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tatra divyopamaṃ mukhyaṃ sphāṭikaṃ ratnabhūṣitam .
avekṣamāṇo hanumāndadarśa śayanāsanam .. 1..

tasya caikatame deśe so.agryamālyavibhūṣitam .
dadarśa pāṇḍuraṃ chatraṃ tārādhipatisaṃnibham .. 2..

bālavyajanahastābhirvījyamānaṃ samantataḥ .
gandhaiśca vividhairjuṣṭaṃ varadhūpena dhūpitam .. 3..

paramāstaraṇāstīrṇamāvikājinasaṃvṛtam .
dāmabhirvaramālyānāṃ samantādupaśobhitam .. 4..

tasmiñjīmūtasaṅkāśaṃ pradīptottamakuṇḍalam .
lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhuṃ mahārajatavāsasaṃ .. 5..

lohitenānuliptāṅgaṃ candanena sugandhinā .
sandhyāraktamivākāśe toyadaṃ sataḍidguṇam .. 6..

vṛtamābharaṇairdivyaiḥ surūpaṃ kāmarūpiṇam .
savṛkṣavanagulmāḍhyaṃ prasuptamiva mandaram .. 7..

krīḍitvoparataṃ rātrau varābharaṇabhūṣitam .
priyaṃ rākṣasakanyānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ sukhāvaham .. 8..

pītvāpyuparataṃ cāpi dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ .
bhāskare śayane vīraṃ prasuptaṃ rākṣasādhipam .. 9..

niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ rāvaṇaṃ vānarottamaḥ .
āsādya paramodvignaḥ so.apāsarpatsubhītavat .. 10..

athārohaṇamāsādya vedikāntaramāśritaḥ .
suptaṃ rākṣasaśārdūlaṃ prekṣate sma mahākapiḥ .. 11..

śuśubhe rākṣasendrasya svapataḥ śayanottamam .
gandhahastini saṃviṣṭe yathāprasravaṇaṃ mahat .. 12..

kāñcanāṅgadanaddhau ca dadarśa sa mahātmanaḥ .
vikṣiptau rākṣasendrasya bhujāvindradhvajopamau .. 13..

airāvataviṣāṇāgrairāpīḍitakṛtavraṇau .
vajrollikhitapīnāṃsau viṣṇucakraparikṣitau .. 14..

pīnau samasujātāṃsau saṅgatau balasaṃyutau .
sulakṣaṇa nakhāṅguṣṭhau svaṅgulītalalakṣitau .. 15..

saṃhatau parighākārau vṛttau karikaropamau .
vikṣiptau śayane śubhre pañcaśīrṣāvivoragau .. 16..

śaśakṣatajakalpena suśītena sugandhinā .
candanena parārdhyena svanuliptau svalaṅkṛtau .. 17..

uttamastrīvimṛditau gandhottamaniṣevitau .
yakṣapannagagandharvadevadānavarāviṇau .. 18..

dadarśa sa kapistasya bāhū śayanasaṃsthitau .
mandarasyāntare suptau mahārhī ruṣitāviva .. 19..

tābhyāṃ sa paripūrṇābhyāṃ bhujābhyāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
śuśubhe.acalasaṅkāśaḥ śṛṅgābhyāmiva mandaraḥ .. 20..

cūtapuṃnāgasurabhirbakulottamasaṃyutaḥ .
mṛṣṭānnarasasaṃyuktaḥ pānagandhapuraḥsaraḥ .. 21..

tasya rākṣasasiṃhasya niścakrāma mukhānmahān .
śayānasya viniḥśvāsaḥ pūrayanniva tadgṛham .. 22..

muktāmaṇivicitreṇa kāñcanena virājatā .
mukuṭenāpavṛttena kuṇḍalojjvalitānanam .. 23..

raktacandanadigdhena tathā hāreṇa śobhitā .
pīnāyataviśālena vakṣasābhivirājitam .. 24..

pāṇḍureṇāpaviddhena kṣaumeṇa kṣatajekṣaṇam .
mahārheṇa susaṃvītaṃ pītenottamavāsasā .. 25..

māṣarāśipratīkāśaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ bhujaṅgavat .
gāṅge mahati toyānte prasutamiva kuñjaram .. 26..

caturbhiḥ kāñcanairdīpairdīpyamānaiścaturdiśam .
prakāśīkṛtasarvāṅgaṃ meghaṃ vidyudgaṇairiva .. 27..

pādamūlagatāścāpi dadarśa sumahātmanaḥ .
patnīḥ sa priyabhāryasya tasya rakṣaḥpatergṛhe .. 28..

śaśiprakāśavadanā varakuṇḍalabhūṣitāḥ .
amlānamālyābharaṇā dadarśa hariyūthapaḥ .. 29..

nṛttavāditrakuśalā rākṣasendrabhujāṅkagāḥ .
varābharaṇadhāriṇyo niṣannā dadṛśe kapiḥ .. 30..

vajravaidūryagarbhāṇi śravaṇānteṣu yoṣitām .
dadarśa tāpanīyāni kuṇḍalānyaṅgadāni ca .. 31..

tāsāṃ candropamairvaktraiḥ śubhairlalitakuṇḍalaiḥ .
virarāja vimānaṃ tannabhastārāgaṇairiva .. 32..

madavyāyāmakhinnāstā rākṣasendrasya yoṣitaḥ .
teṣu teṣvavakāśeṣu prasuptāstanumadhyamāḥ .. 33..

kā cidvīṇāṃ pariṣvajya prasuptā samprakāśate .
mahānadīprakīrṇeva nalinī potamāśritā .. 34..

anyā kakṣagatenaiva maḍḍukenāsitekṣaṇā .
prasuptā bhāminī bhāti bālaputreva vatsalā .. 35..

paṭahaṃ cārusarvāṅgī pīḍya śete śubhastanī .
cirasya ramaṇaṃ labdhvā pariṣvajyeva kāminī .. 36..

kā cidaṃśaṃ pariṣvajya suptā kamalalocanā .
nidrāvaśamanuprāptā sahakānteva bhāminī .. 37..

anyā kanakasaṅkāśairmṛdupīnairmanoramaiḥ .
mṛdaṅgaṃ paripīḍyāṅgaiḥ prasuptā mattalocanā .. 38..

bhujapārśvāntarasthena kakṣageṇa kṛśodarī .
paṇavena sahānindyā suptā madakṛtaśramā .. 39..

ḍiṇḍimaṃ parigṛhyānyā tathaivāsaktaḍiṇḍimā .
prasuptā taruṇaṃ vatsamupagūhyeva bhāminī .. 40..

kā cidāḍambaraṃ nārī bhujasambhogapīḍitam .
kṛtvā kamalapatrākṣī prasuptā madamohitā .. 41..

kalaśīmapaviddhyānyā prasuptā bhāti bhāminī .
vasante puṣpaśabalā māleva parimārjitā .. 42..

pāṇibhyāṃ ca kucau kā citsuvarṇakalaśopamau .
upagūhyābalā suptā nidrābalaparājitā .. 43..

anyā kamalapatrākṣī pūrṇendusadṛśānanā .
anyāmāliṅgya suśroṇī prasuptā madavihvalā .. 44..

ātodyāni vicitrāṇi pariṣvajya varastriyaḥ .
nipīḍya ca kucaiḥ suptāḥ kāminyaḥ kāmukāniva .. 45..

tāsāmekāntavinyaste śayānāṃ śayane śubhe .
dadarśa rūpasampannāmaparāṃ sa kapiḥ striyam .. 46..

muktāmaṇisamāyuktairbhūṣaṇaiḥ suvibhūṣitām .
vibhūṣayantīmiva ca svaśriyā bhavanottamam .. 47..

gaurīṃ kanakavarṇābhāmiṣṭāmantaḥpureśvarīm .
kapirmandodarīṃ tatra śayānāṃ cārurūpiṇīm .. 48..

sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābāhurbhūṣitāṃ mārutātmajaḥ .
tarkayāmāsa sīteti rūpayauvanasampadā .
harṣeṇa mahatā yukto nananda hariyūthapaḥ .. 49..

āśpoṭayāmāsa cucumba pucchaṃ
nananda cikrīḍa jagau jagāma .
stambhānarohannipapāta bhūmau
nidarśayansvāṃ prakṛtiṃ kapīnām .. 50..

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