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sarga - 16

sabale sāgaraṃ tīrṇe rāme daśarathātmaje .
amātyau rāvaṇaḥ śrīmānabravīcchukasāraṇau .. 1..

samagraṃ sāgaraṃ tīrṇaṃ dustaraṃ vānaraṃ balam .
abhūtapūrvaṃ rāmeṇa sāgare setubandhanam .. 2..

sāgare setubandhaṃ tu na śraddadhyāṃ kathaṃ cana .
avaśyaṃ cāpi saṅkhyeyaṃ tanmayā vānaraṃ balam .. 3..

bhavantau vānaraṃ sainyaṃ praviśyānupalakṣitau .
parimāṇaṃ ca vīryaṃ ca ye ca mukhyāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .. 4..

mantriṇo ye ca rāmasya sugrīvasya ca saṃmatāḥ .
ye pūrvamabhivartante ye ca śūrāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .. 5..

sa ca seturyathā baddhaḥ sāgare salilārṇave .
niveśaśca yathā teṣāṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahātmanām .. 6..

rāmasya vyavasāyaṃ ca vīryaṃ praharaṇāni ca .
lakṣmaṇasya ca vīrasya tattvato jñātumarhatha .. 7..

kaśca senāpatisteṣāṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām .
etajjñātvā yathātattvaṃ śīghramagantumarhathaḥ .. 8..

iti pratisamādiṣṭau rākṣasau śukasāraṇau .
harirūpadharau vīrau praviṣṭau vānaraṃ balam .. 9..

tatastadvānaraṃ sainyamacintyaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .
saṅkhyātuṃ nādhyagacchetāṃ tadā tau śukasāraṇau .. 10..

tatsthitaṃ parvatāgreṣu nirdareṣu guhāsu ca .
samudrasya ca tīreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca .. 11..

taramāṇaṃ ca tīrṇaṃ ca tartukāmaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ .
niviṣṭaṃ niviśaccaiva bhīmanādaṃ mahābalam .. 12..

tau dadarśa mahātejāḥ pracchannau ca vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
ācacakṣe.atha rāmāya gṛhītvā śukasāraṇau .
laṅkāyāḥ samanuprāptau cārau parapurañjayau .. 13..

tau dṛṣṭvā vyathitau rāmaṃ nirāśau jīvite tadā .
kṛtāñjalipuṭau bhītau vacanaṃ cedamūcatuḥ .. 14..

āvāmihāgatau saumya rāvaṇaprahitāvubhau .
parijñātuṃ balaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tavedaṃ raghunandana .. 15..

tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .
abravītprahasanvākyaṃ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ .. 16..

yadi dṛṣṭaṃ balaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vayaṃ vā susamīkṣitāḥ .
yathoktaṃ vā kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ chandataḥ pratigamyatām .. 17..

praviśya nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ bhavadbhyāṃ dhanadānujaḥ .
vaktavyo rakṣasāṃ rājā yathoktaṃ vacanaṃ mama .. 18..

yadbalaṃ ca samāśritya sītāṃ me hṛtavānasi .
taddarśaya yathākāmaṃ sasainyaḥ sahabāndhavaḥ .. 19..

śvaḥkāle nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ saprākārāṃ satoraṇām .
rākṣasaṃ ca balaṃ paśya śarairvidhvaṃsitaṃ mayā .. 20..

ghoraṃ roṣamahaṃ mokṣye balaṃ dhāraya rāvaṇa .
śvaḥkāle vajravānvajraṃ dānaveṣviva vāsavaḥ .. 21..

iti pratisamādiṣṭau rākṣasau śukasāraṇau .
āgamya nagarīṃ laṅkāmabrūtāṃ rākṣasādhipam .. 22..

vibhīṣaṇagṛhītau tu vadhārhau rākṣaseśvara .
dṛṣṭvā dharmātmanā muktau rāmeṇāmitatejasā .. 23..

ekasthānagatā yatra catvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ .
lokapālopamāḥ śūrāḥ kṛtāstrā dṛḍhavikramāḥ .. 24..

rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmā.Nllakṣmaṇaśca vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
sugrīvaśca mahātejā mahendrasamavikramaḥ .. 25..

ete śaktāḥ purīṃ laṅkāṃ saprākārāṃ satoraṇām .
utpāṭya saṅkrāmayituṃ sarve tiṣṭhantu vānarāḥ .. 26..

yādṛśaṃ tasya rāmasya rūpaṃ praharaṇāni ca .
vadhiṣyati purīṃ laṅkāmekastiṣṭhantu te trayaḥ .. 27..

rāmalakṣmaṇaguptā sā sugrīveṇa ca vāhinī .
babhūva durdharṣatarā sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 28..

prahṛṣṭarūpā dhvajinī vanaukasāṃ
mahātmanāṃ samprati yoddhumicchatām .
alaṃ virodhena śamo vidhīyatāṃ
pradīyatāṃ dāśarathāya maithilī .. 29..




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