Chapter 17

tadvacaḥ pathyamaklībaṃ sāraṇenābhibhāṣitam |
niśamya rāvaṇo rājā pratyabhāṣata sāraṇam || 1 ||
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yadi māmabhiyuñjīrandevagandharvadānavāḥ |
naiva sītāṃ pradāsyāmi sarvalokabhayādapi || 2 ||
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tvaṃ tu saumya paritrasto haribhirnirjito bhṛśam |
pratipradānamadyaiva sītāyāḥ sādhu manyase |
ko hi nāma sapatno māṃ samare jetumarhati || 3 ||
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ityuktvā paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ |
āruroha tataḥ śrīmānprāsādaṃ himapāṇḍuram |
bahutālasamutsedhaṃ rāvaṇo'tha didṛkṣayā || 4 ||
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tābhyāṃ carābhyāṃ sahito rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ |
paśyamānaḥ samudraṃ ca parvatāṃśca vanāni ca |
dadarśa pṛthivīdeśaṃ susaṃpūrṇaṃ plavaṃgamaiḥ || 5 ||
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tadapāramasaṃkhyeyaṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahadbalam |
ālokya rāvaṇo rājā paripapraccha sāraṇam || 6 ||
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eṣāṃ vānaramukhyānāṃ ke śūrāḥ ke mahābalāḥ |
ke pūrvamabhivartante mahotsāhāḥ samantataḥ || 7 ||
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keṣāṃ śṛṇoti sugrīvaḥ ke vā yūthapayūthapāḥ |
sāraṇācakṣva me sarvaṃ ke pradhānāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ || 8 ||
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sāraṇo rākṣasendrasya vacanaṃ paripṛcchataḥ |
ācacakṣe'tha mukhyajño mukhyāṃstāṃstu vanaukasaḥ || 9 ||
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eṣa yo'bhimukho laṅkāṃ nardaṃstiṣṭhati vānaraḥ |
yūthapānāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ śatena parivāritaḥ || 10 ||
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yasya ghoṣeṇa mahatā saprākārā satoraṇā |
laṅkā pravepate sarvā saśailavanakānanā || 11 ||
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sarvaśākhāmṛgendrasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ |
balāgre tiṣṭhate vīro nīlo nāmaiṣa yūthapaḥ || 12 ||
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bāhū pragṛhya yaḥ padbhyāṃ mahīṃ gacchati vīryavān |
laṅkāmabhimukhaḥ kopādabhīkṣṇaṃ ca vijṛmbhate || 13 ||
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giriśṛṅgapratīkāśaḥ padmakiñjalkasaṃnibhaḥ |
sphoṭayatyabhisaṃrabdho lāṅgūlaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ || 14 ||
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yasya lāṅgūlaśabdena svanantīva diśo daśa |
eṣa vānararājena surgrīveṇābhiṣecitaḥ |
yauvarājye'ṅgado nāma tvāmāhvayati saṃyuge || 15 ||
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ye tu viṣṭabhya gātrāṇi kṣveḍayanti nadanti ca |
utthāya ca vijṛmbhante krodhena haripuṃgavāḥ || 16 ||
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ete duṣprasahā ghorāścaṇḍāścaṇḍaparākramāḥ |
aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi daśakoṭiśatāni ca || 17 ||
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ya enamanugacchanti vīrāścandanavāsinaḥ |
eṣa āśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum || 18 ||
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śveto rajatasaṃkāśaḥ sabalo bhīmavikramaḥ |
buddhimān vānaraḥ śūrastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ || 19 ||
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tūrṇaṃ sugrīvamāgamya punargacchati vānaraḥ |
vibhajan vānarīṃ senāmanīkāni praharṣayan || 20 ||
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yaḥ purā gomatītīre ramyaṃ paryeti parvatam |
nāmnā saṃkocano nāma nānānagayuto giriḥ || 21 ||
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tatra rājyaṃ praśāstyeṣa kumudo nāma yūthapaḥ |
yo'sau śatasahasrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ parikarṣati || 22 ||
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yasya vālā bahuvyāmā dīrghalāṅgūlamāśritāḥ |
tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ prakīrṇā ghorakarmaṇaḥ || 23 ||
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adīno roṣaṇaścaṇḍaḥ saṃgrāmamabhikāṅkṣati |
eṣaivāśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum || 24 ||
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yastveṣa siṃhasaṃkāśaḥ kapilo dīrghakesaraḥ |
nibhṛtaḥ prekṣate laṅkāṃ didhakṣanniva cakṣuṣā || 25 ||
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vindhyaṃ kṛṣṇagiriṃ sahyaṃ parvataṃ ca sudarśanam |
rājan satatamadhyāste rambho nāmaiṣa yūthapaḥ || 26 ||
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śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ triṃśacca hariyūthapāḥ |
parivāryānugacchanti laṅkāṃ marditumojasā || 27 ||
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yastu karṇau vivṛṇute jṛmbhate ca punaḥ punaḥ |
na ca saṃvijate mṛtyorna ca yūthādvidhāvati || 28 ||
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mahābalo vītabhayo ramyaṃ sālveya parvatam |
rājan satatamadhyāste śarabho nāma yūthapaḥ || 29 ||
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etasya balinaḥ sarve vihārā nāma yūthapāḥ |
rājañ śatasahasrāṇi catvāriṃśattathaiva ca || 30 ||
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yastu megha ivākāśaṃ mahānāvṛtya tiṣṭhati |
madhye vānaravīrāṇāṃ surāṇāmiva vāsavaḥ || 31 ||
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bherīṇāmiva saṃnādo yasyaiṣa śrūyate mahān |
ghoraḥ śākhāmṛgendrāṇāṃ saṃgrāmamabhikāṅkṣatām || 32 ||
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eṣa parvatamadhyāste pāriyātramanuttamam |
yuddhe duṣprasaho nityaṃ panaso nāma yūthapaḥ || 33 ||
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enaṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ śatārdhaṃ paryupāsate |
yūthapā yūthapaśreṣṭhaṃ yeṣāṃ yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ || 34 ||
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yastu bhīmāṃ pravalgantīṃ camūṃ tiṣṭhati śobhayan |
sthitāṃ tīre samudrasya dvitīya iva sāgaraḥ || 35 ||
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eṣa dardarasaṃkāśo vinato nāma yūthapaḥ |
pibaṃścarati parṇāśāṃ nadīnāmuttamāṃ nadīm || 36 ||
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ṣaṣṭiḥ śatasahasrāṇi balamasya plavaṃgamāḥ |
tvāmāhvayati yuddhāya krathano nāma yūthapaḥ || 37 ||
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yastu gairikavarṇābhaṃ vapuḥ puṣyati vānaraḥ |
gavayo nāma tejasvī tvāṃ krodhādabhivartate || 38 ||
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enaṃ śatasahasrāṇi saptatiḥ paryupāsate |
eṣa āśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum || 39 ||
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ete duṣprasahā ghorā balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ |
yūthapā yūthapaśreṣṭhā yeṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate || 40 ||
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