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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 5
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sa nikāmaṃ vināmeṣu vicaran kāmarūpadhṛk
vicacāra kapir laṅkāṃ lāghavena samanvitaḥ
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āsasādātha lakṣmīvān rākṣasendraniveśanam
prākāreṇārkavarṇena bhāsvareṇābhisaṃvṛtam
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rakṣitaṃ rākṣasair bhīmaiḥ siṃhair iva mahad vanam
samīkṣamāṇo bhavanaṃ cakāśe kapikuñjaraḥ
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rūpyakopahitaiś citrais toraṇair hemabhūṣitaiḥ
vicitrābhiś ca kakṣyābhir dvāraiś ca rucirair vṛtam
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gajāsthitair mahāmātraiḥ śūraiś ca vigataśramaiḥ
upasthitam asaṃhāryair hayaiḥ syandanayāyibhiḥ
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siṃhavyāghratanutrāṇair dāntakāñcanarājataiḥ
ghoṣavadbhir vicitraiś ca sadā vicaritaṃ rathaiḥ
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bahuratnasamākīrṇaṃ parārdhyāsanabhājanam
mahārathasamāvāsaṃ mahārathamahāsanam
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dṛśyaiś ca paramodārais tais taiś ca mṛgapakṣibhiḥ
vividhair bahusāhasraiḥ paripūrṇaṃ samantataḥ
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vinītair antapālaiś ca rakṣobhiś ca surakṣitam
mukhyābhiś ca varastrībhiḥ paripūrṇaṃ samantataḥ
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muditapramadā ratnaṃ rākṣasendraniveśanam
varābharaṇanirhrādaiḥ samudrasvananiḥsvanam
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tad rājaguṇasaṃpannaṃ mukhyaiś ca varacandanaiḥ
bherīmṛdaṅgābhirutaṃ śaṅkhaghoṣavināditam
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nityārcitaṃ parvahutaṃ pūjitaṃ rākṣasaiḥ sadā
samudram iva gambhīraṃ samudram iva niḥsvanam
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mahātmāno mahad veśma mahāratnaparicchadam
mahājanasamākīrṇaṃ dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ
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virājamānaṃ vapuṣā gajāśvarathasaṃkulam
laṅkābharaṇam ity eva so 'manyata mahākapiḥ
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gṛhād gṛhaṃ rākṣasānām udyānāni ca vānaraḥ
vīkṣamāṇo hy asaṃtrastaḥ prāsādāṃś ca cacāra saḥ
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avaplutya mahāvegaḥ prahastasya niveśanam
tato 'nyat pupluve veśma mahāpārśvasya vīryavān
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atha meghapratīkāśaṃ kumbhakarṇaniveśanam
vibhīṣaṇasya ca tathā pupluve sa mahākapiḥ
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mahodarasya ca tathā virūpākṣasya caiva hi
vidyujjihvasya bhavanaṃ vidyunmāles tathaiva ca
vajradaṃṣṭrasya ca tathā pupluve sa mahākapiḥ
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śukasya ca mahāvegaḥ sāraṇasya ca dhīmataḥ
tathā cendrajito veśma jagāma hariyūthapaḥ
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jambumāleḥ sumāleś ca jagāma hariyūthapaḥ
raśmiketoś ca bhavanaṃ sūryaśatros tathaiva ca
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dhūmrākṣasya ca saṃpāter bhavanaṃ mārutātmajaḥ
vidyudrūpasya bhīmasya ghanasya vighanasya ca
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śukanābhasya vakrasya śaṭhasya vikaṭasya ca
hrasvakarṇasya daṃṣṭrasya romaśasya ca rakṣasaḥ
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yuddhonmattasya mattasya dhvajagrīvasya nādinaḥ
vidyujjihvendrajihvānāṃ tathā hastimukhasya ca
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karālasya piśācasya śoṇitākṣasya caiva hi
kramamāṇaḥ krameṇaiva hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ
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teṣu teṣu mahārheṣu bhavaneṣu mahāyaśāḥ
teṣām ṛddhimatām ṛddhiṃ dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ
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sarveṣāṃ samatikramya bhavanāni samantataḥ
āsasādātha lakṣmīvān rākṣasendraniveśanam
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rāvaṇasyopaśāyinyo dadarśa harisattamaḥ
vicaran hariśārdūlo rākṣasīr vikṛtekṣaṇāḥ
śūlamudgarahastāś ca śakto tomaradhāriṇīḥ
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dadarśa vividhān gulmāṃs tasya rakṣaḥpater gṛhe
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raktāñ śvetān sitāṃś caiva harīṃś caiva mahājavān
kulīnān rūpasaṃpannān gajān paragajārujān
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niṣṭhitān gajaśikhāyām airāvatasamān yudhi
nihantṝn parasainyānāṃ gṛhe tasmin dadarśa saḥ
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kṣarataś ca yathā meghān sravataś ca yathā girīn
meghastanitanirghoṣān durdharṣān samare paraiḥ
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sahasraṃ vāhinīs tatra jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ
hemajālair avicchinnās taruṇādityasaṃnibhāḥ
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dadarśa rākṣasendrasya rāvaṇasya niveśane
śibikā vividhākārāḥ sa kapir mārutātmajaḥ
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latāgṛhāṇi citrāṇi citraśālāgṛhāṇi ca
krīḍāgṛhāṇi cānyāni dāruparvatakān api
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kāmasya gṛhakaṃ ramyaṃ divāgṛhakam eva ca
dadarśa rākṣasendrasya rāvaṇasya niveśane
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sa mandaratalaprakhyaṃ mayūrasthānasaṃkulam
dhvajayaṣṭibhir ākīrṇaṃ dadarśa bhavanottamam
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anantaratnanicayaṃ nidhijālaṃ samantataḥ
dhīraniṣṭhitakarmāntaṃ gṛhaṃ bhūtapater iva
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arcirbhiś cāpi ratnānāṃ tejasā rāvaṇasya ca
virarājātha tad veśma raśmimān iva raśmibhiḥ
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jāmbūnadamayāny eva śayanāny āsanāni ca
bhājanāni ca śubhrāṇi dadarśa hariyūthapaḥ
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madhvāsavakṛtakledaṃ maṇibhājanasaṃkulam
manoramam asaṃbādhaṃ kuberabhavanaṃ yathā
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nūpurāṇāṃ ca ghoṣeṇa kāñcīnāṃ ninadena ca
mṛdaṅgatalaghoṣaiś ca ghoṣavadbhir vināditam
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prāsādasaṃghātayutaṃ strīratnaśatasaṃkulam
suvyūḍhakakṣyaṃ hanumān praviveśa mahāgṛham
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