Sarga 24 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
nivartamānaḥ saṃhṛṣṭo rāvaṇassudurātmavān | jahre pathi narendrarṣidevagandharvakanyakāḥ || 7.24.1 ||
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darśanīyāṃ hi rakṣaḥ sa kanyāṃ strīṃ vāpi paśyati | hatvā bandhujanaṃ tasyā vimāne tāṃ rurodha ha || 7.24.2 ||
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evaṃ pannagakanyāśca rākṣasāsuramānuṣīḥ | yakṣadānavakanyāśca vimāne so 'dhyaropayat || 7.24.3 ||
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tāśca sarvāḥ samaṃ duḥkhānmumucurbāṣpajaṃ jalam | tulyamagnyarciṣāṃ tatra śokāgnibhayasambhavam || 7.24.4 ||
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tābhiḥ sarvānavadyābhirnadībhiriva sāgaraḥ | āpūritaṃ vimānaṃ tadbhayaśokāśivāśrubhiḥ || 7.24.5 ||
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nāgagandharvakanyāśca maharṣitanayāśca yāḥ | daityadānavakanyāśca vimāne śataśo 'rudan || 7.24.6 ||
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dīrghakeśyaḥ sucārvaṅgyaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ | pīnastanyastathā vajravedimadhyasamaprabhāḥ || 7.24.7 ||
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rathakūbarasaṅkāśaiḥ śroṇideśairmanoharāḥ | striyaḥ surāṅganāprakhyā niṣṭaptakanakaprabhāḥ || 7.24.8 ||
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śokaduḥkhabhayatrastā vihvalāśca sumadhyamāḥ | tāsāṃ niśvāsavātena sarvataḥ sampradīpitam || 7.24.9 ||
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agnihotramivābhāti sanniruddhāgnipuṣpakam | daśagrīvavaśaṃ prāptāstāstu śokākulāḥ striyaḥ || 7.24.10 ||
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dīnavakrekṣaṇāḥ śyāmā mṛgyaḥ siṃhavaśā iva | kāciccintayatī tatra kiṃ nu māṃ bhakṣayiṣyati || 7.24.11 ||
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kāciddadhyau suduḥkhārtā api māṃ mārayedayam | iti mātṛpita'nsmṛtvā bharta'nbhrāta'ṃstathaiva ca | duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭā vilepuḥ sahitāḥ striyaḥ || 7.24.12 ||
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kathaṃ nu khalu me putro bhaviṣyati mayā vinā | kathaṃ mātā kathaṃ bhrātā nimagnāḥ śokasāgare || 7.24.13 || |
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hā kathaṃ nu kariṣyāmi bhartustasmādahaṃ vinā | mṛtyo prasādayāmi tvāṃ naya māṃ duḥkhabhāginīm || 7.24.14 ||
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kinnu tadduṣkṛtaṃ karma purā dehāntare kṛtam || 7.24.15 ||
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evaṃ sma duḥkhitāḥ sarvāḥ patitāḥ śokasāgare | na khalvidānīṃ paśyāmo duḥkhasyāsyāntamātmanaḥ || 7.24.16 ||
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aho dhiṅmānuṣaṃ lokaṃ nāsti khalvadhamaḥ paraḥ | yaddurbalā balavatā bhartāro rāvaṇena naḥ || 7.24.17 ||
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sūryeṇodayatā kāle nakṣatrāṇīva nāśitāḥ | aho subalavadrakṣo vadhopāyeṣu yujyate || 7.24.18 ||
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aho durvṛttamāsthāya nātmānaṃ vaijugupsate | sarvathā sadṛśastāvadvikramo 'sya durātmanaḥ || 7.24.19 ||
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idaṃ tvasadṛśaṃ karma paradārābhimarśanam | yasmādeṣa parakyāsu ramate rākṣasādhamaḥ || 7.24.20 ||
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tasmādvai strīkṛtenaiva prāpsyate durmatirvadham | satībhirvaranārībhirevaṃ vākye 'bhyudīrite || 7.24.21 ||
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nedurdundubhayaḥ khasthāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta ca | śaptaḥ strībhiḥ sa tu samaṃ hataujā iva niṣprabhaḥ || 7.24.22 ||
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pativratābhiḥ sādhvībhirbabhūva vimanā iva | evaṃ vilapitaṃ tāsāṃ śṛṇvanrākṣasapuṅgavaḥ | praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ pūjyamāno niśācaraiḥ || 7.24.23 ||
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etasminnantare ghorā rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī | sahasā patitā bhūmau bhaginī rāvaṇasya sā || 7.24.24 ||
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tāṃ svasāraṃ samutthāpya rāvaṇaḥ parisāntvayan | abravītkimidaṃ bhadre vaktukāmā 'si me drutam || 7.24.25 ||
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sā bāṣpapariruddhākṣī raktākṣī vākyamabravīt | kṛtā 'smi vidhavā rājaṃstvayā balavatā balāt || 7.24.26 ||
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ete rājaṃstvayā vīrā daityā vinihatā raṇe | kālakeyā iti khyātāḥ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa || 7.24.27 ||
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prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyānme tatra bhartā mahābalaḥ || 7.24.28 ||
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so 'pi tvayā hatastāta ripuṇā bhrātṛgṛdhnunā | tvayā 'smi nihatā rājansvayameva hi bandhunā || 7.24.29 ||
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rājanvaidhavyaśabdaṃ ca bhokṣyāmi tvatkṛte hyaham | nanu nāma tvayā rakṣyo jāmātā samareṣvapi | sa tvayā nihato yuddhe svayameva na lajjase || 7.24.30 ||
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evamukto daśagrīvo bhaginyā krośamānayā | abravītsāntvayitvā tāṃ sāmapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ || 7.24.31 ||
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alaṃ vatse ruditvā te na bhetavyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | dānamānaprasādaistvāṃ toṣayiṣyāmi yatnataḥ || 7.24.32 ||
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yuddhapramatto vyākṣipto jayākāṅkṣī kṣipañcharān | nāvagacchāmi yuddheṣu svānparānvāpyahaṃ śubhe || 7.24.33 ||
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jāmātaraṃ na jāne sma praharanyuddhadurmadaḥ | tenāsau nihataḥ saṅkhye mayā bhartā tava svasaḥ || 7.24.34 ||
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asminkāle tu yatprāptaṃ tatkariṣyāmi te hitam | bhrāturaiśvaryayuktasya kharasya vasa pārśvataḥ || 7.24.35 ||
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caturdaśānāṃ bhrātā te sahasrāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati | prabhuḥ prayāṇe dāne ca rākṣasānāṃ mahābalaḥ || 7.24.36 ||
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tatra mātṛṣvaseyaste bhrātā 'yaṃ vai kharaḥ prabhuḥ | bhaviṣyati tavādeśaṃ sadā kurvanniśācaraḥ || 7.24.37 ||
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śīghraṃ gacchatvayaṃ vīro daṇḍakānparirakṣitum | dūṣaṇo 'sya balādhyakṣo bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ || 7.24.38 ||
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tatra te vacanaṃ śūraḥ kariṣyati sadā kharaḥ | rakṣasāṃ kāmarūpāṇāṃ prabhureṣa bhaviṣyati || 7.24.39 ||
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evamuktvā daśagrīvaḥ sainyamasyādideśa ha | caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ vīryaśālinām || 7.24.40 ||
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sa taiḥ parivṛtassarvai rākṣasairghoradarśanaiḥ | āgacchata kharaḥ śīghraṃ daṇḍakānakutobhayaḥ || 7.24.41 ||
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sa tatra kārayāmāsa rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam | sā ca śūrpaṇakhā tatra nyavasaddaṇḍakāvane || 7.24.42 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe caturviṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 24 ||
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