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rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā harṣapauruṣavardhanam .
sugrīvaḥ pūjayāṃ cakre rāghavaṃ praśaśaṃsa ca .. 1..

asaṃśayaṃ prajvalitaistīkṣṇairmarmātigaiḥ śaraiḥ .
tvaṃ daheḥ kupito lokānyugānta iva bhāskaraḥ .. 2..

vālinaḥ pauruṣaṃ yattadyacca vīryaṃ dhṛtiśca yā .
tanmamaikamanāḥ śrutvā vidhatsva yadanantaram .. 3..

samudrātpaścimātpūrvaṃ dakṣiṇādapi cottaram .
krāmatyanudite sūrye vālī vyapagataklamaḥ .. 4..

agrāṇyāruhya śailānāṃ śikharāṇi mahāntyapi .
ūrdhvamutkṣipya tarasā pratigṛhṇāti vīryavān .. 5..

bahavaḥ sāravantaśca vaneṣu vividhā drumāḥ .
vālinā tarasā bhagnā balaṃ prathayatātmanaḥ .. 6..

mahiṣo dundubhirnāma kailāsaśikharaprabhaḥ .
balaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayāmāsa vīryavān .. 7..

vīryotsekena duṣṭātmā varadānācca mohitaḥ .
jagāma sa mahākāyaḥ samudraṃ saritāṃ patim .. 8..

ūrmimantamatikramya sāgaraṃ ratnasañcayam .
mama yuddhaṃ prayaccheti tamuvāca mahārṇavam .. 9..

tataḥ samudro dharmātmā samutthāya mahābalaḥ .
abravīdvacanaṃ rājannasuraṃ kālacoditam .. 10..

samartho nāsmi te dātuṃ yuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada .
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi yaste yuddhaṃ pradāsyati .. 11..

śailarājo mahāraṇye tapasviśaraṇaṃ param .
śaṅkaraśvaśuro nāmnā himavāniti viśrutaḥ .. 12..

guhā prasravaṇopeto bahukandaranirjharaḥ .
sa samarthastava prītimatulāṃ kartumāhave .. 13..

taṃ bhītamiti vijñāya samudramasurottamaḥ .
himavadvanamāgacchaccharaścāpādiva cyutaḥ .. 14..

tatastasya gireḥ śvetā gajendravipulāḥ śilāḥ .
cikṣepa bahudhā bhūmau dundubhirvinanāda ca .. 15..

tataḥ śvetāmbudākāraḥ saumyaḥ prītikarākṛtiḥ .
himavānabravīdvākyaṃ sva eva śikhare sthitaḥ .. 16..

kleṣṭumarhasi māṃ na tvaṃ dundubhe dharmavatsala .
raṇakarmasvakuśalastapasviśaraṇaṃ hyaham .. 17..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā girirājasya dhīmataḥ .
uvāca dundubhirvākyaṃ krodhātsaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 18..

yadi yuddhe.asamarthastvaṃ madbhayādvā nirudyamaḥ .
tamācakṣva pradadyānme yo.adya yuddhaṃ yuyutsataḥ .. 19..

himavānabravīdvākyaṃ śrutvā vākyaviśāradaḥ .
anuktapūrvaṃ dharmātmā krodhāttamasurottamam .. 20..

vālī nāma mahāprājñaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ .
adhyāste vānaraḥ śrīmānkiṣkindhāmatulaprabhām .. 21..

sa samartho mahāprājñastava yuddhaviśāradaḥ .
dvandvayuddhaṃ mahaddātuṃ namuceriva vāsavaḥ .. 22..

taṃ śīghramabhigaccha tvaṃ yadi yuddhamihecchasi .
sa hi durdharṣaṇo nityaṃ śūraḥ samarakarmaṇi .. 23..

śrutvā himavato vākyaṃ krodhāviṣṭaḥ sa dundubhiḥ .
jagāma tāṃ purīṃ tasya kiṣkindhāṃ vālinastadā .. 24..

dhārayanmāhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo bhayāvahaḥ .
prāvṛṣīva mahāmeghastoyapūrṇo nabhastale .. 25..

tatastu dvāramāgamya kiṣkindhāyā mahābalaḥ .
nanarda kampayanbhūmiṃ dundubhirdundubhiryathā .. 26..

samīpajāndrumānbhañjanvasudhāṃ dārayankhuraiḥ .
viṣāṇenollekhandarpāttaddvāraṃ dvirado yathā .. 27..

antaḥpuragato vālī śrutvā śabdamamarṣaṇaḥ .
niṣpapāta saha strībhistārābhiriva candramāḥ .. 28..

mitaṃ vyaktākṣarapadaṃ tamuvāca sa dundubhim .
harīṇāmīśvaro vālī sarveṣāṃ vanacāriṇām .. 29..

kimarthaṃ nagaradvāramidaṃ ruddhvā vinardasi .
dundubhe vidito me.asi rakṣa prāṇānmahābala .. 30..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vānarendrasya dhīmataḥ .
uvāca dundubhirvākyaṃ krodhātsaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 31..

na tvaṃ strīsaṃnidhau vīra vacanaṃ vaktumarhasi .
mama yuddhaṃ prayaccha tvaṃ tato jñāsyāmi te balam .. 32..

atha vā dhārayiṣyāmi krodhamadya niśāmimām .
gṛhyatāmudayaḥ svairaṃ kāmabhogeṣu vānara .. 33..

yo hi mattaṃ pramattaṃ vā suptaṃ vā rahitaṃ bhṛśam .
hanyātsa bhrūṇahā loke tvadvidhaṃ madamohitam .. 34..

sa prahasyābravīnmandaṃ krodhāttamasurottamam .
visṛjya tāḥ striyaḥ sarvāstārā prabhi.Dtikāstadā .. 35..

matto.ayamiti mā maṃsthā yadyabhīto.asi saṃyuge .
mado.ayaṃ samprahāre.asminvīrapānaṃ samarthyatām .. 36..

tamevamuktvā saṅkruddho mālāmutkṣipya kāñcanīm .
pitrā dattāṃ mahendreṇa yuddhāya vyavatiṣṭhata .. 37..

viṣāṇayorgṛhītvā taṃ dundubhiṃ girisaṃnibham .
vālī vyāpātayāṃ cakre nanarda ca mahāsvanam .. 38..

yuddhe prāṇahare tasminniṣpiṣṭo dundubhistadā .
śrotrābhyāmatha raktaṃ tu tasya susrāva pātyataḥ .
papāta ca mahākāyaḥ kṣitau pañcatvamāgataḥ .. 39..

taṃ tolayitvā bāhubhyāṃ gatasattvamacetanam .
cikṣepa vegavānvālī vegenaikena yojanam .. 40..

tasya vegapraviddhasya vaktrātkṣatajabindavaḥ .
prapeturmārutotkṣiptā mataṅgasyāśramaṃ prati .. 41..

tāndṛṣṭvā patitāṃstatra muniḥ śoṇitavipruṣaḥ .
utsasarja mahāśāpaṃ kṣeptāraṃ vālinaṃ prati .
iha tenāpraveṣṭavyaṃ praviṣṭasya badho bhavet .. 42..

sa maharṣiṃ samāsādya yācate sma kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 43..

tataḥ śāpabhayādbhīta ṛśyamūkaṃ mahāgirim .
praveṣṭuṃ necchati harirdraṣṭuṃ vāpi nareśvara .. 44..

tasyāpraveśaṃ jñātvāhamidaṃ rāma mahāvanam .
vicarāmi sahāmātyo viṣādena vivarjitaḥ .. 45..

eṣo.asthinicayastasya dundubheḥ samprakāśate .
vīryotsekānnirastasya girikūṭanibho mahān .. 46..

ime ca vipulāḥ sālāḥ sapta śākhāvalambinaḥ .
yatraikaṃ ghaṭate vālī niṣpatrayitumojasā .. 47..

etadasyāsamaṃ vīryaṃ mayā rāma prakāśitam .
kathaṃ taṃ vālinaṃ hantuṃ samare śakṣyase nṛpa .. 48..

yadi bhindyādbhavānsālānimāṃstvekeṣuṇā tataḥ .
jānīyāṃ tvāṃ mahābāho samarthaṃ vālino vadhe .. 49..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ .
rāghavo dundubheḥ kāyaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhena līlayā .
tolayitvā mahābāhuścikṣepa daśayojanam .. 50..

kṣiptaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ kāyaṃ sugrīvaḥ punarabravīt .
lakṣmaṇasyāgrato rāmamidaṃ vacanamarthavat .. 51..

ārdraḥ samāṃsapratyagraḥ kṣiptaḥ kāyaḥ purā sakhe .
laghuḥ samprati nirmāṃsastṛṇabhūtaśca rāghava .
nātra śakyaṃ balaṃ jñātuṃ tava vā tasya vādhikam .. 52..

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