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Ramayana · Chapter 6.016

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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 śrīmāṃl 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

Original text: Rāmāyaṇa · Edition: John Smith's Rāmāyaṇa-Page (last comparison: 2020-04-16) · Data entry Muneo Tokunaga · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0