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The Ramayana Book 4

Chapter 11

1 rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā harṣapauruṣavardhanam
sugrīvaḥ pūjayāṃ cakre rāghavaṃ praśaśaṃsa ca
2 asaṃśayaṃ prajvalitais tīkṣṇair marmātigaiḥ śaraiḥ
tvaṃ daheḥ kupito lokān yugānta iva bhāskaraḥ
3 vālinaḥ pauruṣaṃ yat tad yac ca vīryaṃ dhṛtiś ca yā
tan mamaikamanāḥ śrutvā vidhatsva yadanantaram
4 samudrāt paścimāt pūrvaṃ dakṣiṇād api cottaram
krāmaty anudite sūrye vālī vyapagataklamaḥ
5 agrāṇy āruhya śailānāṃ śikharāṇi mahānty api
ūrdhvam utkṣipya tarasā pratigṛhṇāti vīryavān
6 bahavaḥ sāravantaś ca vaneṣu vividhā drumāḥ
vālinā tarasā bhagnā balaṃ prathayatātmanaḥ
7 mahiṣo dundubhir nāma kailāsaśikharaprabhaḥ
balaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayām āsa vīryavān
8 vīryotsekena duṣṭātmā varadānāc ca mohitaḥ
jagāma sa mahākāyaḥ samudraṃ saritāṃ patim
9 ūrmimantam atikramya sāgaraṃ ratnasaṃcayam
mama yuddhaṃ prayaccheti tam uvāca mahārṇavam
10 tataḥ samudro dharmātmā samutthāya mahābalaḥ
abravīd vacanaṃ rājann asuraṃ kālacoditam
11 samartho nāsmi te dātuṃ yuddhaṃ yuddhaviśārada
śrūyatām abhidhāsyāmi yas te yuddhaṃ pradāsyati
12 śailarājo mahāraṇye tapasviśaraṇaṃ param
śaṃkaraśvaśuro nāmnā himavān iti viśrutaḥ
13 guhā prasravaṇopeto bahukandaranirjharaḥ
sa samarthas tava prītim atulāṃ kartum āhave
14 taṃ bhītam iti vijñāya samudram asurottamaḥ
himavadvanam āgacchac charaś cāpād iva cyutaḥ
15 tatas tasya gireḥ śvetā gajendravipulāḥ śilāḥ
cikṣepa bahudhā bhūmau dundubhir vinanāda ca
16 tataḥ śvetāmbudākāraḥ saumyaḥ prītikarākṛtiḥ
himavān abravīd vākyaṃ sva eva śikhare sthitaḥ
17 kleṣṭum arhasi māṃ na tvaṃ dundubhe dharmavatsala
raṇakarmasv akuśalas tapasviśaraṇaṃ hy aham
18 tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā girirājasya dhīmataḥ
uvāca dundubhir vākyaṃ krodhāt saṃraktalocanaḥ
19 yadi yuddhe 'samarthas tvaṃ madbhayād vā nirudyamaḥ
tam ācakṣva pradadyān me yo 'dya yuddhaṃ yuyutsataḥ
20 himavān abravīd vākyaṃ śrutvā vākyaviśāradaḥ
anuktapūrvaṃ dharmātmā krodhāt tam asurottamam
21 vālī nāma mahāprājñaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ
adhyāste vānaraḥ śrīmān kiṣkindhām atulaprabhām
22 sa samartho mahāprājñas tava yuddhaviśāradaḥ
dvandvayuddhaṃ mahad dātuṃ namucer iva vāsavaḥ
23 taṃ śīghram abhigaccha tvaṃ yadi yuddham ihecchasi
sa hi durdharṣaṇo nityaṃ śūraḥ samarakarmaṇi
24 śrutvā himavato vākyaṃ krodhāviṣṭaḥ sa dundubhiḥ
jagāma tāṃ purīṃ tasya kiṣkindhāṃ vālinas tadā
25 dhārayan māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo bhayāvahaḥ
prāvṛṣīva mahāmeghas toyapūrṇo nabhastale
26 tatas tu dvāram āgamya kiṣkindhāyā mahābalaḥ
nanarda kampayan bhūmiṃ dundubhir dundubhir yathā
27 samīpajān drumān bhañjan vasudhāṃ dārayan khuraiḥ
viṣāṇenollekhan darpāt taddvāraṃ dvirado yathā
28 antaḥpuragato vālī śrutvā śabdam amarṣaṇaḥ
niṣpapāta saha strībhis tārābhir iva candramāḥ
29 mitaṃ vyaktākṣarapadaṃ tam uvāca sa dundubhim
harīṇām īśvaro vālī sarveṣāṃ vanacāriṇām
30 kimarthaṃ nagaradvāram idaṃ ruddhvā vinardasi
dundubhe vidito me 'si rakṣa prāṇān mahābala
31 tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vānarendrasya dhīmataḥ
uvāca dundubhir vākyaṃ krodhāt saṃraktalocanaḥ
32 na tvaṃ strīsaṃnidhau vīra vacanaṃ vaktum arhasi
mama yuddhaṃ prayaccha tvaṃ tato jñāsyāmi te balam
33 atha vā dhārayiṣyāmi krodham adya niśām imām
gṛhyatām udayaḥ svairaṃ kāmabhogeṣu vānara
34 yo hi mattaṃ pramattaṃ vā suptaṃ vā rahitaṃ bhṛśam
hanyāt sa bhrūṇahā loke tvadvidhaṃ madamohitam
35 sa prahasyābravīn mandaṃ krodhāt tam asurottamam
visṛjya tāḥ striyaḥ sarvās tārā prabhiṛtikās tadā
36 matto 'yam iti mā maṃsthā yady abhīto 'si saṃyuge
mado 'yaṃ saṃprahāre 'smin vīrapānaṃ samarthyatām
37 tam evam uktvā saṃkruddho mālām utkṣipya kāñcanīm
pitrā dattāṃ mahendreṇa yuddhāya vyavatiṣṭhata
38 viṣāṇayor gṛhītvā taṃ dundubhiṃ girisaṃnibham
vālī vyāpātayāṃ cakre nanarda ca mahāsvanam
39 yuddhe prāṇahare tasmin niṣpiṣṭo dundubhis tadā
śrotrābhyām atha raktaṃ tu tasya susrāva pātyataḥ
papāta ca mahākāyaḥ kṣitau pañcatvam āgataḥ
40 taṃ tolayitvā bāhubhyāṃ gatasattvam acetanam
cikṣepa vegavān vālī vegenaikena yojanam
41 tasya vegapraviddhasya vaktrāt kṣatajabindavaḥ
prapetur mārutotkṣiptā mataṅgasyāśramaṃ prati
42 tān dṛṣṭvā patitāṃs tatra muniḥ śoṇitavipruṣaḥ
utsasarja mahāśāpaṃ kṣeptāraṃ vālinaṃ prati
iha tenāpraveṣṭavyaṃ praviṣṭasya badho bhavet
43 sa maharṣiṃ samāsādya yācate sma kṛtāñjaliḥ
44 tataḥ śāpabhayād bhīta ṛśyamūkaṃ mahāgirim
praveṣṭuṃ necchati harir draṣṭuṃ vāpi nareśvara
45 tasyāpraveśaṃ jñātvāham idaṃ rāma mahāvanam
vicarāmi sahāmātyo viṣādena vivarjitaḥ
46 eṣo 'sthinicayas tasya dundubheḥ saṃprakāśate
vīryotsekān nirastasya girikūṭanibho mahān
47 ime ca vipulāḥ sālāḥ sapta śākhāvalambinaḥ
yatraikaṃ ghaṭate vālī niṣpatrayitum ojasā
48 etad asyāsamaṃ vīryaṃ mayā rāma prakāśitam
kathaṃ taṃ vālinaṃ hantuṃ samare śakṣyase nṛpa
49 yadi bhindyād bhavān sālān imāṃs tv ekeṣuṇā tataḥ
jānīyāṃ tvāṃ mahābāho samarthaṃ vālino vadhe
50 tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ
rāghavo dundubheḥ kāyaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhena līlayā
tolayitvā mahābāhuś cikṣepa daśayojanam
51 kṣiptaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ kāyaṃ sugrīvaḥ punar abravīt
lakṣmaṇasyāgrato rāmam idaṃ vacanam arthavat
52 ārdraḥ samāṃsapratyagraḥ kṣiptaḥ kāyaḥ purā sakhe
laghuḥ saṃprati nirmāṃsas tṛṇabhūtaś ca rāghava
nātra śakyaṃ balaṃ jñātuṃ tava vā tasya vādhikam

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