasyānucaro 'bravīt | nandīśvaro vacaścedaṃ rākṣasendramaśaṅkitaḥ || 7.16.9 ||
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nivartasva daśagrīva śaile krīḍati śaṅkaraḥ | suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ devagandharvarakṣasām || 7.16.10 ||
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sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāmagamyaḥ parvataḥ kṛtaḥ | iti nandivacaḥ śrutvā krodhātkampitakuṇḍalaḥ || 7.16.11 ||
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roṣāttu tāmranayanaḥ puṣpakādavaruhya saḥ | ko 'yaṃ śaṅkara ityuktvā śailamūlamupāgataḥ || 7.16.12 ||
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so 'paśyannandinaṃ tatra devasyādūrataḥ sthitam | dīptaṃ śūlamavaṣṭabhya dvitīyamiva śaṅkaram || 7.16.13 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā vānaramukhamavajñāya sa rākṣasaḥ | prahāsaṃ mumuce tatra satoya iva toyadaḥ || 7.16.14 ||
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taṃ kruddho bhagavānnandī śaṅkarasyāparā tanuḥ | abravīttatra tadrakṣo daśānanamupasthitam || 7.16.15 ||
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yasmādvānararūpaṃ māmavajñāya daśānana | aśanīpātasaṅkāśamapahāsaṃ pramuktavān || 7.16.16 ||
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tasmānmadrūpasampannā madvīryasamatejasaḥ | utpatsyanti vadhārthaṃ hi kulasya tava vānarāḥ || 7.16.17 ||
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nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ krūrā manaḥsampātaraṃhasaḥ | yuddhonmattā balodriktāḥ śailā iva visarpiṇaḥ || 7.16.18 ||
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te tava prabalaṃ darpamutsedhaṃ ca pṛthagvidham | vyapaneṣyanti sambhūya sahāmātyasutasya ca || 7.16.19 ||
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kiṃ tvidānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ hantuṃ tvāṃ he niśācara | na hantavyo hatastvaṃ hi pūrvameva svakarmabhiḥ || 7.16.20 ||
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ityudīritavākye tu deve tasminmahātmani | devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiśca khāccyutā || 7.16.21 ||
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acintayitvā sa tadā nandivākyaṃ mahābalaḥ | parvataṃ tu samāsādya vākyamāha daśānanaḥ || 7.16.22 ||
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puṣpakasya gatiśchinnā yatkṛte mama gacchataḥ | tamimaṃ śailamunmūlaṃ karomi tava gopate || 7.16.23 ||
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kena prabhāveṇa bhavo nityaṃ krīḍati rājavat | vijñātavyaṃ na jānīte bhayasthānamupasthitam || 7.16.24 ||
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evamuktvā tato rāma bhujānvikṣipya parvate | tolayāmāsa taṃ śīghraṃ sa śailaṃ samakampata || 7.16.25 ||
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cālanātparvatasyaiva gaṇā devasya kampitāḥ | cacāla pārvatī cāpi tadā ' 'śliṣṭā maheśvaram || 7.16.26 ||
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tato rāma mahādavo devānāṃ pravaro haraḥ | pādāṅguṣṭhena taṃ śailaṃ pīḍayāmāsa līlayā || 7.16.27 ||
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pīḍitāstu tatastasya śailasyādhogatā bhujāḥ | vismitāścābhavaṃstatra sacivāstasya rakṣasaḥ || 7.16.28 ||
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rakṣasā tena roṣācca bhujānāṃ pīḍanāttadā | mukto virāvaḥ sahasā trailokyaṃ yena kampitam || 7.16.29 ||
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menire vajraniṣpeṣaṃ tasyāmātyā yugakṣaye | tadā vartmasthacalitā devā indrapurogamāḥ || 7.16.30 ||
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samudrāścāpi saṅkṣubdhāścalitāścāpi parvatāḥ | yakṣā vidyādharāḥ siddhāḥ kimetaditi cābruvan || 7.16.31 ||
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atha te mantriṇastasya vikrośantamathābruvan | toṣayasva mahādevaṃ nīlakaṇṭhamumāpatim || 7.16.32 ||
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tamṛte śaraṇaṃ nānyaṃ paśyāmo 'tra daśānana | stutibhiḥ praṇato bhūtvā tameva śaraṇaṃ vraja || 7.16.33 ||
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kṛpāluḥ śaṅkarastuṣṭaḥ prasādaṃ te vidhāsyati | evamuktastadāmātyaistuṣṭāva vṛṣabhadhvajam || 7.16.34 ||
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sāmabhirvividhaiḥ stotraiḥ praṇamya sa daśānanaḥ | saṃvatsarasahasraṃ tu rudato rakṣaso gatam || 7.16.35 ||
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tataḥ prīto mahādevaḥ śailāgre viṣṭhitaḥ prabhuḥ | muktvā cāsya bhujānrāma prāha vākyaṃ daśānanam || 7.16.36 ||
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prīto 'smi tava vīryasya śauṇḍāryācca daśānana | śailākrāntena yo muktastvayā rāvaḥ sudāruṇaḥ || 7.16.37 ||
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yasmāllokatrayaṃ caitadrāvitaṃ bhayamāgatam | tasmāttvaṃ rāvaṇo nāma nāmnā rājanbhaviṣyasi || 7.16.38 ||
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devatā mānuṣā yakṣā ye cānye jagatītale | evaṃ tvāmabhidhāsyanti rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam || 7.16.39 ||
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gaccha paulastya visrabdhaṃ pathā yena tvamicchasi | mayā caivābhyanujñāto rākṣasādhipa gamyatām || 7.16.40 ||
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evamuktastu laṅkeśaḥ śambhunā svayamabravīt | prīto yadi mahādeva varaṃ me dehi yācataḥ || 7.16.41 ||
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avadhyatvaṃ mayā prāptaṃ devagandharvadānavaiḥ | rākṣasairguhyakairnāgairye cānye balavattarāḥ || 7.16.42 ||
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mānuṣānna gaṇe deva svalpāste mama sammatāḥ | dīrghamāyuśca me prāptaṃ brahmaṇastripurāntaka || 7.16.43 ||
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vāñchitaṃ cāyuṣaḥ śeṣaṃ śastraṃ tvaṃ ca prayaccha me | evamuktastatastena rāvaṇena sa śaṅkaraḥ || 7.16.44 ||
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dadau khaḍgaṃ mahādīptaṃ candrahāsamiti śrutam | āyuṣaścāvaśeṣaṃ ca sthitvā bhūtapatistadā || 7.16.45 ||
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dattvovāca tataḥ śambhurnāvajñeyamidaṃ tvayā | avajñātaṃ yadi hi te māmevaiṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ || 7.16.46 ||
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evaṃ maheśvareṇaiva kṛtanāmā sa rāvaṇaḥ | abhivādya mahādevamārurohātha puṣpakam || 7.16.47 ||
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tato mahītale rāma paryakrāmata rāvaṇaḥ | kṣatऺ्itrayānsumahāvīryānbādhamāna itastataḥ || 7.16.48 ||
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kecittejasvinaḥ śūrāḥ kṣatऺ्itrayā yuddhadurmadāḥ | tacchāsanamakurvanto vineśuḥ saparicchadāḥ || 7.16.49 ||
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apare durjayaṃ rakṣo jānantaḥ prājñasammatāḥ | jitāḥ sma ityabhāṣanta rākṣasaṃ baladarpitam || 7.16.50 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe ṣoḍaśaḥ sargaḥ || 16 ||
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