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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 1
1
tato rāvaṇanītāyāḥ sītāyāḥ śatrukarśanaḥ
iyeṣa padam anveṣṭuṃ cāraṇācarite pathi
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atha vaidūryavarṇeṣu śādvaleṣu mahābalaḥ
dhīraḥ salilakalpeṣu vicacāra yathāsukham
3
dvijān vitrāsayan dhīmān urasā pādapān haran
mṛgāṃś ca subahūn nighnan pravṛddha iva kesarī
4
nīlalohitamāñjiṣṭhapadmavarṇaiḥ sitāsitaiḥ
svabhāva vihitaiś citrair dhātubhiḥ samalaṃkṛtam
5
kāmarūpibhir āviṣṭam abhīkṣṇaṃ saparicchadaiḥ
yakṣakiṃnaragandharvair devakalpaiś ca pannagaiḥ
6
sa tasya girivaryasya tale nāgavarāyute
tiṣṭhan kapivaras tatra hrade nāga ivābabhau
7
sa sūryāya mahendrāya pavanāya svayambhuve
bhūtebhyaś cāñjaliṃ kṛtvā cakāra gamane matim
8
añjaliṃ prāṅmukhaḥ kurvan pavanāyātmayonaye
tato hi vavṛdhe gantuṃ dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
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plavaṃgapravarair dṛṣṭaḥ plavane kṛtaniścayaḥ
vavṛdhe rāmavṛddhyarthaṃ samudra iva parvasu
10
niṣpramāṇa śarīraḥ saṃl lilaṅghayiṣur arṇavam
bāhubhyāṃ pīḍayām āsa caraṇābhyāṃ ca parvatam
11
sa cacālācalāś cāru muhūrtaṃ kapipīḍitaḥ
tarūṇāṃ puṣpitāgrāṇāṃ sarvaṃ puṣpam aśātayat
12
tena pādapamuktena puṣpaugheṇa sugandhinā
sarvataḥ saṃvṛtaḥ śailo babhau puṣpamayo yathā
13
tena cottamavīryeṇa pīḍyamānaḥ sa parvataḥ
salilaṃ saṃprasusrāva madaṃ matta iva dvipaḥ
14
pīḍyamānas tu balinā mahendras tena parvataḥ
rītir nirvartayām āsa kāñcanāñjanarājatīḥ
mumoca ca śilāḥ śailo viśālāḥ samanaḥśilāḥ
15
giriṇā pīḍyamānena pīḍyamānāni sarvaśaḥ
guhāviṣṭāni bhūtāni vinedur vikṛtaiḥ svaraiḥ
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sa mahāsattvasaṃnādaḥ śailapīḍānimittajaḥ
pṛthivīṃ pūrayām āsa diśaś copavanāni ca
17
śirobhiḥ pṛthubhiḥ sarpā vyaktasvastikalakṣaṇaiḥ
vamantaḥ pāvakaṃ ghoraṃ dadaṃśur daśanaiḥ śilāḥ
18
tās tadā saviṣair daṣṭāḥ kupitais tair mahāśilāḥ
jajvaluḥ pāvakoddīptā vibhiduś ca sahasradhā
19
yāni cauṣadhajālāni tasmiñ jātāni parvate
viṣaghnāny api nāgānāṃ na śekuḥ śamituṃ viṣam
20
bhidyate 'yaṃ girir bhūtair iti matvā tapasvinaḥ
trastā vidyādharās tasmād utpetuḥ strīgaṇaiḥ saha
21
pānabhūmigataṃ hitvā haimam āsanabhājanam
pātrāṇi ca mahārhāṇi karakāṃś ca hiraṇmayān
22
lehyān uccāvacān bhakṣyān māṃsāni vividhāni ca
ārṣabhāṇi ca carmāṇi khaḍgāṃś ca kanakatsarūn
23
kṛtakaṇṭhaguṇāḥ kṣībā raktamālyānulepanāḥ
raktākṣāḥ puṣkarākṣāś ca gaganaṃ pratipedire
24
hāranūpurakeyūra pārihārya dharāḥ striyaḥ
vismitāḥ sasmitās tasthur ākāśe ramaṇaiḥ saha
25
darśayanto mahāvidyāṃ vidyādharamaharṣayaḥ
sahitās tasthur ākāśe vīkṣāṃ cakruś ca parvatam
26
śuśruvuś ca tadā śabdam ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām
cāraṇānāṃ ca siddhānāṃ sthitānāṃ vimale 'mbare
27
eṣa parvatasaṃkāśo hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ
titīrṣati mahāvegaṃ samudraṃ makarālayam
28
rāmārthaṃ vānarārthaṃ ca cikīrṣan karma duṣkaram
samudrasya paraṃ pāraṃ duṣprāpaṃ prāptum icchati
29
dudhuve ca sa romāṇi cakampe cācalopamaḥ
nanāda ca mahānādaṃ sumahān iva toyadaḥ
30
ānupūrvyāc ca vṛttaṃ ca lāṅgūlaṃ romabhiś citam
utpatiṣyan vicikṣepa pakṣirāja ivoragam
31
tasya lāṅgūlam āviddham ativegasya pṛṣṭhataḥ
dadṛśe garuḍeneva hriyamāṇo mahoragaḥ
32
bāhū saṃstambhayām āsa mahāparighasaṃnibhau
sasāda ca kapiḥ kaṭyāṃ caraṇau saṃcukopa ca
33
saṃhṛtya ca bhujau śrīmāṃs tathaiva ca śirodharām
tejaḥ sattvaṃ tathā vīryam āviveśa sa vīryavān
34
mārgam ālokayan dūrād ūrdhvapraṇihitekṣaṇaḥ
rurodha hṛdaye prāṇān ākāśam avalokayan
35
padbhyāṃ dṛḍham avasthānaṃ kṛtvā sa kapikuñjaraḥ
nikuñcya karṇau hanumān utpatiṣyan mahābalaḥ
vānarān vānaraśreṣṭha idaṃ vacanam abravīt
36
yathā rāghavanirmuktaḥ śaraḥ śvasanavikramaḥ
gacchet tadvad gamiṣyāmi laṅkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām
37
na hi drakṣyāmi yadi tāṃ laṅkāyāṃ janakātmajām
anenaiva hi vegena gamiṣyāmi surālayam
38
yadi vā tridive sītāṃ na drakṣyāmi kṛtaśramaḥ
baddhvā rākṣasarājānam ānayiṣyāmi rāvaṇam
39
sarvathā kṛtakāryo 'ham eṣyāmi saha sītayā
ānayiṣyāmi vā laṅkāṃ samutpāṭya sarāvaṇām
40
evam uktvā tu hanumān vānarān vānarottamaḥ
utpapātātha vegena vegavān avicārayan
41
samutpatati tasmiṃs tu vegāt te nagarohiṇaḥ
saṃhṛtya viṭapān sarvān samutpetuḥ samantataḥ
42
sa mattakoyaṣṭibhakān pādapān puṣpaśālinaḥ
udvahann ūruvegena jagāma vimale 'mbare
43
ūruvegoddhatā vṛkṣā muhūrtaṃ kapim anvayuḥ
prasthitaṃ dīrgham adhvānaṃ svabandhum iva bāndhavāḥ
44
tam ūruvegonmathitāḥ sālāś cānye nagottamāḥ
anujagmur hanūmantaṃ sainyā iva mahīpatim
45
supuṣpitāgrair bahubhiḥ pādapair anvitaḥ kapiḥ
hanumān parvatākāro babhūvādbhutadarśanaḥ
46
sāravanto 'tha ye vṛkṣā nyamajjaṁl lavaṇāmbhasi
bhayād iva mahendrasya parvatā varuṇālaye
47
sa nānākusumaiḥ kīrṇaḥ kapiḥ sāṅkurakorakaiḥ
śuśubhe meghasaṃkāśaḥ khadyotair iva parvataḥ
48
vimuktās tasya vegena muktvā puṣpāṇi te drumāḥ
avaśīryanta salile nivṛttāḥ suhṛdo yathā
49
laghutvenopapannaṃ tad vicitraṃ sāgare 'patat
drumāṇāṃ vividhaṃ puṣpaṃ kapivāyusamīritam
50
puṣpaugheṇānubaddhena nānāvarṇena vānaraḥ
babhau megha ivodyan vai vidyudgaṇavibhūṣitaḥ
51
tasya vegasamudbhūtaiḥ puṣpais toyam adṛśyata
tārābhir abhirāmābhir uditābhir ivāmbaram
52
tasyāmbaragatau bāhū dadṛśāte prasāritau
parvatāgrād viniṣkrāntau pañcāsyāv iva pannagau
53
pibann iva babhau cāpi sormijālaṃ mahārṇavam
pipāsur iva cākāśaṃ dadṛśe sa mahākapiḥ
54
tasya vidyutprabhākāre vāyumārgānusāriṇaḥ
nayane viprakāśete parvatasthāv ivānalau
55
piṅge piṅgākṣamukhyasya bṛhatī parimaṇḍale
cakṣuṣī saṃprakaśete candrasūryāv iva sthitau
56
mukhaṃ nāsikayā tasya tāmrayā tāmram ābabhau
saṃdhyayā samabhispṛṣṭaṃ yathā sūryasya maṇḍalam
57
lāṅgalaṃ ca samāviddhaṃ plavamānasya śobhate
ambare vāyuputrasya śakradhvaja ivocchritaḥ
58
lāṅgūlacakreṇa mahāñ śukladaṃṣṭro 'nilātmajaḥ
vyarocata mahāprājñaḥ pariveṣīva bhāskaraḥ
59
sphigdeśenābhitāmreṇa rarāja sa mahākapiḥ
mahatā dāriteneva girir gairikadhātunā
60
tasya vānarasiṃhasya plavamānasya sāgaram
kakṣāntaragato vāyur jīmūta iva garjati
61
khe yathā nipataty ulkā uttarāntād viniḥsṛtā
dṛśyate sānubandhā ca tathā sa kapikuñjaraḥ
62
patatpataṃgasaṃkāśo vyāyataḥ śuśubhe kapiḥ
pravṛddha iva mātaṃgaḥ kakṣyayā badhyamānayā
63
upariṣṭāc charīreṇa chāyayā cāvagāḍhayā
sāgare mārutāviṣṭā naur ivāsīt tadā kapiḥ
64
yaṃ yaṃ deśaṃ samudrasya jagāma sa mahākapiḥ
sa sa tasyāṅgavegena sonmāda iva lakṣyate
65
sāgarasyormijālānām urasā śailavarṣmaṇām
abhighnaṃs tu mahāvegaḥ pupluve sa mahākapiḥ
66
kapivātaś ca balavān meghavātaś ca niḥsṛtaḥ
sāgaraṃ bhīmanirghoṣaṃ kampayām āsatur bhṛśam
67
vikarṣann ūrmijālāni bṛhanti lavaṇāmbhasi
atyakrāman mahāvegas taraṅgān gaṇayann iva
68
plavamānaṃ samīkṣyātha bhujaṅgāḥ sāgarālayāḥ
vyomni taṃ kapiśārdūlaṃ suparṇam iti menire
69
daśayojanavistīrṇā triṃśadyojanam āyatā
chāyā vānarasiṃhasya jale cārutarābhavat
70
śvetābhraghanarājīva vāyuputrānugāminī
tasya sā śuśubhe chāyā vitatā lavaṇāmbhasi
71
plavamānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā plavagaṃ tvaritaṃ tadā
vavṛṣuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi devagandharvadānavāḥ
72
tatāpa na hi taṃ sūryaḥ plavantaṃ vānareśvaram
siṣeve ca tadā vāyū rāmakāryārthasiddhaye
73
ṛṣayas tuṣṭuvuś cainaṃ plavamānaṃ vihāyasā
jaguś ca devagandharvāḥ praśaṃsanto mahaujasaṃ
74
nāgāś ca tuṣṭuvur yakṣā rakṣāṃsi vibudhāḥ khagāḥ
prekṣyākāśe kapivaraṃ sahasā vigataklamam
75
tasmin plavagaśārdūle plavamāne hanūmati
ikṣvākukulamānārthī cintayām āsa sāgaraḥ
76
sāhāyyaṃ vānarendrasya yadi nāhaṃ hanūmataḥ
kariṣyāmi bhaviṣyāmi sarvavācyo vivakṣatām
77
aham ikṣvākunāthena sagareṇa vivardhitaḥ
ikṣvākusacivaś cāyaṃ nāvasīditum arhati
78
tathā mayā vidhātavyaṃ viśrameta yathā kapiḥ
śeṣaṃ ca mayi viśrāntaḥ sukhenātipatiṣyati
79
iti kṛtvā matiṃ sādhvīṃ samudraś channam ambhasi
hiraṇyanābhaṃ mainākam uvāca girisattamam
80
tvam ihāsurasaṃghānāṃ pātālatalavāsinām
devarājñā giriśreṣṭha parighaḥ saṃniveśitaḥ
81
tvam eṣāṃ jñātavīryāṇāṃ punar evotpatiṣyatām
pātālasyāprameyasya dvāram āvṛtya tiṣṭhasi
82
tiryag ūrdhvam adhaś caiva śaktis te śailavardhitum
tasmāt saṃcodayāmi tvām uttiṣṭha nagasattama
83
sa eṣa kapiśārdūlas tvām uparyeti vīryavān
hanūmān rāmakāryārthaṃ bhīmakarmā kham āplutaḥ
84
tasya sāhyaṃ mayā kāryam ikṣvākukulavartinaḥ
mama ikṣvākavaḥ pūjyāḥ paraṃ pūjyatamās tava
85
kuru sācivyam asmākaṃ na naḥ kāryam atikramet
kartavyam akṛtaṃ kāryaṃ satāṃ manyum udīrayet
86
salilād ūrdhvam uttiṣṭha tiṣṭhatv eṣa kapis tvayi
asmākam atithiś caiva pūjyaś ca plavatāṃ varaḥ
87
cāmīkaramahānābha devagandharvasevita
hanūmāṃs tvayi viśrāntas tataḥ śeṣaṃ gamiṣyati
88
kākutsthasyānṛśaṃsyaṃ ca maithilyāś ca vivāsanam
śramaṃ ca plavagendrasya samīkṣyotthātum arhasi
89
hiraṇyanābho maināko niśamya lavaṇāmbhasaḥ
utpapāta jalāt tūrṇaṃ mahādrumalatāyutaḥ
90
sa sāgarajalaṃ bhittvā babhūvātyutthitas tadā
yathā jaladharaṃ bhittvā dīptaraśmir divākaraḥ
91
śātakumbhamayaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ sakiṃnaramahoragaiḥ
ādityodayasaṃkāśair ālikhadbhir ivāmbaram
92
tasya jāmbūnadaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ parvatasya samutthitaiḥ
ākāśaṃ śastrasaṃkāśam abhavat kāñcanaprabham
93
jātarūpamayaiḥ śṛṅgair bhrājamānaiḥ svayaṃ prabhaiḥ
ādityaśatasaṃkāśaḥ so 'bhavad girisattamaḥ
94
tam utthitam asaṃgena hanūmān agrataḥ sthitam
madhye lavaṇatoyasya vighno 'yam iti niścitaḥ
95
sa tam ucchritam atyarthaṃ mahāvego mahākapiḥ
urasā pātayām āsa jīmūtam iva mārutaḥ
96
sa tadā pātitas tena kapinā parvatottamaḥ
buddhvā tasya kaper vegaṃ jaharṣa ca nananda ca
97
tam ākāśagataṃ vīram ākāśe samavasthitam
prīto hṛṣṭamanā vākyam abravīt parvataḥ kapim
mānuṣaṃ dharayan rūpam ātmanaḥ śikhare sthitaḥ
98
duṣkaraṃ kṛtavān karma tvam idaṃ vānarottama
nipatya mama śṛṅgeṣu viśramasva yathāsukham
99
rāghāvasya kule jātair udadhiḥ parivardhitaḥ
sa tvāṃ rāmahite yuktaṃ pratyarcayati sāgaraḥ
100
kṛte ca pratikartavyam eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
so 'yaṃ tat pratikārārthī tvattaḥ saṃmānam arhati
101
tvannimittam anenāhaṃ bahumānāt pracoditaḥ
yojanānāṃ śataṃ cāpi kapir eṣa samāplutaḥ
tava sānuṣu viśrāntaḥ śeṣaṃ prakramatām iti
102
tiṣṭha tvaṃ hariśārdūla mayi viśramya gamyatām
tad idaṃ gandhavat svādu kandamūlaphalaṃ bahu
tad āsvādya hariśreṣṭha viśrānto 'nugamiṣyasi
103
asmākam api saṃbandhaḥ kapimukhyas tvayāsti vai
prakhyatas triṣu lokeṣu mahāguṇaparigrahaḥ
104
vegavantaḥ plavanto ye plavagā mārutātmaja
teṣāṃ mukhyatamaṃ manye tvām ahaṃ kapikuñjara
105
atithiḥ kila pūjārhaḥ prākṛto 'pi vijānatā
dharmaṃ jijñāsamānena kiṃ punar yādṛśo bhavān
106
tvaṃ hi devavariṣṭhasya mārutasya mahātmanaḥ
putras tasyaiva vegena sadṛśaḥ kapikuñjara
107
pūjite tvayi dharmajña pūjāṃ prāpnoti mārutaḥ
tasmāt tvaṃ pūjanīyo me śṛṇu cāpy atra kāraṇam
108
pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge tāta parvatāḥ pakṣiṇo 'bhavan
te 'pi jagmur diśaḥ sarvā garuḍānilaveginaḥ
109
tatas teṣu prayāteṣu devasaṃghāḥ saharṣibhiḥ
bhūtāni ca bhayaṃ jagmus teṣāṃ patanaśaṅkayā
110
tataḥ kruddhaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ parvatānāṃ śatakratuḥ
pakṣāṃś ciccheda vajreṇa tatra tatra sahasraśaḥ
111
sa mām upagataḥ kruddho vajram udyamya devarāṭ
tato 'haṃ sahasā kṣiptaḥ śvasanena mahātmanā
112
asmiṁl lavaṇatoye ca prakṣiptaḥ plavagottama
guptapakṣaḥ samagraś ca tava pitrābhirakṣitaḥ
113
tato 'haṃ mānayāmi tvāṃ mānyo hi mama mārutaḥ
tvayā me hy eṣa saṃbandhaḥ kapimukhya mahāguṇaḥ
114
asminn evaṃgate kārye sāgarasya mamaiva ca
prītiṃ prītamanā kartuṃ tvam arhasi mahākape
115
śramaṃ mokṣaya pūjāṃ ca gṛhāṇa kapisattama
prītiṃ ca bahumanyasva prīto 'smi tava darśanāt
116
evam uktaḥ kapiśreṣṭhas taṃ nagottamam abravīt
prīto 'smi kṛtam ātithyaṃ manyur eṣo 'panīyatām
117
tvarate kāryakālo me ahaś cāpy ativartate
pratijñā ca mayā dattā na sthātavyam ihāntarā
118
ity uktvā pāṇinā śailam ālabhya haripuṃgavaḥ
jagāmākāśam āviśya vīryavān prahasann iva
119
sa parvatasamudrābhyāṃ bahumānād avekṣitaḥ
pūjitaś copapannābhir āśīrbhir anilātmajaḥ
120
athordhvaṃ dūram utpatya hitvā śailamahārṇavau
pituḥ panthānam āsthāya jagāma vimale 'mbare
121
bhūyaś cordhvagatiṃ prāpya giriṃ tam avalokayan
vāyusūnur nirālambe jagāma vimale 'mbare
122
tad dvitīyaṃ hanumato dṛṣṭvā karma suduṣkaram
praśaśaṃsuḥ surāḥ sarve siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
123
devatāś cābhavan hṛṣṭās tatrasthās tasya karmaṇā
kāñcanasya sunābhasya sahasrākṣaś ca vāsavaḥ
124
uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmān paritoṣāt sagadgadam
sunābhaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ svayam eva śacīpatiḥ
125
hiraṇyanābhaśailendraparituṣṭo 'smi te bhṛśam
abhayaṃ te prayacchāmi tiṣṭha saumya yathāsukham
126
sāhyaṃ kṛtaṃ te sumahad vikrāntasya hanūmataḥ
kramato yojanaśataṃ nirbhayasya bhaye sati
127
rāmasyaiṣa hi dautyena yāti dāśarather hariḥ
satkriyāṃ kurvatā śakyā toṣito 'smi dṛḍhaṃ tvayā
128
tataḥ praharṣam alabhad vipulaṃ parvatottamaḥ
devatānāṃ patiṃ dṛṣṭvā parituṣṭaṃ śatakratum
129
sa vai dattavaraḥ śailo babhūvāvasthitas tadā
hanūmāṃś ca muhūrtena vyaticakrāma sāgaram
130
tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
abruvan sūryasaṃkāśāṃ surasāṃ nāgamātaram
131
ayaṃ vātātmajaḥ śrīmān plavate sāgaropari
hanūmān nāma tasya tvaṃ muhūrtaṃ vighnam ācara
132
rākṣasaṃ rūpam āsthāya sughoraṃ parvatopamam
daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ piṅgākṣaṃ vaktraṃ kṛtvā nabhaḥspṛśam
133
balam icchāmahe jñātuṃ bhūyaś cāsya parākramam
tvāṃ vijeṣyaty upāyena viṣadaṃ vā gamiṣyati
134
evam uktā tu sā devī daivatair abhisatkṛtā
samudramadhye surasā bibhratī rākṣasaṃ vapuḥ
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vikṛtaṃ ca virūpaṃ ca sarvasya ca bhayāvaham
plavamānaṃ hanūmantam āvṛtyedam uvāca ha
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mama bhakṣaḥ pradiṣṭas tvam īśvarair vānararṣabha
ahaṃ tvāṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi praviśedaṃ mamānanam
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evam uktaḥ surasayā prāñjalir vānararṣabhaḥ
prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrīmān idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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rāmo dāśarathir nāma praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā vaidehyā cāpi bhāryayā
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asya kāryaviṣaktasya baddhavairasya rākṣasaiḥ
tasya sītā hṛtā bhāryā rāvaṇena yaśasvinī
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tasyāḥ sakāśaṃ dūto 'haṃ gamiṣye rāmaśāsanāt
kartum arhasi rāmasya sāhyaṃ viṣayavāsini
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atha vā maithilīṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ cākliṣṭakāriṇam
āgamiṣyāmi te vaktraṃ satyaṃ pratiśṛṇomi te
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evam uktā hanumatā surasā kāmarūpiṇī
abravīn nātivarten māṃ kaś cid eṣa varo mama
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evam uktaḥ surasayā kruddho vānarapuṃgavaḥ
abravīt kuru vai vaktraṃ yena māṃ viṣahiṣyase
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ity uktvā surasāṃ kruddho daśayojanam āyataḥ
daśayojanavistāro babhūva hanumāṃs tadā
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā meghasaṃkāśaṃ daśayojanam āyatam
cakāra surasāpy āsyaṃ viṃśadyojanam āyatam
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hanumāṃs tu tataḥ kruddhas triṃśadyojanam āyataḥ
cakāra surasā vaktraṃ catvāriṃśat tathocchritam
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babhūva hanumān vīraḥ pañcāśadyojanocchritaḥ
cakāra surasā vaktraṃ ṣaṣṭiyojanam āyatam
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tathaiva hanumān vīraḥ saptatiṃ yojanocchritaḥ
cakāra surasā vaktram aśītiṃ yojanāyatam
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hanūmān acala prakhyo navatiṃ yojanocchritaḥ
cakāra surasā vaktraṃ śatayojanam āyatam
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tad dṛṣṭvā vyāditaṃ tv āsyaṃ vāyuputraḥ sa buddhimān
dīrghajihvaṃ surasayā sughoraṃ narakopamam
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sa saṃkṣipyātmanaḥ kāyaṃ jīmūta iva mārutiḥ
tasmin muhūrte hanumān babhūvāṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ
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so 'bhipatyāśu tad vaktraṃ niṣpatya ca mahājavaḥ
antarikṣe sthitaḥ śrīmān idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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praviṣṭo 'smi hi te vaktraṃ dākṣāyaṇi namo 'stu te
gamiṣye yatra vaidehī satyaṃ cāstu vacas tava
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā vadanān muktaṃ candraṃ rāhumukhād iva
abravīt surasā devī svena rūpeṇa vānaram
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arthasiddhyai hariśreṣṭha gaccha saumya yathāsukham
samānaya ca vaidehīṃ rāghaveṇa mahātmanā
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tat tṛtīyaṃ hanumato dṛṣṭvā karma suduṣkaram
sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni praśaśaṃsus tadā harim
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sa sāgaram anādhṛṣyam abhyetya varuṇālayam
jagāmākāśam āviśya vegena garuṇopamaḥ
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sevite vāridhāribhiḥ patagaiś ca niṣevite
carite kaiśikācāryair airāvataniṣevite
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siṃhakuñjaraśārdūlapatagoragavāhanaiḥ
vimānaiḥ saṃpatadbhiś ca vimalaiḥ samalaṃkṛte
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vajrāśanisamāghātaiḥ pāvakair upaśobhite
kṛtapuṇyair mahābhāgaiḥ svargajidbhir alaṃkṛte
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bahatā havyam atyantaṃ sevite citrabhānunā
grahanakṣatracandrārkatārāgaṇavibhūṣite
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maharṣigaṇagandharvanāgayakṣasamākule
vivikte vimale viśve viśvāvasuniṣevite
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devarājagajākrānte candrasūryapathe śive
vitāne jīvalokasya vitato brahmanirmite
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bahuśaḥ sevite vīrair vidyādharagaṇair varaiḥ
kapinā kṛṣyamāṇāni mahābhrāṇi cakāśire
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praviśann abhrajālāni niṣpataṃś ca punaḥ punaḥ
prāvṛṣīndur ivābhāti niṣpatan praviśaṃs tadā
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plavamānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā siṃhikā nāma rākṣasī
manasā cintayām āsa pravṛddhā kāmarūpiṇī
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adya dīrghasya kālasya bhaviṣyāmy aham āśitā
idaṃ hi me mahat sattvaṃ cirasya vaśam āgatam
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iti saṃcintya manasā chāyām asya samakṣipat
chāyāyāṃ saṃgṛhītāyāṃ cintayām āsa vānaraḥ
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samākṣipto 'smi sahasā paṅgūkṛtaparākramaḥ
pratilomena vātena mahānaur iva sāgare
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tiryag ūrdhvam adhaś caiva vīkṣamāṇas tataḥ kapiḥ
dadarśa sa mahāsattvam utthitaṃ lavaṇāmbhasi
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kapirājñā yad ākhyātaṃ sattvam adbhutadarśanam
chāyāgrāhi mahāvīryaṃ tad idaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
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sa tāṃ buddhvārthatattvena siṃhikāṃ matimān kapiḥ
vyavardhata mahākāyaḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ
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tasya sā kāyam udvīkṣya vardhamānaṃ mahākapeḥ
vaktraṃ prasārayām āsa pātālāmbarasaṃnibham
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sa dadarśa tatas tasyā vikṛtaṃ sumahan mukham
kāyamātraṃ ca medhāvī marmāṇi ca mahākapiḥ
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sa tasyā vivṛte vaktre vajrasaṃhananaḥ kapiḥ
saṃkṣipya muhur ātmānaṃ niṣpapāta mahābalaḥ
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āsye tasyā nimajjantaṃ dadṛśuḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ
grasyamānaṃ yathā candraṃ pūrṇaṃ parvaṇi rāhuṇā
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tatas tasya nakhais tīkṣṇair marmāṇy utkṛtya vānaraḥ
utpapātātha vegena manaḥsaṃpātavikramaḥ
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tāṃ hatāṃ vānareṇāśu patitāṃ vīkṣya siṃhikām
bhūtāny ākāśacārīṇi tam ūcuḥ plavagarṣabham
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bhīmam adya kṛtaṃ karma mahat sattvaṃ tvayā hatam
sādhayārtham abhipretam ariṣṭaṃ plavatāṃ vara
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yasya tv etāni catvāri vānarendra yathā tava
dhṛtir dṛṣṭir matir dākṣyaṃ sa karmasu na sīdati
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sa taiḥ saṃbhāvitaḥ pūjyaḥ pratipannaprayojanaḥ
jagāmākāśam āviśya pannagāśanavat kapiḥ
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prāptabhūyiṣṭha pāras tu sarvataḥ pratilokayan
yojanānāṃ śatasyānte vanarājiṃ dadarśa saḥ
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dadarśa ca patann eva vividhadrumabhūṣitam
dvīpaṃ śākhāmṛgaśreṣṭho malayopavanāni ca
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sāgaraṃ sāgarānūpān sāgarānūpajān drumān
sāgarasya ca patnīnāṃ mukhāny api vilokayan
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sa mahāmeghasaṃkāśaṃ samīkṣyātmānam ātmanā
nirundhantam ivākāśaṃ cakāra matimān matim
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kāyavṛddhiṃ pravegaṃ ca mama dṛṣṭvaiva rākṣasāḥ
mayi kautūhalaṃ kuryur iti mene mahākapiḥ
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tataḥ śarīraṃ saṃkṣipya tan mahīdharasaṃnibham
punaḥ prakṛtim āpede vītamoha ivātmavān
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sa cārunānāvidharūpadhārī; paraṃ samāsādya samudratīram
parair aśakyapratipannarūpaḥ; samīkṣitātmā samavekṣitārthaḥ
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tataḥ sa lambasya gireḥ samṛddhe; vicitrakūṭe nipapāta kūṭe
saketakoddālakanālikere; mahādrikūṭapratimo mahātmā
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sa sāgaraṃ dānavapannagāyutaṃ; balena vikramya mahormimālinam
nipatya tīre ca mahodadhes tadā; dadarśa laṅkām amarāvatīm iva
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