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sarga - 15

tataḥ kumudaṣaṇḍābho nirmalaṃ nirmalaḥ svayam .
prajagāma nabhaścandro haṃso nīlamivodakam .. 1..

sācivyamiva kurvansa prabhayā nirmalaprabhaḥ .
candramā raśmibhiḥ śītaiḥ siṣeve pavanātmajam .. 2..

sa dadarśa tataḥ sītāṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām .
śokabhārairiva nyastāṃ bhārairnāvamivāmbhasi .. 3..

didṛkṣamāṇo vaidehīṃ hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ .
sa dadarśāvidūrasthā rākṣasīrghoradarśanāḥ .. 4..

ekākṣīmekakarṇāṃ ca karṇaprāvaraṇāṃ tathā .
akarṇāṃ śaṅkukarṇāṃ ca mastakocchvāsanāsikām .. 5..

atikāyottamāṅgīṃ ca tanudīrghaśirodharām .
dhvastakeśīṃ tathākeśīṃ keśakambaladhāriṇīm .. 6..

lambakarṇalalāṭāṃ ca lambodarapayodharām .
lambauṣṭhīṃ cibukauṣṭhīṃ ca lambāsyāṃ lambajānukām .. 7..

hrasvāṃ dīrghāṃ ca kubjāṃ ca vikaṭāṃ vāmanāṃ tathā .
karālāṃ bhugnavastrāṃ ca piṅgākṣīṃ vikṛtānanām .. 8..

vikṛtāḥ piṅgalāḥ kālīḥ krodhanāḥ kalahapriyāḥ .
kālāyasamahāśūlakūṭamudgaradhāriṇīḥ .. 9..

varāhamṛgaśārdūlamahiṣājaśivā mukhāḥ .
gajoṣṭrahayapādāśca nikhātaśiraso.aparāḥ .. 10..

ekahastaikapādāśca kharakarṇyaśvakarṇikāḥ .
gokarṇīrhastikarṇīśca harikarṇīstathāparāḥ .. 11..

anāsā atināsāśca tiryannāsā vināsikāḥ .
gajasaṃnibhanāsāśca lalāṭocchvāsanāsikāḥ .. 12..

hastipādā mahāpādā gopādāḥ pādacūlikāḥ .
atimātraśirogrīvā atimātrakucodarīḥ .. 13..

atimātrāsya netrāśca dīrghajihvānakhāstathā .
ajāmukhīrhastimukhīrgomukhīḥ sūkarīmukhīḥ .. 14..

hayoṣṭrakharavaktrāśca rākṣasīrghoradarśanāḥ .
śūlamudgarahastāśca krodhanāḥ kalahapriyāḥ .. 15..

karālā dhūmrakeśīśca rakṣasīrvikṛtānanāḥ .
pibantīḥ satataṃ pānaṃ sadā māṃsasurāpriyāḥ .. 16..

māṃsaśoṇitadigdhāṅgīrmāṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ .
tā dadarśa kapiśreṣṭho romaharṣaṇadarśanāḥ .. 17..

skandhavantamupāsīnāḥ parivārya vanaspatim .
tasyādhastācca tāṃ devīṃ rājaputrīmaninditām .. 18..

lakṣayāmāsa lakṣmīvānhanūmāñjanakātmajām .
niṣprabhāṃ śokasantaptāṃ malasaṅkulamūrdhajām .. 19..

kṣīṇapuṇyāṃ cyutāṃ bhūmau tārāṃ nipatitām iva .
cāritrya vyapadeśāḍhyāṃ bhartṛdarśanadurgatām .. 20..

bhūṣaṇairuttamairhīnāṃ bhartṛvātsalyabhūṣitām .
rākṣasādhipasaṃruddhāṃ bandhubhiśca vinākṛtām .. 21..

viyūthāṃ siṃhasaṃruddhāṃ baddhāṃ gajavadhūm iva .
candralekhāṃ payodānte śāradābhrairivāvṛtām .. 22..

kliṣṭarūpāmasaṃsparśādayuktāmiva vallakīm .
sītāṃ bhartṛhite yuktāmayuktāṃ rakṣasāṃ vaśe .. 23..

aśokavanikāmadhye śokasāgaramāplutām .
tābhiḥ parivṛtāṃ tatra sagrahāmiva rohiṇīm .. 24..

dadarśa hanumāndevīṃ latāmakusumām iva .
sā malena ca digdhāṅgī vapuṣā cāpyalaṅkṛtā .. 25..

mṛṇālī paṅkadighdeva vibhāti ca na bhāti ca .
malinena tu vastreṇa parikliṣṭena bhāminīm .. 26..

saṃvṛtāṃ mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ dadarśa hanumānkapiḥ .
tāṃ devīṃ dīnavadanāmadīnāṃ bhartṛtejasā .. 27..

rakṣitāṃ svena śīlena sītāmasitalocanām .
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā hanumānsītāṃ mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇām .. 28..

mṛgakanyāmiva trastāṃ vīkṣamāṇāṃ samantataḥ .
dahantīmiva niḥśvāsairvṛkṣānpallavadhāriṇaḥ .. 29..

saṅghātamiva śokānāṃ duḥkhasyormimivotthitām .
tāṃ kṣāmāṃ suvibhaktāṅgīṃ vinābharaṇaśobhinīm .. 30..

praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe mārutiḥ prekṣya maithilīm .
harṣajāni ca so.aśrūṇi tāṃ dṛṣṭvā madirekṣaṇām .. 31..

mumoca hanumāṃstatra namaścakre ca rāghavam .
namaskṛtvā ca rāmāya lakṣmaṇāya ca vīryavān .. 32..

sītādarśanasaṃhṛṣṭo hanūmānsaṃvṛto.abhavat .. 33..




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