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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 33
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tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā vākyaṃ tac chrutvā romaharṣaṇam
sacivān abhyanujñāya kāryaṃ buddhvā jagāma ha
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tat kāryam anugamyātha yathāvad upalabhya ca
doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca saṃpradhārya balābalam
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iti kartavyam ity eva kṛtvā niścayam ātmanaḥ
sthirabuddhis tato ramyāṃ yānaśālāṃ jagāma ha
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yānaśālāṃ tato gatvā pracchannaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
sūtaṃ saṃcodayām āsa rathaḥ saṃyujyatām iti
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evam uktaḥ kṣaṇenaiva sārathir laghuvikramaḥ
rathaṃ saṃyojayām āsa tasyābhimatam uttamam
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kāñcanaṃ ratham āsthāya kāmagaṃ ratnabhūṣitam
piśācavadanair yuktaṃ kharaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ
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meghapratimanādena sa tena dhanadānujaḥ
rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmān yayau nadanadīpatim
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sa śvetabālavyasanaḥ śvetacchatro daśānanaḥ
snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśas taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaḥ
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daśāsyo viṃśatibhujo darśanīya paricchadaḥ
tridaśārir munīndraghno daśaśīrṣa ivādrirāṭ
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kāmagaṃ ratham āsthāya śuśubhe rākṣasādhipaḥ
vidyunmaṇḍalavān meghaḥ sabalāka ivāmbare
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saśailaṃ sāgarānūpaṃ vīryavān avalokayan
nānāpuṣpaphalair vṛkṣair anukīrṇaṃ sahasraśaḥ
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śītamaṅgalatoyābhiḥ padminībhiḥ samantataḥ
viśālair āśramapadair vedimadbhiḥ samāvṛtam
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kadaly āḍhakisaṃbādhaṃ nālikeropaśobhitam
sālais tālais tamālaiś ca tarubhiś ca supuṣpitaiḥ
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atyantaniyatāhāraiḥ śobhitaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ
nāgaiḥ suparṇair gandharvaiḥ kiṃnaraiś ca sahasraśaḥ
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jitakāmaiś ca siddhaiś ca cāmaṇaiś copaśobhitam
ājair vaikhānasair māṣair vālakhilyair marīcipaiḥ
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divyābharaṇamālyābhir divyarūpābhir āvṛtam
krīḍā ratividhijñābhir apsarobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ
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sevitaṃ devapatnībhiḥ śrīmatībhiḥ śriyā vṛtam
devadānavasaṃghaiś ca caritaṃ tv amṛtāśibhiḥ
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haṃsakrauñcaplavākīrṇaṃ sārasaiḥ saṃpraṇāditam
vaidūryaprastaraṃ ramyaṃ snigdhaṃ sāgaratejasā
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pāṇḍurāṇi viśālāni divyamālyayutāni ca
tūryagītābhijuṣṭāni vimānāni samantataḥ
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tapasā jitalokānāṃ kāmagāny abhisaṃpatan
gandharvāpsarasaś caiva dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ
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niryāsarasamūlānāṃ candanānāṃ sahasraśaḥ
vanāni paśyan saumyāni ghrāṇatṛptikarāṇi ca
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agarūṇāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vanāny upavanāni ca
takkolānāṃ ca jātyānāṃ phalānāṃ ca sugandhinām
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puṣpāṇi ca tamālasya gulmāni maricasya ca
muktānāṃ ca samūhāni śuṣyamāṇāni tīrataḥ
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śaṅkhānāṃ prastaraṃ caiva pravālanicayaṃ tathā
kāñcanāni ca śailāni rājatāni ca sarvaśaḥ
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prasravāṇi manojñāni prasannāni hradāni ca
dhanadhānyopapannāni strīratnair āvṛtāni ca
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hastyaśvarathagāḍhāni nagarāṇy avalokayan
taṃ samaṃ sarvataḥ snigdhaṃ mṛdusaṃsparśamārutam
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anūpaṃ sindhurājasya dadarśa tridivopamam
tatrāpaśyat sa meghābhaṃ nyagrodham ṛṣibhir vṛtam
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samantād yasya tāḥ śākhāḥ śatayojanam āyatāḥ
yasya hastinam ādāya mahākāyaṃ ca kaccapam
bhakṣārthaṃ garuḍaḥ śākhām ājagāma mahābalaḥ
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tasya tāṃ sahasā śākhāṃ bhāreṇa patagottamaḥ
suparṇaḥ parṇabahulāṃ babhañjātha mahābalaḥ
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tatra vaikhānasā māṣā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ
ajā babhūvur dhūmrāś ca saṃgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ
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teṣāṃ dayārthaṃ garuḍas tāṃ śākhāṃ śatayojanām
jagāmādāya vegena tau cobhau gajakacchapau
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ekapādena dharmātmā bhakṣayitvā tad āmiṣam
niṣādaviṣayaṃ hatvā śākhayā patagottamaḥ
praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe mokṣayitvā mahāmunīn
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sa tenaiva praharṣeṇa dviguṇīkṛtavikramaḥ
amṛtānayanārthaṃ vai cakāra matimān matim
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ayojālāni nirmathya bhittvā ratnagṛhaṃ varam
mahendrabhavanād guptam ājahārāmṛtaṃ tataḥ
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taṃ maharṣigaṇair juṣṭaṃ suparṇakṛtalakṣaṇam
nāmnā subhadraṃ nyagrodhaṃ dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ
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taṃ tu gatvā paraṃ pāraṃ samudrasya nadīpateḥ
dadarśāśramam ekānte puṇye ramye vanāntare
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tatra kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ jaṭāvalkaladhāriṇam
dadarśa niyatāhāraṃ mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasaṃ
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sa rāvaṇaḥ samāgamya vidhivat tena rakṣasā
tataḥ paścād idaṃ vākyam abravīd vākyakovidaḥ
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