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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 40
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athovāca mahātejā harirājo mahābalaḥ
kim iyaṃ vyathitā senā mūḍhavāteva naur jale
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sugrīvasya vacaḥ śrutvā vāliputro 'ṅgado 'bravīt
na tvaṃ paśyasi rāmaṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam
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śarajālācitau vīrāv ubhau daśarathātmajau
śaratalpe mahātmānau śayānāu rudhirokṣitau
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athābravīd vānarendraḥ sugrīvaḥ putram aṅgadam
nānimittam idaṃ manye bhavitavyaṃ bhayena tu
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viṣaṇṇavadanā hy ete tyaktapraharaṇā diśaḥ
prapalāyanti harayas trāsād utphullalocanāḥ
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anyonyasya na lajjante na nirīkṣanti pṛṣṭhataḥ
viprakarṣanti cānyonyaṃ patitaṃ laṅghayanti ca
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etasminn antare vīro gadāpāṇir vibhīṣaṇaḥ
sugrīvaṃ vardhayām āsa rāghavaṃ ca niraikṣata
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vibhīṣaṇaṃ taṃ sugrīvo dṛṣṭvā vānarabhīṣaṇam
ṛkṣarājaṃ samīpasthaṃ jāmbavantam uvāca ha
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vibhīṣaṇo 'yaṃ saṃprāpto yaṃ dṛṣṭvā vānararṣabhāḥ
vidravanti paritrastā rāvaṇātmajaśaṅkayā
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śīghram etān suvitrastān bahudhā vipradhāvitān
paryavasthāpayākhyāhi vibhīṣaṇam upasthitam
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sugrīveṇaivam uktas tu jāmbavān ṛkṣapārthivaḥ
vānarān sāntvayām āsa saṃnivartya prahāvataḥ
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te nivṛttāḥ punaḥ sarve vānarās tyaktasaṃbhramāḥ
ṛkṣarājavacaḥ śrutvā taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā vibhīṣaṇam
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vibhīṣaṇas tu rāmasya dṛṣṭvā gātraṃ śaraiś citam
lakṣmaṇasya ca dharmātmā babhūva vyathitendriyaḥ
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jalaklinnena hastena tayor netre pramṛjya ca
śokasaṃpīḍitamanā ruroda vilalāpa ca
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imau tau sattvasaṃpannau vikrāntau priyasaṃyugau
imām avasthāṃ gamitau rākasaiḥ kūṭayodhibhiḥ
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bhrātuḥ putreṇa me tena duṣputreṇa durātmanā
rākṣasyā jihmayā buddhyā chalitāv ṛjuvikramau
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śarair imāv alaṃ viddhau rudhireṇa samukṣitau
vasudhāyām ima suptau dṛśyete śalyakāv iva
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yayor vīryam upāśritya pratiṣṭhā kāṅkṣitā mayā
tāv ubhau dehanāśāya prasuptau puruṣarṣabhau
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jīvann adya vipanno 'smi naṣṭarājyamanorathaḥ
prāptapratijñaś ca ripuḥ sakāmo rāvaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ
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evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ pariṣvajya vibhīṣaṇam
sugrīvaḥ sattvasaṃpanno harirājo 'bravīd idam
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rājyaṃ prāpsyasi dharmajña laṅkāyāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
rāvaṇaḥ saha putreṇa sa rājyaṃ neha lapsyate
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śarasaṃpīḍitāv etāv ubhau rāghavalakṣmaṇau
tyaktvā mohaṃ vadhiṣyete sagaṇaṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe
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tam evaṃ sāntvayitvā tu samāśvāsya ca rākṣasaṃ
suṣeṇaṃ śvaśuraṃ pārśve sugrīvas tam uvāca ha
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saha śūrair harigaṇair labdhasaṃjñāv ariṃdamau
gaccha tvaṃ bhrātarau gṛhya kiṣkindhāṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau
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ahaṃ tu rāvaṇaṃ hatvā saputraṃ sahabāndhavam
maithilīm ānayiṣyāmi śakro naṣṭām iva śriyam
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śrutvaitad vānarendrasya suṣeṇo vākyam abravīt
devāsuraṃ mahāyuddham anubhūtaṃ sudāruṇam
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tadā sma dānavā devāñ śarasaṃsparśakovidāḥ
nijaghnuḥ śastraviduṣaś chādayanto muhur muhuḥ
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tān ārtān naṣṭasaṃjñāṃś ca parāsūṃś ca bṛhaspatiḥ
vidhyābhir mantrayuktābhir oṣadhībhiś cikitsati
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tāny auṣadhāny ānayituṃ kṣīrodaṃ yāntu sāgaram
javena vānarāḥ śīghraṃ saṃpāti panasādayaḥ
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harayas tu vijānanti pārvatī te mahauṣadhī
saṃjīvakaraṇīṃ divyāṃ viśalyāṃ devanirmitām
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candraś ca nāma droṇaś ca parvatau sāgarottame
amṛtaṃ yatra mathitaṃ tatra te paramauṣadhī
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te tatra nihite devaiḥ parvate paramauṣadhī
ayaṃ vāyusuto rājan hanūmāṃs tatra gacchatu
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etasminn antare vāyur meghāṃś cāpi savidyutaḥ
paryasyan sāgare toyaṃ kampayann iva parvatān
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mahatā pakṣavātena sarve dvīpamahādrumāḥ
nipetur bhagnaviṭapāḥ samūlā lavaṇāmbhasi
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abhavan pannagās trastā bhoginas tatravāsinaḥ
śīghraṃ sarvāṇi yādāṃsi jagmuś ca lavaṇārṇavam
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tato muhūrtad garuḍaṃ vainateyaṃ mahābalam
vānarā dadṛśuḥ sarve jvalantam iva pāvakam
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tam āgatam abhiprekṣya nāgās te vipradudruvuḥ
yais tau satpuruṣau baddhau śarabhūtair mahābalau
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tataḥ suparṇaḥ kākutsthau dṛṣṭvā pratyabhinandya ca
vimamarśa ca pāṇibhyāṃ mukhe candrasamaprabhe
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vainateyena saṃspṛṣṭās tayoḥ saṃruruhur vraṇāḥ
suvarṇe ca tanū snigdhe tayor āśu babhūvatuḥ
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tejo vīryaṃ balaṃ cauja utsāhaś ca mahāguṇāḥ
pradarśanaṃ ca buddhiś ca smṛtiś ca dviguṇaṃ tayoḥ
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tāv utthāpya mahāvīryau garuḍo vāsavopamau
ubhau tau sasvaje hṛṣṭau rāmaś cainam uvāca ha
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bhavatprasādād vyasanaṃ rāvaṇiprabhavaṃ mahat
āvām iha vyatikrāntau śīghraṃ ca balinau kṛtau
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yathā tātaṃ daśarathaṃ yathājaṃ ca pitāmaham
tathā bhavantam āsādya hṛṣayaṃ me prasīdati
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ko bhavān rūpasaṃpanno divyasraganulepanaḥ
vasāno viraje vastre divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
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tam uvāca mahātejā vainateyo mahābalaḥ
patatrirājaḥ prītātmā harṣaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ
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ahaṃ sakhā te kākutstha priyaḥ prāṇo bahiścaraḥ
garutmān iha saṃprāpto yuvayoḥ sāhyakāraṇāt
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asurā vā mahāvīryā dānavā vā mahābalāḥ
surāś cāpi sagandharvāḥ puraskṛtya śatakratum
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nemaṃ mokṣayituṃ śaktāḥ śarabandhaṃ sudāruṇam
māyā balād indrajitā nirmitaṃ krūrakarmaṇā
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ete nāgāḥ kādraveyās tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāviṣolbaṇāḥ
rakṣomāyā prabhāvena śarā bhūtvā tvadāśritāḥ
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sabhāgyaś cāsi dharmajña rāma satyaparākrama
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā samare ripughātinā
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imaṃ śrutvā tu vṛttāntaṃ tvaramāṇo 'ham āgataḥ
sahasā yuvayoḥ snehāt sakhitvam anupālayan
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mokṣitau ca mahāghorād asmāt sāyakabandhanāt
apramādaś ca kartavyo yuvābhyāṃ nityam eva hi
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prakṛtyā rākṣasāḥ sarve saṃgrāme kūṭayodhinaḥ
śūrāṇāṃ śuddhabhāvānāṃ bhavatām ārjavaṃ balam
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tan na viśvasitavyaṃ vo rākṣasānāṃ raṇājire
etenaivopamānena nityajihmā hi rākṣasāḥ
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evam uktvā tato rāmaṃ suparṇaḥ sumahābalaḥ
pariṣvajya suhṛtsnigdham āpraṣṭum upacakrame
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sakhe rāghava dharmajña ripūṇām api vatsala
abhyanujñātum icchāmi gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam
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bālavṛddhāvaśeṣāṃ tu laṅkāṃ kṛtvā śarormibhiḥ
rāvaṇaṃ ca ripuṃ hatvā sītāṃ samupalapsyase
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ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ suparṇaḥ śīghravikramaḥ
rāmaṃ ca virujaṃ kṛtvā madhye teṣāṃ vanaukasām
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pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pariṣvajya ca vīryavān
jagāmākāśam āviśya suparṇaḥ pavano yathā
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virujau rāghavau dṛṣṭvā tato vānarayūthapāḥ
siṃhanādāṃs tadā nedur lāṅgūlaṃ dudhuvuś ca te
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tato bherīḥ samājaghnur mṛdaṅgāṃś ca vyanādayan
dadhmuḥ śaṅkhān saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ kṣvelanty api yathāpuram
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āsphoṭyāsphoṭya vikrāntā vānarā nagayodhinaḥ
drumān utpāṭya vividhāṃs tasthuḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
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visṛjanto mahānādāṃs trāsayanto niśācarān
laṅkādvārāṇy upājagmur yoddhukāmāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
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tatas tu bhīmas tumulo ninādo; babhūva śākhāmṛgayūthapānām
kṣaye nidāghasya yathā ghanānāṃ; nādaḥ subhīmo nadatāṃ niśīthe
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