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sarga - 36

tato dyāṃ pṛthivīṃ caiva vīkṣamāṇā vanaukasaḥ .
dadṛśuḥ santatau bāṇairbhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 1..

vṛṣṭvevoparate deve kṛtakarmaṇi rākṣase .
ājagāmātha taṃ deśaṃ sasugrīvo vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 2..

nīladvividamaindāśca suṣeṇasumukhāṅgadāḥ .
tūrṇaṃ hanumatā sārdhamanvaśocanta rāghavau .. 3..

niśceṣṭau mandaniḥśvāsau śoṇitaughapariplutau .
śarajālācitau stabdhau śayānau śaratalpayoḥ .. 4..

niḥśvasantau yathā sarpau niśceṣṭau mandavikramau .
rudhirasrāvadigdhāṅgau tāpanīyāviva dhvajau .. 5..

tau vīraśayane vīrau śayānau mandaceṣṭitau .
yūthapaistaiḥ parivṛtau bāṣpavyākulalocanaiḥ .. 6..

rāghavau patitau dṛṣṭvā śarajālasamāvṛtau .
babhūvurvyathitāḥ sarve vānarāḥ savibhīṣaṇāḥ .. 7..

antarikṣaṃ nirīkṣanto diśaḥ sarvāśca vānarāḥ .
na cainaṃ māyayā channaṃ dadṛśū rāvaṇiṃ raṇe .. 8..

taṃ tu māyāpraticchinnaṃ māyayaiva vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
vīkṣamāṇo dadarśātha bhrātuḥ putramavasthitam .. 9..

tamapratima karmāṇamapratidvandvamāhave .
dadarśāntarhitaṃ vīraṃ varadānādvibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 10..

indrajittvātmanaḥ karma tau śayānau samīkṣya ca .
uvāca paramaprīto harṣayansarvanairṛtān .. 11..

dūṣaṇasya ca hantārau kharasya ca mahābalau .
sāditau māmakairbāṇairbhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 12..

nemau mokṣayituṃ śakyāvetasmādiṣubandhanāt .
sarvairapi samāgamya sarṣisaṅghaiḥ surāsuraiḥ .. 13..

yatkṛte cintayānasya śokārtasya piturmama .
aspṛṣṭvā śayanaṃ gātraistriyāmā yāti śarvatī .. 14..

kṛtsneyaṃ yatkṛte laṅkā nadī varṣāsvivākulā .
so.ayaṃ mūlaharo.anarthaḥ sarveṣāṃ nihato mayā .. 15..

rāmasya lakṣmaṇasyaiva sarveṣāṃ ca vanaukasām .
vikramā niṣphalāḥ sarve yathā śaradi toyadāḥ .. 16..

evamuktvā tu tānsarvānrākṣasānparipārśvagān .
yūthapānapi tānsarvāṃstāḍayāmāsa rāvaṇiḥ .. 17..

tānardayitvā bāṇaughaistrāsayitvā ca vānarān .
prajahāsa mahābāhurvacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 18..

śarabandhena ghoreṇa mayā baddhau camūmukhe .
sahitau bhrātarāvetau niśāmayata rākṣasāḥ .. 19..

evamuktāstu te sarve rākṣasāḥ kūṭayodhinaḥ .
paraṃ vismayamājagmuḥ karmaṇā tena toṣitāḥ .. 20..

vineduśca mahānādānsarve te jaladopamāḥ .
hato rāma iti jñātvā rāvaṇiṃ samapūjayan .. 21..

niṣpandau tu tadā dṛṣṭvā tāvubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
vasudhāyāṃ nirucchvāsau hatāvityanvamanyata .. 22..

harṣeṇa tu samāviṣṭa indrajitsamitiñjayaḥ .
praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ harṣayansarvanairṛtān .. 23..

rāmalakṣmaṇayordṛṣṭvā śarīre sāyakaiś cite .
sarvāṇi cāṅgopāṅgāni sugrīvaṃ bhayamāviśat .. 24..

tamuvāca paritrastaṃ vānarendraṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
sabāṣpavadanaṃ dīnaṃ śokavyākulalocanam .. 25..

alaṃ trāsena sugrīva bāṣpavego nigṛhyatām .
evaṃ prāyāṇi yuddhāni vijayo nāsti naiṣṭhikaḥ .. 26..

saśeṣabhāgyatāsmākaṃ yadi vīra bhaviṣyati .
mohametau prahāsyete bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 27..

paryavasthāpayātmānamanāthaṃ māṃ ca vānara .
satyadharmānuraktānāṃ nāsti mṛtyukṛtaṃ bhayam .. 28..

evamuktvā tatastasya jalaklinnena pāṇinā .
sugrīvasya śubhe netre pramamārja vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 29..

pramṛjya vadanaṃ tasya kapirājasya dhīmataḥ .
abravītkālasamprātamasambhrāntamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 30..

na kālaḥ kapirājendra vaiklavyamanuvartitum .
atisneho.apyakāle.asminmaraṇāyopapadyate .. 31..

tasmādutsṛjya vaiklavyaṃ sarvakāryavināśanam .
hitaṃ rāmapurogāṇāṃ sainyānāmanucintyatām .. 32..

atha vā rakṣyatāṃ rāmo yāvatsaṃjñā viparyayaḥ .
labdhasaṃjñau tu kākutsthau bhayaṃ no vyapaneṣyataḥ .. 33..

naitatkiṃ cana rāmasya na ca rāmo mumūrṣati .
na hyenaṃ hāsyate lakṣmīrdurlabhā yā gatāyuṣām .. 34..

tasmādāśvāsayātmānaṃ balaṃ cāśvāsaya svakam .
yāvatsarvāṇi sainyāni punaḥ saṃsthāpayāmyaham .. 35..

ete hyutphullanayanāstrāsādāgatasādhvasāḥ .
karṇe karṇe prakathitā harayo haripuṅgava .. 36..

māṃ tu dṛṣṭvā pradhāvantamanīkaṃ sampraharṣitum .
tyajantu harayastrāsaṃ bhuktapūrvām iva srajam .. 37..

samāśvāsya tu sugrīvaṃ rākṣasendro vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
vidrutaṃ vānarānīkaṃ tatsamāśvāsayatpunaḥ .. 38..

indrajittu mahāmāyaḥ sarvasainyasamāvṛtaḥ .
viveśa nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ pitaraṃ cābhyupāgamat .. 39..

tatra rāvaṇamāsīnamabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ .
ācacakṣe priyaṃ pitre nihatau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 40..

utpapāta tato hṛṣṭaḥ putraṃ ca pariṣasvaje .
rāvaṇo rakṣasāṃ madhye śrutvā śatrū nipātitau .. 41..

upāghrāya sa mūrdhnyenaṃ papraccha prītamānasaḥ .
pṛcchate ca yathāvṛttaṃ pitre sarvaṃ nyavedayat .. 42..

sa harṣavegānugatāntarātmā
śrutvā vacastasya mahārathasya .
jahau jvaraṃ dāśaratheḥ samutthitaṃ
prahṛṣya vācābhinananda putram .. 43..




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