Sarga 19 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
atha jitvā maruttaṃ sa prayayau rākṣasādhipaḥ | nagarāṇi narendrāṇāṃ yuddhakāṅkṣī daśānanaḥ || 7.19.1 ||
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samāsādya tu rājendrānmahendravaruṇopamān | abravīdrākṣasendrastu yuddhaṃ me dīyatāmiti || 7.19.2 ||
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nirjitāḥ smeti vā brūta eṣa me hi suniścayaḥ | anyathā kurvatāmevaṃ mokṣo naivopapadyate || 7.19.3 ||
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tatastvabhīravaḥ prājñāḥ pārthivā dharmaniścayāḥ | mantrayitvā tato 'nyonyaṃ rājānaḥ sumahābalāḥ | nirjitāḥ smetyabhāṣanta jñātvā varabalaṃ ripoḥ || 7.19.4 ||
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duṣyantaḥ suratho gādhirgayo rājā purūravāḥ | ete sarve 'bruvaṃstāta nirjitāḥ smeti pārthivāḥ || 7.19.5 ||
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athāyodhyāṃ samāsādya rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ || 7.19.6 ||
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suguptāmanaraṇyena śakreṇevāmarāvatīm | sa taṃ puruṣaśārdūlaṃ purandarasamaṃ bale || 7.19.7 ||
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prāha rājānamāsādya yuddhaṃ dehīti rāvaṇaḥ | nirjito 'smīti vā brūhi tvamevaṃ mama śāsanam || 7.19.8 ||
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ayodhyādhipatistasya śrutvā pāpātmano vacaḥ | anaraṇyastu saṅkruddho rākṣasendramathābravīt || 7.19.9 ||
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dīyate dvandvayuddhaṃ te rākṣasādhipate mayā | santiṣṭha kṣipramāyatto bhava caivaṃ bhavāmyaham || 7.19.10 ||
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atha pūrvaṃ śrutārthena nirjitaṃ sumahadbalam | niṣkrāmattannarendrasya balaṃ rakṣovadhodyatam || 7.19.11 ||
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nāgānāṃ daśasāhasraṃ vājināṃ niyutaṃ tathā | rathānāṃ bahusāhasraṃ pattīnāṃ ca narottama || 7.19.12 ||
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mahīṃ sañchādya niṣkrāntaṃ sapadātirathaṃ raṇe | tataḥ pravṛttaṃ sumahadyuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada || 7.19.13 ||
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anaraṇyasya nṛpate rākṣasendrasya cādbhutam | tadrāvaṇabalaṃ prāpya balaṃ tasya mahīpateḥ || 7.19.14 ||
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prāṇaśyata tadā sarvaṃ havyaṃ hutamivānale | yuddhvā ca suciraṃ kālaṃ kṛtvā vikramamuttamam || 7.19.15 ||
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prajvalantaṃ tamāsādya kṣipramevāvaśeṣitam | prāviśatsaṅkulaṃ tatra śalabhā iva pāvakam | naśyati sma balaṃ tatra havyaṃ hutamivānale || 7.19.16 ||
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so 'paśyattannarendrastu naśyamānaṃ mahābalam | mahārṇavaṃ samāsādya vanāpagaśataṃ yathā || 7.19.17 ||
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tataḥ śakradhanuḥprakhyaṃ dhanurvisphārayansvayam | āsasāda narendrastaṃ rāvaṇaṃ krodhamūrcchitaḥ || 7.19.18 ||
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anaraṇyena te 'mātyā mārīcaśukasāraṇāḥ | prahastasahitā bhagnā vyadravanta mṛgā iva || 7.19.19 ||
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tato bāṇaśatānyaṣṭau pātayāmāsa mūrdhani | tasya rākṣasarājasya ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ || 7.19.20 ||
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tasya bāṇāḥ patantaste cakrire na kṣataṃ kvacit | vāridhārā ivābhrebhyaḥ patantyo girimūrdhani || 7.19.21 ||
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tato rākṣasarājena kruddhena nṛpatistadā | talenābhihato mūrdhni sa rathānnipapāta ha || 7.19.22 ||
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sa rājā patito bhūmau vihvalāṅgaḥ pravepitaḥ | vajradagdha ivāraṇye sālo nipatito yathā || 7.19.23 ||
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taṃ prahasyābravīddrakṣa ikṣvākuṃ pṛthivīpatim | kimidānīṃ phalaṃ prāptaṃ tvayā māṃ prati yuddhyatā || 7.19.24 ||
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trailokye nāsti yo dvandvaṃ mama dadyānnarādhipa | śaṅke prasakto bhogeṣu na śṛṇoṣi balaṃ mama || 7.19.25 ||
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tasyaivaṃ bruvato rājā mandāsurvākyamabravīt | kiṃ śakyamiha kartuṃ vai kālo hi duratikramaḥ || 7.19.26 ||
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nahyahaṃ nirjito rakṣastvayā cātmapraśaṃsinā | kālenaiva vipanno 'haṃ hetubhūtastu me bhavān || 7.19.27 ||
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kiṃ tvidānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ kartuṃ prāṇaparikṣaye | nahyahaṃ vimukhī rakṣo yudhyamānastvayā hataḥ || 7.19.28 ||
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ikṣvākuparibhāvitvādvaco vakṣyāmi rākṣasa | yadi dattaṃ yadi hutaṃ yadi me sukṛtaṃ tapaḥ || yadi guptāḥ prajāḥ samyaktadā satyaṃ vaco 'stu me || 7.19.29 ||
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utpatsyate kule hyasminnikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām | rāmo dāśarathirnāma yaste prāṇānhariṣyati || 7.19.30 ||
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tato jaladharodagrastāḍito devadundubhiḥ | tasminnudāhṛte śāpe puṣpavṛṣṭiśca khāccyutā || 7.19.31 ||
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tataḥ sa rājā rājendra gataḥ sthānaṃ triviṣṭapam | svargate ca nṛpe tasminrākṣasaḥ so 'pasarpata || 7.19.32 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe ekonaviṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 19 ||
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