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The Ramayana Book 4

Chapter 53

1 tathā bruvati tāre tu tārādhipativarcasi
atha mene hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ hanumān aṅgadena tat
2 buddhyā hy aṣṭāṅgayā yuktaṃ caturbalasamanvitam
caturdaśaguṇaṃ mene hanumān vālinaḥ sutam
3 āpūryamāṇaṃ śaśvac ca tejobalaparākramaiḥ
śaśinaṃ śuklapakṣādau vardhamānam iva śriyā
4 bṛhaspatisamaṃ buddhyā vikrame sadṛśaṃ pituḥ
śuśrūṣamāṇaṃ tārasya śukrasyeva puraṃdaram
5 bhartur arthe pariśrāntaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam
abhisaṃdhātum ārebhe hanumān aṅgadaṃ tataḥ
6 sa caturṇām upāyānāṃ tṛtīyam upavarṇayan
bhedayām āsa tān sarvān vānarān vākyasaṃpadā
7 teṣu sarveṣu bhinneṣu tato 'bhīṣayad aṅgadam
bhīṣaṇair bahubhir vākyaiḥ kopopāyasamanvitaiḥ
8 tvaṃ samarthataraḥ pitrā yuddhe tāreya vai dhuram
dṛḍhaṃ dhārayituṃ śaktaḥ kapirājyaṃ yathā pitā
9 nityam asthiracittā hi kapayo haripuṃgava
nājñāpyaṃ viṣahiṣyanti putradārān vinā tvayā
10 tvāṃ naite hy anuyuñjeyuḥ pratyakṣaṃ pravadāmi te
yathāyaṃ jāmbavān nīlaḥ suhotraś ca mahākapiḥ
11 na hy ahaṃ ta ime sarve sāmadānādibhir guṇaiḥ
daṇḍena na tvayā śakyāḥ sugrīvād apakarṣitum
12 vigṛhyāsanam apy āhur durbalena balīyasaḥ
ātmarakṣākaras tasmān na vigṛhṇīta durbalaḥ
13 yāṃ cemāṃ manyase dhātrīm etad bilam iti śrutam
etal lakṣmaṇabāṇānām īṣatkāryaṃ vidāraṇe
14 svalpaṃ hi kṛtam indreṇa kṣipatā hy aśaniṃ purā
lakṣmaṇo niśitair bāṇair bhindyāt patrapuṭaṃ yathā
lakṣmaṇasya ca nārācā bahavaḥ santi tadvidhāḥ
15 avasthāne yadaiva tvam āsiṣyasi paraṃtapa
tadaiva harayaḥ sarve tyakṣyanti kṛtaniścayāḥ
16 smarantaḥ putradārāṇāṃ nityodvignā bubhukṣitāḥ
kheditā duḥkhaśayyābhis tvāṃ kariṣyanti pṛṣṭhataḥ
17 sa tvaṃ hīnaḥ suhṛdbhiś ca hitakāmaiś ca bandhubhiḥ
tṛṇād api bhṛśodvignaḥ spandamānād bhaviṣyasi
18 na ca jātu na hiṃsyus tvāṃ ghorā lakṣmaṇasāyakāḥ
apavṛttaṃ jighāṃsanto mahāvegā durāsadāḥ
19 asmābhis tu gataṃ sārdhaṃ vinītavad upasthitam
ānupūrvyāt tu sugrīvo rājye tvāṃ sthāpayiṣyati
20 dharmakāmaḥ pitṛvyas te prītikāmo dṛḍhavrataḥ
śuciḥ satyapratijñaś ca nā tvāṃ jātu jighāṃsati
21 priyakāmaś ca te mātus tadarthaṃ cāsya jīvitam
tasyāpatyaṃ ca nāsty anyat tasmād aṅgada gamyatām

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