किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa

iti uktaḥ tārayā vākyam praśritam dharma saṁhitam ।
mṛdu svabhāvaḥ saumitriḥ pratijagrāha tat vacaḥ ॥

tasmin pratigṛhīte tu vākye hari gaṇa īśvaraḥ ।
lakṣmaṇāt sumahat trāsam vastram klinnam iva atyajat ॥

tataḥ kaṇṭha gatam mālyam citram bahu guṇam mahat ।
ciccheda vimadaḥ ca āsīt sugrīvo vānara īśvaraḥ ॥

sa lakṣmaṇam bhīma balam sarva vānara sattamaḥ ।
abravīt praśritam vākyam sugrīvaḥ saṁpraharṣayan ॥

pranaṣṭā śrīḥ ca kīrtiḥ ca kapi rājyam ca śāśvatam ।
rāma prasādāt saumitre punaḥ ca āptam idam mayā ॥

kaḥ śaktaḥ tasya devasya khyātasya svena karmaṇā ।
tādṛśam pratikurvīta aṁśena api nṛpātmaja ॥

sītām prāpsyati dharmātmā vadhiṣyati ca rāvaṇam ।
sahāya mātreṇa mayā rāghavaḥ svena tejasā ॥

sahāya kṛtyam kim tasya yena sapta mahādrumāḥ ।
śailaḥ ca vasudhā caiva bāṇena ekena dāritāḥ ॥

dhanur visphāramāṇasya yasya śabdena lakṣmaṇa ।
sa śailā kampitā bhūmiḥ sahāyaiḥ kim nu tasya vai ॥

anuyātrām nara indrasya kariṣye aham naraṣabha ।
gacchato rāvaṇam hantum vairiṇam sa puraḥsaram ॥

yadi kiṁcit atikrāntam viśvāsāt praṇayena vā ।
preṣyasya kṣamitavyam me na kaścin na aparādhyati ॥

iti tasya bruvāṇasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ ।
abhavat lakṣmaṇaḥ prītaḥ premṇā ca idam uvāca ha ॥

sarvathā hi mama bhrātā sa nātho vānareśvara ।
tvayā nāthena sugrīva praśritena viśeṣataḥ ॥

yaḥ te prabhāvaḥ sugrīva yat ca te śaucam īdṛśam ।
arhaḥ tam kapi rājyasya śriyam bhoktum anuttamām ॥

sahāyena ca sugrīva tvayā rāmaḥ pratāpavān ।
vadhiṣyati raṇe śatrūn acirāt na atra saṁśayaḥ ॥

dharmajñasya kṛtajñasya saṁgrāmeṣu anivartinaḥ ।
upapannam ca yuktam ca sugrīva tava bhāṣitam ॥

doṣajñaḥ sati sāmarthye ko anyo bhāṣitum arhati ।
varjayitvā mama jyeṣṭham tvām ca vānara sattama ॥

sadṛśaḥ ca asi rāmasya vikrameṇa balena ca ।
sahāyo daivataiḥ dattaḥ cirāya hari puṁgava ॥

kim tu śīghram ito vīra niṣkrāma tvam mayā saha ।
sāntvayasva vayasyam ca bhāryā haraṇa duḥkhitam ॥

yat ca śoka abhibhūtasya śrutvā rāmasya bhāṣitam ।
mayā tvam paruṣāṇi uktaḥ tat kṣamasva sakhe mama ॥