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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 39
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ghoreṇa śarabandhena baddhau daśarathātmajau
niśvasantau yathā nāgau śayānau rudhirokṣitau
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sarve te vānaraśreṣṭhāḥ sasugrīvā mahābalāḥ
parivārya mahātmānau tasthuḥ śokapariplutāḥ
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etasminn antere rāmaḥ pratyabudhyata vīryavān
sthiratvāt sattvayogāc ca śaraiḥ saṃdānito 'pi san
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tato dṛṣṭvā sarudhiraṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ gāḍham arpitam
bhrātaraṃ dīnavadanaṃ paryadevayad āturaḥ
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kiṃ nu me sītayā kāryaṃ kiṃ kāryaṃ jīvitena vā
śayānaṃ yo 'dya paśyāmi bhrātaraṃ yudhi nirjitam
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śakyā sītā samā nārī prāptuṃ loke vicinvatā
na lakṣmaṇasamo bhrātā sacivaḥ sāmparāyikaḥ
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parityakṣyāmy ahaṃ prāṇān vānarāṇāṃ tu paśyatām
yadi pañcatvam āpannaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ
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kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi kausalyāṃ mātaraṃ kiṃ nu kaikayīm
katham ambāṃ sumitrāṃca putradarśanalālasām
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vivatsāṃ vepamānāṃ ca krośantīṃ kurarīm iva
katham āśvāsayiṣyāmi yadi yāsyāmi taṃ vinā
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kathaṃ vakṣyāmi śatrughnaṃ bharataṃ ca yaśasvinam
mayā saha vanaṃ yāto vinā tenāgataḥ punaḥ
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upālambhaṃ na śakṣyāmi soḍhuṃ bata sumitrayā
ihaiva dehaṃ tyakṣyāmi na hi jīvitum utsahe
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dhiṅ māṃ duṣkṛtakarmāṇam anāryaṃ yatkṛte hy asau
lakṣmaṇaḥ patitaḥ śete śaratalpe gatāsuvat
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tvaṃ nityaṃ suviṣaṇṇaṃ mām āśvāsayasi lakṣmaṇa
gatāsur nādya śaknoṣi mām ārtam abhibhāṣitum
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yenādya bahavo yuddhe rākṣasā nihatāḥ kṣitau
tasyām eva kṣitau vīraḥ sa śete nihataḥ paraiḥ
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śayānaḥ śaratalpe 'smin svaśoṇitapariplutaḥ
śarajālaiś cito bhāti bhāskaro 'stam iva vrajan
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bāṇābhihatamarmatvān na śaknoty abhivīkṣitum
rujā cābruvato hy asya dṛṣṭirāgeṇa sūcyate
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yathaiva māṃ vanaṃ yāntam anuyāto mahādyutiḥ
aham apy anuyāsyāmi tathaivainaṃ yamakṣayam
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iṣṭabandhujano nityaṃ māṃ ca nityam anuvrataḥ
imām adya gato 'vasthāṃ mamānāryasya durnayaiḥ
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suruṣṭenāpi vīreṇa lakṣmaṇenā na saṃsmare
paruṣaṃ vipriyaṃ vāpi śrāvitaṃ na kadā cana
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visasarjaikavegena pañcabāṇaśatāni yaḥ
iṣvastreṣv adhikas tasmāt kārtavīryāc ca lakṣmaṇaḥ
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astrair astrāṇi yo hanyāc chakrasyāpi mahātmanaḥ
so 'yam urvyāṃhataḥ śete mahārhaśayanocitaḥ
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tac ca mithyā pralaptaṃ māṃ pradhakṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
yan mayā na kṛto rājā rākṣasānāṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
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asmin muhūrte sugrīva pratiyātum ito 'rhasi
matvā hīnaṃ mayā rājan rāvaṇo 'bhidraved balī
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aṅgadaṃ tu puraskṛtya sasainyaḥ sasuhṛjjanaḥ
sāgaraṃ tara sugrīva punas tenaiva setunā
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kṛtaṃ hanumatā kāryaṃ yad anyair duṣkaraṃ raṇe
ṛkṣarājena tuṣyāmi golāṅgūlādhipena ca
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aṅgadena kṛtaṃ karma maindena dvividena ca
yuddhaṃ kesariṇā saṃkhye ghoraṃ saṃpātinā kṛtam
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gavayena gavākṣeṇa śarabheṇa gajena ca
anyaiś ca haribhir yuddhaṃ madārthe tyaktajīvitaiḥ
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na cātikramituṃ śakyaṃ daivaṃ sugrīva mānuṣaiḥ
yat tu śakyaṃ vayasyena suhṛdā vā paraṃtapa
kṛtaṃ sugrīva tat sarvaṃ bhavatādharmabhīruṇā
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mitrakāryaṃ kṛtam idaṃ bhavadbhir vānararṣabhāḥ
anujñātā mayā sarve yatheṣṭaṃ gantum arhatha
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śuśruvus tasya te sarve vānarāḥ paridevitam
vartayāṃ cakrur aśrūṇi netraiḥ kṛṣṇetarekṣaṇāḥ
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tataḥ sarvāṇy anīkāni sthāpayitvā vibhīṣaṇaḥ
ājagāma gadāpāṇis tvarito yatra rāghavaḥ
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaritaṃ yāntaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam
vānarā dudruvuḥ sarve manyamānās tu rāvaṇim
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