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sarga - 15

tato madhyātsamudrasya sāgaraḥ svayamutthitaḥ .
udayanhi mahāśailānmeroriva divākaraḥ .
pannagaiḥ saha dīptāsyaiḥ samudraḥ pratyadṛśyata .. 1..

snigdhavaidūryasaṅkāśo jāmbūnadavibhūṣitaḥ .
raktamālyāmbaradharaḥ padmapatranibhekṣaṇaḥ .. 2..

sāgaraḥ samatikramya pūrvamāmantrya vīryavān .
abravītprāñjalirvākyaṃ rāghavaṃ śarapāṇinam .. 3..

pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca rāghavaḥ .
svabhāve saumya tiṣṭhanti śāśvataṃ mārgamāśritāḥ .. 4..

tatsvabhāvo mamāpyeṣa yadagādho.ahamaplavaḥ .
vikārastu bhavedrādha etatte pravadāmyaham .. 5..

na kāmānna ca lobhādvā na bhayātpārthivātmaja .
grāhanakrākulajalaṃ stambhayeyaṃ kathaṃ cana .. 6..

vidhāsye rāma yenāpi viṣahiṣye hyahaṃ tathā .
grāhā na prahariṣyanti yāvatsenā tariṣyati .. 7..

ayaṃ saumya nalo nāma tanujo viśvakarmaṇaḥ .
pitrā dattavaraḥ śrīmānpratimo viśvakarmaṇaḥ .. 8..

eṣa setuṃ mahotsāhaḥ karotu mayi vānaraḥ .
tamahaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi tathā hyeṣa yathā pitā .. 9..

evamuktvodadhirnaṣṭaḥ samutthāya nalastataḥ .
abravīdvānaraśreṣṭho vākyaṃ rāmaṃ mahābalaḥ .. 10..

ahaṃ setuṃ kariṣyāmi vistīrṇe varuṇālaye .
pituḥ sāmarthyamāsthāya tattvamāha mahodadhiḥ .. 11..

mama māturvaro datto mandare viśvakarmaṇā .
aurasastasya putro.ahaṃ sadṛśo viśvakarmaṇā .. 12..

na cāpyahamanukto vai prabrūyāmātmano guṇān .
kāmamadyaiva badhnantu setuṃ vānarapuṅgavāḥ .. 13..

tato nisṛṣṭarāmeṇa sarvato hariyūthapāḥ .
abhipeturmahāraṇyaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ .. 14..

te nagānnagasaṅkāśāḥ śākhāmṛgagaṇarṣabhāḥ .
babhañjurvānarāstatra pracakarṣuśca sāgaram .. 15..

te sālaiścāśvakarṇaiśca dhavairvaṃśaiśca vānarāḥ .
kuṭajairarjunaistālaistikalaistimiśairapi .. 16..

bilvakaiḥ saptaparṇaiśca karṇikāraiśca puṣpitaiḥ .
cūtaiścāśokavṛkṣaiśca sāgaraṃ samapūrayan .. 17..

samūlāṃśca vimūlāṃśca pādapānharisattamāḥ .
indraketūnivodyamya prajahrurharayastarūn .. 18..

prakṣipyamāṇairacalaiḥ sahasā jalamuddhatam .
samutpatitamākāśamapāsarpattatastataḥ .. 19..

daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam .
nalaścakre mahāsetuṃ madhye nadanadīpateḥ .. 20..

śilānāṃ kṣipyamāṇānāṃ śailānāṃ tatra pātyatām .
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdastadā tasminmahodadhau .. 21..

sa nalena kṛtaḥ setuḥ sāgare makarālaye .
śuśubhe subhagaḥ śrīmānsvātīpatha ivāmbare .. 22..

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ .. 23..

āplavantaḥ plavantaśca garjantaśca plavaṅgamāḥ .
tamacintyamasahyaṃ ca adbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni sāgare setubandhanam .. 24..

tāni koṭisahasrāṇi vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām .
badhnantaḥ sāgare setuṃ jagmuḥ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ .. 25..

viśālaḥ sukṛtaḥ śrīmānsubhūmiḥ susamāhitaḥ .
aśobhata mahāsetuḥ sīmanta iva sāgare .. 26..

tataḥ pare samudrasya gadāpāṇirvibhīṣaṇaḥ .
pareṣāmabhighatārthamatiṣṭhatsacivaiḥ saha .. 27..

agratastasya sainyasya śrīmānrāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ .
jagāma dhanvī dharmātmā sugrīveṇa samanvitaḥ .. 28..

anye madhyena gacchanti pārśvato.anye plavaṅgamāḥ .
salile prapatantyanye mārgamanye na lebhire .
ke cidvaihāyasa gatāḥ suparṇā iva pupluvuḥ .. 29..

ghoṣeṇa mahatā ghoṣaṃ sāgarasya samucchritam .
bhīmamantardadhe bhīmā tarantī harivāhinī .. 30..

vānarāṇāṃ hi sā tīrṇā vāhinī nala setunā .
tīre niviviśe rājñā bahumūlaphalodake .. 31..

tadadbhutaṃ rāghava karma duṣkaraṃ
samīkṣya devāḥ saha siddhacāraṇaiḥ .
upetya rāmaṃ sahitā maharṣibhiḥ
samabhyaṣiñcansuśubhairjalaiḥ pṛthak .. 32..

jayasva śatrūnnaradeva medinīṃ
sasāgarāṃ pālaya śāśvatīḥ samāḥ .
itīva rāmaṃ naradevasatkṛtaṃ
śubhairvacobhirvividhairapūjayan .. 33..

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