Sarga 18 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
praviṣṭāyāṃ hutāśaṃ tu vedavatyāṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ | puṣpakaṃ tu samāruhya paricakrāma medinīm || 7.18.1 ||
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tato maruttaṃ nṛpatiṃ yajantaṃ saha daivataiḥ | uśīrabījamāsādya dadarśa sa tu rāvaṇaḥ || 7.18.2 ||
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saṃvarto nāma brahmarṣiḥ sākṣādbhrātā bṛhaspateḥ | yājayāmāsa dharmajñaḥ sarvairdevagaṇairvṛtaḥ || 7.18.3 ||
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dṛṣṭvā devāstu tadrakṣo varadānena durjayam | tiryagyoniṃ samāviṣṭāstasya darśanabhīravaḥ || 7.18.4 ||
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indro mayūraḥ saṃvṛtto dharmarājastu vāyasaḥ | kṛkalāso dhanādhyakṣo haṃsaśca varuṇo 'bhavat || 7.18.5 ||
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anyeṣvapi gateṣvevaṃ deveṣvariniṣūdana | rāvaṇaḥ prāviśadyajñaṃ sārameya ivāśuciḥ || 7.18.6 ||
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taṃ ca rājānamāsādya rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ | prāha yuddhaṃ prayaccheti nirjito 'smīti vā vada || 7.18.7 ||
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tato marutto nṛpatiḥ ko bhavānityuvāca tam | apahāsaṃ tato muktvā rāvaṇo vākyamabravīt || 7.18.8 ||
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akutūhalabhāvena prīto 'smi tava pārthiva | dhanadasyānujaṃ yo māṃ nāvagacchasi rāvaṇam || 7.18.9 ||
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triṣu lokeṣu ko 'nyo 'sti yo na jānāti me balam | bhrātaraṃ yena nirjitya vimānamidamāhṛtam | tato maruttaḥ sa nṛpastaṃ rāvaṇamathābravīt || 7.18.10 ||
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dhanyaḥ khalu bhavānyena jyeṣṭho bhrātā raṇe jitaḥ | na tvayā sadṛśaḥ ślādhyastriṣu lokeṣu vidyate || 7.18.11 ||
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nādharmasahitaṃ ślādhyaṃ tallokaṃ pratisaṃhitam | karma daurātmyakaṃ kṛtvā ślāghyase bhrātṛnirjayāt || 7.18.12 ||
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ka tvaṃ prākkevalaṃ dharmaṃ caritvā labdhavānvaram | śrūtapūrvaṃ hi na mayā bhāṣase yādṛśaṃ svayam || 7.18.13 ||
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tiṣṭhedānīṃ na me jīvanpratiyāsyasi durmate | adya tvāṃ niśitairbāṇaiḥ preṣayāmi yamakṣayam || 7.18.14 ||
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tataḥ śarāsanaṃ gṛhya sāyakāṃśca narādhipaḥ | raṇāya niryayau kruddhaḥ saṃvarto mārgamāvṛṇot || 7.18.15 ||
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so 'bravītsnehasaṃyuktaṃ maruttaṃ taṃ mahānṛṣiḥ | śrotavyaṃ yadi madvākyaṃ samprahāro na te kṣamaḥ || 7.18.16 ||
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māheśvaramidaṃ satramasamāptaṃ kulaṃ dahet || 7.18.17 ||
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dīkṣitasya kuto yuddhaṃ krodhitvaṃ dīkṣite kutaḥ | saṃśayaśca jaye nityaṃ rākṣasaśca sudurjayaḥ || 7.18.18 ||
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sa nivṛtto gurorvākyānmaruttaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ svastho makhamukho 'bhavat || 7.18.19 ||
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tatastaṃ nirjitaṃ matvā ghoṣayāmāsa vai śukaḥ | rāvaṇo jayatītyuccairharṣānnādaṃ vimuktavān || 7.18.20 ||
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tānbhakṣayitvā tatrasthānmaharṣīnyajñamāgatān | vitṛpto rudhiraisteṣāṃ punaḥ samprayayau mahīm || 7.18.21 ||
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rāvaṇe tu gate devāḥ sendrāścaiva divaukasaḥ | tataḥ svāṃ yonimāsādya tāni sattvāni cābruvan || 7.18.22 ||
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harṣāttadābravīdindro mayūraṃ nīlabarhiṇam | prīto 'smi tava dharmajña bhujaṅgāddhi na te bhayam || 7.18.23 ||
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idaṃ netrasahasraṃ tu yattvadbarhe bhaviṣyati | varṣamāṇe mayi mudaṃ prāpsyase prītilakṣaṇām | evamindro varaṃ prādānmayūrasya sureśvaraḥ || 7.18.24 ||
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nīlāḥ kila purā barhā mayūrāṇāṃ narādhipa | surādhipādvaraṃ prāpya gatāḥ sarve 'pi barhiṇaḥ || 7.18.25 ||
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dharmarājo 'bravīdrāma prāgvaṃśe vāyasaṃ sthitam | pakṣiṃstavāsmi suprītaḥ prītasya vacanaṃ śṛṇu || 7.18.26 ||
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yathānye vividhai rogai; pīḍyante prāṇino mayā | te na te prabhaviṣyanti mayi prīte na saṃśayaḥ || 7.18.27 ||
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mṛtyutaste bhayaṃ nāsti varānmama vihaṅgama | yāvattvāṃ na vadhiṣyanti narāstāvadbhaviṣyasi || 7.18.28 ||
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ete madviṣayasthā vai mānavāḥ kṣudbhayārditāḥ | tvayi bhukte tu tṛptāste bhaviṣyanti sabāndhavāḥ || 7.18.29 ||
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varuṇastvabravīddhaṃsaṃ gaṅgātoyavihāriṇam | śrūyatāṃ prītisaṃyuktaṃ vacaḥ patraratheśvara || 7.18.30 ||
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varṇo manoharaḥ saumyaścandramaṇḍalasannibhaḥ | bhaviṣyati tavodagraḥ śuddhaphenasamaprabhaḥ || 7.18.31 ||
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maccharīraṃ samāsādya kānto nityaṃ bhaviṣyasi | prāpsyase cātulāṃ prītimetanme prītilakṣaṇam || 7.18.32 ||
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haṃsānāṃ hi purā rāma nīlavarṇaḥ sapāṇḍuraḥ | pakṣā nīlāgrasaṃvītāḥ kroḍāḥ śaṣpāgranirmalāḥ || 7.18.33 ||
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athābravīdvaiśravaṇaḥ kṛkalāsaṃ girau sthitam | hairaṇyaṃ samprayacchāmi varṇaṃ prītastavāpyaham || 7.18.34 ||
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sadravyaṃ ca śiro nityaṃ bhaviṣyati tavākṣayam | eṣa kāñcanako varṇo matprītyā te bhaviṣyati || 7.18.35 ||
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evaṃ dattvā varāṃstebhyastasminyajñotsave surāḥ | nivṛttāḥ saha rājñā te punaḥ svabhavanaṃ gatāḥ || 7.18.36 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe 'ṣṭādaśaḥ sargaḥ || 18 ||
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