.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - yuddhakāṇḍa ..

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śrutvā hanumato vākyaṃ yathāvadabhibhāṣitam .
rāmaḥ prītisamāyukto vākyamuttaramabravīt .. 1..

kṛtaṃ hanumatā kāryaṃ sumahadbhuvi duṣkaram .
manasāpi yadanyena na śakyaṃ dharaṇītale .. 2..

na hi taṃ paripaśyāmi yastareta mahārṇavam .
anyatra garuṇādvāyoranyatra ca hanūmataḥ .. 3..

devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām .
apradhṛṣyāṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ rāvaṇena surakṣitām .. 4..

praviṣṭaḥ sattvamāśritya jīvanko nāma niṣkramet .
ko viśetsudurādharṣāṃ rākṣasaiśca surakṣitām .
yo vīryabalasampanno na samaḥ syāddhanūmataḥ .. 5..

bhṛtyakāryaṃ hanumatā sugrīvasya kṛtaṃ mahat .
evaṃ vidhāya svabalaṃ sadṛśaṃ vikramasya ca .. 6..

yo hi bhṛtyo niyuktaḥ sanbhartrā karmaṇi duṣkare .
kuryāttadanurāgeṇa tamāhuḥ puruṣottamam .. 7..

niyukto nṛpateḥ kāryaṃ na kuryādyaḥ samāhitaḥ .
bhṛtyo yuktaḥ samarthaśca tamāhuḥ puruṣādhamam .. 8..

tanniyoge niyuktena kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ hanūmatā .
na cātmā laghutāṃ nītaḥ sugrīvaścāpi toṣitaḥ .. 9..

ahaṃ ca raghuvaṃśaśca lakṣmaṇaśca mahābalaḥ .
vaidehyā darśanenādya dharmataḥ parirakṣitāḥ .. 10..

idaṃ tu mama dīnasyā mano bhūyaḥ prakarṣati .
yadihāsya priyākhyāturna kurmi sadṛśaṃ priyam .. 11..

eṣa sarvasvabhūtastu pariṣvaṅgo hanūmataḥ .
mayā kālamimaṃ prāpya dattastasya mahātmanaḥ .. 12..

sarvathā sukṛtaṃ tāvatsītāyāḥ parimārgaṇam .
sāgaraṃ tu samāsādya punarnaṣṭaṃ mano mama .. 13..

kathaṃ nāma samudrasya duṣpārasya mahāmbhasaḥ .
harayo dakṣiṇaṃ pāraṃ gamiṣyanti samāhitāḥ .. 14..

yadyapyeṣa tu vṛttānto vaidehyā gadito mama .
samudrapāragamane harīṇāṃ kimivottaram .. 15..

ityuktvā śokasambhrānto rāmaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ .
hanūmantaṃ mahābāhustato dhyānamupāgamat .. 16..




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