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sarga - 40

tataḥ prasthāpya sugrīvastanmahadvānaraṃ balam .
dakṣiṇāṃ preṣayāmāsa vānarānabhilakṣitān .. 1..

nīlamagnisutaṃ caiva hanumantaṃ ca vānaram .
pitāmahasutaṃ caiva jāmbavantaṃ mahākapim .. 2..

suhotraṃ ca śarīraṃ ca śaragulmaṃ tathaiva ca .
gajaṃ gavākṣaṃ gavayaṃ suṣeṇamṛṣabhaṃ tathā .. 3..

maindaṃ ca dvividaṃ caiva vijayaṃ gandhamādanam .
ulkāmukhamasaṅgaṃ ca hutāśana sutāvubhau .. 4..

aṅgadapramukhānvīrānvīraḥ kapigaṇeśvaraḥ .
vegavikramasampannānsandideśa viśeṣavit .. 5..

teṣāmagreṣaraṃ caiva mahadbalamasaṅgagam .
vidhāya harivīrāṇāmādiśaddakṣiṇāṃ diśam .. 6..

ye ke cana samuddeśāstasyāṃ diśi sudurgamāḥ .
kapīśaḥ kapimukhyānāṃ sa teṣāṃ tānudāharat .. 7..

sahasraśirasaṃ vindhyaṃ nānādrumalatāvṛtam .
narmadāṃ ca nadīṃ durgāṃ mahoraganiṣevitām .. 8..

tato godāvarīṃ ramyāṃ kṛṣṇāveṇīṃ mahānadīm .
varadāṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ mahoraganiṣevitām .. 9..

mekhalānutkalāṃścaiva daśārṇanagarāṇyapi .
avantīmabhravantīṃ ca sarvamevānupaśyata .. 10..

vidarbhānṛṣikāṃścaiva ramyānmāhiṣakānapi .
tathā baṅgānkaliṅgāṃśca kauśikāṃśca samantataḥ .. 11..

anvīkṣya daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ saparvatanadīguham .
nadīṃ godāvarīṃ caiva sarvamevānupaśyata .. 12..

tathaivāndhrāṃśca puṇḍrāṃśca colānpāṇḍyānsakeralān .
ayomukhaśca gantavyaḥ parvato dhātumaṇḍitaḥ .. 13..

vicitraśikharaḥ śrīmāṃścitrapuṣpitakānanaḥ .
sacandanavanoddeśo mārgitavyo mahāgiriḥ .. 14..

tatastāmāpagāṃ divyāṃ prasannasalilāṃ śivām .
tatra drakṣyatha kāverīṃ vihṛtāmapsarogaṇaiḥ .. 15..

tasyāsīnaṃ nagasyāgre malayasya mahaujasaṃ .
drakṣyathādityasaṅkāśamagastyamṛṣisattamam .. 16..

tatastenābhyanujñātāḥ prasannena mahātmanā .
tāmraparṇīṃ grāhajuṣṭāṃ tariṣyatha mahānadīm .. 17..

sā candanavanairdivyaiḥ pracchannā dvīpa śālinī .
kānteva yuvatiḥ kāntaṃ samudramavagāhate .. 18..

tato hemamayaṃ divyaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam .
yuktaṃ kavāṭaṃ pāṇḍyānāṃ gatā drakṣyatha vānarāḥ .. 19..

tataḥ samudramāsādya sampradhāryārthaniścayam .
agastyenāntare tatra sāgare viniveśitaḥ .. 20..

citranānānagaḥ śrīmānmahendraḥ parvatottamaḥ .
jātarūpamayaḥ śrīmānavagāḍho mahārṇavam .. 21..

nānāvidhairnagaiḥ phullairlatābhiścopaśobhitam .
devarṣiyakṣapravarairapsarobhiś ca sevitam .. 22..

siddhacāraṇasaṅghaiśca prakīrṇaṃ sumanoharam .
tamupaiti sahasrākṣaḥ sadā parvasu parvasu .. 23..

dvīpastasyāpare pāre śatayojanamāyataḥ .
agamyo mānuṣairdīptastaṃ mārgadhvaṃ samantataḥ .
tatra sarvātmanā sītā mārgitavyā viśeṣataḥ .. 24..

sa hi deśastu vadhyasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ .
rākṣasādhipatervāsaḥ sahasrākṣasamadyuteḥ .. 25..

dakṣiṇasya samudrasya madhye tasya tu rākṣasī .
aṅgāraketi vikhyātā chāyāmākṣipya bhojinī .. 26..

tamatikramya lakṣmīvānsamudre śatayojane .
giriḥ puṣpitako nāma siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ .. 27..

candrasūryāṃśusaṅkāśaḥ sāgarāmbusamāvṛtaḥ .
bhrājate vipulaiḥ śṛṅgairambaraṃ vilikhanniva .. 28..

tasyaikaṃ kāñcanaṃ śṛṅgaṃ sevate yaṃ divākaraḥ .
śvetaṃ rājatamekaṃ ca sevate yaṃ niśākaraḥ .. 29..

na taṃ kṛtaghnāḥ paśyanti na nṛśaṃsā na nāstikāḥ .
praṇamya śirasā śailaṃ taṃ vimārgata vānarāḥ .. 30..

tamatikramya durdharṣāḥ sūryavānnāma parvataḥ .
adhvanā durvigāhena yojanāni caturdaśa .. 31..

tatastamapyatikramya vaidyuto nāma parvataḥ .
sarvakāmaphalairvṛkṣaiḥ sarvakālamanoharaiḥ .. 32..

tatra bhuktvā varārhāṇi mūlāni ca phalāni ca .
madhūni pītvā mukhyāni paraṃ gacchata vānarāḥ .. 33..

tatra netramanaḥkāntaḥ kuñjaro nāma parvataḥ .
agastyabhavanaṃ yatra nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā .. 34..

tatra yojanavistāramucchritaṃ daśayojanam .
śaraṇaṃ kāñcanaṃ divyaṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitam .. 35..

tatra bhogavatī nāma sarpāṇāmālayaḥ purī .
viśālarathyā durdharṣā sarvataḥ parirakṣitā .
rakṣitā pannagairghoraistīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrairmahāviṣaiḥ .. 36..

sarparājo mahāghoro yasyāṃ vasati vāsukiḥ .
niryāya mārgitavyā ca sā ca bhogavatī purī .. 37..

taṃ ca deśamatikramya mahānṛṣabhasaṃsthitaḥ .
sarvaratnamayaḥ śrīmānṛṣabho nāma parvataḥ .. 38..

gośīrṣakaṃ padmakaṃ ca hariśyāmaṃ ca candanam .
divyamutpadyate yatra taccaivāgnisamaprabham .. 39..

na tu taccandanaṃ dṛṣṭvā spraṣṭavyaṃ ca kadā cana .
rohitā nāma gandharvā ghorā rakṣanti tadvanam .. 40..

tatra gandharvapatayaḥ pañcasūryasamaprabhāḥ .
śailūṣo grāmaṇīrbhikṣuḥ śubhro babhrustathaiva ca .. 41..

ante pṛthivyā durdharṣāstatra svargajitaḥ sthitāḥ .
tataḥ paraṃ na vaḥ sevyaḥ pitṛlokaḥ sudāruṇaḥ .
rājadhānī yamasyaiṣā kaṣṭena tamasāvṛtā .. 42..

etāvadeva yuṣmābhirvīrā vānarapuṅgavāḥ .
śakyaṃ vicetuṃ gantuṃ vā nāto gatimatāṃ gatiḥ .. 43..

sarvametatsamālokya yaccānyadapi dṛśyate .
gatiṃ viditvā vaidehyāḥ saṃnivartitamarhatha .. 44..

yastu māsānnivṛtto.agre dṛṣṭā sīteti vakṣyati .
mattulyavibhavo bhogaiḥ sukhaṃ sa vihariṣyati .. 45..

tataḥ priyataro nāsti mama prāṇādviśeṣataḥ .
kṛtāparādho bahuśo mama bandhurbhaviṣyati .. 46..

amitabalaparākramā bhavanto
vipulaguṇeṣu kuleṣu ca prasūtāḥ .
manujapatisutāṃ yathā labhadhvaṃ
tadadhiguṇaṃ puruṣārthamārabhadhvam .. 47..




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