Sarga 28 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
sumālinaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā vasunā bhasmasātkṛtam | svasainyaṃ vidrutaṃ cāpi lakṣayitvā 'rditaṃ suraiḥ || 7.28.1 ||
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tataḥ sa balavānkruddho rāvaṇasya sutastadā | nivartya rākṣasānsarvānmeghanādo vyavasthitaḥ || 7.28.2 ||
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surathenāgnivarṇena kāmagena mahārathaḥ | abhidudrāva senāṃ tāṃ vanānyagniriva jvalan || 7.28.3 ||
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tataḥ praviśatastasya vividhāyudhadhāriṇaḥ | vidudruvurdiśaḥ sarvā darśanādeva devatāḥ || 7.28.4 ||
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na babhūva tadā kaścidyuyutsorasya sammukhe | sarvānāviddhya vitrastāṃstataḥ śakro 'bravītsurān || 7.28.5 ||
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na bhetavyaṃ na gantavyaṃ nivartadhvaṃ raṇe surāḥ | eṣa gacchati putro me yuddhārthamaparājitaḥ || 7.28.6 ||
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tataḥ śakrasuto devo jayanta iti viśrutaḥ | rathenādbhutakalpena saṅgrāme so 'bhyavartata || 7.28.7 ||
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tataste tridaśāḥ sarve parivārya śacīsutam | rāvaṇasya sutaṃ yuddhe samāsādya prajaghnire || 7.28.8 ||
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teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavatsadṛśaṃ devarakṣasām | mahendrasya ca putrasya rākṣasendrasutasya ca || 7.28.9 ||
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tato mātaliputre tu gomukhe rākṣasātmajaḥ | sārathau pātayāmāsa śarānkanakabhūṣaṇān || 7.28.10 ||
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śacīsutaścāpi tathā jayantastasya sārathim | taṃ cāpi rāvaṇiḥ kruddhaḥ samantātpratyavidhyata || 7.28.11 ||
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sa hi krodhasamāviṣṭo balī visphāritekṣaṇaḥ | rāvaṇiḥ śakratanayaṃ śaravarṣairavākirat || 7.28.12 ||
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tato nānāpraharaṇāñchitadhārānsahasraśaḥ | pātayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ surasainyeṣu rāvaṇiḥ || 7.28.13 ||
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śataghnīmusalaprāsagadākhaḍgaparaśvadhān | mahānti giriśṛṅgāṇi pātayāmāsa rāvaṇiḥ || 7.28.14 ||
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tataḥ pravyathitā lokāḥ sañjajñe ca tamo 'bhavat | tasya rāvaṇaputrasya śatrusainyāni nighnataḥ || 7.28.15 ||
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tatastaddaivatabalaṃ samantāttaṃ śacīsutam | bahuprakāramasvasthamabhavaccharapīḍitam || 7.28.16 ||
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nābhyajānanta cānyonyaṃ rakṣo vā devatā 'thavā | tatra tatra viparyastaṃ samantātparidhāvati || 7.28.17 ||
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devā devānnijaghnuste rākṣasānrākṣasāstathā | sammūḍhāstamasācchannā vyadravannapare tathā || 7.28.18 ||
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etasminnantare vīraḥ pulomā nāma vīryavān | daityendrastena saṅgṛhya śacīputro 'pavāhitaḥ || 7.28.19 ||
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saṅgṛhya taṃ tu dauhitraṃ praviṣṭaḥ sāgaraṃ tadā | āryakaḥ sa hi tasyāsītpulomā yena sā śacī || 7.28.20 ||
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jñātvā praṇāśaṃ tu tadā jayantasyātha devatāḥ | aprahṛṣṭāstataḥ sarvā vyathitāḥ sampradudruvuḥ || 7.28.21 ||
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rāvaṇistvatha saṅkruddho balaiḥ parivṛtaḥ svakaiḥ | abhyadhāvata devāṃstānmumoca ca mahāsvanam || 7.28.22 ||
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dṛṣṭvā praṇāśaṃ putrasya daivateṣu ca vidrutam | mātaliṃ cāha deveśo rathaḥ samupanīyatām || 7.28.23 ||
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sa tu divyo mahābhīmaḥ sajja eva mahārathaḥ | upasthito mātalinā vāhyamāno mahājavaḥ || 7.28.24 ||
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tato meghā rathe tasmiṃstaḍittvanto mahābalāḥ | agrato vāyucapalā neduḥ paramaniḥsvanāḥ || 7.28.25 ||
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nānāvādyāni vādyanta gandharvāśca samāhitāḥ | nanṛtuścāpsaraḥsaṅghā niryāte tridaśeśvare || 7.28.26 ||
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rudrairvasubhirādityaissādhyaiśca samarudgaṇaiḥ | vṛto nānāpraharaṇairniryayau tridaśādhipaḥ || 7.28.27 ||
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nirgacchatastu śakrasya paruṣaṃ pavano vavau | bhāskaro niṣprabhaścāsīnmaholkāśca prapedire || 7.28.28 ||
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etasminnantare śūro daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān | āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā || 7.28.29 ||
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pannagaiḥ sumahākāryairveṣṭitaṃ romaharṣaṇaiḥ | teṣāṃ niḥśvāsavātena pradīptamiva saṃyuge || 7.28.30 ||
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daityairniśācaraiścaiva sa rathaḥ parivāritaḥ | samarābhimukho daityo mahendraṃ so 'bhyavartata || 7.28.31 ||
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putraṃ taṃ vārayitvā tu svayameva vyavasthitaḥ | so 'pi yuddhādviniṣkramya rāvaṇiḥ samupāviśat || 7.28.32 ||
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tato yuddhaṃ pravṛttaṃ tu surāṇāṃ rākṣasaiḥ saha | śastrāṇi varṣatāṃ ghoraṃ meghānāmiva saṃyuge || 7.28.33 ||
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kumbhakarṇastu duṣṭātmā nānāpraharaṇodyataḥ | nājñāyata tadā yuddhe saha kenāpyayudhyata || 7.28.34 ||
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dantaiḥ bhujābhyāṃ padmāṃ ca śaktitomarasāyakaiḥ | yena kenaiva saṃrabdhastāḍayāmāsa vai surān || 7.28.35 ||
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tato rudrairmahāghoraiḥ saṅgamyātha niśācaraḥ | prayuddhastaiśca saṅgrāme kṣataḥ śastrairnirantaram || 7.28.36 ||
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babhau śastrācitatanuḥ kumbhakarṇaḥ kṣarannasṛk | vidyutstanitanirghoṣo dhāravāniva toyadaḥ || 7.28.37 ||
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tatastadrākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ prayuddhaṃ samarudgaṇaiḥ | raṇe vidrāvitaṃ sarvaṃ nānāpraharaṇaiḥ śitaiḥ || 7.28.38 ||
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kecidvinihatāḥ kṛttāśceṣṭanti sma mahītale | vāhaneṣvavasaktāśca sthitā evāpare raṇe || 7.28.39 ||
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rathānnāgānkharānuṣṭrānpannagāṃsturagān raṇe | śiṃśumārānvarāhāṃśca piśācavadanāntathā || 7.28.40 ||
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tānsamāliṅgya bāhubhyāṃ viṣṭabdhāḥ keciducchrutāḥ | devaistu śastrasambhinnā mamrire ca niśācarāḥ || 7.28.41 ||
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citrakarma ivābhāti sa teṣāṃ raṇasamplavaḥ | nihatānāṃ pramattānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahītale || 7.28.42 ||
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śoṇitodakaniṣpandakaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā | pravṛttā saṃyugamukhe śastragrāhavatī nadī || 7.28.43 ||
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etasminnantare kruddho daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān | nirīkṣya tadbalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ daivatairvinipātitam || 7.28.44 ||
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sa taṃ prati vigāhyāśu pravṛddhaṃ sainyasāgaram | tridaśānsamare nighnañchakramevābhyavartata || 7.28.45 ||
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āgācchakro mahaccāpaṃ visphārya sumahāsvanam | yasya visphāraghoṣeṇa stananti sma diśo daśa || 7.28.46 ||
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tadvikṛṣya mahaccāpamindro rāvaṇamūrdhani | nipātayāmāsa śarānpāvakādityavarcasaḥ || 7.28.47 ||
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tathaiva ca mahābāhurdaśagrīvo vyavasthitaḥ | śakraṃ kārmukavibhraṣṭaiḥ śaravarṣairavākirat || 7.28.48 ||
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prayudhyatoratha tayorbāṇavarṣaiḥ samantataḥ | na jñāyate tadā kiñcitsarvaṃ hi tamasā vṛtam || 7.28.49 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe 'ṣṭāviṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 28 ||
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