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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 16
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tathā viprekṣamāṇasya vanaṃ puṣpitapādapam
vicinvataś ca vaidehīṃ kiṃ cic cheṣā niśābhavat
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ṣaḍaṅgavedaviduṣāṃ kratupravarayājinām
śuśrāva brahmaghoṣāṃś ca virātre brahmarakṣasām
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atha maṅgalavāditraiḥ śabdaiḥ śrotramanoharaiḥ
prābodhyata mahābāhur daśagrīvo mahābalaḥ
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vibudhya tu yathākālaṃ rākṣasendraḥ pratāvapān
srastamālyāmbaradharo vaidehīm anvacintayat
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bhṛśaṃ niyuktas tasyāṃ ca madanena madotkaṭaḥ
na sa taṃ rākṣasaḥ kāmaṃ śaśākātmani gūhitum
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sa sarvābharaṇair yukto bibhrac chriyam anuttamām
tāṃ nagair vividhair juṣṭāṃ sarvapuṣpaphalopagaiḥ
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vṛtāṃ puṣkariṇībhiś ca nānāpuṣpopaśobhitām
sadāmadaiś ca vihagair vicitrāṃ paramādbhutām
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īhāmṛgaiś ca vividhaiś vṛtāṃ dṛṣṭimanoharaiḥ
vīthīḥ saṃprekṣamāṇaś ca maṇikāñcanatoraṇāḥ
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nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇāṃ phalaiḥ prapatitair vṛtām
aśokavanikām eva prāviśat saṃtatadrumām
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aṅganāśatamātraṃ tu taṃ vrajantam anuvrajat
mahendram iva paulastyaṃ devagandharvayoṣitaḥ
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dīpikāḥ kāñcanīḥ kāś cij jagṛhus tatra yoṣitaḥ
bālavyajanahastāś ca tālavṛntāni cāparāḥ
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kāñcanair api bhṛṅgārair jahruḥ salilam agrataḥ
maṇḍalāgrān asīṃś caiva gṛhyānyāḥ pṛṣṭhato yayuḥ
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kā cid ratnamayīṃ pātrīṃ pūrṇāṃ pānasya bhāminī
dakṣiṇā dakṣiṇenaiva tadā jagrāha pāṇinā
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rājahaṃsapratīkāśaṃ chatraṃ pūrṇaśaśiprabham
sauvarṇadaṇḍam aparā gṛhītvā pṛṣṭhato yayau
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nidrāmadaparītākṣyo rāvaṇasyottamastriyaḥ
anujagmuḥ patiṃ vīraṃ ghanaṃ vidyullatā iva
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tataḥ kāñcīninādaṃ ca nūpurāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanam
śuśrāva paramastrīṇāṃ sa kapir mārutātmajaḥ
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taṃ cāpratimakarmāṇam acintyabalapauruṣam
dvāradeśam anuprāptaṃ dadarśa hanumān kapiḥ
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dīpikābhir anekābhiḥ samantād avabhāsitam
gandhatailāvasiktābhir dhriyamāṇābhir agrataḥ
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kāmadarpamadair yuktaṃ jihmatāmrāyatekṣaṇam
samakṣam iva kandarpam apaviddha śarāsanam
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mathitāmṛtaphenābham arajo vastram uttamam
salīlam anukarṣantaṃ vimuktaṃ saktam aṅgade
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taṃ patraviṭape līnaḥ patrapuṣpaghanāvṛtaḥ
samīpam upasaṃkrāntaṃ nidhyātum upacakrame
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avekṣamāṇaś ca tato dadarśa kapikuñjaraḥ
rūpayauvanasaṃpannā rāvaṇasya varastriyaḥ
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tābhiḥ parivṛto rājā surūpābhir mahāyaśāḥ
tanmṛgadvijasaṃghuṣṭaṃ praviṣṭaḥ pramadāvanam
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kṣībo vicitrābharaṇaḥ śaṅkukarṇo mahābalaḥ
tena viśravasaḥ putraḥ sa dṛṣṭo rākṣasādhipaḥ
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vṛtaḥ paramanārībhis tārābhir iva candramāḥ
taṃ dadarśa mahātejās tejovantaṃ mahākapiḥ
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rāvaṇo 'yaṃ mahābāhur iti saṃcintya vānaraḥ
avapluto mahātejā hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ
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sa tathāpy ugratejāḥ san nirdhūtas tasya tejasā
patraguhyāntare sakto hanūmān saṃvṛto 'bhavat
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sa tām asitakeśāntāṃ suśroṇīṃ saṃhatastanīm
didṛkṣur asitāpāṅgīm upāvartata rāvaṇaḥ
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