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sarga - 51

atha tānabravītsarvānviśrāntānhariyūthapān .
idaṃ vacanamekāgrā tāpasī dharmacāriṇī .. 1..

vānarā yadi vaḥ khedaḥ pranaṣṭaḥ phalabhakṣaṇāt .
yadi caitanmayā śrāvyaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathyatām .. 2..

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā hanumānmārutātmajaḥ .
ārjavena yathātattvamākhyātumupacakrame .. 3..

rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ .
rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmānpraviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam .. 4..

lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā vaidehyā cāpi bhāryayā .
tasya bhāryā janasthānādrāvaṇena hṛtā balāt .. 5..

vīrastasya sakhā rājñaḥ sugrīvo nāma vānaraḥ .
rājā vānaramukhyānāṃ yena prasthāpitā vayam .. 6..

agastyacaritāmāśāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ yamarakṣitām .
sahaibhirvānarairmukhyairaṅgadapramukhairvayam .. 7..

rāvaṇaṃ sahitāḥ sarve rākṣasaṃ kāmarūpiṇam .
sītayā saha vaidehyā mārgadhvamiti coditāḥ .. 8..

vicitya tu vayaṃ sarve samagrāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ diśam .
bubhukṣitāḥ pariśrāntā vṛkṣamūlamupāśritāḥ .. 9..

vivarṇavadanāḥ sarve sarve dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ .
nādhigacchāmahe pāraṃ magnāścintāmahārṇave .. 10..

cārayantastataścakṣurdṛṣṭavanto mahadbilam .
latāpādapasañcannaṃ timireṇa samāvṛtam .. 11..

asmāddhaṃsā jalaklinnāḥ pakṣaiḥ salilareṇubhiḥ .
kurarāḥ sārasāścaiva niṣpatanti patatriṇaḥ .
sādhvatra praviśāmeti mayā tūktāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .. 12..

teṣāmapi hi sarveṣāmanumānamupāgatam .
gacchāmaḥ praviśāmeti bhartṛkāryatvarānvitāḥ .. 13..

tato gāḍhaṃ nipatitā gṛhya hastau parasparam .
idaṃ praviṣṭāḥ sahasā bilaṃ timirasaṃvṛtam .. 14..

etannaḥ kāyametena kṛtyena vayamāgatāḥ .
tvāṃ caivopagatāḥ sarve paridyūnā bubhukṣitāḥ .. 15..

ātithyadharmadattāni mūlāni ca phalāni ca .
asmābhirupabhuktāni bubhukṣāparipīḍitaiḥ .. 16..

yattvayā rakṣitāḥ sarve mriyamāṇā bubhukṣayā .
brūhi pratyupakārārthaṃ kiṃ te kurvantu vānarāḥ .. 17..

evamuktā tu sarvajñā vānaraistaiḥ svayamprabhā .
pratyuvāca tataḥ sarvānidaṃ vānarayūthapam .. 18..

sarveṣāṃ parituṣṭāsmi vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām .
carantyā mama dharmeṇa na kāryamiha kena cit .. 19..




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