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sarga - 19

sāraṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam .
balamālokayansarvaṃ śuko vākyamathābravīt .. 1..

sthitānpaśyasi yānetānmattāniva mahādvipān .
nyagrodhāniva gāṅgeyānsālānhaimavatīniva .. 2..

ete duṣprasahā rājanbalinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .
daityadānavasaṅkāśā yuddhe devaparākramāḥ .. 3..

eṣāṃ koṭisahasrāṇi nava pañcaca sapta ca .
tathā śaṅkhasahasrāṇi tathā vṛndaśatāni ca .. 4..

ete sugrīvasacivāḥ kiṣkindhānilayāḥ sadā .
harayo devagandharvairutpannāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .. 5..

yau tau paśyasi tiṣṭhantau kumārau devarūpiṇau .
maindaśca dvividaścobhau tābhyāṃ nāsti samo yudhi .. 6..

brahmaṇā samanujñātāvamṛtaprāśināvubhau .
āśaṃsete yudhā laṅkāmetau marditumojasā .. 7..

yāvetāvetayoḥ pārśve sthitau parvatasaṃnibhau .
sumukho vimukhaścaiva mṛtyuputrau pituḥ samau .. 8..

yaṃ tu paśyasi tiṣṭhantaṃ prabhinnamiva kuñjaram .
yo balātkṣobhayetkruddhaḥ samudramapi vānaraḥ .. 9..

eṣo.abhigantā laṅkāyā vaidehyāstava ca prabho .
enaṃ paśya purā dṛṣṭaṃ vānaraṃ punarāgatam .. 10..

jyeṣṭhaḥ kesariṇaḥ putro vātātmaja iti śrutaḥ .
hanūmāniti vikhyāto laṅghito yena sāgaraḥ .. 11..

kāmarūpī hariśreṣṭho balarūpasamanvitaḥ .
anivāryagatiścaiva yathā satatagaḥ prabhuḥ .. 12..

udyantaṃ bhāskaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bālaḥ kila pipāsitaḥ .
triyojanasahasraṃ tu adhvānamavatīrya hi .. 13..

ādityamāhariṣyāmi na me kṣutpratiyāsyati .
iti sañcintya manasā puraiṣa baladarpitaḥ .. 14..

anādhṛṣyatamaṃ devamapi devarṣidānavaiḥ .
anāsādyaiva patito bhāskarodayane girau .. 15..

patitasya kaperasya hanurekā śilātale .
kiṃ cidbhinnā dṛḍhahanorhanūmāneṣa tena vai .. 16..

satyamāgamayogena mamaiṣa vidito hariḥ .
nāsya śakyaṃ balaṃ rūpaṃ prabhāvo vānubhāṣitum .. 17..

eṣa āśaṃsate laṅkāmeko marditumojasā .
yaścaiṣo.anantaraḥ śūraḥ śyāmaḥ padmanibhekṣaṇaḥ .. 18..

ikṣvākūṇāmatiratho loke vikhyāta pauruṣaḥ .
yasminna calate dharmo yo dharmaṃ nātivartate .. 19..

yo brāhmamastraṃ vedāṃśca veda vedavidāṃ varaḥ .
yo bhindyādgaganaṃ bāṇaiḥ parvatāṃścāpi dārayet .. 20..

yasya mṛtyoriva krodhaḥ śakrasyeva parākramaḥ .
sa eṣa rāmastvāṃ yoddhuṃ rājansamabhivartate .. 21..

yaścaiṣa dakṣiṇe pārśve śuddhajāmbūnadaprabhaḥ .
viśālavakṣāstāmrākṣo nīlakuñcitamūrdhajaḥ .. 22..

eṣo.asya lakṣmaṇo nāma bhrātā prāṇasamaḥ priyaḥ .
naye yuddhe ca kuśalaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ .. 23..

amarṣī durjayo jetā vikrānto buddhimānbalī .
rāmasya dakṣiṇo bāhurnityaṃ prāṇo bahiścaraḥ .. 24..

na hyeṣa rāghavasyārthe jīvitaṃ parirakṣati .
eṣaivāśaṃsate yuddhe nihantuṃ sarvarākṣasān .. 25..

yastu savyamasau pakṣaṃ rāmasyāśritya tiṣṭhati .
rakṣogaṇaparikṣipto rājā hyeṣa vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 26..

śrīmatā rājarājena laṅkāyāmabhiṣecitaḥ .
tvāmeva pratisaṃrabdho yuddhāyaiṣo.abhivartate .. 27..

yaṃ tu paśyasi tiṣṭhantaṃ madhye girimivācalam .
sarvaśākhāmṛgendrāṇāṃ bhartāramaparājitam .. 28..

tejasā yaśasā buddhyā jñānenābhijanena ca .
yaḥ kapīnati babhrāja himavāniva parvatān .. 29..

kiṣkindhāṃ yaḥ samadhyāste guhāṃ sagahanadrumām .
durgāṃ parvatadurgasthāṃ pradhānaiḥ saha yūthapaiḥ .. 30..

yasyaiṣā kāñcanī mālā śobhate śatapuṣkarā .
kāntā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ yasyāṃ lakṣmīḥ pratiṣṭhitā .. 31..

etāṃ ca mālāṃ tārāṃ ca kapirājyaṃ ca śāśvatam .
sugrīvo vālinaṃ hatvā rāmeṇa pratipāditaḥ .. 32..

evaṃ koṭisahasreṇa śaṅkūnāṃ ca śatena ca .
sugrīvo vānarendrastvāṃ yuddhārthamabhivartate .. 33..

imāṃ mahārājasamīkṣya vāhinīm
upasthitāṃ prajvalitagrahopamām .
tataḥ prayatnaḥ paramo vidhīyatāṃ
yathā jayaḥ syānna paraiḥ parājayaḥ .. 34..

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