.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - kiṣkindhākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 7

evamuktastu sugrīvo rāmeṇārtena vānaraḥ .
abravītprāñjalirvākyaṃ sabāṣpaṃ bāṣpagadgadaḥ .. 1..

na jāne nilayaṃ tasya sarvathā pāparakṣasaḥ .
sāmarthyaṃ vikramaṃ vāpi dauṣkuleyasya vā kulam .. 2..

satyaṃ tu pratijānāmi tyaja śokamarindama .
kariṣyāmi tathā yatnaṃ yathā prāpsyasi maithilīm .. 3..

rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ hatvā paritoṣyātmapauruṣam .
tathāsmi kartā nacirādyathā prīto bhaviṣyasi .. 4..

alaṃ vaiklavyamālambya dhairyamātmagataṃ smara .
tvadvidhānāṃ na sadṛśamīdṛśaṃ buddhilāghavam .. 5..

mayāpi vyasanaṃ prāptaṃ bhāryā haraṇajaṃ mahat .
na cāhamevaṃ śocāmi na ca dhairyaṃ parityaje .. 6..

nāhaṃ tāmanuśocāmi prākṛto vānaro.api san .
mahātmā ca vinītaścā kiṃ punardhṛtimānbhavān .. 7..

bāṣpamāpatitaṃ dhairyānnigrahītuṃ tvamarhasi .
maryādāṃ sattvayuktānāṃ dhṛtiṃ notsraṣṭumarhasi .. 8..

vyasane vārtha kṛcchre vā bhaye vā jīvitāntage .
vimṛśanvai svayā buddhyā dhṛtimānnāvasīdati .. 9..

bāliśastu naro nityaṃ vaiklavyaṃ yo.anuvartate .
sa majjatyavaśaḥ śoke bhārākrānteva naurjale .. 10..

eṣo.añjalirmayā baddhaḥ praṇayāttvāṃ prasādaye .
pauruṣaṃ śraya śokasya nāntaraṃ dātumarhasi .. 11..

ye śokamanuvartante na teṣāṃ vidyate sukham .
tejaśca kṣīyate teṣāṃ na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi .. 12..

hitaṃ vayasya bhāvena brūhi nopadiśāmi te .
vayasyatāṃ pūjayanme na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi .. 13..

madhuraṃ sāntvitastena sugrīveṇa sa rāghavaḥ .
mukhamaśrupariklinnaṃ vastrāntena pramārjayat .. 14..

prakṛtiṣṭhastu kākutsthaḥ sugrīvavacanātprabhuḥ .
sampariṣvajya sugrīvamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 15..

kartavyaṃ yadvayasyena snigdhena ca hitena ca .
anurūpaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca kṛtaṃ sugrīva tattvayā .. 16..

eṣa ca prakṛtiṣṭho.ahamanunītastvayā sakhe .
durlabho hīdṛśo bandhurasminkāle viśeṣataḥ .. 17..

kiṃ tu yatnastvayā kāryo maithilyāḥ parimārgaṇe .
rākṣasasya ca raudrasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ .. 18..

mayā ca yadanuṣṭheyaṃ visrabdhena taducyatām .
varṣāsviva ca sukṣetre sarvaṃ sampadyate tava .. 19..

mayā ca yadidaṃ vākyamabhimānātsamīritam .
tattvayā hariśārdūla tattvamityupadhāryatām .. 20..

anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me na ca vakṣye kadā cana .
etatte pratijānāmi satyenaiva śapāmi te .. 21..

tataḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ sugrīvo vānaraiḥ sacivaiḥ saha .
rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā pratijñātaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 22..

mahānubhāvasya vaco niśamya
harirnarāṇāmṛṣabhasya tasya .
kṛtaṃ sa mene harivīra mukhyas
tadā svakāryaṃ hṛdayena vidvān .. 23..




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