Chapter 28

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śeṣa uvāca |
atha putraṃ samālokya patitaṃ vyasumuddhatam |
vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ rājā sutaduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ || 1 ||
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mūrdhni saṃtāḍayāmāsa pāṇibhyāmatiduḥkhitaḥ |
kampamāno bhṛśaṃ cāśrūṇyamuñcannayanābjayoḥ || 2 ||
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gṛhītvā patitaṃ vaktraṃ caṃdrabiṃbamanoramam |
puṣkaleṣu kṣatāsṛgbhiḥ klinnaṃ kuṃḍalaśobhitam || 3 ||
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kuṭilabhrūyugaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ saṃdaṣṭādharapallavam |
sa cuṃbanmukhapadmena vilapannidamabravīt || 4 ||
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hā putra vīra kathamutsukacetasaṃ māṃ |
kiṃ nekṣase viśadanetrayugena śūra |
kiṃ madvinodakathayārahitastvameva |
roṣodadhiplutamanāḥ kila lakṣyase ca || 5 ||
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vada putra kathaṃ māṃ tvaṃ prabrūṣe na hasanpunaḥ |
amṛtairmadhurāsvādairvinodayasi putraka || 6 ||
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śatrughnāśvaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ sitacāmaraśobhitam |
svarṇapatreṇa śobhāḍhyaṃ tyaja nidrāṃ mahāmate || 7 ||
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eṣa pratāpaviśadaḥ pratāpāgryaḥ paraṃtapaḥ |
dhanurbibhratpuro bhāti puṣkalaḥ paravīrahā || 8 ||
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enaṃ vāraya sattīkṣṇairbāṇaiḥ kodaṃḍanirgataiḥ |
kathaṃ tvaṃ raṇamadhye vai śete vīravimohitaḥ || 9 ||
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hastinaḥ pattayaścaiva rathārūḍhā bhayārditāḥ |
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ samāyāṃti tānīkṣasva mahāmate || 10 ||
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putra tvayā vinā soḍhuṃ kathaṃ śakto raṇāṃgaṇe |
śatrughnasāyakāṃstīkṣṇāṃścaṃḍakodaṃḍanirgatān || 11 ||
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ato māṃ tu tvayā hīnaṃ ko vā pālayituṃ kṣamaḥ |
yadi tyakṣyasi nidrā tvaṃ jayāyāhaṃ kṣamastadā || 12 ||
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itthaṃ vilapya subhṛśaṃ tatāḍa hṛdayaṃ svakam |
bahuśaḥ pāṇinā rājā putraduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ || 13 ||
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tadā vicitra damanau sva sva syaṃdanasaṃsthitau |
pituścaraṇayornatvā ūcatuḥ samayocitam || 14 ||
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rājannasmāsu jīvatsu kiṃ duḥkhaṃ hṛdi tadvada |
vīrāṇāṃ pradhane mṛtyurvāṃcchito jāyate mahān || 15 ||
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dhanyo'yaṃ bata citrāṃgo yo vīra bhuvi śobhate |
sakirīṭastu saṃdaṣṭadaṃtacchadayugaḥ prabhuḥ || 16 ||
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kathayāśu kimadyaiva kurvaste kāryamīpsitam |
śatrughnavāhinīṃ sarvāṃ hanva āvāmanāthinīm || 17 ||
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adyaiva puṣkalaṃ bhrāturvadhakāriṇamāhave |
pātayāvo rathācchittvā śiromukuṭamaṃḍitam || 18 ||
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tyaja śokaṃ suduḥkhārtaḥ kathaṃ bhāsi mahāmate |
ājñāpayāvāṃ mānārha kuru yuddhe matiṃ tathā || 19 ||
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iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya putrayorvīramāninoḥ |
śokaṃ tyaktvā mahārājo yuddhāya matimādadhāt || 20 ||
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tāvapi pratiyoddhāraṃ vāṃcchaṃtau raṇadurmadau |
jagmatuḥ kaṭake śatroranaṃtabhaṭapūrite || 21 ||
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riputāpena damano nīlaratnena cetaraḥ |
yuyudhāte raṇe vīrau prāvṛṣīva balāhakau || 22 ||
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rājā kanakasannaddhe rathe maṇivicitrite |
ratnakūbaraśobhāḍhye tiṣṭhaṃścāpadharo balī || 23 ||
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yayau yoddhuṃ tu śatrughnaṃ vīrakoṭabhirāvṛtam |
tṛṇīkurvanmahāvīrāndhanurvidyāviśāradān || 24 ||
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taṃ yoddhumāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā subāhuṃ roṣapūritam |
putranāśena kurvaṃtaṃ sarvasainyavadhādikam || 25 ||
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śatrughnapārśvasaṃcārī hanūmāṃstamupādravat |
nakhāyudho mahānādaṃ kurvanmegha ivāhave || 26 ||
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subāhustaṃ hanūmaṃtamāgacchaṃtaṃ mahāravam |
uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ roṣapūritalocanaḥ || 27 ||
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kva gataḥ puṣkalo hatvā matputraṃ raṇamaṃḍale |
pātayāmyadya tasyāśu śiro jvalitakuṃḍalam || 28 ||
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kva śatrughno vāhapālaḥ kva ca rāmaḥ kuto bhaṭāḥ |
prāṇahaṃtāramāyāṃtaṃ paśyaṃtu pradhane tu mām || 29 ||
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iti tadvākyamākarṇya hanūmānnijagāda tam |
śatrughno lavaṇacchettā vartate sainyapālakaḥ || 30 ||
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sa kathaṃ pradhane yudhyetsevake'gre sthite nṛpa |
māṃ vijitya raṇe taṃ ca tvaṃ gaṃtāsi nararṣabha || 31 ||
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ityuktavaṃtaṃ tarasā vivyādha daśasāyakaiḥ |
hṛdi vānaramatyugraṃ parvatāgryamivasthitam || 32 ||
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sabāṇānāgatāṃstāṃśca gṛhītvā karasaṃpuṭe |
cūrṇayāmāsa tilaśaḥ śitānvairividāraṇān || 33 ||
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cūrṇayitvā śarāṃstāṃstu ninadanghanagarjitaiḥ |
pucchenāveṣṭya tasyoccai rathaṃ ninye mahābalaḥ || 34 ||
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tadā taṃ nṛpavaryo'sāvākāśe sthita eva saḥ |
lāṃgūlaṃ tāḍayāmāsa śitāgraiḥ sāyakairmuhuḥ || 35 ||
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sa tāḍitastu pucchāgre śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ |
mumoca tadrathaṃ divyaṃ kanakena vicitritam || 36 ||
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sa muktastena tarasā śaraistīkṣṇairjaghāna tam |
hanūmaṃtaṃ kapivaraṃ roṣasaṃpūritekṣaṇaḥ || 37 ||
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hanūmānbāṇavicchinnaḥ sarvatrarudhirāplutaḥ |
mahāroṣaṃ samādhatta nṛpopari kapīśvaraḥ || 38 ||
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gṛhītvā tasya daṃṣṭrābhī rathaṃ hayasamanvitam |
cūrṇayāmasa vegena tadadbhutamivābhavat || 39 ||
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svarathaṃ bhajyamānaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā rājā tvaranbalī |
anyaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya yuyudhe taṃ mahābalam || 40 ||
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pucche mukhe'thorasi ca bhuje caraṇayornṛpaḥ |
jaghāna śarasaṃdhānakovidaḥ paramāstravit || 41 ||
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tadā kruddhaḥ kapivarastāḍayāmāsa vakṣasi |
pādenotplutya vegena rājñaḥ subhaṭaśobhinaḥ || 42 ||
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sa padā prahato bhūmau papāta kila mūrcchitaḥ |
mukhādvamannasṛkcoṣṇaṃ śvāsapūrapravepitaḥ || 43 ||
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tadā prakupito'tyaṃtaṃ hanūmānpradhanāṃgaṇe |
aśvānvīrāngajāṃścāpi cūrṇayāmāsa vegataḥ || 44 ||
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tadā suketustadbhrātā tathā lakṣmīnidhirnṛpaḥ |
ubhāvapi susannaddhau yuddhāya samupasthitau || 45 ||
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rājānaṃ mūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā prapalāyya gatā narāḥ |
itastato bāṇasaṃghaiḥ kṣatāḥ puṣkalavarṣitaiḥ || 46 ||
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tadbhajyamānaṃ svabalaṃ vīkṣya rājātmajo balī |
damanaḥ staṃbhayāmāsa seturvārdhimivoccalam || 47 ||
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tadā tu mūrcchito rājā svapnamekaṃ dadarśa ha |
raṇamadhye kapivaraprapadāghātatāḍitaḥ || 48 ||
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rāmacaṃdrastvayodhyāyāṃ sarayūtīramaṃḍape |
brāhmaṇairyājñikaśreṣṭhairbahubhiḥ parivāritaḥ || 49 ||
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tatra brahmādayo devāstatra brahmāṃḍakoṭayaḥ |
kṛtaprāñjalayastaṃ vai stuvaṃti stutibhirmuhuḥ || 50 ||
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rāmaṃ śyāmaṃ sunayanaṃ mṛgaśṛṃgaparigraham |
gāyaṃti nāradādyāśca vīṇollasitapāṇayaḥ || 51 ||
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nṛtyaṃtyapsarasastatra ghṛtācī menakādayaḥ |
vedā mūrtidharā bhūtvā upatiṣṭhaṃti rāghavam || 52 ||
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yacca kiṃcidvastujātaṃ sarvaśobhāsamanvitam |
tasya dātāramakhilaṃ bhaktānāṃ bhogadāyakam || 53 ||
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ityevamādisaṃpaśyañjāgratsaṃjñāmavāpa saḥ |
brahmaśāpahatajñānaḥ kiṃ dṛṣṭamiti vai vadan || 54 ||
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utthāya prayayau padbhyāṃ śatrughnacaraṇaṃ prati |
bhṛtyakoṭiparīvāro rathakoṭiparīvṛtaḥ || 55 ||
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suketuṃ tu samāhūya vicitraṃ damanaṃ tathā |
yuddhaṃ kartuṃ samudyuktānvārayāmāsa dharmavit || 56 ||
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uvāca tānmahārājo dharmātmā dharmasaṃyutaḥ |
bhrātaḥputrau śṛṇuta me vākyaṃ dharmasamanvitam || 57 ||
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mā yuddhaṃ kuruta kṣipramanayastu mahānabhūt |
yadrāmacaṃdravāhaṃ tvamagṛhṇāddamanorjjitam || 58 ||
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eṣa rāmaḥ paraṃbrahma kāryakāraṇataḥ param |
carācarajagatsvāmī na mānuṣavapurdharaḥ || 59 ||
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etaddhi brahmavijñānamadhunā jñātavānaham |
purāsitāṃgaśāpena hṛtajñānadhano'naghāḥ || 60 ||
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ahaṃ purā tīrthayātrāṃ gatastattvavivitsayā |
tatrāneke mayā dṛṣṭā munayo dharmavittamāḥ || 61 ||
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asitāṃgaṃ munimahaṃ gatavāñjñātumicchayā |
tadā provāca māṃ vipraḥ kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari || 62 ||
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yo'sāvayodhyādhipatiḥ sa parabrahmaśabditaḥ |
tasya yā jānakī devī sākṣātsā cinmayī smṛtā || 63 ||
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enaṃ tu yoginaḥ sākṣādupāsate yamādibhiḥ |
dustarā pārasaṃsāravāridhiṃ saṃtitīrṣavaḥ || 64 ||
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smṛtamātro mahāpāpahārī sa garuḍadhvajaḥ |
ya enaṃ sevate vidvānsa saṃsāraṃ tariṣyati || 65 ||
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tadāhamahasaṃ vipraṃ ko'yaṃ rāmastu mānuṣaḥ |
keyaṃ sā jānakī devī harṣaśokasamākulā || 66 ||
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ajanmanaḥ kathaṃ janma akartuḥ kṛtyamatra kim |
janmaduḥkhajarātītaṃ kathayasva mune mama || 67 ||
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ityuktavaṃtaṃ māṃ kruddhaḥ śaśāpa sa munīśvaraḥ |
ajñātvā tatsvarūpaṃ tvaṃ pratibrūṣe mamādhama || 68 ||
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enaṃ niṃdasi rāmaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣo'yamidaṃ hasan |
tasmāttvaṃ tattvasaṃmūḍho bhaviṣyasyudaraṃbhariḥ || 69 ||
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tadāhaṃ tasya caraṇāvagṛhṇaṃ sadayā yutaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā me vinayaṃ māṃ tu prāvocatkaruṇānidhiḥ || 70 ||
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tvaṃ rāmasya makhe vighnaṃ kariṣyasi yadā nṛpa |
tadā hanūmānaṃghriṃ tvāṃ tāḍayiṣyati vegataḥ || 71 ||
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tadā tvaṃ jñāsyase rājannānyathā svamanīṣayā |
purāhamuktastenaivaṃ taddṛṣṭamadhunā mayā || 72 ||
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yadā māṃ hanumānkruddhastāḍayāmāsa vakṣasi |
tadā'darśaṃ ramānāthaṃ pūrṇabrahmasvarūpiṇam || 73 ||
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tasmādaśvaṃ tu śobhāḍhyamānayaṃtu mahābalāḥ |
dhanāni caiva vāsāṃsi rājyaṃ cedaṃ samarpaye || 74 ||
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rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtārthaḥ syāmahaṃ yajñeti puṇyade |
ānayaṃtu hayaṃ mahyaṃ rocate tu tadarpaṇam || 75 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe |
subāhuparājayonāma aṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 28 ||
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