.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - kiṣkindhākāṇḍa ..

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tau tu dṛṣṭvā mahātmānau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
varāyudhadharau vīrau sugrīvaḥ śaṅkito.abhavat .. 1..

udvignahṛdayaḥ sarvā diśaḥ samavalokayan .
na vyatiṣṭhata kasmiṃściddeśe vānarapuṅgavaḥ .. 2..

naiva cakre manaḥ sthāne vīkṣamāṇo mahābalau .
kapeḥ paramabhītasya cittaṃ vyavasasāda ha .. 3..

cintayitvā sa dharmātmā vimṛśya gurulāghavam .
sugrīvaḥ paramodvignaḥ sarvairanucaraiḥ saha .. 4..

tataḥ sa sacivebhyastu sugrīvaḥ plavagādhipaḥ .
śaśaṃsa paramodvignaḥ paśyaṃstau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 5..

etau vanamidaṃ durgaṃ vālipraṇihitau dhruvam .
chadmanā cīravasanau pracarantāvihāgatau .. 6..

tataḥ sugrīvasacivā dṛṣṭvā paramadhanvinau .
jagmurgiritaṭāttasmādanyacchikharamuttamam .. 7..

te kṣipramabhigamyātha yūthapā yūthaparṣabham .
harayo vānaraśreṣṭhaṃ parivāryopatasthire .. 8..

ekamekāyanagatāḥ plavamānā girergirim .
prakampayanto vegena girīṇāṃ śikharāṇi ca .. 9..

tataḥ śākhāmṛgāḥ sarve plavamānā mahābalāḥ .
babhañjuśca nagāṃstatra puṣpitāndurgasaṃśritān .. 10..

āplavanto harivarāḥ sarvatastaṃ mahāgirim .
mṛgamārjāraśārdūlāṃstrāsayanto yayustadā .. 11..

tataḥ sugrīvasacivāḥ parvatendraṃ samāśritāḥ .
saṅgamya kapimukhyena sarve prāñjalayaḥ sthitāḥ .. 12..

tatastaṃ bhayasantrastaṃ vālikilbiṣaśaṅkitam .
uvāca hanumānvākyaṃ sugrīvaṃ vākyakovidaḥ .. 13..

yasmādudvignacetāstvaṃ pradruto haripuṅgava .
taṃ krūradarśanaṃ krūraṃ neha paśyāmi vālinam .. 14..

yasmāttava bhayaṃ saumya pūrvajātpāpakarmaṇaḥ .
sa neha vālī duṣṭātmā na te paśyāmyahaṃ bhayam .. 15..

aho śākhāmṛgatvaṃ te vyaktameva plavaṅgama .
laghucittatayātmānaṃ na sthāpayasi yo matau .. 16..

buddhivijñānasampanna iṅgitaiḥ sarvamācara .
na hyabuddhiṃ gato rājā sarvabhūtāni śāsti hi .. 17..

sugrīvastu śubhaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā sarvaṃ hanūmataḥ .
tataḥ śubhataraṃ vākyaṃ hanūmantamuvāca ha .. 18..

dīrghabāhū viśālākṣau śaracāpāsidhāriṇau .
kasya na syādbhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā etau surasutopamau .. 19..

vālipraṇihitāvetau śaṅke.ahaṃ puruṣottamau .
rājāno bahumitrāśca viśvāso nātra hi kṣamaḥ .. 20..

arayaśca manuṣyeṇa vijñeyāśchannacāriṇaḥ .
viśvastānāmaviśvastāśchidreṣu praharanti hi .. 21..

kṛtyeṣu vālī medhāvī rājāno bahudarśanāḥ .
bhavanti parahantāraste jñeyāḥ prākṛtairnaraiḥ .. 22..

tau tvayā prākṛtenaiva gatvā jñeyau plavaṅgama .
śaṅkitānāṃ prakāraiśca rūpavyābhāṣaṇena ca .. 23..

lakṣayasva tayorbhāvaṃ prahṛṣṭamanasau yadi .
viśvāsayanpraśaṃsābhiriṅgitaiśca punaḥ punaḥ .. 24..

mamaivābhimukhaṃ sthitvā pṛccha tvaṃ haripuṅgava .
prayojanaṃ praveśasya vanasyāsya dhanurdharau .. 25..

śuddhātmānau yadi tvetau jānīhi tvaṃ plavaṅgama .
vyābhāṣitairvā rūpairvā vijñeyā duṣṭatānayoḥ .. 26..

ityevaṃ kapirājena sandiṣṭo mārutātmajaḥ .
cakāra gamane buddhiṃ yatra tau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 27..

tatheti sampūjya vacastu tasya
kapeḥ subhītasya durāsadasya .
mahānubhāvo hanumānyayau tadā
sa yatra rāmo.atibalaśca lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 28..




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