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sarga - 89

sa dattvā tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ .
visṛjaneva bāṇaughānsuṣeṇaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 1..

eṣa rāvaṇavegena lakṣmaṇaḥ patitaḥ kṣitau .
sarpavadveṣṭate vīro mama śokamudīrayan .. 2..

śoṇitārdramimaṃ vīraṃ prāṇairiṣṭataraṃ mama .
paśyato mama kā śaktiryoddhuṃ paryākulātmanaḥ .. 3..

ayaṃ sa samaraślāghī bhrātā me śubhalakṣaṇaḥ .
yadi pañcatvamāpannaḥ prāṇairme kiṃ sukhena vā .. 4..

lajjatīva hi me vīryaṃ bhraśyatīva karāddhanuḥ .
sāyakā vyavasīdanti dṛṣṭirbāṣpavaśaṃ gatā .
cintā me vardhate tīvrā mumūrṣā copajāyate .. 5..

bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena durātmanā .
paraṃ viṣādamāpanno vilalāpākulendriyaḥ .. 6..

na hi yuddhena me kāryaṃ naiva prāṇairna sītayā .
bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaṃ raṇapāṃsuṣu .. 7..

kiṃ me rājyena kiṃ prāṇairyuddhe kāryaṃ na vidyate .
yatrāyaṃ nihataḥ śete raṇamūrdhani lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 8..

rāmamāśvāsayanvīraḥ suṣeṇo vākyamabravīt .
na mṛto.ayaṃ mahābāhurlakṣmaṇo lakṣmivardhanaḥ .. 9..

na cāsya vikṛtaṃ vaktraṃ nāpi śyāmaṃ na niṣprabham .
suprabhaṃ ca prasannaṃ ca mukhamasyābhilakṣyate .. 10..

padmaraktatalau hastau suprasanne ca locane .
evaṃ na vidyate rūpaṃ gatāsūnāṃ viśāṃ pate .
māṃ viṣādaṃ kṛtvā vīra saprāṇo.ayamarindama .. 11..

ākhyāsyate prasuptasya srastagātrasya bhūtale .
socchvāsaṃ hṛdayaṃ vīra kampamānaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. 12..

evamuktvā tu vākyajñaḥ suṣeṇo rāghavaṃ vacaḥ .
samīpasthamuvācedaṃ hanūmantamabhitvaran .. 13..

saumya śīghramito gatvā śailamoṣadhiparvatam .
pūrvaṃ hi kathito yo.asau vīra jāmbavatā śubhaḥ .. 14..

dakṣiṇe śikhare tasya jātāmoṣadhimānaya .
viśalyakaraṇī nāma viśalyakaraṇīṃ śubhām .. 15..

sauvarṇakaraṇīṃ cāpi tathā sañjīvanīm api .
sandhānakaraṇīṃ cāpi gatvā śīghramihānaya .
sañjīvanārthaṃ vīrasya lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ .. 16..

ityevamukto hanumāngatvā cauṣadhiparvatam .
cintāmabhyagamacchrīmānajānaṃstā mahauṣadhīḥ .. 17..

tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā māruteramitaujasaḥ .
idameva gamiṣyāmi gṛhītvā śikharaṃ gireḥ .. 18..

agṛhya yadi gacchāmi viśalyakaraṇīm aham .
kālātyayena doṣaḥ syādvaiklavyaṃ ca mahadbhavet .. 19..

iti sañcintya hanumāngatvā kṣipraṃ mahābalaḥ .
utpapāta gṛhītvā tu hanūmāñśikharaṃ gireḥ .. 20..

oṣadhīrnāvagachāmi tā ahaṃ haripuṅgava .
tadidaṃ śikharaṃ kṛtsnaṃ girestasyāhṛtaṃ mayā .. 21..

evaṃ kathayamānaṃ taṃ praśasya pavanātmajam .
suṣeṇo vānaraśreṣṭho jagrāhotpāṭya cauṣadhīḥ .. 22..

tataḥ saṅkṣodayitvā tāmoṣadhiṃ vānarottamaḥ .
lakṣmaṇasya dadau nastaḥ suṣeṇaḥ sumahādyutiḥ .. 23..

saśalyaḥ sa samāghrāya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā .
viśalyo virujaḥ śīghramudatiṣṭhanmahītalāt .. 24..

samutthitaṃ te harayo bhūtalātprekṣya lakṣmaṇam .
sādhu sādhviti suprītāḥ suṣeṇaṃ pratyapūjayan .. 25..

ehyehītyabravīdrāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ paravīrahā .
sasvaje snehagāḍhaṃ ca bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ .. 26..

abravīcca pariṣvajya saumitriṃ rāghavastadā .
diṣṭyā tvāṃ vīra paśyāmi maraṇātpunarāgatam .. 27..

na hi me jīvitenārthaḥ sītayā ca jayena vā .
ko hi me jīvitenārthastvayi pañcatvamāgate .. 28..

ityevaṃ vadatastasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ .
khinnaḥ śithilayā vācā lakṣmaṇo vākyamabravīt .. 29..

tāṃ pratijñāṃ pratijñāya purā satyaparākrama .
laghuḥ kaścidivāsattvo naivaṃ vaktumihārhasi .. 30..

na pratijñāṃ hi kurvanti vitathāṃ sādhavo.anagha .
lakṣmaṇaṃ hi mahattvasya pratijñāparipālanam .. 31..

nairāśyamupagantuṃ te tadalaṃ matkṛte.anagha .
vadhena rāvaṇasyādya pratijñāmanupālaya .. 32..

na jīvanyāsyate śatrustava bāṇapathaṃ gataḥ .
nardatastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrasya siṃhasyeva mahāgajaḥ .. 33..

ahaṃ tu vadhamicchāmi śīghramasya durātmanaḥ .
yāvadastaṃ na yātyeṣa kṛtakarmā divākaraḥ .. 34..

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