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The Ramayana Book 4
Chapter 3
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vaco vijñāya hanumān sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ
parvatād ṛśyamūkāt tu pupluve yatra rāghavau
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sa tatra gatvā hanumān balavān vānarottamaḥ
upacakrāma tau vāgbhir mṛdvībhiḥ satyavikramaḥ
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svakaṃ rūpaṃ parityajya bhikṣurūpeṇa vānaraḥ
ābabhāṣe ca tau vīrau yathāvat praśaśaṃsa ca
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rājarṣidevapratimau tāpasau saṃśitavratau
deśaṃ katham imaṃ prāptau bhavantau varavarṇinau
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trāsayantau mṛgagaṇān anyāṃś ca vanacāriṇaḥ
pampātīraruhān vṛkṣān vīkṣamāṇau samantataḥ
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imāṃ nadīṃ śubhajalāṃ śobhayantau tarasvinau
dhairyavantau suvarṇābhau kau yuvāṃ cīravāsasau
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siṃhaviprekṣitau vīrau siṃhātibalavikramau
śakracāpanibhe cāpe pragṛhya vipulair bhujaiḥ
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śrīmantau rūpasaṃpannau vṛṣabhaśreṣṭhavikramau
hastihastopamabhujau dyutimantau nararṣabhau
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prabhayā parvatendro 'yaṃ yuvayor avabhāsitaḥ
rājyārhāv amaraprakhyau kathaṃ deśam ihāgatau
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padmapatrekṣaṇau vīrau jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau
anyonyasadṛśau vīrau devalokād ivāgatau
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yadṛcchayeva saṃprāptau candrasūryau vasuṃdharām
viśālavakṣasau vīrau mānuṣau devarūpiṇau
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siṃhaskandhau mahāsattvau samadāv iva govṛṣau
āyatāś ca suvṛttāś ca bāhavaḥ parighottamāḥ
sarvabhūṣaṇabhūṣārhāḥ kim arthaṃ na vibhūṣitaḥ
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ubhau yogyāv ahaṃ manye rakṣituṃ pṛthivīm imām
sasāgaravanāṃ kṛtsnāṃ vindhyameruvibhūṣitām
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ime ca dhanuṣī citre ślakṣṇe citrānulepane
prakāśete yathendrasya vajre hemavibhūṣite
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saṃpūrṇā niśitair bāṇair tūṇāś ca śubhadarśanāḥ
jīvitāntakarair ghorair jvaladbhir iva pannagaiḥ
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mahāpramāṇau vipulau taptahāṭakabhūṣitau
khaḍgāv etau virājete nirmuktabhujagāv iva
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evaṃ māṃ paribhāṣantaṃ kasmād vai nābhibhāṣathaḥ
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sugrīvo nāma dharmātmā kaś cid vānarayūthapaḥ
vīro vinikṛto bhrātrā jagad bhramati duḥkhitaḥ
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prāpto 'haṃ preṣitas tena sugrīveṇa mahātmanā
rājñā vānaramukhyānāṃ hanumān nāma vānaraḥ
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yuvābhyāṃ saha dharmātmā sugrīvaḥ sakhyam icchati
tasya māṃ sacivaṃ vittaṃ vānaraṃ pavanātmajam
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bhikṣurūpapraticchannaṃ sugrīvapriyakāmyayā
ṛśyamūkād iha prāptaṃ kāmagaṃ kāmarūpiṇam
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evam uktvā tu hanumāṃs tau vīrau rāmalakṣmaṇau
vākyajñau vākyakuśalaḥ punar novāca kiṃ cana
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etac chrutvā vacas tasya rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt
prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrīmān bhrātaraṃ pārśvataḥ sthitam
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sacivo 'yaṃ kapīndrasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ
tam eva kāṅkṣamāṇasya mamāntikam upāgataḥ
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tam abhyabhāṣa saumitre sugrīvasacivaṃ kapim
vākyajñaṃ madhurair vākyaiḥ snehayuktam ariṃdamam
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