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sarga - 13

rāghaveṇābhaye datte saṃnato rāvaṇānujaḥ .
khātpapātāvaniṃ hṛṣṭo bhaktairanucaraiḥ saha .. 1..

sa tu rāmasya dharmātmā nipapāta vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
pādayoḥ śaraṇānveṣī caturbhiḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ .. 2..

abravīcca tadā rāmaṃ vākyaṃ tatra vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
dharmayuktaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca sāmprataṃ sampraharṣaṇam .. 3..

anujo rāvaṇasyāhaṃ tena cāsmyavamānitaḥ .
bhavantaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ .. 4..

parityaktā mayā laṅkā mitrāṇi ca dhanāni ca .
bhavadgataṃ me rājyaṃ ca jīvitaṃ ca sukhāni ca .. 5..

rākṣasānāṃ vadhe sāhyaṃ laṅkāyāśca pradharṣaṇe .
kariṣyāmi yathāprāṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi ca vāhinīm .. 6..

iti bruvāṇaṃ rāmastu pariṣvajya vibhīṣaṇam .
abravīllakṣmaṇaṃ prītaḥ samudrājjalamānaya .. 7..

tena cemaṃ mahāprājñamabhiṣiñca vibhīṣaṇam .
rājānaṃ rakṣasāṃ kṣipraṃ prasanne mayi mānada .. 8..

evamuktastu saumitrirabhyaṣiñcadvibhīṣaṇam .
madhye vānaramukhyānāṃ rājānaṃ rāmaśāsanāt .. 9..

taṃ prasādaṃ tu rāmasya dṛṣṭvā sadyaḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .
pracukruśurmahānādānsādhu sādhviti cābruvan .. 10..

abravīcca hanūmāṃśca sugrīvaśca vibhīṣaṇam .
kathaṃ sāgaramakṣobhyaṃ tarāma varuṇālayam .. 11..

upāyairabhigacchāmo yathā nadanadīpatim .
tarāma tarasā sarve sasainyā varuṇālayam .. 12..

evamuktastu dharmajñaḥ pratyuvāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
samudraṃ rāghavo rājā śaraṇaṃ gantumarhati .. 13..

khānitaḥ sagareṇāyamaprameyo mahodadhiḥ .
kartumarhati rāmasya jñāteḥ kāryaṃ mahodadhiḥ .. 14..

evaṃ vibhīṣaṇenokte rākṣasena vipaścitā .
prakṛtyā dharmaśīlasya rāghavasyāpyarocata .. 15..

sa lakṣmaṇaṃ mahātejāḥ sugrīvaṃ ca harīśvaram .
satkriyārthaṃ kriyādakṣaḥ smitapūrvamuvāca ha .. 16..

vibhīṣaṇasya mantro.ayaṃ mama lakṣmaṇa rocate .
brūhi tvaṃ sahasugrīvastavāpi yadi rocate .. 17..

sugrīvaḥ paṇḍito nityaṃ bhavānmantravicakṣaṇaḥ .
ubhābhyāṃ sampradhāryāryaṃ rocate yattaducyatām .. 18..

evamuktau tu tau vīrāvubhau sugrīvalakṣmaṇau .
samudācāra saṃyuktamidaṃ vacanamūcatuḥ .. 19..

kimarthaṃ no naravyāghra na rociṣyati rāghava .
vibhīṣaṇena yattūktamasminkāle sukhāvaham .. 20..

abaddhvā sāgare setuṃ ghore.asminvaruṇālaye .
laṅkā nāsādituṃ śakyā sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 21..

vibhīṣaṇasya śūrasya yathārthaṃ kriyatāṃ vacaḥ .
alaṃ kālātyayaṃ kṛtvā samudro.ayaṃ niyujyatām .. 22..

evamuktaḥ kuśāstīrṇe tīre nadanadīpateḥ .
saṃviveśa tadā rāmo vedyāmiva hutāśanaḥ .. 23..




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