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sarga - 17

tadvacaḥ pathyamaklībaṃ sāraṇenābhibhāṣitam .
niśamya rāvaṇo rājā pratyabhāṣata sāraṇam .. 1..

yadi māmabhiyuñjīrandevagandharvadānavāḥ .
naiva sītāṃ pradāsyāmi sarvalokabhayādapi .. 2..

tvaṃ tu saumya paritrasto haribhirnirjito bhṛśam .
pratipradānamadyaiva sītāyāḥ sādhu manyase .
ko hi nāma sapatno māṃ samare jetumarhati .. 3..

ityuktvā paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
āruroha tataḥ śrīmānprāsādaṃ himapāṇḍuram .
bahutālasamutsedhaṃ rāvaṇo.atha didṛkṣayā .. 4..

tābhyāṃ carābhyāṃ sahito rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ .
paśyamānaḥ samudraṃ ca parvatāṃśca vanāni ca .
dadarśa pṛthivīdeśaṃ susampūrṇaṃ plavaṅgamaiḥ .. 5..

tadapāramasaṅkhyeyaṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahadbalam .
ālokya rāvaṇo rājā paripapraccha sāraṇam .. 6..

eṣāṃ vānaramukhyānāṃ ke śūrāḥ ke mahābalāḥ .
ke pūrvamabhivartante mahotsāhāḥ samantataḥ .. 7..

keṣāṃ śṛṇoti sugrīvaḥ ke vā yūthapayūthapāḥ .
sāraṇācakṣva me sarvaṃ ke pradhānāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ .. 8..

sāraṇo rākṣasendrasya vacanaṃ paripṛcchataḥ .
ācacakṣe.atha mukhyajño mukhyāṃstāṃstu vanaukasaḥ .. 9..

eṣa yo.abhimukho laṅkāṃ nardaṃstiṣṭhati vānaraḥ .
yūthapānāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ śatena parivāritaḥ .. 10..

yasya ghoṣeṇa mahatā saprākārā satoraṇā .
laṅkā pravepate sarvā saśailavanakānanā .. 11..

sarvaśākhāmṛgendrasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ .
balāgre tiṣṭhate vīro nīlo nāmaiṣa yūthapaḥ .. 12..

bāhū pragṛhya yaḥ padbhyāṃ mahīṃ gacchati vīryavān .
laṅkāmabhimukhaḥ kopādabhīkṣṇaṃ ca vijṛmbhate .. 13..

giriśṛṅgapratīkāśaḥ padmakiñjalkasaṃnibhaḥ .
sphoṭayatyabhisaṃrabdho lāṅgūlaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ .. 14..

yasya lāṅgūlaśabdena svanantīva diśo daśa .
eṣa vānararājena surgrīveṇābhiṣecitaḥ .
yauvarājye.aṅgado nāma tvāmāhvayati saṃyuge .. 15..

ye tu viṣṭabhya gātrāṇi kṣveḍayanti nadanti ca .
utthāya ca vijṛmbhante krodhena haripuṅgavāḥ .. 16..

ete duṣprasahā ghorāścaṇḍāścaṇḍaparākramāḥ .
aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi daśakoṭiśatāni ca .. 17..

ya enamanugacchanti vīrāścandanavāsinaḥ .
eṣa āśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum .. 18..

śveto rajatasaṅkāśaḥ sabalo bhīmavikramaḥ .
buddhimānvānaraḥ śūrastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ .. 19..

tūrṇaṃ sugrīvamāgamya punargacchati vānaraḥ .
vibhajanvānarīṃ senāmanīkāni praharṣayan .. 20..

yaḥ purā gomatītīre ramyaṃ paryeti parvatam .
nāmnā saṅkocano nāma nānānagayuto giriḥ .. 21..

tatra rājyaṃ praśāstyeṣa kumudo nāma yūthapaḥ .
yo.asau śatasahasrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ parikarṣati .. 22..

yasya vālā bahuvyāmā dīrghalāṅgūlamāśritāḥ .
tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ prakīrṇā ghorakarmaṇaḥ .. 23..

adīno roṣaṇaścaṇḍaḥ saṅgrāmamabhikāṅkṣati .
eṣaivāśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum .. 24..

yastveṣa siṃhasaṅkāśaḥ kapilo dīrghakesaraḥ .
nibhṛtaḥ prekṣate laṅkāṃ didhakṣanniva cakṣuṣā .. 25..

vindhyaṃ kṛṣṇagiriṃ sahyaṃ parvataṃ ca sudarśanam .
rājansatatamadhyāste rambho nāmaiṣa yūthapaḥ .. 26..

śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ triṃśacca hariyūthapāḥ .
parivāryānugacchanti laṅkāṃ marditumojasā .. 27..

yastu karṇau vivṛṇute jṛmbhate ca punaḥ punaḥ .
na ca saṃvijate mṛtyorna ca yūthādvidhāvati .. 28..

mahābalo vītabhayo ramyaṃ sālveya parvatam .
rājansatatamadhyāste śarabho nāma yūthapaḥ .. 29..

etasya balinaḥ sarve vihārā nāma yūthapāḥ .
rājañśatasahasrāṇi catvāriṃśattathaiva ca .. 30..

yastu megha ivākāśaṃ mahānāvṛtya tiṣṭhati .
madhye vānaravīrāṇāṃ surāṇāmiva vāsavaḥ .. 31..

bherīṇāmiva saṃnādo yasyaiṣa śrūyate mahān .
ghoraḥ śākhāmṛgendrāṇāṃ saṅgrāmamabhikāṅkṣatām .. 32..

eṣa parvatamadhyāste pāriyātramanuttamam .
yuddhe duṣprasaho nityaṃ panaso nāma yūthapaḥ .. 33..

enaṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ śatārdhaṃ paryupāsate .
yūthapā yūthapaśreṣṭhaṃ yeṣāṃ yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ .. 34..

yastu bhīmāṃ pravalgantīṃ camūṃ tiṣṭhati śobhayan .
sthitāṃ tīre samudrasya dvitīya iva sāgaraḥ .. 35..

eṣa dardarasaṅkāśo vinato nāma yūthapaḥ .
pibaṃścarati parṇāśāṃ nadīnāmuttamāṃ nadīm .. 36..

ṣaṣṭiḥ śatasahasrāṇi balamasya plavaṅgamāḥ .
tvāmāhvayati yuddhāya krathano nāma yūthapaḥ .. 37..

yastu gairikavarṇābhaṃ vapuḥ puṣyati vānaraḥ .
gavayo nāma tejasvī tvāṃ krodhādabhivartate .. 38..

enaṃ śatasahasrāṇi saptatiḥ paryupāsate .
eṣa āśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum .. 39..

ete duṣprasahā ghorā balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .
yūthapā yūthapaśreṣṭhā yeṣāṃ saṅkhyā na vidyate .. 40..




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