किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa

iti uktaḥ karuṇam vākyam vānaraiḥ tyakta jīvitaiḥ ।
sa bāṣpo vānarān gṛdhraḥ pratyuvāca mahāsvanaḥ ॥

yavīyān mama sa bhrātā jaṭāyuḥ nāma vānarāḥ ।
yam ākhyāta hatam yuddhe rāvaṇena balīyasā ॥

vṛddha bhāvāt apakṣatvāt śṛṇvan tat api marṣaye ।
na hi me śaktiḥ adya asti bhrātuḥ vaira vimokṣaṇe ॥

purā vṛtra vadhe vṛtte sa ca aham ca jaya eṣiṇau ।
ādityam upayātau svo jvalaṁtam raśmi mālinam ॥

āvṛtya ākāśa mārgeṇa javena svar gatau bhṛśam ।
madhyam prāpte ca sūrye ca jaṭāyuḥ avasīdati ॥

tam aham bhrātaram dṛṣṭvā sūrya raśmibhiḥ arditam ।
pakṣābhyam chādayāmāsa snehāt parama vihvalam ॥

nirdagdha patraḥ patito vindhye aham vānararṣabhāḥ ।
aham asmin vasan bhrātuḥ pravṛttim na upalakṣaye ॥

jaṭāyuṣaḥ tu evam ukto bhrātrā sampātinā tadā ।
yuva rājo mahāprājñaḥ pratyuvāca aṁgadaḥ tadā ॥

jaṭāyuṣo yadi bhrātā śrutam te gaditam mayā ।
ākhyāhi yadi jānāsi nilayam tasya rakṣasaḥ ॥

adīrgha darśinam tam vā rāvaṇam rākṣasādhipam ।
antike yadi vā dūre yadi jānāsi śaṁsa naḥ ॥

tato abravīt mahātejā bhrātā jyeṣṭho jaṭāyuṣaḥ ।
ātma anurūpam vacanam vānarān saṁpraharṣayan ॥

nirdagdha pakṣo gṛdhro aham gata vīryaḥ plavam gamāḥ ।
vāṅ mātreṇa tu rāmasya kariṣye sāhyam uttamam ॥

jānāmi vāruṇān lokān viṣṇoḥ traivikramān api ।
deva asura vimardām ca hi amṛtasya ca maṁthanam ॥

rāmasya yat idam kāryam kartavyam prathamam mayā ।
jarayā ca hatam tejaḥ prāṇāḥ ca śithilā mama ॥

taruṇī rūpa saṁpannā sarva ābharaṇa bhūṣitā ।
hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇena durātmanā ॥

krośantī rāma rāma iti lakṣmaṇa iti ca bhāminī ।
bhūṣaṇāni apavidhyantī gātrāṇi ca vidhunvatī ॥

sūrya prabhā iva śaila agre tasyāḥ kauśeyam uttamam ।
asite rākṣase bhāti yathā vā taḍit aṁbude ॥

tām tu sītām aham manye rāmasya parikīrtanāt ।
śrūyatām me kathayato nilayam tasya rakṣasaḥ ॥

putro viśravasaḥ sākṣāt bhrātā vaiśravaṇasya ca ।
adhyāste nagarīm laṁkām rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ ॥

ito dvīpe samudrasya saṁpūrṇe śata yojane ।
tasmin laṁkā purī ramyā nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā ॥

jāṁbūnadamayaiḥ dvāraiḥ citraiḥ kāṁcana vedikaiḥ ।
prāsādaiḥ hema varṇaiḥ ca mahadbhiḥ susamākṛtā ॥

prākāreṇa arka varṇena mahatā ca samanvitā ।
tasyām vasati vaidehī dīnā kauśeya vāsinī ॥

rāvaṇa antaḥpure ruddhā rākṣasībhiḥ surakṣitā ।
janakasya ātmajām rājñaḥ tasyām drakṣyatha maithilīm ॥

laṁkāyām atha guptāyām sāgareṇa samaṁtataḥ ।
saṁprāpya sāgarasya aṁtam saṁpūrṇam śata yojanam ॥

āsādya dakṣiṇam tīram tato drakṣyatha rāvaṇam ।
tatra eva tvaritāḥ kṣipram vikramadhvam plavaṁgamāḥ ॥

jñānena khalu paśyāmi dṛṣṭvā pratyāgamiṣyatha ।
ādyaḥ paṁthāḥ kuliṁgānām ye ca anye dhānya jīvinaḥ ॥

dvitīyo bali bhojānām ye ca vṛkṣa phala aśinaḥ ।
bhāsāḥ tṛtīyam gacchanti krauncāḥ ca kuraraiḥ saha ॥

śyenāḥ caturtham gacchanti gṛdhrā gacchanti paṁcamam ।
bala vīrya upapannānām rūpa yauvana śālinām ॥

ṣaṣṭhaḥ tu panthā haṁsānām vainateya gatiḥ parā ।
vainateyāt ca naḥ janma sarveṣām vānararṣabhāḥ ॥

garhitam tu kṛtam karma yena sma piśita aśanāḥ ।
pratikāryam ca me tasya vairam bhrātṛ kṛtam bhavet ॥

iha sthaḥ aham prapaśyāmi rāvaṇam jānakīm tathā ।
asmākam api sauparṇam divyam cakṣur balam tathā ॥

tasmāt āhāra vīryeṇa nisargeṇa ca vānarāḥ ।
āyojana śatāt sāgrāt vayam paśyāma nityaśaḥ ॥

asmākam vihitā vṛttiḥ nisārgeṇa ca dūrataḥ ।
vihitā pāda mūle tu vṛttiḥ caraṇa yodhinām ॥

upāyo dṛśyatām kaścit laṁghane lavaṇa aṁbhasaḥ ।
abhigamya tu vaidehīm samṛddha arthā gamiṣyatha ॥

samudram netum icchāmi bhavadbhiḥ varuṇa ālayam ।
pradāsyāmi udakam bhrātuḥ svar gatasya mahātmanaḥ ॥

tato nītvā tu tam deśam tīre nada nadī pateḥ ।
nirdagdha pakṣam saṁpātim vānarāḥ sumahauojasaḥ ॥

tam punaḥ pratyānayitvā vai tam deśam pataga īśvaram ।
babhūvuḥ vānarā hṛṣṭāḥ pravṛttim upalabhya te ॥