Chapter 2

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
kathaṃ sūta mahābhāga rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā |
seturbaddho nadīnāthe hyagādhe varuṇālaye || 1 ||
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setau ca kati tīrthāni gaṃdhamādanaparvate |
etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ brūhi paurāṇikottama || 2 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
rāmeṇa hi yathāseturnibaddho varuṇālaye |
tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ || 3 ||
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ājñayā hi pitū rāmo nyavasaddaṃḍakānane |
sītālakṣmaṇasaṃyuktaḥ paṃcavaṭyāṃ samāhitaḥ || 4 ||
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tasminniva satastasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ |
rāvaṇena hṛtā bhāryā mārīcacchadmanā dvijāḥ || 5 ||
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mārgamāṇo vane bhāryāṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ |
paṃpātīre jagā māsau śokamohasamanvitaḥ || 6 ||
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dṛṣṭavānvānaraṃ tatra kaṃciddaśarathātmajaḥ |
vānareṇātha pṛṣṭo'yaṃ ko bhavāniti rāghavaḥ || 7 ||
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āditaḥ svasya vṛttāṃttaṃ tasmai provāca tattvataḥ |
atha rāghavasaṃpṛṣṭo vānaraḥ ko bhavāniti || 8 ||
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sopi vijñāpayāmāsa rāghavāya mahātmane |
ahaṃ sugrīvasacivo hanūmā nnāma vānaraḥ || 9 ||
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tena ca prerito'bhyāgāṃ yuvābhyāṃ sakhyamicchatā |
āgacchataṃ tadbhadraṃ vāṃ sugrīvāṃtikamāśu vai || 10 ||
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tathāstviti sa rāmo pi tena sākaṃ munīśvarāḥ |
sugrīvāṃtikamāgapya sakhyaṃ cakre'gnisākṣikam || 11 ||
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pratijajñe'tha rāmo'pi tasmai vālivadhaṃ prati |
sugrīvaścāpi vai dehyāḥ punarānayanaṃ dvijāḥ || 12 ||
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ityevaṃ samayaṃ kṛtvā viśvāsya ca parasparam |
mudā paramayā yuktau nareśvarakapīśvarau || 13 ||
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āsāte brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā ṛṣyamūkagirau tathā |
sugrīvapratyayārthaṃ ca duṃdubheḥ kāyamāśu vai || 14 ||
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pādāṃguṣṭhena cikṣepa rāghavo bahuyojanam |
saptatālā vinirbhinnā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā || 15 ||
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tataḥ prītamanā vīraḥ sugrīvo rāmamabravīt |
iṃdrādidevatābhyo'pi nāsti rāghava me bhayam || 16 ||
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bhavānmitraṃ mayā labdho yasmādati parākramaḥ |
ahaṃ laṃkeśvaraṃ hatvā bhāryāmānayitāsmi te || 17 ||
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tataḥ sugrīvasahito rāmacaṃdro mahābalaḥ |
salakṣmaṇo yayau tūrṇaṃ kiṣkiṃdhāṃ vālipālitām || 18 ||
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tato jagarja sugrīvo vālyāgamanakāṃkṣayā |
amṛṣyamāṇo vālī ca garjitaṃ svānujasya vai || 19 ||
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aṃtaḥpurādviniṣkramya yuyudhe'varajena saḥ |
vālimuṣṭiprahāreṇa tāḍito bhṛśavihvalaḥ || 20 ||
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sugrīvo nirgatastūrṇaṃ yatra rāmo mahābalaḥ |
tato rāmo mahābāhussugrīvasya śirodhare || 21 ||
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latāmābadhya cihnaṃ tu yuddhāyācodayattadā |
garjitena samāhūya sugrīvo vālinaṃ punaḥ || 22 ||
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rāmapreraṇayā tena bāhuyuddhamathākarot |
tato vālinamājaghne śareṇaikena rāghavaḥ || 23 ||
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hate vālini sugrīvaḥ kiṣkiṃdhāṃ pratyapadyata |
tato varṣāsvatītāsu sugrīvo vānarādhipaḥ || 24 ||
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sītāmānayituṃ tūrṇaṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahācamūm |
samādāya samāgacchadaṃtikaṃ nṛpaputrayoḥ || 25 ||
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prasthāpayāmāsa kapīnsītānveṣaṇakāṃkṣayā |
viditāyāṃ tu vaidehyā laṃkāyāṃ vāyusūnunā || 26 ||
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datte cūḍāmaṇau cāpi rāghavo harṣaśokavān |
sugrīveṇānujenāpi vāyuputreṇa dhīmatā || 27 ||
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tathānyaiḥ kapibhiścaiva jāṃbavannalamukhyakaiḥ |
anvīyamāno rāmo'sau muhūrte'bhijiti dvijāḥ || 28 ||
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vilaṃghya vividhā ndeśānmaheṃdraṃ parvataṃ yayau |
cakratīrthaṃ tato gatvā nivāsamakarottadā || 29 ||
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tatraiva tu sa dharmātmā samāgacchadvibhīṣaṇaḥ |
bhrātā vai rākṣaseṃdrasya caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha || 30 ||
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pratijagrāha rāmastaṃ svāgatena mahātmanā |
sugrīvasya tu śaṃkā'bhūtpraṇidhiḥ syādayaṃ tviti || 31 ||
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rāghavastasya ceṣṭābhiḥ samyaksvacaritairhitaiḥ |
aduṣṭamenaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva tata enamapūjayat || 32 ||
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sarvarākṣasarājye tamabhyaṣiṃcadvibhīṣaṇam |
cakre ca maṃtripravaraṃ sadṛśaṃ ravisūnunā || 33 ||
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cakratīrthaṃ samāsādya nivasadraghunaṃdanaḥ |
ciṃtayanrāghavaḥ śrīmānsugrīvādīnabhāṣata || 34 ||
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madhye vānaramu khyānāṃ prāptakālamidaṃ vacaḥ |
upāyaḥ ko nu bhavatāmetatsāgaralaṃghane || 35 ||
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iyaṃ ca mahatī senā sāgaraścāpi dustaraḥ |
aṃbhorāśirayaṃ nīlaścaṃcalormmisamākulaḥ || 36 ||
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udyanmatsyo mahānakraśaṃkhaśuktisamākulaḥ |
kvacidaurvānalākrāṃtaḥ phenavānatibhīṣaṇaḥ || 37 ||
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prakṛṣṭapavanākṛṣṭanīlameghasamanvitaḥ |
pralayāṃbhodharārāvaḥ sāravānaniloddhataḥ || 38 ||
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kathaṃ sāgaramakṣobhyaṃ tarāmo varuṇā layam |
sainyaiḥ parivṛtāḥ sarve vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām || 39 ||
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upāyairadhigacchāmo yathā nadanadīpatim |
kathaṃ tarāmaḥ sahasā sasainyā varuṇālayam || 40 ||
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śatayojanamāyātaṃ manasāpi durāsadam |
ato nu vighnā bahavaḥ kathaṃ prāpyā ca maithilī || 41 ||
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kaṣṭātkaṣṭataraṃ prāptā vayamadya nirāśrayāḥ |
mahājale mahāvāte samudre hi nirāśraye || 42 ||
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upāyaṃ kaṃ vidhāsyāmastaraṇārthaṃ vanaukasām |
rājyādbhraṣṭo vanaṃ prāpto hṛtā sītā mṛtaḥ pitā || 43 ||
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ito'pi duḥsahaṃ duḥkhaṃ yatsāgaravilaṃghanam |
dhigdhiggarjitamaṃbhodhe dhigetāṃ vārirāśitām || 44 ||
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kathaṃ tadvacanaṃ mithyā maharṣeḥ kumbhajanmanaḥ |
hatvā tvaṃ rāvaṇaṃ pāpaṃ pavitre gaṃdhamādane |
pāpopaśamanāyāśu gacchasveti yadīritam || 45 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
iti rāmavacaḥ śrutvā sugrīvapramukhāstadā || 46 ||
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ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ saṃrme rāghavaṃ taṃ mahābalam |
naubhirenaṃ tariṣyāmaḥ plavaiśca vividhairiti || 47 ||
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madhye vānarakoṭīnāṃ tadovāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ |
samudraṃ rāghavo rājā śaraṇaṃ gantumarhati || 48 ||
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khanitaḥ sāgaraireṣa samudro varuṇālayaḥ |
kartumarhati rāmasya tajjñāteḥ kāryamaṃbudhiḥ || 49 ||
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vibhīṣaṇenaivamukto rākṣasena vipaścitā |
sāṃtvayanrāghavaḥ sarvānvānarānidamabravīt || 50 ||
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śatayojana vistāramaśaktāḥ sarvavānarāḥ |
tartuṃ plavoḍupairenaṃ samudramatibhīṣaṇam || 51 ||
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nāvo na saṃti senāyā bahvyā vānarapuṃgavāḥ |
vaṇijāmupaghātaṃ ca kathamasmadvidhaścaret || 52 ||
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vistīrṇaṃ caiva naḥ sainyaṃ hanyācchidreṣu vā paraḥ |
plavoḍupapratāro'to naivātra mama rocate || 53 ||
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vibhīṣeṇoktame vedaṃ modate mama vānarāḥ |
ahaṃ tvimaṃ jalanidhimupāsye mārgasiddhaye || 54 ||
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no ceddarśayitā mārgaṃ dhakṣyāmyenamahaṃ tadā |
mahāstrairapratihatairatyagnipavanojjvalaiḥ || 55 ||
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ityuktvā sahasaumitrirupaspṛśyātha rāghavaḥ |
pratiśiśye jalanidhiṃ vidhivatkuśasaṃstare || 56 ||
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tadā rāmaḥ kuśā stīrṇe tīre nadanadīpateḥ |
saṃviveśa mahābāhurvedyāmiva hutāśanaḥ || 57 ||
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śeṣabhoganibhaṃ bāhumupadhāya raghūdvahaḥ |
dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumupāste makarālayam || 58 ||
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tasya rāmasya suptasya kuśāstīrṇe mahītale |
niyamādapramattasya niśāstisro'ticakramuḥ || 59 ||
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sa trirātroṣitastatra nayajño dharmatatparaḥ |
upāstesma tadā rāmaḥ sāgaraṃ mārgasiddhaye || 60 ||
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na ca darśayate mandastadā rāmasya sāgaraḥ |
prayatenāpi rāmeṇa yathārhamapi pūjitaḥ || 61 ||
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tathāpi sāgaro rāmaṃ na darśayati cātmanaḥ |
samudrāya tataḥ kruddho rāmo raktāṃtalocanaḥ || 62 ||
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samīpavartinaṃ cedaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyabhāṣata |
adya madbāṇanirbhinnairmakarairvaruṇālayam || 63 ||
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niruddhatoyaṃ saumitre kariṣyāmi kṣaṇādaham |
saśaṃkhaśuktājālaṃ hi samīnamakaraṃ śanaiḥ || 64 ||
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adya bāṇairamoghāstrairvāridhiṃ pariśoṣaye |
kṣamayā hi samāyuktaṃ māmayaṃ makarālayaḥ || 69 ||
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asamarthaṃ vijānāti dhikkṣamāmīdṛśe jane |
na darśayati sāmnā me sāgaro rūpamātmanaḥ || 66 ||
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cāpamānaya saumitre śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān |
sāgaraṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi padbhyāṃ yāṃtu plavaṃgamāḥ || 67 ||
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enaṃ laṃghitamaryādaṃ sahasrormisamākulam |
nirmaryādaṃ kariṣyāmi sāyakairvaruṇālayam || 68 ||
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mahārṇavaṃ śoṣayiṣye mahādānavasaṃkulam |
mahāmakaranakrāḍhyaṃ mahāvīcisamākulam || 69 ||
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evamuktvā dhanuṣpāṇiḥ krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ |
rāmo babhūva durdharṣastripuraghno yathā śivaḥ || 70 ||
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ākṛṣya cāpaṃ kopena kampayitvā śarairjagat |
mumoca viśikhānugrāṃstripureṣu yathā bhavaḥ || 71 ||
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dīptā bāṇāśca ye ghorā bhāsayanto diśo daśa |
prāviśanvāridhestoyaṃ dṛptadānavasaṃkulam || 72 ||
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samudrastu tato bhīto vepamānaḥ kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
ananyaśaraṇo viprāḥ pātā lātsvayamutthitaḥ || 73 ||
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śaraṇaṃ rāghavaṃ bheje kaivalyapadakāraṇam |
tuṣṭāva rāghavaṃ viprā bhūtvā śabdairmanoramaiḥ || 74 ||
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samudra uvāca |
namāmi te rāghava pādapaṃkajaṃ sītāpate saukhyada pādasevanāt |
namāmi te gautamadāramokṣajaṃ śrīpādareṇuṃ suravṛndasevyam || 76 ||
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sundapriyādehavidāriṇe namo namostu te kauśikayāgarakṣiṇe |
namo mahādevaśarāsabhedine namo namo rākṣasasaṃghanāśine || 76 ||
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rāmarāma namasyāmi bhaktānāmiṣṭadāyinam |
avatīrṇo raghukule devakāryacikīrṣayā || 77 ||
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nārāyaṇamanādyaṃtaṃ mokṣadaṃ śivamacyutam |
rāmarāma mahābāho rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam || 78 ||
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kopaṃ saṃhara rājeṃdra kṣamasva karuṇālaya |
bhūmirvāto viyaccāpo jyotīṃṣi ca raghūdvaha || 79 ||
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yatsvabhāvāni sṛṣṭāni brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā |
vartaṃte tatsvabhā vāni svabhāvo me hyagādhatā || 80 ||
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vikārastu bhavedgādha etatsatyaṃ vadāmyaham |
lobhātkāmādbhayādvāpi rāgādvāpi raghūdvaha || 81 ||
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na vaṃśajaṃ guṇaṃ hātumutsaheyaṃ kathaṃcana |
tatkariṣye ca sāhāyyaṃ senāyāstaraṇe tava || 82 ||
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ityuktavantaṃ jaladhiṃ rāmo'vādīnnadīpatim |
sasainyo'haṃ gami ṣyāmi laṃkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām || 83 ||
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tacchoṣamupayāhi tvaṃ taraṇārthaṃ mamādhunā |
ityuktastaṃ punaḥ prāha rāghavaṃ varuṇālayaḥ || 84 ||
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śṛṇuṣvāva hito rāma śrutvā kartavyamācara |
yadyājñayā te śuṣyāmi sasainyasya yiyāsataḥ || 85 ||
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anye'pyājñāpayiṣyaṃti māmevaṃ dhanuṣo balāt |
upāyamanyaṃ vakṣyāmi taraṇārthaṃ balasya te || 816 ||
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asti hyatra nalonāma vānaraḥ śilpisaṃmataḥ |
tvaṣṭuḥ kākutstha tanayo balavānviśvakarmaṇaḥ || 87 ||
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sa yatkāṣṭhaṃ tṛṇaṃ vāpi śilāṃ vā kṣepsyate mayi |
sarvaṃ taddhārayiṣyāmi sa te seturbhaviṣyati || 88 ||
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setunā tena gaccha tvaṃ laṃkāṃ rāvaṇapāli tām |
uktvetyaṃtarhite tasminrāmo nalamuvāca ha || 89 ||
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kuru setuṃ samudre tvaṃ śakto hyasi mahāmate |
tadā'bravīnnalo vākyaṃ rāmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam || 90 ||
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ahaṃ setuṃ vidhāsyāmi hyagādhe varuṇālaye |
pitrā dattavaraścāhaṃ sāmarthye cāpi tatsamaḥ || 91 ||
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māturmama varo datto mandare viśvaka rmaṇā |
śilpakarmaṇi mattulyo bhavitā te sutastviti || 92 ||
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putro'hamaurasastasya tulyo vai viśvakarmaṇā |
adyaiva kāmaṃ badhnaṃtu setuṃ vānarapuṃ gavāḥ || 93 ||
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tato rāmanisṛṣṭāste vānarā balavattarāḥ |
parvatāngiriśṛṃgāṇi latātṛṇamahīruhān || 94 ||
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samājahrurmahākāyā garuḍānilaraṃhasaḥ |
nalaścakre mahāsertumadhye nadanadīpateḥ || 95 ||
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daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam |
jānakīramaṇo rāmaḥ setumevamakārayat || 96 ||
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nalena vānarendreṇa viśvakarmasutena vai |
tamevaṃ setumāsādya rāmacandreṇa kāritam || 97 ||
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sarve pātakino martyā mucyante sarvapātakaiḥ |
vratadāna tapohomairna tathā tuṣyate śivaḥ || 98 ||
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setumajjanamātreṇa yathā tuṣyati śaṃkaraḥ |
na tulyaṃ vidyate tejoyathā saureṇa tejasā || 99 ||
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setusnānena ca tathā na tulyaṃ vidyate kvacit |
tatsetumūlaṃ laṃkāyāṃ yatrarāmo yiyāsayā || 100 ||
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vānaraiḥ setumārebhe puṇyaṃ pāpa praṇāśanam |
taddarbhaśayanaṃ nāmnā paścāllokeṣu viśrutam || 101 ||
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evamuktaṃ mayā viprāḥ samudre setubaṃdhanam |
atra tīrthānyanekāni saṃti puṇyānyanekaśaḥ || 102 ||
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na saṃkhyāṃ nāmadheyaṃ vā śeṣo gaṇayituṃ kṣamaḥ |
kiṃ tvahaṃ prabravīmyadya tatra tīrthāni kānicit || 103 ||
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caturviṃśati tīrthāni saṃti setau pradhānataḥ |
prathamaṃ cakatīrthaṃ syādvetālavaradaṃ tataḥ || 104 ||
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tataḥ pāpavināśārthaṃ tīrthaṃ lokeṣu viśrutam |
tataḥ sītāsaraḥ puṇyaṃ tato maṃgalatīrthakam || 105 ||
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tataḥ sakalapāpaghnī nāmnā cāmṛtavāpikā |
brahmakuṇḍaṃ tatastīrthaṃ tataḥ kuṃḍaṃ hanūmataḥ || 106 ||
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āgastyaṃ hi tatastīrthaṃ rāmatīrtha mataḥ param |
tato lakṣmaṇatīrthaṃ syājjaṭātīrthamataḥ param || 107 ||
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tato lakṣmyāḥ paraṃ tīrthamagnitīrthamataḥ param |
cakratīrthaṃ tataḥ puṇyaṃ śivatīrthamataḥ param || 108 ||
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tataḥ śaṃkhābhidhaṃ tīrthaṃ tato yāmunatīrthakam |
gaṃgātīrthaṃ tataḥ paścādgayātīrthamanantaram || 109 ||
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tataḥ syātkoṭitīrthākhyaṃ sādhyānāmamṛtaṃ tataḥ |
mānasākhyaṃ tatastīrthaṃ dhanuṣkoṭistataḥ param || 110 ||
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pradhānatīrthānyetāni mahāpāpaharāṇi ca |
kathitāni dvijaśreṣṭhāssetumadhyagatāni vai || 111 ||
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yathā setuśca baddho'bhūdrāmeṇa jaladhau mahān |
kathitaṃ tacca viprendrāḥ puṇyaṃ pāpahāraṃ tathā || 112 ||
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yacchrutvā ca paṭhitvā ca mucyate mānavo bhuvi || 113 ||
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adhyāyamenaṃ paṭhate manuṣyaḥ śṛṇoti vā bhaktiyuto dvijeṃdrāḥ |
so naṃtamāpnoti jayaṃ paratra punarbhavakleśamasau na gacchet || 114 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye setunirmāṇādivarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 2 ||
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