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sarga - 12

etacca vacanaṃ śrutvā sugrīveṇa subhāṣitam .
pratyayārthaṃ mahātejā rāmo jagrāha kārmukam .. 1..

sa gṛhītvā dhanurghoraṃ śaramekaṃ ca mānadaḥ .
sālānuddiśya cikṣepa jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayandiśaḥ .. 2..

sa visṛṣṭo balavatā bāṇaḥ svarṇapariṣkṛtaḥ .
bhittvā sālāngiriprasthe sapta bhūmiṃ viveśa ha .. 3..

praviṣṭastu muhūrtena rasāṃ bhittvā mahājavaḥ .
niṣpatya ca punastūrṇaṃ svatūṇīṃ praviveśa ha .. 4..

tāndṛṣṭvā sapta nirbhinnānsālānvānarapuṅgavaḥ .
rāmasya śaravegena vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 5..

sa mūrdhnā nyapatadbhūmau pralambīkṛtabhūṣaṇaḥ .
sugrīvaḥ paramaprīto rāghavāya kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 6..

idaṃ covāca dharmajñaṃ karmaṇā tena harṣitaḥ .
rāmaṃ sarvāstraviduṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śūramavasthitam .. 7..

sendrānapi surānsarvāṃstvaṃ bāṇaiḥ puruṣarṣabha .
samarthaḥ samare hantuṃ kiṃ punarvālinaṃ prabho .. 8..

yena sapta mahāsālā girirbhūmiśca dāritāḥ .
bāṇenaikena kākutstha sthātā te ko raṇāgrataḥ .. 9..

adya me vigataḥ śokaḥ prītiradya parā mama .
suhṛdaṃ tvāṃ samāsādya mahendravaruṇopamam .. 10..

tamadyaiva priyārthaṃ me vairiṇaṃ bhrātṛrūpiṇam .
vālinaṃ jahi kākutstha mayā baddho.ayamañjaliḥ .. 11..

tato rāmaḥ pariṣvajya sugrīvaṃ priyadarśanam .
pratyuvāca mahāprājño lakṣmaṇānumataṃ vacaḥ .. 12..

asmādgacchāma kiṣkindhāṃ kṣipraṃ gaccha tvamagrataḥ .
gatvā cāhvaya sugrīva vālinaṃ bhrātṛgandhinam .. 13..

sarve te tvaritaṃ gatvā kiṣkindhāṃ vālinaḥ purīm .
vṛkṣairātmānamāvṛtya vyatiṣṭhangahane vane .. 14..

sugrīvo vyanadadghoraṃ vālino hvānakāraṇāt .
gāḍhaṃ parihito vegānnādairbhindannivāmbaram .. 15..

taṃ śrutvā ninadaṃ bhrātuḥ kruddho vālī mahābalaḥ .
niṣpapāta susaṃrabdho bhāskaro.astataṭādiva .. 16..

tataḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ vālisugrīvayorabhūt .
gagane grahayorghoraṃ budhāṅgārakayoriva .. 17..

talairaśanikalpaiśca vajrakalpaiśca muṣṭibhiḥ .
jaghnatuḥ samare.anyonyaṃ bhrātarau krodhamūrchitau .. 18..

tato rāmo dhanuṣpāṇistāvubhau samudīkṣya tu .
anyonyasadṛśau vīrāvubhau devāvivāśvinau .. 19..

yannāvagacchatsugrīvaṃ vālinaṃ vāpi rāghavaḥ .
tato na kṛtavānbuddhiṃ moktumantakaraṃ śaram .. 20..

etasminnantare bhagnaḥ sugrīvastena vālinā .
apaśyanrāghavaṃ nāthamṛśyamūkaṃ pradudruve .. 21..

klānto rudhirasiktāṅgaḥ prahārairjarjarīkṛtaḥ .
vālinābhidrutaḥ krodhātpraviveśa mahāvanam .. 22..

taṃ praviṣṭaṃ vanaṃ dṛṣṭvā vālī śāpabhayāttataḥ .
mukto hyasi tvamityuktvā sa nivṛtto mahābalaḥ .. 23..

rāghavo.api saha bhrātrā saha caiva hanūmatā .
tadeva vanamāgacchatsugrīvo yatra vānaraḥ .. 24..

taṃ samīkṣyāgataṃ rāmaṃ sugrīvaḥ sahalakṣmaṇam .
hrīmāndīnamuvācedaṃ vasudhām avalokayan .. 25..

āhvayasveti māmuktvā darśayitvā ca vikramam .
vairiṇā ghātayitvā ca kimidānīṃ tvayā kṛtam .. 26..

tāmeva velāṃ vaktavyaṃ tvayā rāghava tattvataḥ .
vālinaṃ na nihanmīti tato nāhamito vraje .. 27..

tasya caivaṃ bruvāṇasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ .
karuṇaṃ dīnayā vācā rāghavaḥ punarabravīt .. 28..

sugrīva śrūyatāṃ tātaḥ krodhaśca vyapanīyatām .
kāraṇaṃ yena bāṇo.ayaṃ na mayā sa visarjitaḥ .. 29..

alaṅkāreṇa veṣeṇa pramāṇena gatena ca .
tvaṃ ca sugrīva vālī ca sadṛśau sthaḥ parasparam .. 30..

svareṇa varcasā caiva prekṣitena ca vānara .
vikrameṇa ca vākyaiśca vyaktiṃ vāṃ nopalakṣaye .. 31..

tato.ahaṃ rūpasādṛśyānmohito vānarottama .
notsṛjāmi mahāvegaṃ śaraṃ śatrunibarhaṇam .. 32..

etanmuhūrte tu mayā paśya vālinamāhave .
nirastamiṣuṇaikena veṣṭamānaṃ mahītale .. 33..

abhijñānaṃ kuruṣva tvamātmano vānareśvara .
yena tvāmabhijānīyāṃ dvandvayuddhamupāgatam .. 34..

gajapuṣpīmimāṃ phullāmutpāṭya śubhalakṣaṇām .
kuru lakṣmaṇa kaṇṭhe.asya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ .. 35..

tato giritaṭe jātāmutpāṭya kusumāyutām .
lakṣmaṇo gajapuṣpīṃ tāṃ tasya kaṇṭhe vyasarjayat .. 36..

sa tathā śuśubhe śrīmā.Nllatayā kaṇṭhasaktayā .
mālayeva balākānāṃ sasandhya iva toyadaḥ .. 37..

vibhrājamāno vapuṣā rāmavākyasamāhitaḥ .
jagāma saha rāmeṇa kiṣkindhāṃ vālipālitām .. 38..




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