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The Ramayana Book 4
Chapter 40
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tataḥ prasthāpya sugrīvas tan mahad vānaraṃ balam
dakṣiṇāṃ preṣayām āsa vānarān abhilakṣitān
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nīlam agnisutaṃ caiva hanumantaṃ ca vānaram
pitāmahasutaṃ caiva jāmbavantaṃ mahākapim
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suhotraṃ ca śarīraṃ ca śaragulmaṃ tathaiva ca
gajaṃ gavākṣaṃ gavayaṃ suṣeṇam ṛṣabhaṃ tathā
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maindaṃ ca dvividaṃ caiva vijayaṃ gandhamādanam
ulkāmukham asaṅgaṃ ca hutāśana sutāv ubhau
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aṅgadapramukhān vīrān vīraḥ kapigaṇeśvaraḥ
vegavikramasaṃpannān saṃdideśa viśeṣavit
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teṣām agreṣaraṃ caiva mahad balam asaṃgagam
vidhāya harivīrāṇām ādiśad dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
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ye ke cana samuddeśās tasyāṃ diśi sudurgamāḥ
kapīśaḥ kapimukhyānāṃ sa teṣāṃ tān udāharat
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sahasraśirasaṃ vindhyaṃ nānādrumalatāvṛtam
narmadāṃ ca nadīṃ durgāṃ mahoraganiṣevitām
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tato godāvarīṃ ramyāṃ kṛṣṇāveṇīṃ mahānadīm
varadāṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ mahoraganiṣevitām
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mekhalān utkalāṃś caiva daśārṇanagarāṇy api
avantīm abhravantīṃ ca sarvam evānupaśyata
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vidarbhān ṛṣikāṃś caiva ramyān māhiṣakān api
tathā baṅgān kaliṅgāṃś ca kauśikāṃś ca samantataḥ
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anvīkṣya daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ saparvatanadīguham
nadīṃ godāvarīṃ caiva sarvam evānupaśyata
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tathaivāndhrāṃś ca puṇḍrāṃś ca colān pāṇḍyān sakeralān
ayomukhaś ca gantavyaḥ parvato dhātumaṇḍitaḥ
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vicitraśikharaḥ śrīmāṃś citrapuṣpitakānanaḥ
sacandanavanoddeśo mārgitavyo mahāgiriḥ
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tatas tām āpagāṃ divyāṃ prasannasalilāṃ śivām
tatra drakṣyatha kāverīṃ vihṛtām apsarogaṇaiḥ
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tasyāsīnaṃ nagasyāgre malayasya mahaujasaṃ
drakṣyathādityasaṃkāśam agastyam ṛṣisattamam
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tatas tenābhyanujñātāḥ prasannena mahātmanā
tāmraparṇīṃ grāhajuṣṭāṃ tariṣyatha mahānadīm
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sā candanavanair divyaiḥ pracchannā dvīpa śālinī
kānteva yuvatiḥ kāntaṃ samudram avagāhate
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tato hemamayaṃ divyaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam
yuktaṃ kavāṭaṃ pāṇḍyānāṃ gatā drakṣyatha vānarāḥ
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tataḥ samudram āsādya saṃpradhāryārthaniścayam
agastyenāntare tatra sāgare viniveśitaḥ
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citranānānagaḥ śrīmān mahendraḥ parvatottamaḥ
jātarūpamayaḥ śrīmān avagāḍho mahārṇavam
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nānāvidhair nagaiḥ phullair latābhiś copaśobhitam
devarṣiyakṣapravarair apsarobhiś ca sevitam
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siddhacāraṇasaṃghaiś ca prakīrṇaṃ sumanoharam
tam upaiti sahasrākṣaḥ sadā parvasu parvasu
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dvīpas tasyāpare pāre śatayojanam āyataḥ
agamyo mānuṣair dīptas taṃ mārgadhvaṃ samantataḥ
tatra sarvātmanā sītā mārgitavyā viśeṣataḥ
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sa hi deśas tu vadhyasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ
rākṣasādhipater vāsaḥ sahasrākṣasamadyuteḥ
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dakṣiṇasya samudrasya madhye tasya tu rākṣasī
aṅgāraketi vikhyātā chāyām ākṣipya bhojinī
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tam atikramya lakṣmīvān samudre śatayojane
giriḥ puṣpitako nāma siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ
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candrasūryāṃśusaṃkāśaḥ sāgarāmbusamāvṛtaḥ
bhrājate vipulaiḥ śṛṅgair ambaraṃ vilikhann iva
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tasyaikaṃ kāñcanaṃ śṛṅgaṃ sevate yaṃ divākaraḥ
śvetaṃ rājatam ekaṃ ca sevate yaṃ niśākaraḥ
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na taṃ kṛtaghnāḥ paśyanti na nṛśaṃsā na nāstikāḥ
praṇamya śirasā śailaṃ taṃ vimārgata vānarāḥ
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tam atikramya durdharṣāḥ sūryavān nāma parvataḥ
adhvanā durvigāhena yojanāni caturdaśa
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tatas tam apy atikramya vaidyuto nāma parvataḥ
sarvakāmaphalair vṛkṣaiḥ sarvakālamanoharaiḥ
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tatra bhuktvā varārhāṇi mūlāni ca phalāni ca
madhūni pītvā mukhyāni paraṃ gacchata vānarāḥ
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tatra netramanaḥkāntaḥ kuñjaro nāma parvataḥ
agastyabhavanaṃ yatra nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
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tatra yojanavistāram ucchritaṃ daśayojanam
śaraṇaṃ kāñcanaṃ divyaṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitam
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tatra bhogavatī nāma sarpāṇām ālayaḥ purī
viśālarathyā durdharṣā sarvataḥ parirakṣitā
rakṣitā pannagair ghorais tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrair mahāviṣaiḥ
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sarparājo mahāghoro yasyāṃ vasati vāsukiḥ
niryāya mārgitavyā ca sā ca bhogavatī purī
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taṃ ca deśam atikramya mahān ṛṣabhasaṃsthitaḥ
sarvaratnamayaḥ śrīmān ṛṣabho nāma parvataḥ
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gośīrṣakaṃ padmakaṃ ca hariśyāmaṃ ca candanam
divyam utpadyate yatra tac caivāgnisamaprabham
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na tu tac candanaṃ dṛṣṭvā spraṣṭavyaṃ ca kadā cana
rohitā nāma gandharvā ghorā rakṣanti tad vanam
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tatra gandharvapatayaḥ pañcasūryasamaprabhāḥ
śailūṣo grāmaṇīr bhikṣuḥ śubhro babhrus tathaiva ca
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ante pṛthivyā durdharṣās tatra svargajitaḥ sthitāḥ
tataḥ paraṃ na vaḥ sevyaḥ pitṛlokaḥ sudāruṇaḥ
rājadhānī yamasyaiṣā kaṣṭena tamasāvṛtā
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etāvad eva yuṣmābhir vīrā vānarapuṃgavāḥ
śakyaṃ vicetuṃ gantuṃ vā nāto gatimatāṃ gatiḥ
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sarvam etat samālokya yac cānyad api dṛśyate
gatiṃ viditvā vaidehyāḥ saṃnivartitam arhatha
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yas tu māsān nivṛtto 'gre dṛṣṭā sīteti vakṣyati
mattulyavibhavo bhogaiḥ sukhaṃ sa vihariṣyati
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tataḥ priyataro nāsti mama prāṇād viśeṣataḥ
kṛtāparādho bahuśo mama bandhur bhaviṣyati
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amitabalaparākramā bhavanto; vipulaguṇeṣu kuleṣu ca prasūtāḥ
manujapatisutāṃ yathā labhadhvaṃ; tad adhiguṇaṃ puruṣārtham ārabhadhvam
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