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sarga - 51

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā daśagrīvo mahābalaḥ .
deśakālahitaṃ vākyaṃ bhrāturuttamamabravīt .. 1..

samyaguktaṃ hi bhavatā dūtavadhyā vigarhitā .
avaśyaṃ tu vadhādanyaḥ kriyatāmasya nigrahaḥ .. 2..

kapīnāṃ kila lāṅgūlamiṣṭaṃ bhavati bhūṣaṇam .
tadasya dīpyatāṃ śīghraṃ tena dagdhena gacchatu .. 3..

tataḥ paśyantvimaṃ dīnamaṅgavairūpyakarśitam .
samitrā jñātayaḥ sarve bāndhavāḥ sasuhṛjjanāḥ .. 4..

ājñāpayadrākṣasendraḥ puraṃ sarvaṃ sacatvaram .
lāṅgūlena pradīptena rakṣobhiḥ pariṇīyatām .. 5..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasāḥ kopakarkaśāḥ .
veṣṭante tasya lāṅgūlaṃ jīrṇaiḥ kārpāsikaiḥ paṭaiḥ .. 6..

saṃveṣṭyamāne lāṅgūle vyavardhata mahākapiḥ .
śuṣkamindhanamāsādya vaneṣviva hutāśanaḥ .. 7..

tailena pariṣicyātha te.agniṃ tatrāvapātayan .. 8..

lāṅgūlena pradīptena rākṣasāṃstānapātayat .
roṣāmarṣaparītātmā bālasūryasamānanaḥ .. 9..

sa bhūyaḥ saṅgataiḥ krūrai rākasairharisattamaḥ .
nibaddhaḥ kṛtavānvīrastatkālasadṛśīṃ matim .. 10..

kāmaṃ khalu na me śaktā nibadhasyāpi rākṣasāḥ .
chittvā pāśānsamutpatya hanyāmahamimānpunaḥ .. 11..

sarveṣāmeva paryāpto rākṣasānāmahaṃ yudhi .
kiṃ tu rāmasya prītyarthaṃ viṣahiṣye.ahamīdṛśam .. 12..

laṅkā carayitavyā me punareva bhavediti .
rātrau na hi sudṛṣṭā me durgakarmavidhānataḥ .
avaśyameva draṣṭavyā mayā laṅkā niśākṣaye .. 13..

kāmaṃ bandhaiśca me bhūyaḥ pucchasyoddīpanena ca .
pīḍāṃ kurvantu rakṣāṃsi na me.asti manasaḥ śramaḥ .. 14..

tataste saṃvṛtākāraṃ sattvavantaṃ mahākapim .
parigṛhya yayurhṛṣṭā rākṣasāḥ kapikuñjaram .. 15..

śaṅkhabherīninādaistairghoṣayantaḥ svakarmabhiḥ .
rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmāṇaścārayanti sma tāṃ purīm .. 16..

hanumāṃścārayāmāsa rākṣasānāṃ mahāpurīm .
athāpaśyadvimānāni vicitrāṇi mahākapiḥ .. 17..

saṃvṛtānbhūmibhāgāṃśca suvibhaktāṃśca catvarān .
rathyāśca gṛhasambādhāḥ kapiḥ śṛṅgāṭakāni ca .. 18..

catvareṣu catuṣkeṣu rājamārge tathaiva ca .
ghoṣayanti kapiṃ sarve cārīka iti rākṣasāḥ .. 19..

dīpyamāne tatastasya lāṅgūlāgre hanūmataḥ .
rākṣasyastā virūpākṣyaḥ śaṃsurdevyāstadapriyam .. 20..

yastvayā kṛtasaṃvādaḥ sīte tāmramukhaḥ kapiḥ .
lāṅgūlena pradīptena sa eṣa pariṇīyate .. 21..

śrutvā tadvacanaṃ krūramātmāpaharaṇopamam .
vaidehī śokasantaptā hutāśanamupāgamat .. 22..

maṅgalābhimukhī tasya sā tadāsīnmahākapeḥ .
upatasthe viśālākṣī prayatā havyavāhanam .. 23..

yadyasti patiśuśrūṣā yadyasti caritaṃ tapaḥ .
yadi cāstyekapatnītvaṃ śīto bhava hanūmataḥ .. 24..

yadi kaścidanukrośastasya mayyasti dhīmataḥ .
yadi vā bhāgyaśeṣaṃ me śīto bhava hanūmataḥ .. 25..

yadi māṃ vṛttasampannāṃ tatsamāgamalālasām .
sa vijānāti dharmātmā śīto bhava hanūmataḥ .. 26..

yadi māṃ tārayatyāryaḥ sugrīvaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ .
asmādduḥkhānmahābāhuḥ śīto bhava hanūmataḥ .. 27..

tatastīkṣṇārciravyagraḥ pradakṣiṇaśikho.analaḥ .
jajvāla mṛgaśāvākṣyāḥ śaṃsanniva śivaṃ kapeḥ .. 28..

dahyamāne ca lāṅgūle cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ .
pradīpto.agnirayaṃ kasmānna māṃ dahati sarvataḥ .. 29..

dṛśyate ca mahājvālaḥ karoti ca na me rujam .
śiśirasyeva sampāto lāṅgūlāgre pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 30..

atha vā tadidaṃ vyaktaṃ yaddṛṣṭaṃ plavatā mayā .
rāmaprabhāvādāścaryaṃ parvataḥ saritāṃ patau .. 31..

yadi tāvatsamudrasya mainākasya ca dhīmatha .
rāmārthaṃ sambhramastādṛkkimagnirna kariṣyati .. 32..

sītāyāścānṛśaṃsyena tejasā rāghavasya ca .
pituśca mama sakhyena na māṃ dahati pāvakaḥ .. 33..

bhūyaḥ sa cintayāmāsa muhūrtaṃ kapikuñjaraḥ .
utpapātātha vegena nanāda ca mahākapiḥ .. 34..

puradvāraṃ tataḥ śrīmāñśailaśṛṅgamivonnatam .
vibhaktarakṣaḥsambādhamāsasādānilātmajaḥ .. 35..

sa bhūtvā śailasaṅkāśaḥ kṣaṇena punarātmavān .
hrasvatāṃ paramāṃ prāpto bandhanānyavaśātayat .. 36..

vimuktaścābhavacchrīmānpunaḥ parvatasaṃnibhaḥ .
vīkṣamāṇaśca dadṛśe parighaṃ toraṇāśritam .. 37..

sa taṃ gṛhya mahābāhuḥ kālāyasapariṣkṛtam .
rakṣiṇastānpunaḥ sarvānsūdayāmāsa mārutiḥ .. 38..

sa tānnihatvā raṇacaṇḍavikramaḥ
samīkṣamāṇaḥ punareva laṅkām .
pradīptalāṅgūlakṛtārcimālī
prakāśatāditya ivāṃśumālī .. 39..




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