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ityuktaḥ praśritaṃ vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam .
paruṣaṃ vālinā rāmo nihatena vicetasā .. 1..

taṃ niṣprabhamivādityaṃ muktatoyamivāmbudam .
uktavākyaṃ hariśreṣṭhamupaśāntamivānalam .. 2..

dharmārthaguṇasampannaṃ harīśvaramanuttamam .
adhikṣiptastadā rāmaḥ paścādvālinamabravīt .. 3..

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca samayaṃ cāpi laukikam .
avijñāya kathaṃ bālyānmāmihādya vigarhase .. 4..

apṛṣṭvā buddhisampannānvṛddhānācāryasaṃmatān .
saumya vānaracāpalyāttvaṃ māṃ vaktumihecchasi .. 5..

ikṣvākūṇāmiyaṃ bhūmiḥ saśailavanakānanā .
mṛgapakṣimanuṣyāṇāṃ nigrahānugrahāvapi .. 6..

tāṃ pālayati dharmātmā bharataḥ satyavāgṛjuḥ .
dharmakāmārthatattvajño nigrahānugrahe rataḥ .. 7..

nayaśca vinayaścobhau yasminsatyaṃ ca susthitam .
vikramaśca yathā dṛṣṭaḥ sa rājā deśakālavit .. 8..

tasya dharmakṛtādeśā vayamanye ca pārthivaḥ .
carāmo vasudhāṃ kṛtsnāṃ dharmasantānamicchavaḥ .. 9..

tasminnṛpatiśārdūla bharate dharmavatsale .
pālayatyakhilāṃ bhūmiṃ kaś careddharmanigraham .. 10..

te vayaṃ mārgavibhraṣṭaṃ svadharme parame sthitāḥ .
bharatājñāṃ puraskṛtya nigṛhṇīmo yathāvidhi .. 11..

tvaṃ tu saṅkliṣṭadharmā ca karmaṇā ca vigarhitaḥ .
kāmatantrapradhānaśca na sthito rājavartmani .. 12..

jyeṣṭho bhrātā pitā caiva yaśca vidyāṃ prayacchati .
trayaste pitaro jñeyā dharme ca pathi vartinaḥ .. 13..

yavīyānātmanaḥ putraḥ śiṣyaścāpi guṇoditaḥ .
putravatte trayaścintyā dharmaścedatra kāraṇam .. 14..

sūkṣmaḥ paramadurjñeyaḥ satāṃ dharmaḥ plavaṅgama .
hṛdisthaḥ sarvabhūtānāmātmā veda śubhāśubham .. 15..

capalaścapalaiḥ sārdhaṃ vānarairakṛtātmabhiḥ .
jātyandha iva jātyandhairmantrayandrakṣyase nu kim .. 16..

ahaṃ tu vyaktatāmasya vacanasya bravīmi te .
na hi māṃ kevalaṃ roṣāttvaṃ vigarhitumarhasi .. 17..

tadetatkāraṇaṃ paśya yadarthaṃ tvaṃ mayā hataḥ .
bhrāturvartasi bhāryāyāṃ tyaktvā dharmaṃ sanātanam .. 18..

asya tvaṃ dharamāṇasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ .
rumāyāṃ vartase kāmātsnuṣāyāṃ pāpakarmakṛt .. 19..

tadvyatītasya te dharmātkāmavṛttasya vānara .
bhrātṛbhāryābhimarśe.asmindaṇḍo.ayaṃ pratipāditaḥ .. 20..

na hi dharmaviruddhasya lokavṛttādapeyuṣaḥ .
daṇḍādanyatra paśyāmi nigrahaṃ hariyūthapa .. 21..

aurasīṃ bhaginīṃ vāpi bhāryāṃ vāpyanujasya yaḥ .
pracareta naraḥ kāmāttasya daṇḍo vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 22..

bharatastu mahīpālo vayaṃ tvādeśavartinaḥ .
tvaṃ ca dharmādatikrāntaḥ kathaṃ śakyamupekṣitum .. 23..

gurudharmavyatikrāntaṃ prājño dharmeṇa pālayan .
bharataḥ kāmavṛttānāṃ nigrahe paryavasthitaḥ .. 24..

vayaṃ tu bharatādeśaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā harīśvara .
tvadvidhānbhinnamaryādānniyantuṃ paryavasthitāḥ .. 25..

sugrīveṇa ca me sakhyaṃ lakṣmaṇena yathā tathā .
dārarājyanimittaṃ ca niḥśreyasi rataḥ sa me .. 26..

pratijñā ca mayā dattā tadā vānarasaṃnidhau .
pratijñā ca kathaṃ śakyā madvidhenānavekṣitum .. 27..

tadebhiḥ kāraṇaiḥ sarvairmahadbhirdharmasaṃhitaiḥ .
śāsanaṃ tava yadyuktaṃ tadbhavānanumanyatām .. 28..

sarvathā dharma ityeva draṣṭavyastava nigrahaḥ .
vayasyasyopakartavyaṃ dharmamevānupaśyatā .. 29..

rājabhirdhṛtadaṇḍāstu kṛtvā pāpāni mānavāḥ .
nirmalāḥ svargamāyānti santaḥ sukṛtino yathā .. 30..

āryeṇa mama māndhātrā vyasanaṃ ghoramīpsitam .
śramaṇena kṛte pāpe yathā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā .. 31..

anyairapi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ pramattairvasudhādhipaiḥ .
prāyaścittaṃ ca kurvanti tena tacchāmyate rajaḥ .. 32..

tadalaṃ paritāpena dharmataḥ parikalpitaḥ .
vadho vānaraśārdūla na vayaṃ svavaśe sthitāḥ .. 33..

vāgurābhiśca pāśaiśca kūṭaiśca vividhairnarāḥ .
praticchannāśca dṛśyāśca gṛhṇanti subahūnmṛgān .
pradhāvitānvā vitrastānvisrabdhānativiṣṭhitān .. 34..

pramattānapramattānvā narā māṃsārthino bhṛśam .
vidhyanti vimukhāṃścāpi na ca doṣo.atra vidyate .. 35..

yānti rājarṣayaścātra mṛgayāṃ dharmakovidāḥ .
tasmāttvaṃ nihato yuddhe mayā bāṇena vānara .
ayudhyanpratiyudhyanvā yasmācchākhāmṛgo hyasi .. 36..

durlabhasya ca dharmasya jīvitasya śubhasya ca .
rājāno vānaraśreṣṭha pradātāro na saṃśayaḥ .. 37..

tānna hiṃsyānna cākrośennākṣipennāpriyaṃ vadet .
devā mānuṣarūpeṇa carantyete mahītale .. 38..

tvaṃ tu dharmamavijñāya kevalaṃ roṣamāsthitaḥ .
pradūṣayasi māṃ dharme pitṛpaitāmahe sthitam .. 39..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa vālī pravyathito bhṛśam .
pratyuvāca tato rāmaṃ prāñjalirvānareśvaraḥ .. 40..

yattvamāttha naraśreṣṭha tadevaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .
prativaktuṃ prakṛṣṭe hi nāpakṛṣṭastu śaknuyāt .. 41..

yadayuktaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ pramādādvākyamapriyam .
tatrāpi khalu me doṣaṃ kartuṃ nārhasi rāghava .. 42..

tvaṃ hi dṛṣṭārthatattvajñaḥ prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ .
kāryakāraṇasiddhau te prasannā buddhiravyayā .. 43..

māmapyavagataṃ dharmādvyatikrāntapuraskṛtam .
dharmasaṃhitayā vācā dharmajña paripālaya .. 44..

bāṣpasaṃruddhakaṇṭhastu vālī sārtaravaḥ śanaiḥ .
uvāca rāmaṃ samprekṣya paṅkalagna iva dvipaḥ .. 45..

na tvātmānamahaṃ śoce na tārāṃ nāpi bāndhavān .
yathā putraṃ guṇaśreṣṭhamaṅgadaṃ kanakāṅgadam .. 46..

sa mamādarśanāddīno bālyātprabhṛti lālitaḥ .
taṭāka iva pītāmburupaśoṣaṃ gamiṣyati .. 47..

sugrīve cāṅgade caiva vidhatsva matimuttamām .
tvaṃ hi śāstā ca goptā ca kāryākāryavidhau sthitaḥ .. 48..

yā te narapate vṛttirbharate lakṣmaṇe ca yā .
sugrīve cāṅgade rājaṃstāṃ cintayitumarhasi .. 49..

maddoṣakṛtadoṣāṃ tāṃ yathā tārāṃ tapasvinīm .
sugrīvo nāvamanyeta tathāvasthātumarhasi .. 50..

tvayā hyanugṛhītena śakyaṃ rājyamupāsitum .
tvadvaśe vartamānena tava cittānuvartinā .. 51..

sa tamāśvāsayadrāmo vālinaṃ vyaktadarśanam .. 52..

na vayaṃ bhavatā cintyā nāpyātmā harisattama .
vayaṃ bhavadviśeṣeṇa dharmataḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ .. 53..

daṇḍye yaḥ pātayeddaṇḍaṃ daṇḍyo yaścāpi daṇḍyate .
kāryakāraṇasiddhārthāvubhau tau nāvasīdataḥ .. 54..

tadbhavāndaṇḍasaṃyogādasmādvigatakalmaṣaḥ .
gataḥ svāṃ prakṛtiṃ dharmyāṃ dharmadṛṣṭtena vartmanā .. 55..

sa tasya vākyaṃ madhuraṃ mahātmanaḥ
samāhitaṃ dharmapathānuvartinaḥ .
niśamya rāmasya raṇāvamardino
vacaḥ suyuktaṃ nijagāda vānaraḥ .. 56..

śarābhitaptena vicetasā mayā
pradūṣitastvaṃ yadajānatā prabho .
idaṃ mahendropamabhīmavikrama
prasāditastvaṃ kṣama me mahīśvara .. 57..

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