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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 16
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sabale sāgaraṃ tīrṇe rāme daśarathātmaje
amātyau rāvaṇaḥ śrīmān abravīc chukasāraṇau
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samagraṃ sāgaraṃ tīrṇaṃ dustaraṃ vānaraṃ balam
abhūtapūrvaṃ rāmeṇa sāgare setubandhanam
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sāgare setubandhaṃ tu na śraddadhyāṃ kathaṃ cana
avaśyaṃ cāpi saṃkhyeyaṃ tan mayā vānaraṃ balam
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bhavantau vānaraṃ sainyaṃ praviśyānupalakṣitau
parimāṇaṃ ca vīryaṃ ca ye ca mukhyāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
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mantriṇo ye ca rāmasya sugrīvasya ca saṃmatāḥ
ye pūrvam abhivartante ye ca śūrāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
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sa ca setur yathā baddhaḥ sāgare salilārṇave
niveśaś ca yathā teṣāṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahātmanām
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rāmasya vyavasāyaṃ ca vīryaṃ praharaṇāni ca
lakṣmaṇasya ca vīrasya tattvato jñātum arhatha
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kaś ca senāpatis teṣāṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām
etaj jñātvā yathātattvaṃ śīghram agantum arhathaḥ
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iti pratisamādiṣṭau rākṣasau śukasāraṇau
harirūpadharau vīrau praviṣṭau vānaraṃ balam
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tatas tad vānaraṃ sainyam acintyaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
saṃkhyātuṃ nādhyagacchetāṃ tadā tau śukasāraṇau
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tat sthitaṃ parvatāgreṣu nirdareṣu guhāsu ca
samudrasya ca tīreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca
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taramāṇaṃ ca tīrṇaṃ ca tartukāmaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
niviṣṭaṃ niviśac caiva bhīmanādaṃ mahābalam
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tau dadarśa mahātejāḥ pracchannau ca vibhīṣaṇaḥ
ācacakṣe 'tha rāmāya gṛhītvā śukasāraṇau
laṅkāyāḥ samanuprāptau cārau parapuraṃjayau
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tau dṛṣṭvā vyathitau rāmaṃ nirāśau jīvite tadā
kṛtāñjalipuṭau bhītau vacanaṃ cedam ūcatuḥ
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āvām ihāgatau saumya rāvaṇaprahitāv ubhau
parijñātuṃ balaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tavedaṃ raghunandana
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tayos tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ
abravīt prahasan vākyaṃ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
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yadi dṛṣṭaṃ balaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vayaṃ vā susamīkṣitāḥ
yathoktaṃ vā kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ chandataḥ pratigamyatām
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praviśya nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ bhavadbhyāṃ dhanadānujaḥ
vaktavyo rakṣasāṃ rājā yathoktaṃ vacanaṃ mama
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yad balaṃ ca samāśritya sītāṃ me hṛtavān asi
tad darśaya yathākāmaṃ sasainyaḥ sahabāndhavaḥ
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śvaḥkāle nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ saprākārāṃ satoraṇām
rākṣasaṃ ca balaṃ paśya śarair vidhvaṃsitaṃ mayā
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ghoraṃ roṣam ahaṃ mokṣye balaṃ dhāraya rāvaṇa
śvaḥkāle vajravān vajraṃ dānaveṣv iva vāsavaḥ
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iti pratisamādiṣṭau rākṣasau śukasāraṇau
āgamya nagarīṃ laṅkām abrūtāṃ rākṣasādhipam
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vibhīṣaṇagṛhītau tu vadhārhau rākṣaseśvara
dṛṣṭvā dharmātmanā muktau rāmeṇāmitatejasā
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ekasthānagatā yatra catvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
lokapālopamāḥ śūrāḥ kṛtāstrā dṛḍhavikramāḥ
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rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmāṁl lakṣmaṇaś ca vibhīṣaṇaḥ
sugrīvaś ca mahātejā mahendrasamavikramaḥ
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ete śaktāḥ purīṃ laṅkāṃ saprākārāṃ satoraṇām
utpāṭya saṃkrāmayituṃ sarve tiṣṭhantu vānarāḥ
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yādṛśaṃ tasya rāmasya rūpaṃ praharaṇāni ca
vadhiṣyati purīṃ laṅkām ekas tiṣṭhantu te trayaḥ
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rāmalakṣmaṇaguptā sā sugrīveṇa ca vāhinī
babhūva durdharṣatarā sarvair api surāsuraiḥ
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prahṛṣṭarūpā dhvajinī vanaukasāṃ; mahātmanāṃ saṃprati yoddhum icchatām
alaṃ virodhena śamo vidhīyatāṃ; pradīyatāṃ dāśarathāya maithilī
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