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sarga - 39

ghoreṇa śarabandhena baddhau daśarathātmajau .
niśvasantau yathā nāgau śayānau rudhirokṣitau .. 1..

sarve te vānaraśreṣṭhāḥ sasugrīvā mahābalāḥ .
parivārya mahātmānau tasthuḥ śokapariplutāḥ .. 2..

etasminnantere rāmaḥ pratyabudhyata vīryavān .
sthiratvātsattvayogācca śaraiḥ sandānito.api san .. 3..

tato dṛṣṭvā sarudhiraṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ gāḍhamarpitam .
bhrātaraṃ dīnavadanaṃ paryadevayadāturaḥ .. 4..

kiṃ nu me sītayā kāryaṃ kiṃ kāryaṃ jīvitena vā .
śayānaṃ yo.adya paśyāmi bhrātaraṃ yudhi nirjitam .. 5..

śakyā sītā samā nārī prāptuṃ loke vicinvatā .
na lakṣmaṇasamo bhrātā sacivaḥ sāmparāyikaḥ .. 6..

parityakṣyāmyahaṃ prāṇānvānarāṇāṃ tu paśyatām .
yadi pañcatvamāpannaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ .. 7..

kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi kausalyāṃ mātaraṃ kiṃ nu kaikayīm .
kathamambāṃ sumitrāñca putradarśanalālasām .. 8..

vivatsāṃ vepamānāṃ ca krośantīṃ kurarīm iva .
kathamāśvāsayiṣyāmi yadi yāsyāmi taṃ vinā .. 9..

kathaṃ vakṣyāmi śatrughnaṃ bharataṃ ca yaśasvinam .
mayā saha vanaṃ yāto vinā tenāgataḥ punaḥ .. 10..

upālambhaṃ na śakṣyāmi soḍhuṃ bata sumitrayā .
ihaiva dehaṃ tyakṣyāmi na hi jīvitumutsahe .. 11..

dhiṅmāṃ duṣkṛtakarmāṇamanāryaṃ yatkṛte hyasau .
lakṣmaṇaḥ patitaḥ śete śaratalpe gatāsuvat .. 12..

tvaṃ nityaṃ suviṣaṇṇaṃ māmāśvāsayasi lakṣmaṇa .
gatāsurnādya śaknoṣi māmārtamabhibhāṣitum .. 13..

yenādya bahavo yuddhe rākṣasā nihatāḥ kṣitau .
tasyāmeva kṣitau vīraḥ sa śete nihataḥ paraiḥ .. 14..

śayānaḥ śaratalpe.asminsvaśoṇitapariplutaḥ .
śarajālaiścito bhāti bhāskaro.astamiva vrajan .. 15..

bāṇābhihatamarmatvānna śaknotyabhivīkṣitum .
rujā cābruvato hyasya dṛṣṭirāgeṇa sūcyate .. 16..

yathaiva māṃ vanaṃ yāntamanuyāto mahādyutiḥ .
ahamapyanuyāsyāmi tathaivainaṃ yamakṣayam .. 17..

iṣṭabandhujano nityaṃ māṃ ca nityamanuvrataḥ .
imāmadya gato.avasthāṃ mamānāryasya durnayaiḥ .. 18..

suruṣṭenāpi vīreṇa lakṣmaṇenā na saṃsmare .
paruṣaṃ vipriyaṃ vāpi śrāvitaṃ na kadā cana .. 19..

visasarjaikavegena pañcabāṇaśatāni yaḥ .
iṣvastreṣvadhikastasmātkārtavīryācca lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 20..

astrairastrāṇi yo hanyācchakrasyāpi mahātmanaḥ .
so.ayamurvyāṃhataḥ śete mahārhaśayanocitaḥ .. 21..

tacca mithyā pralaptaṃ māṃ pradhakṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .
yanmayā na kṛto rājā rākṣasānāṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 22..

asminmuhūrte sugrīva pratiyātumito.arhasi .
matvā hīnaṃ mayā rājanrāvaṇo.abhidravedbalī .. 23..

aṅgadaṃ tu puraskṛtya sasainyaḥ sasuhṛjjanaḥ .
sāgaraṃ tara sugrīva punastenaiva setunā .. 24..

kṛtaṃ hanumatā kāryaṃ yadanyairduṣkaraṃ raṇe .
ṛkṣarājena tuṣyāmi golāṅgūlādhipena ca .. 25..

aṅgadena kṛtaṃ karma maindena dvividena ca .
yuddhaṃ kesariṇā saṅkhye ghoraṃ sampātinā kṛtam .. 26..

gavayena gavākṣeṇa śarabheṇa gajena ca .
anyaiśca haribhiryuddhaṃ madārthe tyaktajīvitaiḥ .. 27..

na cātikramituṃ śakyaṃ daivaṃ sugrīva mānuṣaiḥ .
yattu śakyaṃ vayasyena suhṛdā vā parantapa .
kṛtaṃ sugrīva tatsarvaṃ bhavatādharmabhīruṇā .. 28..

mitrakāryaṃ kṛtamidaṃ bhavadbhirvānararṣabhāḥ .
anujñātā mayā sarve yatheṣṭaṃ gantumarhatha .. 29..

śuśruvustasya te sarve vānarāḥ paridevitam .
vartayāṃ cakruraśrūṇi netraiḥ kṛṣṇetarekṣaṇāḥ .. 30..

tataḥ sarvāṇyanīkāni sthāpayitvā vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
ājagāma gadāpāṇistvarito yatra rāghavaḥ .. 31..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaritaṃ yāntaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam .
vānarā dudruvuḥ sarve manyamānāstu rāvaṇim .. 32..

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