.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - sundarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 3

sa lambaśikhare lambe lambatoyadasaṃnibhe .
sattvamāsthāya medhāvī hanumānmārutātmajaḥ .. 1..

niśi laṅkāṃ mahāsattvo viveśa kapikuñjaraḥ .
ramyakānanatoyāḍhyāṃ purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām .. 2..

śāradāmbudharaprakhyairbhavanairupaśobhitām .
sāgaropamanirghoṣāṃ sāgarānilasevitām .. 3..

supuṣṭabalasaṅguptāṃ yathaiva viṭapāvatīm .
cārutoraṇaniryūhāṃ pāṇḍuradvāratoraṇām .. 4..

bhujagācaritāṃ guptāṃ śubhāṃ bhogavatīm iva .
tāṃ savidyudghanākīrṇāṃ jyotirmārganiṣevitām .. 5..

caṇḍamārutanirhrādāṃ yathendrasyāmarāvatīm .
śātakumbhena mahatā prākāreṇābhisaṃvṛtām .. 6..

kiṅkiṇījālaghoṣābhiḥ patākābhiralaṅkṛtām .
āsādya sahasā hṛṣṭaḥ prākāramabhipedivān .. 7..

vismayāviṣṭahṛdayaḥ purīmālokya sarvataḥ .
jāmbūnadamayairdvārairvaidūryakṛtavedikaiḥ .. 8..

maṇisphaṭika muktābhirmaṇikuṭṭimabhūṣitaiḥ .
taptahāṭakaniryūhai rājatāmalapāṇḍuraiḥ .. 9..

vaidūryatalasopānaiḥ sphāṭikāntarapāṃsubhiḥ .
cārusañjavanopetaiḥ khamivotpatitaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 10..

krauñcabarhiṇasaṅghuṣṭe rājahaṃsaniṣevitaiḥ .
tūryābharaṇanirghoṣaiḥ sarvataḥ pratināditām .. 11..

vasvokasārāpratimāṃ samīkṣya nagarīṃ tataḥ .
khamivotpatitāṃ laṅkāṃ jaharṣa hanumānkapiḥ .. 12..

tāṃ samīkṣya purīṃ laṅkāṃ rākṣasādhipateḥ śubhām .
anuttamāmṛddhiyutāṃ cintayāmāsa vīryavān .. 13..

neyamanyena nagarī śakyā dharṣayituṃ balāt .
rakṣitā rāvaṇabalairudyatāyudhadhāribhiḥ .. 14..

kumudāṅgadayorvāpi suṣeṇasya mahākapeḥ .
prasiddheyaṃ bhavedbhūmirmaindadvividayorapi .. 15..

vivasvatastanūjasya hareśca kuśaparvaṇaḥ .
ṛkṣasya ketumālasya mama caiva gatirbhavet .. 16..

samīkṣya tu mahābāho rāghavasya parākramam .
lakṣmaṇasya ca vikrāntamabhavatprītimānkapiḥ .. 17..

tāṃ ratnavasanopetāṃ koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsakām .
yantrāgārastanīmṛddhāṃ pramadāmiva bhūṣitām .. 18..

tāṃ naṣṭatimirāṃ dīpairbhāsvaraiśca mahāgṛhaiḥ .
nagarīṃ rākṣasendrasya dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ .. 19..

praviṣṭaḥ sattvasampanno niśāyāṃ mārutātmajaḥ .
sa mahāpathamāsthāya muktāpuṣpavirājitam .. 20..

hasitodghuṣṭaninadaistūryaghoṣa puraḥ saraiḥ .
vajrāṅkuśanikāśaiśca vajrajālavibhūṣitaiḥ .
gṛhamedhaiḥ purī ramyā babhāse dyaurivāmbudaiḥ .. 21..

prajajvāla tadā laṅkā rakṣogaṇagṛhaiḥ śubhaiḥ .
sitābhrasadṛśaiścitraiḥ padmasvastikasaṃsthitaiḥ .
vardhamānagṛhaiścāpi sarvataḥ suvibhāṣitaiḥ .. 22..

tāṃ citramālyābharaṇāṃ kapirājahitaṅkaraḥ .
rāghavārthaṃ carañśrīmāndadarśa ca nananda ca .. 23..

śuśrāva madhuraṃ gītaṃ tristhānasvarabhūṣitam .
strīṇāṃ madasamṛddhānāṃ divi cāpsarasām iva .. 24..

śuśrāva kāñcīninādaṃ nūpurāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanam .
sopānaninadāṃścaiva bhavaneṣu mahātmanam .
āsphoṭitaninādāṃśca kṣveḍitāṃśca tatastataḥ .. 25..

svādhyāya niratāṃścaiva yātudhānāndadarśa saḥ .
rāvaṇastavasaṃyuktāngarjato rākṣasānapi .. 26..

rājamārgaṃ samāvṛtya sthitaṃ rakṣobalaṃ mahat .
dadarśa madhyame gulme rākṣasasya carānbahūn .. 27..

dīkṣitāñjaṭilānmuṇḍāngo.ajināmbaravāsasaḥ .
darbhamuṣṭipraharaṇānagnikuṇḍāyudhāṃstathā .. 28..

kūṭamudgarapāṇīṃśca daṇḍāyudhadharānapi .
ekākṣānekakarṇāṃśca calallambapayodharān .. 29..

karālānbhugnavaktrāṃśca vikaṭānvāmanāṃstathā .
dhanvinaḥ khaḍginaścaiva śataghnī musalāyudhān .
parighottamahastāṃśca vicitrakavacojjvalān .. 30..

nātiṣṭhūlānnātikṛśānnātidīrghātihrasvakān .
virūpānbahurūpāṃśca surūpāṃśca suvarcasaḥ .. 31..

śaktivṛkṣāyudhāṃścaiva paṭṭiśāśanidhāriṇaḥ .
kṣepaṇīpāśahastāṃśca dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ .. 32..

sragviṇastvanuliptāṃśca varābharaṇabhūṣitān .
tīkṣṇaśūladharāṃścaiva vajriṇaśca mahābalān .. 33..

śatasāhasramavyagramārakṣaṃ madhyamaṃ kapiḥ .
prākārāvṛtamatyantaṃ dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ .. 34..

triviṣṭapanibhaṃ divyaṃ divyanādavināditam .
vājiheṣitasaṅghuṣṭaṃ nāditaṃ bhūṣaṇaistathā .. 35..

rathairyānairvimānaiśca tathā gajahayaiḥ śubhaiḥ .
vāraṇaiśca caturdantaiḥ śvetābhranicayopamaiḥ .. 36..

bhūṣitaṃ ruciradvāraṃ mattaiśca mṛgapakṣibhiḥ .
rākṣasādhipaterguptamāviveśa gṛhaṃ kapiḥ .. 37..




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