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kṛtvaivamudakaṃ tasmai prasthitau rāghavau tadā .
avekṣantau vane sītāṃ paścimāṃ jagmaturdiśam .. 1..

tāṃ diśaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ gatvā śaracāpāsidhāriṇau .
aviprahatamaikṣvākau panthānaṃ pratipedatuḥ .. 2..

gulmairvṛkṣaiśca bahubhirlatābhiśca praveṣṭitam .
āvṛtaṃ sarvato durgaṃ gahanaṃ ghoradarśanam .. 3..

vyatikramya tu vegena gṛhītvā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam .
subhīmaṃ tanmahāraṇyaṃ vyatiyātau mahābalau .. 4..

tataḥ paraṃ janasthānāttrikrośaṃ gamya rāghavau .
krauñcāraṇyaṃ viviśaturgahanaṃ tau mahaujasau .. 5..

nānāmeghaghanaprakhyaṃ prahṛṣṭamiva sarvataḥ .
nānāvarṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpairmṛgapakṣigaṇairyutam .. 6..

didṛkṣamāṇau vaidehīṃ tadvanaṃ tau vicikyatuḥ .
tatra tatrāvatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau .. 7..

lakṣmaṇastu mahātejāḥ sattvavāñśīlavāñśuciḥ .
abravītprāñjalirvākyaṃ bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ .. 8..

spandate me dṛḍhaṃ bāhurudvignamiva me manaḥ .
prāyaśaścāpyaniṣṭāni nimittānyupalakṣaye .. 9..

tasmātsajjībhavārya tvaṃ kuruṣva vacanaṃ hitam .
mamaiva hi nimittāni sadyaḥ śaṃsanti sambhramam .. 10..

eṣa vañculako nāma pakṣī paramadāruṇaḥ .
āvayorvijayaṃ yuddhe śaṃsanniva vinardati .. 11..

tayoranveṣatorevaṃ sarvaṃ tadvanamojasā .
sañjajñe vipulaḥ śabdaḥ prabhañjanniva tadvanam .. 12..

saṃveṣṭitamivātyarthaṃ gahanaṃ mātariśvanā .
vanasya tasya śabdo.abhūddivamāpūrayanniva .. 13..

taṃ śabdaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇastu rāmaḥ kakṣe sahānujaḥ .
dadarśa sumahākāyaṃ rākṣasaṃ vipulorasaṃ .. 14..

āsedatustatastatra tāvubhau pramukhe sthitam .
vivṛddhamaśirogrīvaṃ kabandhamudare mukham .. 15..

romabhirnicitaistīkṣṇairmahāgirimivocchritam .
nīlameghanibhaṃ raudraṃ meghastanitaniḥsvanam .. 16..

mahāpakṣmeṇa piṅgena vipulenāyatena ca .
ekenorasi ghoreṇa nayanenāśudarśinā .. 17..

mahādaṃṣṭropapannaṃ taṃ lelihānaṃ mahāmukham .
bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorānṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān .. 18..

ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇamubhau yojanamāyatau .
karābhyāṃ vividhāngṛhya ṛṣkānpakṣigaṇānmṛgān .. 19..

ākarṣantaṃ vikarṣantamanekānmṛgayūthapān .
sthitamāvṛtya panthānaṃ tayorbhrātroḥ prapannayoḥ .. 20..

atha tau samatikramya krośamātre dadarśatuḥ .
mahāntaṃ dāruṇaṃ bhīmaṃ kabandhaṃ bhujasaṃvṛtam .. 21..

sa mahābāhuratyarthaṃ prasārya vipulau bhujau .
jagrāha sahitāveva rāghavau pīḍayanbalāt .. 22..

khaḍginau dṛḍhadhanvānau tigmatejau mahābhujau .
bhrātarau vivaśaṃ prāptau kṛṣyamāṇau mahābalau .. 23..

tāvuvāca mahābāhuḥ kabandho dānavottamaḥ .
kau yuvāṃ vṛṣabhaskandhau mahākhaḍgadhanurdharau .. 24..

ghoraṃ deśamimaṃ prāptau mama bhakṣāvupasthitau .
vadataṃ kāryamiha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām .. 25..

imaṃ deśamanuprāptau kṣudhārtasyeha tiṣṭhataḥ .
sabāṇacāpakhaḍgau ca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāvivarṣabhau .
mamāsyamanusamprāptau durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ punaḥ .. 26..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kabandhasya durātmanaḥ .
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā .. 27..

kṛcchrātkṛcchrataraṃ prāpya dāruṇaṃ satyavikrama .
vyasanaṃ jīvitāntāya prāptamaprāpya tāṃ priyām .. 28..

kālasya sumahadvīryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa .
tvāṃ ca māṃ ca naravyāghra vyasanaiḥ paśya mohitau .
nātibhāro.asti daivasya sarvabhuteṣu lakṣmaṇa .. 29..

śūrāśca balavantaśca kṛtāstrāśca raṇājire .
kālābhipannāḥ sīdanti yathā vālukasetavaḥ .. 30..

iti bruvāṇo dṛḍhasatyavikramo
mahāyaśā dāśarathiḥ pratāpavān .
avekṣya saumitrimudagravikramaṃ
sthirāṃ tadā svāṃ matimātmanākarot .. 31..

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