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parituṣṭastu sugrīvastena vākyena vānaraḥ .
lakṣmaṇasyāgrajaṃ rāmamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 1..

sarvathāhamanugrāhyo devatānāmasaṃśayaḥ .
upapannaguṇopetaḥ sakhā yasya bhavānmama .. 2..

śakyaṃ khalu bhavedrāma sahāyena tvayānagha .
surarājyamapi prāptuṃ svarājyaṃ kiṃ punaḥ prabho .. 3..

so.ahaṃ sabhājyo bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ caiva rāghava .
yasyāgnisākṣikaṃ mitraṃ labdhaṃ rāghavavaṃśajam .. 4..

ahamapyanurūpaste vayasyo jñāsyase śanaiḥ .
na tu vaktuṃ samartho.ahaṃ svayamātmagatānguṇān .. 5..

mahātmanāṃ tu bhūyiṣṭhaṃ tvadvidhānāṃ kṛtātmanām .
niścalā bhavati prītirdhairyamātmavatām iva .. 6..

rajataṃ vā suvarṇaṃ vā vastrāṇyābharaṇāni vā .
avibhaktāni sādhūnāmavagacchanti sādhavaḥ .. 7..

āḍhyo vāpi daridro vā duḥkhitaḥ sukhito.api vā .
nirdoṣo vā sadoṣo vā vayasyaḥ paramā gatiḥ .. 8..

dhanatyāgaḥ sukhatyāgo dehatyāgo.api vā punaḥ .
vayasyārthe pravartante snehaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāvidham .. 9..

tattathetyabravīdrāmaḥ sugrīvaṃ priyavādinam .
lakṣmaṇasyāgrato lakṣmyā vāsavasyeva dhīmataḥ .. 10..

tato rāmaṃ sthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam .
sugrīvaḥ sarvataścakṣurvane lolamapātayat .. 11..

sa dadarśa tataḥ sālamavidūre harīśvaraḥ .
supuṣpamīṣatpatrāḍhyaṃ bhramarairupaśobhitam .. 12..

tasyaikāṃ parṇabahulāṃ bhaṅktvā śākhāṃ supuṣpitām .
sālasyāstīrya sugrīvo niṣasāda sarāghavaḥ .. 13..

tāvāsīnau tato dṛṣṭvā hanūmānapi lakṣmaṇam .
sālaśākhāṃ samutpāṭya vinītamupaveśayat .. 14..

tataḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ sugrīvaḥ ślakṣṇaṃ madhurayā girā .
uvāca praṇayādrāmaṃ harṣavyākulitākṣaram .. 15..

ahaṃ vinikṛto bhrātrā carāmyeṣa bhayārditaḥ .
ṛśyamūkaṃ girivaraṃ hṛtabhāryaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ .. 16..

so.ahaṃ trasto bhaye magno vasāmyudbhrāntacetanaḥ .
vālinā nikṛto bhrātrā kṛtavairaśca rāghava .. 17..

vālino me bhayārtasya sarvalokābhayaṅkara .
mamāpi tvamanāthasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 18..

evamuktastu tejasvī dharmajño dharmavatsalaḥ .
pratyuvāca sa kākutsthaḥ sugrīvaṃ prahasanniva .. 19..

upakāraphalaṃ mitramapakāro.arilakṣaṇam .
adyaiva taṃ haniṣyāmi tava bhāryāpahāriṇam .. 20..

ime hi me mahāvegāḥ patriṇastigmatejasaḥ .
kārtikeyavanodbhūtāḥ śarā hemavibhūṣitāḥ .. 21..

kaṅkapatrapraticchannā mahendrāśanisaṃnibhāḥ .
suparvāṇaḥ sutīkṣṇāgrā saroṣā bhujagā iva .. 22..

bhrātṛsaṃjñamamitraṃ te vālinaṃ kṛtakilbiṣam .
śarairvinihataṃ paśya vikīrṇamiva parvatam .. 23..

rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā sugrīvo vāhinīpatiḥ .
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe sādhu sādhviti cābravīt .. 24..

rāmaśokābhibhūto.ahaṃ śokārtānāṃ bhavāngatiḥ .
vayasya iti kṛtvā hi tvayyahaṃ paridevaye .. 25..

tvaṃ hi pāṇipradānena vayasyo so.agnisākṣikaḥ .
kṛtaḥ prāṇairbahumataḥ satyenāpi śapāmyaham .. 26..

vayasya iti kṛtvā ca visrabdhaṃ pravadāmyaham .
duḥkhamantargataṃ yanme mano dahati nityaśaḥ .. 27..

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ bāṣpadūṣitalocanaḥ .
bāṣpopahatayā vācā noccaiḥ śaknoti bhāṣitum .. 28..

bāṣpavegaṃ tu sahasā nadīvegamivāgatam .
dhārayāmāsa dhairyeṇa sugrīvo rāmasaṃnidhau .. 29..

saṃnigṛhya tu taṃ bāṣpaṃ pramṛjya nayane śubhe .
viniḥśvasya ca tejasvī rāghavaṃ punarabravīt .. 30..

purāhaṃ valinā rāma rājyātsvādavaropitaḥ .
paruṣāṇi ca saṃśrāvya nirdhūto.asmi balīyasā .. 31..

hṛtā bhāryā ca me tena prāṇebhyo.api garīyasī .
suhṛdaśca madīyā ye saṃyatā bandhaneṣu te .. 32..

yatnavāṃśca suduṣṭātmā madvināśāya rāghava .
bahuśastatprayuktāśca vānarā nihatā mayā .. 33..

śaṅkayā tvetayā cāhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvāmapi rāghava .
nopasarpāmyahaṃ bhīto bhaye sarve hi bibhyati .. 34..

kevalaṃ hi sahāyā me hanumatpramukhāstvime .
ato.ahaṃ dhārayāmyadya prāṇānkṛcchra gato.api san .. 35..

ete hi kapayaḥ snigdhā māṃ rakṣanti samantataḥ .
saha gacchanti gantavye nityaṃ tiṣṭhanti ca sthite .. 36..

saṅkṣepastveṣa me rāma kimuktvā vistaraṃ hi te .
sa me jyeṣṭho ripurbhrātā vālī viśrutapauruṣaḥ .. 37..

tadvināśāddhi me duḥkhaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ syādanantaram .
sukhaṃ me jīvitaṃ caiva tadvināśanibandhanam .. 38..

eṣa me rāma śokāntaḥ śokārtena niveditaḥ .
duḥkhito.aduḥkhito vāpi sakhyurnityaṃ sakhā gatiḥ .. 39..

śrutvaitacca vaco rāmaḥ sugrīvamidamabravīt .
kiṃnimittamabhūdvairaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ .. 40..

sukhaṃ hi kāraṇaṃ śrutvā vairasya tava vānara .
ānantaryaṃ vidhāsyāmi sampradhārya balābalam .. 41..

balavānhi mamāmarṣaḥ śrutvā tvāmavamānitam .
vardhate hṛdayotkampī prāvṛḍvega ivāmbhasaḥ .. 42..

hṛṣṭaḥ kathaya visrabdho yāvadāropyate dhanuḥ .
sṛṣṭaśca hi mayā bāṇo nirastaś ca ripustava .. 43..

evamuktastu sugrīvaḥ kākutsthena mahātmanā .
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe caturbhiḥ saha vānaraiḥ .. 44..

tataḥ prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ sugrīvo lakṣmaṇāgraje .
vairasya kāraṇaṃ tattvamākhyātumupacakrame .. 45..

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