.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - kiṣkindhākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 22

vīkṣamāṇastu mandāsuḥ sarvato mandamucchvasan .
ādāveva tu sugrīvaṃ dadarśa tvātmajāgrataḥ .. 1..

taṃ prāptavijayaṃ vālī sugrīvaṃ plavageśvaram .
ābhāṣya vyaktayā vācā sasnehamidamabravīt .. 2..

sugrīvadoṣeṇa na māṃ gantumarhasi kilbiṣāt .
kṛṣyamāṇaṃ bhaviṣyeṇa buddhimohena māṃ balāt .. 3..

yugapadvihitaṃ tāta na manye sukhamāvayoḥ .
sauhārdaṃ bhrātṛyuktaṃ hi tadidaṃ jātamanyathā .. 4..

pratipadya tvamadyaiva rājyameṣāṃ vanaukasām .
māmapyadyaiva gacchantaṃ viddhi vaivasvatakṣayam .. 5..

jīvitaṃ ca hi rājyaṃ ca śriyaṃ ca vipulāmimām .
prajahāmyeṣa vai tūrṇaṃ mahaccāgarhitaṃ yaśaḥ .. 6..

asyāṃ tvahamavasthāyāṃ vīra vakṣyāmi yadvacaḥ .
yadyapyasukaraṃ rājankartumeva tadarhasi .. 7..

sukhārhaṃ sukhasaṃvṛddhaṃ bālamenamabāliśam .
bāṣpapūrṇamukhaṃ paśya bhūmau patitamaṅgadam .. 8..

mama prāṇaiḥ priyataraṃ putraṃ putramivaurasaṃ .
mayā hīnamahīnārthaṃ sarvataḥ paripālaya .. 9..

tvamapyasya hi dātā ca paritrātā ca sarvataḥ .
bhayeṣvabhayadaścaiva yathāhaṃ plavageśvara .. 10..

eṣa tārātmajaḥ śrīmāṃstvayā tulyaparākramaḥ .
rakṣasāṃ tu vadhe teṣāmagrataste bhaviṣyati .. 11..

anurūpāṇi karmāṇi vikramya balavānraṇe .
kariṣyatyeṣa tāreyastarasvī taruṇo.aṅgadaḥ .. 12..

suṣeṇaduhitā ceyamarthasūkṣmaviniścaye .
autpātike ca vividhe sarvataḥ pariniṣṭhitā .. 13..

yadeṣā sādhviti brūyātkāryaṃ tanmuktasaṃśayam .
na hi tārāmataṃ kiṃ cidanyathā parivartate .. 14..

rāghavasya ca te kāryaṃ kartavyamaviśaṅkayā .
syādadharmo hyakaraṇe tvāṃ ca hiṃsyādvimānitaḥ .. 15..

imāṃ ca mālāmādhatsva divyāṃ sugrīvakāñcanīm .
udārā śrīḥ sthitā hyasyāṃ samprajahyānmṛte mayi .. 16..

ityevamuktaḥ sugrīvo vālinā bhrātṛsauhṛdāt .
harṣaṃ tyaktvā punardīno grahagrasta ivoḍurāṭ .. 17..

tadvālivacanācchāntaḥ kurvanyuktamatandritaḥ .
jagrāha so.abhyanujñāto mālāṃ tāṃ caiva kāñcanīm .. 18..

tāṃ mālāṃ kāñcanīṃ dattvā vālī dṛṣṭvātmajaṃ sthitam .
saṃsiddhaḥ pretya bhāvāya snehādaṅgadamabravīt .. 19..

deśakālau bhajasvādya kṣamamāṇaḥ priyāpriye .
sukhaduḥkhasahaḥ kāle sugrīvavaśago bhava .. 20..

yathā hi tvaṃ mahābāho lālitaḥ satataṃ mayā .
na tathā vartamānaṃ tvāṃ sugrīvo bahu maṃsyate .. 21..

māsyāmitrairgataṃ gacchermā śatrubhirarindama .
bharturarthaparo dāntaḥ sugrīvavaśago bhava .. 22..

na cātipraṇayaḥ kāryaḥ kartavyo.apraṇayaś ca te .
ubhayaṃ hi mahādoṣaṃ tasmādantaradṛgbhava .. 23..

ityuktvātha vivṛttākṣaḥ śarasampīḍito bhṛśam .
vivṛtairdaśanairbhīmairbabhūvotkrāntajīvitaḥ .. 24..

hate tu vīre plavagādhipe tadā
plavaṅgamāstatra na śarma lebhire .
vanecarāḥ siṃhayute mahāvane
yathā hi gāvo nihate gavāṃ patau .. 25..

tatastu tārā vyasanārṇava plutā
mṛtasyā bharturvadanaṃ samīkṣya sā .
jagāma bhūmiṃ parirabhya vālinaṃ
mahādrumaṃ chinnamivāśritā latā .. 26..




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