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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 15
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tato madhyāt samudrasya sāgaraḥ svayam utthitaḥ
udayan hi mahāśailān meror iva divākaraḥ
pannagaiḥ saha dīptāsyaiḥ samudraḥ pratyadṛśyata
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snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśo jāmbūnadavibhūṣitaḥ
raktamālyāmbaradharaḥ padmapatranibhekṣaṇaḥ
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sāgaraḥ samatikramya pūrvam āmantrya vīryavān
abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ rāghavaṃ śarapāṇinam
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pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo jyotiś ca rāghavaḥ
svabhāve saumya tiṣṭhanti śāśvataṃ mārgam āśritāḥ
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tat svabhāvo mamāpy eṣa yad agādho 'ham aplavaḥ
vikāras tu bhaved rādha etat te pravadāmy aham
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na kāmān na ca lobhād vā na bhayāt pārthivātmaja
grāhanakrākulajalaṃ stambhayeyaṃ kathaṃ cana
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vidhāsye rāma yenāpi viṣahiṣye hy ahaṃ tathā
grāhā na prahariṣyanti yāvat senā tariṣyati
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ayaṃ saumya nalo nāma tanujo viśvakarmaṇaḥ
pitrā dattavaraḥ śrīmān pratimo viśvakarmaṇaḥ
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eṣa setuṃ mahotsāhaḥ karotu mayi vānaraḥ
tam ahaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi tathā hy eṣa yathā pitā
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evam uktvodadhir naṣṭaḥ samutthāya nalas tataḥ
abravīd vānaraśreṣṭho vākyaṃ rāmaṃ mahābalaḥ
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ahaṃ setuṃ kariṣyāmi vistīrṇe varuṇālaye
pituḥ sāmarthyam āsthāya tattvam āha mahodadhiḥ
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mama mātur varo datto mandare viśvakarmaṇā
aurasas tasya putro 'haṃ sadṛśo viśvakarmaṇā
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na cāpy aham anukto vai prabrūyām ātmano guṇān
kāmam adyaiva badhnantu setuṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ
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tato nisṛṣṭarāmeṇa sarvato hariyūthapāḥ
abhipetur mahāraṇyaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
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te nagān nagasaṃkāśāḥ śākhāmṛgagaṇarṣabhāḥ
babhañjur vānarās tatra pracakarṣuś ca sāgaram
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te sālaiś cāśvakarṇaiś ca dhavair vaṃśaiś ca vānarāḥ
kuṭajair arjunais tālais tikalais timiśair api
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bilvakaiḥ saptaparṇaiś ca karṇikāraiś ca puṣpitaiḥ
cūtaiś cāśokavṛkṣaiś ca sāgaraṃ samapūrayan
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samūlāṃś ca vimūlāṃś ca pādapān harisattamāḥ
indraketūn ivodyamya prajahrur harayas tarūn
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prakṣipyamāṇair acalaiḥ sahasā jalam uddhatam
samutpatitam ākāśam apāsarpat tatas tataḥ
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daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanam āyatam
nalaś cakre mahāsetuṃ madhye nadanadīpateḥ
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śilānāṃ kṣipyamāṇānāṃ śailānāṃ tatra pātyatām
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdas tadā tasmin mahodadhau
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sa nalena kṛtaḥ setuḥ sāgare makarālaye
śuśubhe subhagaḥ śrīmān svātīpatha ivāmbare
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tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
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āplavantaḥ plavantaś ca garjantaś ca plavaṃgamāḥ
tam acintyam asahyaṃ ca adbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni sāgare setubandhanam
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tāni koṭisahasrāṇi vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām
badhnantaḥ sāgare setuṃ jagmuḥ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ
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viśālaḥ sukṛtaḥ śrīmān subhūmiḥ susamāhitaḥ
aśobhata mahāsetuḥ sīmanta iva sāgare
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tataḥ pare samudrasya gadāpāṇir vibhīṣaṇaḥ
pareṣām abhighatārtham atiṣṭhat sacivaiḥ saha
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agratas tasya sainyasya śrīmān rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ
jagāma dhanvī dharmātmā sugrīveṇa samanvitaḥ
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anye madhyena gacchanti pārśvato 'nye plavaṃgamāḥ
salile prapatanty anye mārgam anye na lebhire
ke cid vaihāyasa gatāḥ suparṇā iva pupluvuḥ
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ghoṣeṇa mahatā ghoṣaṃ sāgarasya samucchritam
bhīmam antardadhe bhīmā tarantī harivāhinī
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vānarāṇāṃ hi sā tīrṇā vāhinī nala setunā
tīre niviviśe rājñā bahumūlaphalodake
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tad adbhutaṃ rāghava karma duṣkaraṃ; samīkṣya devāḥ saha siddhacāraṇaiḥ
upetya rāmaṃ sahitā maharṣibhiḥ; samabhyaṣiñcan suśubhair jalaiḥ pṛthak
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jayasva śatrūn naradeva medinīṃ; sasāgarāṃ pālaya śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
itīva rāmaṃ naradevasatkṛtaṃ; śubhair vacobhir vividhair apūjayan
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