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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 65
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kṛtvaivam udakaṃ tasmai prasthitau rāghavau tadā
avekṣantau vane sītāṃ paścimāṃ jagmatur diśam
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tāṃ diśaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ gatvā śaracāpāsidhāriṇau
aviprahatam aikṣvākau panthānaṃ pratipedatuḥ
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gulmair vṛkṣaiś ca bahubhir latābhiś ca praveṣṭitam
āvṛtaṃ sarvato durgaṃ gahanaṃ ghoradarśanam
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vyatikramya tu vegena gṛhītvā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
subhīmaṃ tan mahāraṇyaṃ vyatiyātau mahābalau
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tataḥ paraṃ janasthānāt trikrośaṃ gamya rāghavau
krauñcāraṇyaṃ viviśatur gahanaṃ tau mahaujasau
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nānāmeghaghanaprakhyaṃ prahṛṣṭam iva sarvataḥ
nānāvarṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpair mṛgapakṣigaṇair yutam
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didṛkṣamāṇau vaidehīṃ tad vanaṃ tau vicikyatuḥ
tatra tatrāvatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau
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lakṣmaṇas tu mahātejāḥ sattvavāñ śīlavāñ śuciḥ
abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ
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spandate me dṛḍhaṃ bāhur udvignam iva me manaḥ
prāyaśaś cāpy aniṣṭāni nimittāny upalakṣaye
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tasmāt sajjībhavārya tvaṃ kuruṣva vacanaṃ hitam
mamaiva hi nimittāni sadyaḥ śaṃsanti saṃbhramam
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eṣa vañculako nāma pakṣī paramadāruṇaḥ
āvayor vijayaṃ yuddhe śaṃsann iva vinardati
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tayor anveṣator evaṃ sarvaṃ tad vanam ojasā
saṃjajñe vipulaḥ śabdaḥ prabhañjann iva tad vanam
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saṃveṣṭitam ivātyarthaṃ gahanaṃ mātariśvanā
vanasya tasya śabdo 'bhūd divam āpūrayann iva
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taṃ śabdaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇas tu rāmaḥ kakṣe sahānujaḥ
dadarśa sumahākāyaṃ rākṣasaṃ vipulorasaṃ
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āsedatus tatas tatra tāv ubhau pramukhe sthitam
vivṛddham aśirogrīvaṃ kabandham udare mukham
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romabhir nicitais tīkṣṇair mahāgirim ivocchritam
nīlameghanibhaṃ raudraṃ meghastanitaniḥsvanam
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mahāpakṣmeṇa piṅgena vipulenāyatena ca
ekenorasi ghoreṇa nayanenāśudarśinā
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mahādaṃṣṭropapannaṃ taṃ lelihānaṃ mahāmukham
bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorān ṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān
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ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇam ubhau yojanam āyatau
karābhyāṃ vividhān gṛhya ṛṣkān pakṣigaṇān mṛgān
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ākarṣantaṃ vikarṣantam anekān mṛgayūthapān
sthitam āvṛtya panthānaṃ tayor bhrātroḥ prapannayoḥ
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atha tau samatikramya krośamātre dadarśatuḥ
mahāntaṃ dāruṇaṃ bhīmaṃ kabandhaṃ bhujasaṃvṛtam
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sa mahābāhur atyarthaṃ prasārya vipulau bhujau
jagrāha sahitāv eva rāghavau pīḍayan balāt
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khaḍginau dṛḍhadhanvānau tigmatejau mahābhujau
bhrātarau vivaśaṃ prāptau kṛṣyamāṇau mahābalau
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tāv uvāca mahābāhuḥ kabandho dānavottamaḥ
kau yuvāṃ vṛṣabhaskandhau mahākhaḍgadhanurdharau
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ghoraṃ deśam imaṃ prāptau mama bhakṣāv upasthitau
vadataṃ kāryam iha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām
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imaṃ deśam anuprāptau kṣudhārtasyeha tiṣṭhataḥ
sabāṇacāpakhaḍgau ca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau
mamāsyam anusaṃprāptau durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ punaḥ
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kabandhasya durātmanaḥ
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā
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kṛcchrāt kṛcchrataraṃ prāpya dāruṇaṃ satyavikrama
vyasanaṃ jīvitāntāya prāptam aprāpya tāṃ priyām
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kālasya sumahad vīryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa
tvāṃ ca māṃ ca naravyāghra vyasanaiḥ paśya mohitau
nātibhāro 'sti daivasya sarvabhuteṣu lakṣmaṇa
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śūrāś ca balavantaś ca kṛtāstrāś ca raṇājire
kālābhipannāḥ sīdanti yathā vālukasetavaḥ
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iti bruvāṇo dṛḍhasatyavikramo; mahāyaśā dāśarathiḥ pratāpavān
avekṣya saumitrim udagravikramaṃ; sthirāṃ tadā svāṃ matim ātmanākarot
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