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The Ramayana Book 4

Chapter 25

1 tataḥ śokābhisaṃtaptaṃ sugrīvaṃ klinnavāsanam
śākhāmṛgamahāmātrāḥ parivāryopatasthire
2 abhigamya mahābāhuṃ rāmam akliṣṭakāriṇam
sthitāḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve pitāmaham ivarṣayaḥ
3 tataḥ kāñcanaśailābhas taruṇārkanibhānanaḥ
abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ hanumān mārutātmajaḥ
4 bhavatprasādāt sugrīvaḥ pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat
vānarāṇāṃ suduṣprāpaṃ prāpto rājyam idaṃ prabho
5 bhavatā samanujñātaḥ praviśya nagaraṃ śubham
saṃvidhāsyati kāryāṇi sarvāṇi sasuhṛjjanaḥ
6 snāto 'yaṃ vividhair gandhair auṣadhaiś ca yathāvidhi
arcayiṣyati ratnaiś ca mālyaiś ca tvāṃ viśeṣataḥ
7 imāṃ giriguhāṃ ramyām abhigantum ito 'rhasi
kuruṣva svāmi saṃbandhaṃ vānarān saṃpraharṣayan
8 evam ukto hanumatā rāghavaḥ paravīrahā
pratyuvāca hanūmantaṃ buddhimān vākyakovidaḥ
9 caturdaśasamāḥ saumya grāmaṃ vā yadi vā puram
na pravekṣyāmi hanuman pitur nirdeśapālakaḥ
10 susamṛddhāṃ guhāṃ divyāṃ sugrīvo vānararṣabhaḥ
praviṣṭo vidhivad vīraḥ kṣipraṃ rājye 'bhiṣicyatām
11 evam uktvā hanūmantaṃ rāmaḥ sugrīvam abravīt
imam apy aṅgadaṃ vīra yauvarājye 'bhiṣecaya
12 pūrvo 'yaṃ vārṣiko māsaḥ śrāvaṇaḥ salilāgamaḥ
pravṛttāḥ saumya catvāro māsā vārṣikasaṃjñitāḥ
13 nāyam udyogasamayaḥ praviśa tvaṃ purīṃ śubhām
asmin vatsyāmy ahaṃ saumya parvate sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
14 iyaṃ giriguhā ramyā viśālā yuktamārutā
prabhūtasalilā saumya prabhūtakamalotpalā
15 kārtike samanuprāpte tvaṃ rāvaṇavadhe yata
eṣa naḥ samayaḥ saumya praviśa tvaṃ svam ālayam
abhiṣiñcasva rājye ca suhṛdaḥ saṃpraharṣaya
16 iti rāmābhyanujñātaḥ sugrīvo vānararṣabhaḥ
praviveśa purīṃ ramyāṃ kiṣkindhāṃ vālipālitām
17 taṃ vānarasahasrāṇi praviṣṭaṃ vānareśvaram
abhivādya prahṛṣṭāni sarvataḥ paryavārayan
18 tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā harigaṇeśvaram
praṇamya mūrdhnā patitā vasudhāyāṃ samāhitāḥ
19 sugrīvaḥ prakṛtīḥ sarvāḥ saṃbhāṣyotthāpya vīryavān
bhrātur antaḥpuraṃ saumyaṃ praviveśa mahābalaḥ
20 praviśya tv abhiniṣkrāntaṃ sugrīvaṃ vānararṣabham
abhyaṣiñcanta suhṛdaḥ sahasrākṣam ivāmarāḥ
21 tasya pāṇḍuram ājahruś chatraṃ hemapariṣkṛtam
śukle ca bālavyajane hemadaṇḍe yaśaskare
22 tathā sarvāṇi ratnāni sarvabījauṣadhāni ca
sakṣīrāṇāṃ ca vṛkṣāṇāṃ prarohān kusumāni ca
23 śuklāni caiva vastrāṇi śvetaṃ caivānulepanam
sugandhīni ca mālyāni sthalajāny ambujāni ca
24 candanāni ca divyāni gandhāṃś ca vividhān bahūn
akṣataṃ jātarūpaṃ ca priyaṅgumadhusarpiṣī
25 dadhicarma ca vaiyāghraṃ vārāhī cāpy upānahau
samālambhanam ādāya rocanāṃ samanaḥśilām
ājagmus tatra muditā varāḥ kanyās tu ṣoḍaśa
26 tatas te vānaraśreṣṭhaṃ yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi
ratnair vastraiś ca bhakṣyaiś ca toṣayitvā dvijarṣabhān
27 tataḥ kuśaparistīrṇaṃ samiddhaṃ jātavedasaṃ
mantrapūtena haviṣā hutvā mantravido janāḥ
28 tato hemapratiṣṭhāne varāstaraṇasaṃvṛte
prāsādaśikhare ramye citramālyopaśobhite
29 prāṅmukhaṃ vividhiar mantraiḥ sthāpayitvā varāsane
nadīnadebhyaḥ saṃhṛtya tīrthebhyaś ca samantataḥ
30 āhṛtya ca samudrebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vānararṣabhāḥ
apaḥ kanakakumbheṣu nidhāya vimalāḥ śubhāḥ
31 śubhair vṛṣabhaśṛṅgaiś ca kalaśaiś cāpi kāñcanaiḥ
śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā maharṣivihitena ca
32 gajo gavākṣo gavayaḥ śarabho gandhamādanaḥ
maindaś ca dvividaś caiva hanūmāñ jāmbavān nalaḥ
33 abhyaṣiñcanta sugrīvaṃ prasannena sugandhinā
salilena sahasrākṣaṃ vasavo vāsavaṃ yathā
34 abhiṣikte tu sugrīve sarve vānarapuṃgavāḥ
pracukruśur mahātmāno hṛṣṭās tatra sahasraśaḥ
35 rāmasya tu vacaḥ kurvan sugrīvo haripuṃgavaḥ
aṅgadaṃ saṃpariṣvajya yauvarājye 'bhiṣecayat
36 aṅgade cābhiṣikte tu sānukrośāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
sādhu sādhv iti sugrīvaṃ mahātmāno 'bhyapūjayan
37 hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇā patākādhvajaśobhitā
babhūva nagarī ramyā kṣikindhā girigahvare
38 nivedya rāmāya tadā mahātmane; mahābhiṣekaṃ kapivāhinīpatiḥ
rumāṃ ca bhāryāṃ pratilabhya vīryavān; avāpa rājyaṃ tridaśādhipo yathā


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