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sarga - 61

tato mūrdhnā nipatitaṃ vānaraṃ vānararṣabhaḥ .
dṛṣṭvaivodvignahṛdayo vākyametaduvāca ha .. 1..

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kasmāttvaṃ pādayoḥ patito mama .
abhayaṃ te bhavedvīra satyamevābhidhīyatām .. 2..

sa tu viśvāsitastena sugrīveṇa mahātmanā .
utthāya ca mahāprājño vākyaṃ dadhimukho.abravīt .. 3..

naivarkṣarajasā rājanna tvayā nāpi vālinā .
vanaṃ nisṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hi bhakṣitaṃ tattu vānaraiḥ .. 4..

ebhiḥ pradharṣitāścaiva vāritā vanarakṣibhiḥ .
madhūnyacintayitvemānbhakṣayanti pibanti ca .. 5..

śiṣṭamatrāpavidhyanti bhakṣayanti tathāpare .
nivāryamāṇāste sarve bhruvau vai darśayanti hi .. 6..

ime hi saṃrabdhatarāstathā taiḥ sampradharṣitāḥ .
vārayanto vanāttasmātkruddhairvānarapuṅgavaiḥ .. 7..

tatastairbahubhirvīrairvānarairvānararṣabhāḥ .
saṃraktanayanaiḥ krodhāddharayaḥ sampracālitāḥ .. 8..

pāṇibhirnihatāḥ ke citke cijjānubhirāhatāḥ .
prakṛṣṭāśca yathākāmaṃ devamārgaṃ ca darśitāḥ .. 9..

evamete hatāḥ śūrāstvayi tiṣṭhati bhartari .
kṛtsnaṃ madhuvanaṃ caiva prakāmaṃ taiḥ prabhakṣyate .. 10..

evaṃ vijñāpyamānaṃ tu sugrīvaṃ vānararṣabham .
apṛcchattaṃ mahāprājño lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā .. 11..

kimayaṃ vānaro rājanvanapaḥ pratyupasthitaḥ .
kaṃ cārthamabhinirdiśya duḥkhito vākyamabravīt .. 12..

evamuktastu sugrīvo lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā .
lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .. 13..

ārya lakṣmaṇa samprāha vīro dadhimukhaḥ kapiḥ .
aṅgadapramukhairvīrairbhakṣitaṃ madhuvānaraiḥ .. 14..

naiṣāmakṛtakṛtyānāmīdṛśaḥ syādupakramaḥ .
vanaṃ yathābhipannaṃ taiḥ sādhitaṃ karma vānaraiḥ .. 15..

dṛṣṭā devī na sandeho na cānyena hanūmatā .
na hyanyaḥ sādhane hetuḥ karmaṇo.asya hanūmataḥ .. 16..

kāryasiddhirhanumati matiśca haripuṅgava .
vyavasāyaśca vīryaṃ ca śrutaṃ cāpi pratiṣṭhitam .. 17..

jāmbavānyatra netā syādaṅgadasya baleśvaraḥ .
hanūmāṃścāpyadhiṣṭhātā na tasya gatiranyathā .. 18..

aṅgadapramukhairvīrairhataṃ madhuvanaṃ kila .
vicintya dakṣiṇāmāśāmāgatairharipuṅgavaiḥ .. 19..

āgataiśca praviṣṭaṃ tadyathā madhuvanaṃ hi taiḥ .
dharṣitaṃ ca vanaṃ kṛtsnamupayuktaṃ ca vānaraiḥ .
vāritāḥ sahitāḥ pālāstathā jānubhirāhatāḥ .. 20..

etadarthamayaṃ prāpto vaktuṃ madhuravāgiha .
nāmnā dadhimukho nāma hariḥ prakhyātavikramaḥ .. 21..

dṛṣṭā sītā mahābāho saumitre paśya tattvataḥ .
abhigamya yathā sarve pibanti madhu vānarāḥ .. 22..

na cāpyadṛṣṭvā vaidehīṃ viśrutāḥ puruṣarṣabha .
vanaṃ dātta varaṃ divyaṃ dharṣayeyurvanaukasaḥ .. 23..

tataḥ prahṛṣṭo dharmātmā lakṣmaṇaḥ saharāghavaḥ .
śrutvā karṇasukhāṃ vāṇīṃ sugrīvavadanāccyutām .. 24..

prāhṛṣyata bhṛśaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaśca mahāyaśāḥ .
śrutvā dadhimukhasyedaṃ sugrīvastu prahṛṣya ca .
vanapālaṃ punarvākyaṃ sugrīvaḥ pratyabhāṣata .. 25..

prīto.asmi saumya yadbhuktaṃ vanaṃ taiḥ kṛtakarmabhiḥ .
marṣitaṃ marṣaṇīyaṃ ca ceṣṭitaṃ kṛtakarmaṇām .. 26..

icchāmi śīghraṃ hanumatpradhānān
śākhāmṛgāṃstānmṛgarājadarpān .
draṣṭuṃ kṛtārthānsaha rāghavābhyāṃ
śrotuṃ ca sītādhigame prayatnam .. 27..




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