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ityuktaḥ karuṇaṃ vākyaṃ vānaraistyaktajīvitaiḥ .
sabāṣpo vānarāngṛdhraḥ pratyuvāca mahāsvanaḥ .. 1..

yavīyānmama sa bhrātā jaṭāyurnāma vānarāḥ .
yamākhyāta hataṃ yuddhe rāvaṇena balīyasā .. 2..

vṛddhabhāvādapakṣatvācchṛṇvaṃstadapi marṣaye .
na hi me śaktiradyāsti bhrāturvairavimokṣaṇe .. 3..

purā vṛtravadhe vṛtte sa cāhaṃ ca jayaiṣiṇau .
ādityamupayātau svo jvalantaṃ raśmimālinam .. 4..

āvṛtyākāśamārgeṇa javena sma gatau bhṛśam .
madhyaṃ prāpte ca sūrye ca jaṭāyuravasīdati .. 5..

tamahaṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryaraśmibhirarditam .
pakṣābhyaṃ chādayāmāsa snehātparamavihvalam .. 6..

nirdagdhapakṣaḥ patito vindhye.ahaṃ vānarottamāḥ .
ahamasminvasanbhrātuḥ pravṛttiṃ nopalakṣaye .. 7..

jaṭāyuṣastvevamukto bhrātrā sampātinā tadā .
yuvarājo mahāprājñaḥ pratyuvācāṅgadastadā .. 8..

jaṭāyuṣo yadi bhrātā śrutaṃ te gaditaṃ mayā .
ākhyāhi yadi jānāsi nilayaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ .. 9..

adīrghadarśinaṃ taṃ vā rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam .
antike yadi vā dūre yadi jānāsi śaṃsa naḥ .. 10..

tato.abravīnmahātejā jyeṣṭho bhrātā jaṭāyuṣaḥ .
ātmānurūpaṃ vacanaṃ vānarānsampraharṣayan .. 11..

nirdagdhapakṣo gṛdhro.ahaṃ gatavīryaḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .
vāṅmātreṇa tu rāmasya kariṣye sāhyamuttamam .. 12..

jānāmi vāruṇāllokānviṣṇostraivikramānapi .
devāsuravimardāṃśca amṛtasya ca manthanam .. 13..

rāmasya yadidaṃ kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ prathamaṃ mayā .
jarayā ca hṛtaṃ tejaḥ prāṇāśca śithilā mama .. 14..

taruṇī rūpasampannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā .
hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇena durātmanā .. 15..

krośantī rāma rāmeti lakṣmaṇeti ca bhāminī .
bhūṣaṇānyapavidhyantī gātrāṇi ca vidhunvatī .. 16..

sūryaprabheva śailāgre tasyāḥ kauśeyamuttamam .
asite rākṣase bhāti yathā vā taḍidambude .. 17..

tāṃ tu sītāmahaṃ manye rāmasya parikīrtanāt .
śrūyatāṃ me kathayato nilayaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ .. 18..

putro viśravasaḥ sākṣādbhrātā vaiśravaṇasya ca .
adhyāste nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ rāvaṇo nāma rākasaḥ .. 19..

ito dvīpe samudrasya sampūrṇe śatayojane .
tasmi.Nllaṅkā purī ramyā nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā .. 20..

tasyāṃ vasati vaidehī dīnā kauśeyavāsinī .
rāvaṇāntaḥpure ruddhā rākṣasībhiḥ surakṣitā .. 21..

janakasyātmajāṃ rājñastasyāṃ drakṣyatha maithilīm .
laṅkāyāmatha guptāyāṃ sāgareṇa samantataḥ .. 22..

samprāpya sāgarasyāntaṃ sampūrṇaṃ śatayojanam .
āsādya dakṣiṇaṃ kūlaṃ tato drakṣyatha rāvaṇam .. 23..

tatraiva tvaritāḥ kṣipraṃ vikramadhvaṃ plavaṅgamāḥ .
jñānena khalu paśyāmi dṛṣṭvā pratyāgamiṣyatha .. 24..

ādyaḥ panthāḥ kuliṅgānāṃ ye cānye dhānyajīvinaḥ .
dvitīyo balibhojānāṃ ye ca vṛkṣaphalāśinaḥ .. 25..

bhāsāstṛtīyaṃ gacchanti krauñcāśca kuraraiḥ saha .
śyenāścaturthaṃ gacchanti gṛdhrā gacchanti pañcamam .. 26..

balavīryopapannānāṃ rūpayauvanaśālinām .
ṣaṣṭhastu panthā haṃsānāṃ vainateyagatiḥ parā .
vainateyācca no janma sarveṣāṃ vānararṣabhāḥ .. 27..

garhitaṃ tu kṛtaṃ karma yena sma piśitāśanāḥ .
ihastho.ahaṃ prapaśyāmi rāvaṇaṃ jānakīṃ tathā .. 28..

asmākamapi sauvarṇaṃ divyaṃ cakṣurbalaṃ tathā .
tasmādāhāravīryeṇa nisargeṇa ca vānarāḥ .
āyojanaśatātsāgrādvayaṃ paśyāma nityaśaḥ .. 29..

asmākaṃ vihitā vṛttirnisārgeṇa ca dūrataḥ .
vihitā pādamūle tu vṛttiścaraṇayodhinām .. 30..

upāyo dṛśyatāṃ kaścillaṅghane lavaṇāmbhasaḥ .
abhigamya tu vaidehīṃ samṛddhārthā gamiṣyatha .. 31..

samudraṃ netumicchāmi bhavadbhirvaruṇālayam .
pradāsyāmyudakaṃ bhrātuḥ svargatasya mahātmanaḥ .. 32..

tato nītvā tu taṃ deśaṃ tīre nadanadīpateḥ .
nirdagdhapakṣaṃ sampātiṃ vānarāḥ sumahaujasaḥ .. 33..

punaḥ pratyānayitvā vai taṃ deśaṃ patageśvaram .
babhūvurvānarā hṛṣṭāḥ pravṛttimupalabhya te .. 34..

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