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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 3
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sa lambaśikhare lambe lambatoyadasaṃnibhe
sattvam āsthāya medhāvī hanumān mārutātmajaḥ
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niśi laṅkāṃ mahāsattvo viveśa kapikuñjaraḥ
ramyakānanatoyāḍhyāṃ purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām
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śāradāmbudharaprakhyair bhavanair upaśobhitām
sāgaropamanirghoṣāṃ sāgarānilasevitām
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supuṣṭabalasaṃguptāṃ yathaiva viṭapāvatīm
cārutoraṇaniryūhāṃ pāṇḍuradvāratoraṇām
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bhujagācaritāṃ guptāṃ śubhāṃ bhogavatīm iva
tāṃ savidyudghanākīrṇāṃ jyotirmārganiṣevitām
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caṇḍamārutanirhrādāṃ yathendrasyāmarāvatīm
śātakumbhena mahatā prākāreṇābhisaṃvṛtām
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kiṅkiṇījālaghoṣābhiḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtām
āsādya sahasā hṛṣṭaḥ prākāram abhipedivān
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vismayāviṣṭahṛdayaḥ purīm ālokya sarvataḥ
jāmbūnadamayair dvārair vaidūryakṛtavedikaiḥ
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maṇisphaṭika muktābhir maṇikuṭṭimabhūṣitaiḥ
taptahāṭakaniryūhai rājatāmalapāṇḍuraiḥ
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vaidūryatalasopānaiḥ sphāṭikāntarapāṃsubhiḥ
cārusaṃjavanopetaiḥ kham ivotpatitaiḥ śubhaiḥ
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krauñcabarhiṇasaṃghuṣṭe rājahaṃsaniṣevitaiḥ
tūryābharaṇanirghoṣaiḥ sarvataḥ pratināditām
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vasvokasārāpratimāṃ samīkṣya nagarīṃ tataḥ
kham ivotpatitāṃ laṅkāṃ jaharṣa hanumān kapiḥ
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tāṃ samīkṣya purīṃ laṅkāṃ rākṣasādhipateḥ śubhām
anuttamām ṛddhiyutāṃ cintayām āsa vīryavān
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neyam anyena nagarī śakyā dharṣayituṃ balāt
rakṣitā rāvaṇabalair udyatāyudhadhāribhiḥ
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kumudāṅgadayor vāpi suṣeṇasya mahākapeḥ
prasiddheyaṃ bhaved bhūmir maindadvividayor api
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vivasvatas tanūjasya hareś ca kuśaparvaṇaḥ
ṛkṣasya ketumālasya mama caiva gatir bhavet
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samīkṣya tu mahābāho rāghavasya parākramam
lakṣmaṇasya ca vikrāntam abhavat prītimān kapiḥ
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tāṃ ratnavasanopetāṃ koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsakām
yantrāgārastanīm ṛddhāṃ pramadām iva bhūṣitām
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tāṃ naṣṭatimirāṃ dīpair bhāsvaraiś ca mahāgṛhaiḥ
nagarīṃ rākṣasendrasya dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ
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praviṣṭaḥ sattvasaṃpanno niśāyāṃ mārutātmajaḥ
sa mahāpatham āsthāya muktāpuṣpavirājitam
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hasitodghuṣṭaninadais tūryaghoṣa puraḥ saraiḥ
vajrāṅkuśanikāśaiś ca vajrajālavibhūṣitaiḥ
gṛhamedhaiḥ purī ramyā babhāse dyaur ivāmbudaiḥ
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prajajvāla tadā laṅkā rakṣogaṇagṛhaiḥ śubhaiḥ
sitābhrasadṛśaiś citraiḥ padmasvastikasaṃsthitaiḥ
vardhamānagṛhaiś cāpi sarvataḥ suvibhāṣitaiḥ
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tāṃ citramālyābharaṇāṃ kapirājahitaṃkaraḥ
rāghavārthaṃ carañ śrīmān dadarśa ca nananda ca
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śuśrāva madhuraṃ gītaṃ tristhānasvarabhūṣitam
strīṇāṃ madasamṛddhānāṃ divi cāpsarasām iva
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śuśrāva kāñcīninādaṃ nūpurāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanam
sopānaninadāṃś caiva bhavaneṣu mahātmanam
āsphoṭitaninādāṃś ca kṣveḍitāṃś ca tatas tataḥ
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svādhyāya niratāṃś caiva yātudhānān dadarśa saḥ
rāvaṇastavasaṃyuktān garjato rākṣasān api
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rājamārgaṃ samāvṛtya sthitaṃ rakṣobalaṃ mahat
dadarśa madhyame gulme rākṣasasya carān bahūn
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dīkṣitāñ jaṭilān muṇḍān go'jināmbaravāsasaḥ
darbhamuṣṭipraharaṇān agnikuṇḍāyudhāṃs tathā
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kūṭamudgarapāṇīṃś ca daṇḍāyudhadharān api
ekākṣānekakarṇāṃś ca calallambapayodharān
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karālān bhugnavaktrāṃś ca vikaṭān vāmanāṃs tathā
dhanvinaḥ khaḍginaś caiva śataghnī musalāyudhān
parighottamahastāṃś ca vicitrakavacojjvalān
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nātiṣṭhūlān nātikṛśān nātidīrghātihrasvakān
virūpān bahurūpāṃś ca surūpāṃś ca suvarcasaḥ
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śaktivṛkṣāyudhāṃś caiva paṭṭiśāśanidhāriṇaḥ
kṣepaṇīpāśahastāṃś ca dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ
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sragviṇas tv anuliptāṃś ca varābharaṇabhūṣitān
tīkṣṇaśūladharāṃś caiva vajriṇaś ca mahābalān
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śatasāhasram avyagram ārakṣaṃ madhyamaṃ kapiḥ
prākārāvṛtam atyantaṃ dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ
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triviṣṭapanibhaṃ divyaṃ divyanādavināditam
vājiheṣitasaṃghuṣṭaṃ nāditaṃ bhūṣaṇais tathā
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rathair yānair vimānaiś ca tathā gajahayaiḥ śubhaiḥ
vāraṇaiś ca caturdantaiḥ śvetābhranicayopamaiḥ
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bhūṣitaṃ ruciradvāraṃ mattaiś ca mṛgapakṣibhiḥ
rākṣasādhipater guptam āviveśa gṛhaṃ kapiḥ
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