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sarga - 42

tataḥ sandiśya sugrīvaḥ śvaśuraṃ paścimāṃ diśam .
vīraṃ śatabaliṃ nāma vānaraṃ vānararṣabhaḥ .. 1..

uvāca rājā mantrajñaḥ sarvavānarasaṃmatam .
vākyamātmahitaṃ caiva rāmasya ca hitaṃ tathā .. 2..

vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa tvadvidhānāṃ vanaukasām .
vaivasvata sutaiḥ sārdhaṃ pratiṣṭhasva svamantribhiḥ .. 3..

diśaṃ hyudīcīṃ vikrāntāṃ himaśailāvataṃsakām .
sarvataḥ parimārgadhvaṃ rāmapatnīmaninditām .. 4..

asminkārye vinivṛtte kṛte dāśaratheḥ priye .
ṛṇānmuktā bhaviṣyāmaḥ kṛtārthārthavidāṃ varāḥ .. 5..

kṛtaṃ hi priyamasmākaṃ rāghaveṇa mahātmanā .
tasya cetpratikāro.asti saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet .. 6..

etāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya dṛśyate jānakī yathā .
tathā bhavadbhiḥ kartavyamasmatpriyahitaiṣibhiḥ .. 7..

ayaṃ hi sarvabhūtānāṃ mānyastu narasattamaḥ .
asmāsu cāgataprītī rāmaḥ parapurañjayaḥ .. 8..

imāni vanadurgāṇi nadyaḥ śailāntarāṇi ca .
bhavantaḥ parimārgaṃstu buddhivikramasampadā .. 9..

tatra mlecchānpulindāṃśca śūrasenāṃstathāiva ca .
prasthālānbharatāṃścaiva kurūṃśca saha madrakaiḥ .. 10..

kāmbojānyavanāṃścaiva śakānāraṭṭakānapi .
bāhlīkānṛṣikāṃścaiva pauravānatha ṭaṅkaṇān .. 11..

cīnānparamacīnāṃśca nīhārāṃśca punaḥ punaḥ .
anviṣya daradāṃścaiva himavantaṃ vicinvatha .. 12..

lodhrapadmakaṣaṇḍeṣu devadāruvaneṣu ca .
rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehya mārgitavyastatastataḥ .. 13..

tataḥ somāśramaṃ gatvā devagandharvasevitam .
kālaṃ nāma mahāsānuṃ parvataṃ taṃ gamiṣyatha .. 14..

mahatsu tasya śṛṅgeṣu nirdareṣu guhāsu ca .
vicinudhvaṃ mahābhāgāṃ rāmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm .. 15..

tamatikramya śailendraṃ hemavargaṃ mahāgirim .
tataḥ sudarśanaṃ nāma parvataṃ gantumarhatha .. 16..

tasya kānanaṣaṇḍeṣu nirdareṣu guhāsu ca .
rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehyā mārgitavyastatastataḥ .. 17..

tamatikramya cākāśaṃ sarvataḥ śatayojanam .
aparvatanadī vṛkṣaṃ sarvasattvavivarjitam .. 18..

taṃ tu śīghramatikramya kāntāraṃ romaharṣaṇam .
kailāsaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ śailaṃ prāpya hṛṣṭā bhaviṣyatha .. 19..

tatra pāṇḍurameghābhaṃ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtam .
kuberabhavanaṃ divyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā .. 20..

viśālā nalinī yatra prabhūtakamalotpalā .
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā apsarogaṇasevitā .. 21..

tatra vaiśravaṇo rājā sarvabhūtanamaskṛtaḥ .
dhanado ramate śrīmānguhyakaiḥ saha yakṣarāṭ .. 22..

tasya candranikaśeṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca .
rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehyā mārgitavyastatastataḥ .. 23..

krauñcaṃ tu girimāsādya bilaṃ tasya sudurgamam .
apramattaiḥ praveṣṭavyaṃ duṣpraveśaṃ hi tatsmṛtam .. 24..

vasanti hi mahātmānastatra sūryasamaprabhāḥ .
devairapyarcitāḥ samyagdevarūpā maharṣayaḥ .. 25..

krauñcasya tu guhāścānyāḥ sānūni śikharāṇi ca .
nirdarāśca nitambāśca vicetavyāstatastataḥ .. 26..

krauñcasya śikharaṃ cāpi nirīkṣya ca tatastataḥ .
avṛkṣaṃ kāmaśailaṃ ca mānasaṃ vihagālayam .. 27..

na gatistatra bhūtānāṃ devadānavarakṣasām .
sa ca sarvairvicetavyaḥ sasānuprasthabhūdharaḥ .. 28..

krauñcaṃ girimatikramya maināko nāma parvataḥ .
mayasya bhavanaṃ tatra dānavasya svayaṃ kṛtam .. 29..

mainākastu vicetavyaḥ sasānuprasthakandaraḥ .
strīṇāmaśvamukhīnāṃ ca niketāstatra tatra tu .. 30..

taṃ deśaṃ samatikramya āśramaṃ siddhasevitam .
siddhā vaikhānasāstatra vālakhilyāśca tāpasāḥ .. 31..

vandyāste tu tapaḥsiddhāstāpasā vītakalmaṣāḥ .
praṣṭavyāścāpi sītāyāḥ pravṛttaṃ vinayānvitaiḥ .. 32..

hemapuṣkarasañcannaṃ tatra vaikhānasaṃ saraḥ .
taruṇādityasaṅkāśairhaṃsairvicaritaṃ śubhaiḥ .. 33..

aupavāhyaḥ kuberasya sarvabhauma iti smṛtaḥ .
gajaḥ paryeti taṃ deśaṃ sadā saha kareṇubhiḥ .. 34..

tatsāraḥ samatikramya naṣṭacandradivākaram .
anakṣatragaṇaṃ vyoma niṣpayodamanāadimat .. 35..

gabhastibhirivārkasya sa tu deśaḥ prakāśate .
viśrāmyadbhistapaḥ siddhairdevakalpaiḥ svayamprabhaiḥ .. 36..

taṃ tu deśamatikramya śailodā nāma nimnagā .
ubhayostīrayoryasyāḥ kīcakā nāma veṇavaḥ .. 37..

te nayanti paraṃ tīraṃ siddhānpratyānayanti ca .
uttarāḥ kuravastatra kṛtapuṇyapratiśriyāḥ .. 38..

tataḥ kāñcanapadmābhiḥ padminībhiḥ kṛtodakāḥ .
nīlavaidūryapatrāḍhyā nadyastatra sahasraśaḥ .. 39..

raktotpalavanaiścātra maṇḍitāśca hiraṇmayaiḥ .
taruṇādityasadṛśairbhānti tatra jalāśayāḥ .. 40..

mahārhamaṇipatraiśca kāñcanaprabha kesaraiḥ .
nīlotpalavanaiścitraiḥ sa deśaḥ sarvatovṛtaḥ .. 41..

nistulābhiśca muktābhirmaṇibhiśca mahādhanaiḥ .
udbhūtapulināstatra jātarūpaiśca nimnagāḥ .. 42..

sarvaratnamayaiścitrairavagāḍhā nagottamaiḥ .
jātarūpamayaiścāpi hutāśanasamaprabhaiḥ .. 43..

nityapuṣpaphalāścātra nagāḥ patrarathākulāḥ .
divyagandharasasparśāḥ sarvakāmānsravanti ca .. 44..

nānākārāṇi vāsāṃsi phalantyanye nagottamāḥ .
muktāvaidūryacitrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni tathaiva ca .. 45..

strīṇāṃ yānyanurūpāṇi puruṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca .
sarvartusukhasevyāni phalantyanye nagottamāḥ .. 46..

mahārhāṇi vicitrāṇi haimānyanye nagottamāḥ .
śayanāni prasūyante citrāstāraṇavanti ca .. 47..

manaḥkāntāni mālyāni phalantyatrāpare drumāḥ .
pānāni ca mahārhāṇi bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca .. 48..

striyaśca guṇasampannā rūpayauvanalakṣitāḥ .
gandharvāḥ kiṃnarā siddhā nāgā vidyādharāstathā .
ramante sahitāstatra nārībhirbhāskaraprabhāḥ .. 49..

sarve sukṛtakarmāṇaḥ sarve ratiparāyaṇāḥ .
sarve kāmārthasahitā vasanti saha yoṣitaḥ .. 50..

gītavāditranirghoṣaḥ sotkṛṣṭahasitasvanaḥ .
śrūyate satataṃ tatra sarvabhūtamanoharaḥ .. 51..

tatra nāmuditaḥ kaścinnāsti kaścidasatpriyaḥ .
ahanyahani vardhante guṇāstatra manoramāḥ .. 52..

samatikramya taṃ deśamuttarastoyasāṃ nidhiḥ .
tatra somagirirnāma madhye hemamayo mahān .. 53..

indralokagatā ye ca brahmalokagatāś ca ye .
devāstaṃ samavekṣante girirājaṃ divaṃ gatam .. 54..

sa tu deśo visūryo.api tasya bhāsā prakāśate .
sūryalakṣmyābhivijñeyastapaseva vivasvatā .. 55..

bhagavānapi viśvātmā śambhurekādaśātmakaḥ .
brahmā vasati deveśo brahmarṣiparivāritaḥ .. 56..

na kathaṃ cana gantavyaṃ kurūṇāmuttareṇa vaḥ .
anyeṣāmapi bhūtānāṃ nātikrāmati vai gatiḥ .. 57..

sā hi somagirirnāma devānāmapi durgamaḥ .
tamālokya tataḥ kṣipramupāvartitumarhatha .. 58..

etāvadvānaraiḥ śakyaṃ gantuṃ vānarapuṅgavāḥ .
abhāskaramamaryādaṃ na jānīmastataḥ param .. 59..

sarvametadvicetavyaṃ yanmayā parikīrtitam .
yadanyadapi noktaṃ ca tatrāpi kriyatāṃ matiḥ .. 60..

tataḥ kṛtaṃ dāśarathermahatpriyaṃ
mahattaraṃ cāpi tato mama priyam .
kṛtaṃ bhaviṣyatyanilānalopamā
videhajā darśanajena karmaṇā .. 61..

tataḥ kṛtārthāḥ sahitāḥ sabāndhavā
mayārcitāḥ sarvaguṇairmanoramaiḥ .
cariṣyathorvīṃ pratiśāntaśatravaḥ
sahapriyā bhūtadharāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .. 62..

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