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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 8
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tatra divyopamaṃ mukhyaṃ sphāṭikaṃ ratnabhūṣitam
avekṣamāṇo hanumān dadarśa śayanāsanam
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tasya caikatame deśe so 'gryamālyavibhūṣitam
dadarśa pāṇḍuraṃ chatraṃ tārādhipatisaṃnibham
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bālavyajanahastābhir vījyamānaṃ samantataḥ
gandhaiś ca vividhair juṣṭaṃ varadhūpena dhūpitam
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paramāstaraṇāstīrṇam āvikājinasaṃvṛtam
dāmabhir varamālyānāṃ samantād upaśobhitam
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tasmiñ jīmūtasaṃkāśaṃ pradīptottamakuṇḍalam
lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhuṃ mahārajatavāsasaṃ
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lohitenānuliptāṅgaṃ candanena sugandhinā
saṃdhyāraktam ivākāśe toyadaṃ sataḍidguṇam
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vṛtam ābharaṇair divyaiḥ surūpaṃ kāmarūpiṇam
savṛkṣavanagulmāḍhyaṃ prasuptam iva mandaram
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krīḍitvoparataṃ rātrau varābharaṇabhūṣitam
priyaṃ rākṣasakanyānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ sukhāvaham
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pītvāpy uparataṃ cāpi dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ
bhāskare śayane vīraṃ prasuptaṃ rākṣasādhipam
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niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ rāvaṇaṃ vānarottamaḥ
āsādya paramodvignaḥ so 'pāsarpat subhītavat
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athārohaṇam āsādya vedikāntaram āśritaḥ
suptaṃ rākṣasaśārdūlaṃ prekṣate sma mahākapiḥ
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śuśubhe rākṣasendrasya svapataḥ śayanottamam
gandhahastini saṃviṣṭe yathāprasravaṇaṃ mahat
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kāñcanāṅgadanaddhau ca dadarśa sa mahātmanaḥ
vikṣiptau rākṣasendrasya bhujāv indradhvajopamau
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airāvataviṣāṇāgrair āpīḍitakṛtavraṇau
vajrollikhitapīnāṃsau viṣṇucakraparikṣitau
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pīnau samasujātāṃsau saṃgatau balasaṃyutau
sulakṣaṇa nakhāṅguṣṭhau svaṅgulītalalakṣitau
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saṃhatau parighākārau vṛttau karikaropamau
vikṣiptau śayane śubhre pañcaśīrṣāv ivoragau
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śaśakṣatajakalpena suśītena sugandhinā
candanena parārdhyena svanuliptau svalaṃkṛtau
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uttamastrīvimṛditau gandhottamaniṣevitau
yakṣapannagagandharvadevadānavarāviṇau
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dadarśa sa kapis tasya bāhū śayanasaṃsthitau
mandarasyāntare suptau mahārhī ruṣitāv iva
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tābhyāṃ sa paripūrṇābhyāṃ bhujābhyāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
śuśubhe 'calasaṃkāśaḥ śṛṅgābhyām iva mandaraḥ
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cūtapuṃnāgasurabhir bakulottamasaṃyutaḥ
mṛṣṭānnarasasaṃyuktaḥ pānagandhapuraḥsaraḥ
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tasya rākṣasasiṃhasya niścakrāma mukhān mahān
śayānasya viniḥśvāsaḥ pūrayann iva tad gṛham
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muktāmaṇivicitreṇa kāñcanena virājatā
mukuṭenāpavṛttena kuṇḍalojjvalitānanam
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raktacandanadigdhena tathā hāreṇa śobhitā
pīnāyataviśālena vakṣasābhivirājitam
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pāṇḍureṇāpaviddhena kṣaumeṇa kṣatajekṣaṇam
mahārheṇa susaṃvītaṃ pītenottamavāsasā
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māṣarāśipratīkāśaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ bhujaṅgavat
gāṅge mahati toyānte prasutamiva kuñjaram
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caturbhiḥ kāñcanair dīpair dīpyamānaiś caturdiśam
prakāśīkṛtasarvāṅgaṃ meghaṃ vidyudgaṇair iva
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pādamūlagatāś cāpi dadarśa sumahātmanaḥ
patnīḥ sa priyabhāryasya tasya rakṣaḥpater gṛhe
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śaśiprakāśavadanā varakuṇḍalabhūṣitāḥ
amlānamālyābharaṇā dadarśa hariyūthapaḥ
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nṛttavāditrakuśalā rākṣasendrabhujāṅkagāḥ
varābharaṇadhāriṇyo niṣannā dadṛśe kapiḥ
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vajravaidūryagarbhāṇi śravaṇānteṣu yoṣitām
dadarśa tāpanīyāni kuṇḍalāny aṅgadāni ca
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tāsāṃ candropamair vaktraiḥ śubhair lalitakuṇḍalaiḥ
virarāja vimānaṃ tan nabhas tārāgaṇair iva
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madavyāyāmakhinnās tā rākṣasendrasya yoṣitaḥ
teṣu teṣv avakāśeṣu prasuptās tanumadhyamāḥ
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kā cid vīṇāṃ pariṣvajya prasuptā saṃprakāśate
mahānadīprakīrṇeva nalinī potam āśritā
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anyā kakṣagatenaiva maḍḍukenāsitekṣaṇā
prasuptā bhāminī bhāti bālaputreva vatsalā
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paṭahaṃ cārusarvāṅgī pīḍya śete śubhastanī
cirasya ramaṇaṃ labdhvā pariṣvajyeva kāminī
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kā cid aṃśaṃ pariṣvajya suptā kamalalocanā
nidrāvaśam anuprāptā sahakānteva bhāminī
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anyā kanakasaṃkāśair mṛdupīnair manoramaiḥ
mṛdaṅgaṃ paripīḍyāṅgaiḥ prasuptā mattalocanā
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bhujapārśvāntarasthena kakṣageṇa kṛśodarī
paṇavena sahānindyā suptā madakṛtaśramā
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ḍiṇḍimaṃ parigṛhyānyā tathaivāsaktaḍiṇḍimā
prasuptā taruṇaṃ vatsam upagūhyeva bhāminī
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kā cid āḍambaraṃ nārī bhujasaṃbhogapīḍitam
kṛtvā kamalapatrākṣī prasuptā madamohitā
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kalaśīm apaviddhyānyā prasuptā bhāti bhāminī
vasante puṣpaśabalā māleva parimārjitā
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pāṇibhyāṃ ca kucau kā cit suvarṇakalaśopamau
upagūhyābalā suptā nidrābalaparājitā
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anyā kamalapatrākṣī pūrṇendusadṛśānanā
anyām āliṅgya suśroṇī prasuptā madavihvalā
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ātodyāni vicitrāṇi pariṣvajya varastriyaḥ
nipīḍya ca kucaiḥ suptāḥ kāminyaḥ kāmukān iva
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tāsām ekāntavinyaste śayānāṃ śayane śubhe
dadarśa rūpasaṃpannām aparāṃ sa kapiḥ striyam
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muktāmaṇisamāyuktair bhūṣaṇaiḥ suvibhūṣitām
vibhūṣayantīm iva ca svaśriyā bhavanottamam
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gaurīṃ kanakavarṇābhām iṣṭām antaḥpureśvarīm
kapir mandodarīṃ tatra śayānāṃ cārurūpiṇīm
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sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābāhur bhūṣitāṃ mārutātmajaḥ
tarkayām āsa sīteti rūpayauvanasaṃpadā
harṣeṇa mahatā yukto nananda hariyūthapaḥ
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āshpoṭayām āsa cucumba pucchaṃ; nananda cikrīḍa jagau jagāma
stambhān arohan nipapāta bhūmau; nidarśayan svāṃ prakṛtiṃ kapīnām
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