.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - sundarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 16

tathā viprekṣamāṇasya vanaṃ puṣpitapādapam .
vicinvataśca vaidehīṃ kiṃ ciccheṣā niśābhavat .. 1..

ṣaḍaṅgavedaviduṣāṃ kratupravarayājinām .
śuśrāva brahmaghoṣāṃśca virātre brahmarakṣasām .. 2..

atha maṅgalavāditraiḥ śabdaiḥ śrotramanoharaiḥ .
prābodhyata mahābāhurdaśagrīvo mahābalaḥ .. 3..

vibudhya tu yathākālaṃ rākṣasendraḥ pratāvapān .
srastamālyāmbaradharo vaidehīm anvacintayat .. 4..

bhṛśaṃ niyuktastasyāṃ ca madanena madotkaṭaḥ .
na sa taṃ rākṣasaḥ kāmaṃ śaśākātmani gūhitum .. 5..

sa sarvābharaṇairyukto bibhracchriyamanuttamām .
tāṃ nagairvividhairjuṣṭāṃ sarvapuṣpaphalopagaiḥ .. 6..

vṛtāṃ puṣkariṇībhiśca nānāpuṣpopaśobhitām .
sadāmadaiśca vihagairvicitrāṃ paramādbhutām .. 7..

īhāmṛgaiśca vividhaiśvṛtāṃ dṛṣṭimanoharaiḥ .
vīthīḥ samprekṣamāṇaśca maṇikāñcanatoraṇāḥ .. 8..

nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇāṃ phalaiḥ prapatitairvṛtām .
aśokavanikāmeva prāviśatsantatadrumām .. 9..

aṅganāśatamātraṃ tu taṃ vrajantamanuvrajat .
mahendramiva paulastyaṃ devagandharvayoṣitaḥ .. 10..

dīpikāḥ kāñcanīḥ kāścijjagṛhustatra yoṣitaḥ .
bālavyajanahastāśca tālavṛntāni cāparāḥ .. 11..

kāñcanairapi bhṛṅgārairjahruḥ salilamagrataḥ .
maṇḍalāgrānasīṃścaiva gṛhyānyāḥ pṛṣṭhato yayuḥ .. 12..

kā cidratnamayīṃ pātrīṃ pūrṇāṃ pānasya bhāminī .
dakṣiṇā dakṣiṇenaiva tadā jagrāha pāṇinā .. 13..

rājahaṃsapratīkāśaṃ chatraṃ pūrṇaśaśiprabham .
sauvarṇadaṇḍamaparā gṛhītvā pṛṣṭhato yayau .. 14..

nidrāmadaparītākṣyo rāvaṇasyottamastriyaḥ .
anujagmuḥ patiṃ vīraṃ ghanaṃ vidyullatā iva .. 15..

tataḥ kāñcīninādaṃ ca nūpurāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanam .
śuśrāva paramastrīṇāṃ sa kapirmārutātmajaḥ .. 16..

taṃ cāpratimakarmāṇamacintyabalapauruṣam .
dvāradeśamanuprāptaṃ dadarśa hanumānkapiḥ .. 17..

dīpikābhiranekābhiḥ samantādavabhāsitam .
gandhatailāvasiktābhirdhriyamāṇābhiragrataḥ .. 18..

kāmadarpamadairyuktaṃ jihmatāmrāyatekṣaṇam .
samakṣamiva kandarpamapaviddha śarāsanam .. 19..

mathitāmṛtaphenābhamarajo vastramuttamam .
salīlamanukarṣantaṃ vimuktaṃ saktamaṅgade .. 20..

taṃ patraviṭape līnaḥ patrapuṣpaghanāvṛtaḥ .
samīpamupasaṅkrāntaṃ nidhyātumupacakrame .. 21..

avekṣamāṇaśca tato dadarśa kapikuñjaraḥ .
rūpayauvanasampannā rāvaṇasya varastriyaḥ .. 22..

tābhiḥ parivṛto rājā surūpābhirmahāyaśāḥ .
tanmṛgadvijasaṅghuṣṭaṃ praviṣṭaḥ pramadāvanam .. 23..

kṣībo vicitrābharaṇaḥ śaṅkukarṇo mahābalaḥ .
tena viśravasaḥ putraḥ sa dṛṣṭo rākṣasādhipaḥ .. 24..

vṛtaḥ paramanārībhistārābhiriva candramāḥ .
taṃ dadarśa mahātejāstejovantaṃ mahākapiḥ .. 25..

rāvaṇo.ayaṃ mahābāhuriti sañcintya vānaraḥ .
avapluto mahātejā hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ .. 26..

sa tathāpyugratejāḥ sannirdhūtastasya tejasā .
patraguhyāntare sakto hanūmānsaṃvṛto.abhavat .. 27..

sa tāmasitakeśāntāṃ suśroṇīṃ saṃhatastanīm .
didṛkṣurasitāpāṅgīmupāvartata rāvaṇaḥ .. 28..




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