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The Ramayana Book 5
Chapter 61
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tato mūrdhnā nipatitaṃ vānaraṃ vānararṣabhaḥ
dṛṣṭvaivodvignahṛdayo vākyam etad uvāca ha
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uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kasmāt tvaṃ pādayoḥ patito mama
abhayaṃ te bhaved vīra satyam evābhidhīyatām
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sa tu viśvāsitas tena sugrīveṇa mahātmanā
utthāya ca mahāprājño vākyaṃ dadhimukho 'bravīt
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naivarkṣarajasā rājan na tvayā nāpi vālinā
vanaṃ nisṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hi bhakṣitaṃ tat tu vānaraiḥ
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ebhiḥ pradharṣitāś caiva vāritā vanarakṣibhiḥ
madhūny acintayitvemān bhakṣayanti pibanti ca
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śiṣṭam atrāpavidhyanti bhakṣayanti tathāpare
nivāryamāṇās te sarve bhruvau vai darśayanti hi
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ime hi saṃrabdhatarās tathā taiḥ saṃpradharṣitāḥ
vārayanto vanāt tasmāt kruddhair vānarapuṃgavaiḥ
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tatas tair bahubhir vīrair vānarair vānararṣabhāḥ
saṃraktanayanaiḥ krodhād dharayaḥ saṃpracālitāḥ
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pāṇibhir nihatāḥ ke cit ke cij jānubhir āhatāḥ
prakṛṣṭāś ca yathākāmaṃ devamārgaṃ ca darśitāḥ
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evam ete hatāḥ śūrās tvayi tiṣṭhati bhartari
kṛtsnaṃ madhuvanaṃ caiva prakāmaṃ taiḥ prabhakṣyate
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evaṃ vijñāpyamānaṃ tu sugrīvaṃ vānararṣabham
apṛcchat taṃ mahāprājño lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā
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kim ayaṃ vānaro rājan vanapaḥ pratyupasthitaḥ
kaṃ cārtham abhinirdiśya duḥkhito vākyam abravīt
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evam uktas tu sugrīvo lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā
lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ
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ārya lakṣmaṇa saṃprāha vīro dadhimukhaḥ kapiḥ
aṅgadapramukhair vīrair bhakṣitaṃ madhuvānaraiḥ
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naiṣām akṛtakṛtyānām īdṛśaḥ syād upakramaḥ
vanaṃ yathābhipannaṃ taiḥ sādhitaṃ karma vānaraiḥ
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dṛṣṭā devī na saṃdeho na cānyena hanūmatā
na hy anyaḥ sādhane hetuḥ karmaṇo 'sya hanūmataḥ
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kāryasiddhir hanumati matiś ca haripuṃgava
vyavasāyaś ca vīryaṃ ca śrutaṃ cāpi pratiṣṭhitam
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jāmbavān yatra netā syād aṅgadasya baleśvaraḥ
hanūmāṃś cāpy adhiṣṭhātā na tasya gatir anyathā
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aṅgadapramukhair vīrair hataṃ madhuvanaṃ kila
vicintya dakṣiṇām āśām āgatair haripuṃgavaiḥ
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āgataiś ca praviṣṭaṃ tad yathā madhuvanaṃ hi taiḥ
dharṣitaṃ ca vanaṃ kṛtsnam upayuktaṃ ca vānaraiḥ
vāritāḥ sahitāḥ pālās tathā jānubhir āhatāḥ
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etadartham ayaṃ prāpto vaktuṃ madhuravāg iha
nāmnā dadhimukho nāma hariḥ prakhyātavikramaḥ
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dṛṣṭā sītā mahābāho saumitre paśya tattvataḥ
abhigamya yathā sarve pibanti madhu vānarāḥ
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na cāpy adṛṣṭvā vaidehīṃ viśrutāḥ puruṣarṣabha
vanaṃ dātta varaṃ divyaṃ dharṣayeyur vanaukasaḥ
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tataḥ prahṛṣṭo dharmātmā lakṣmaṇaḥ saharāghavaḥ
śrutvā karṇasukhāṃ vāṇīṃ sugrīvavadanāc cyutām
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prāhṛṣyata bhṛśaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahāyaśāḥ
śrutvā dadhimukhasyedaṃ sugrīvas tu prahṛṣya ca
vanapālaṃ punar vākyaṃ sugrīvaḥ pratyabhāṣata
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prīto 'smi saumya yad bhuktaṃ vanaṃ taiḥ kṛtakarmabhiḥ
marṣitaṃ marṣaṇīyaṃ ca ceṣṭitaṃ kṛtakarmaṇām
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icchāmi śīghraṃ hanumatpradhānān; śākhāmṛgāṃs tān mṛgarājadarpān
draṣṭuṃ kṛtārthān saha rāghavābhyāṃ; śrotuṃ ca sītādhigame prayatnam
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