सुन्दरकाण्डम्Sundara Kāṇḍa

tasya ālaya variṣṭhasya madhye vipulam āyatam ।
dadarśa bhavana śreṣṭham hanūmān māruta ātmajaḥ ॥

ardha yojana vistīrṇam āyatam yojanam hi tat ।
bhavanam rākṣasa indrasya bahu prāsāda samkulam ॥

mārgamāṇaḥ tu vaidehīm sītām āyata locanām ।
sarvataḥ paricakrāma hanūmān ari sūdanaḥ ॥

uttamam rākṣasāvāsam hanumānavalokayan ।
āsasādātha lakṣmīvān rākṣasendraniveśanam ॥

catur viṣāṇair dviradaiḥ triviṣāṇaiḥ tathaiva ca ।
parikṣiptam asambādham rakṣyamāṇam udāyudhaiḥ ॥

rākṣasībhiḥ ca patnībhī rāvaṇasya niveśanam ।
āhRtābhiḥ ca vikramya rāja kanyābhir āvRtam ॥

tan nakra makara ākīrṇam timimgila jhaṣa ākulam ।
vāyu vega samādhūtam pannagair iva sāgaram ॥

yā hi vaiśvaraṇe lakṣmīr yā ca indre hari vāhane ।
sā rāvaṇa gRhe sarvā nityam eva anapāyinī ॥

yā ca rājñaḥ kuberasya yamasya varuṇasya ca ।
tādRśī tad viśiṣṭā vā Rddhī rakṣo gRheṣv iha ॥

tasya harmyasya madhyastham veśma ca anyat sunirmitam ।
bahuniryūha samkīrṇam dadarśa pavana ātmajaḥ ॥

brahmaṇo arthe kRtam divyam divi yad viśva karmaṇā ।
vimānam puṣpakam nāma sarva ratna vibhūṣitam ॥

pareṇa tapasā lebhe yat kuberaḥ pitāmahāt ।
kuberam ojasā jitvā lebhe tad rākṣasa īśvaraḥ ॥

īhā mRga samāyuktaiḥ kārya svara hiraṇmayaiḥ ।
sukRtair ācitam stambhaiḥ pradīptam iva ca śriyā ॥

meru mandara samkāśair ullikhadbhir iva ambaram ।
kūṭa agāraiḥ śubha ākāraiḥ sarvataḥ samalamkRtam ॥

jvalana arka pratīkāśam sukRtam viśva karmaṇā ।
hema sopāna samyuktam cāru pravara vedikam ॥

jāla vāta ayanair yuktam kāncanaiḥ sthāṭikair api ।
indra nīla mahā nīla maṇi pravaravedikam ॥

vidrumeṇa vicitreṇa maṇibhiśca mahādhanaiḥ ।
vistulābhiśca muktābhistalenābhivirājitam ॥

candanena ca raktena tapanīyanibhena ca ।
supuṇyagandhinā yuktamādityataruṇopamam ॥

kūṭāgārairvarākārairvividhaiḥ samalamkṛtam ।
vimānam puṣpakam divyam āruroha mahā kapiḥ ॥

tatrasthaḥ sa tadā gandham pāna bhakṣya anna sambhavam ।
divyam sammūrcitam jighran rūpavantam iva anilam ॥

sa gandhaḥ tam mahā sattvam bandhur bandhum iva uttamam ।
ita ehi iti uvāca iva tatra yatra sa rāvaṇaḥ ॥

tataḥ tām prasthitaḥ śālām dadarśa mahatīm śubhām ।
rāvaṇasya manaḥ kāntām kāntām iva vara striyam ॥

maṇi sopāna vikRtām hema jāla virājitām ।
sphāṭikair āvRta talām danta antarita rūpikām ॥

muktābhiḥ ca pravālaiḥ ca rūpya cāmī karair api ।
vibhūṣitām maṇi stambhaiḥ subahu stambha bhūṣitām ॥

namrairṛjubhiratyuccaiḥ samantātsuvibhūṣitaiḥ ।
stambhaiḥ pakṣair iva atyuccair divam samprasthitām iva ॥

mahatyā kuthaya āstrīṇam pRthivī lakṣaṇa ankayā ।
pṛthivīm iva vistīrṇām sarāṣṭra gRha mālinīm ॥

nāditām matta vihagair divya gandha adhivāsitām ।
para ardhya āstaraṇa upetām rakṣo adhipa niṣevitām ॥

dhūmrām agaru dhūpena vimalām hamsa pāṇḍurām ।
citrām puṣpa upahāreṇa kalmāṣīm iva suprabhām ॥

manaḥ samhlāda jananīm varṇasya api prasādinīm ।
tām śoka nāśinīm divyām śriyaḥ samjananīm iva ॥

indriyāṇi indriya arthaiḥ tu panca pancabhir uttamaiḥ ।
tarpayām āsa mātā iva tadā rāvaṇa pālitā ॥

svargo ayam deva loko ayam indrasya iyam purī bhavet ।
siddhir vā iyam parā hi syād iti amanyata mārutiḥ ॥

pradhyāyata iva apaśyat pradīpāmaḥ tatra kāncanān (ḥiatus!) ।
dhūrtān iva mahā dhūrtair devanena parājitān ॥

dīpānām ca prakāśena tejasā rāvaṇasya ca ।
arcirbhir bhūṣaṇānām ca pradīptā iti abhyamanyata ॥

tato apaśyat kuthā āsīnam nānā varṇa ambara srajam ।
sahasram vara nārīṇām nānā veṣa vibhūṣitam ॥

parivRtte ardha rātre tu pāna nidrā vaśam gatam ।
krīḍitvā uparatam rātrau suṣvāpa balavat tadā ॥

tat prasuptam viruruce nihśabda antara bhūṣaṇam ।
nihśabda hamsa bhramaram yathā padma vanam mahat ॥

tāsām samvRta dantāni mīlita akṣāṇi mārutiḥ ।
apaśyat padma gandhīni vadanāni suyoṣitām ॥

prabuddhāni iva padmāni tāsām bhūtvā kṣapā kṣaye ।
punaḥ samvRta patrāṇi rātrāv iva babhuḥ tadā ॥

imāni mukha padmāni niyatam matta ṣaṭpadāḥ ।
ambujāni iva phullāni prārthayanti punaḥ punaḥ ॥

iti vā amanyata śrīmān upapattyā mahā kapiḥ ।
mene hi guṇataḥ tāni samāni salila udbhavaiḥ ॥

sā tasya śuśubhe śālā tābhiḥ strībhir virājitā ।
śāradī iva prasannā dyauḥ tārābhir abhiśobhitā ॥

sa ca tābhiḥ parivRtaḥ śuśubhe rākṣasa adhipaḥ ।
yathā hi uḍu patiḥ śrīmāmaḥ tārābhir abhisamvRtaḥ ॥

yāḥ cyavante ambarāt tārāḥ puṇya śeṣa samāvRtāḥ ।
imāḥ tāḥ samgatāḥ kRtsnā iti mene hariḥ tadā ॥

tārāṇām iva suvyaktam mahatīnām śubha arciṣām ।
prabhā varṇa prasādāḥ ca virejuḥ tatra yoṣitām ॥

vyāvRtta guru pīna srak prakīrṇa vara bhūṣaṇāḥ ।
pāna vyāyāma kāleṣu nidrā apahRta cetasaḥ ॥

vyāvRtta tilakāḥ kāścit kāścid udbhrānta nūpurāḥ ।
pārśve galita hārāḥ ca kāścit parama yoṣitaḥ ॥

mukhā hāra vRtāḥ ca anyāḥ kāścit prasrasta vāsasaḥ ।
vyāviddha raśanā dāmāḥ kiśorya iva vāhitāḥ ॥

sukuṇḍala dharāḥ ca anyā viccinna mRdita srajaḥ ।
gaja indra mRditāḥ phullā latā iva mahā vane ॥

candra amśu kiraṇa ābhāḥ ca hārāḥ kāsāmcid utkaṭāḥ ।
hamsā iva babhuḥ suptāḥ stana madhyeṣu yoṣitām ॥

aparāsām ca vaidūryāḥ kādambā iva pakṣiṇaḥ ।
hema sūtrāṇi ca anyāsām cakra vākā iva abhavan ॥

hamsa kāraṇḍava ākīrṇāḥ cakra vāka upaśobhitāḥ ।
āpagā iva tā rejur jaghanaiḥ pulinair iva ॥

kinkiṇī jāla samkāśāḥ tā hema vipula ambujāḥ ।
bhāva grāhā yaśaḥ tīrāḥ suptā nadya iva ābabhuḥ ॥

mṛduṣv angeṣu kāsāmcit kuca agreṣu ca samsthitāḥ ।
babhūvur bhūṣaṇāni iva śubhā bhūṣaṇa rājayaḥ ॥

amśu kāntāḥ ca kāsāmcin mukha māruta kampitāḥ ।
upari upari vaktrāṇām vyādhūyante punaḥ punaḥ ॥

tāḥ pātākā iva uddhūtāḥ patnīnām rucira prabhāḥ ।
nānā varṇa suvarṇānām vaktra mūleṣu rejire ॥

vavalguḥ ca atra kāsāmcit kuṇḍalāni śubha arciṣām ।
mukha māruta samsargān mandam mandam suyoṣitām ॥

śarkara āsava gandhaḥ sa prakRtyā surabhiḥ sukhaḥ ।
tāsām vadana nihśvāsaḥ siṣeve rāvaṇam tadā ॥

rāvaṇa ānana śankāḥ ca kāścid rāvaṇa yoṣitaḥ ।
mukhāni sma sapatnīnām upājighran punaḥ punaḥ ॥

atyartham sakta manaso rāvaṇe tā vara striyaḥ ।
asvatantrāḥ sapatnīnām priyam eva ācaramaḥ tadā ॥

bāhūn upanidhāya anyāḥ pārihārya vibhūṣitāḥ ।
amśukāni ca ramyāṇi pramadāḥ tatra śiśyire ॥

anyā vakṣasi ca anyasyāḥ tasyāḥ kācit punar bhujam ।
aparā tv ankam anyasyāḥ tasyāḥ ca api aparā bhujau ॥

ūru pārśva kaṭī pRṣṭham anyonyasya samāśritāḥ ।
paraspara niviṣṭa angyo mada sneha vaśa anugāḥ ॥

anyonyasya anga samsparśāt prīyamāṇāḥ sumadhyamāḥ ।
ekī kRta bhujāḥ sarvāḥ suṣupuḥ tatra yoṣitaḥanyonya bhuja sūtreṇa strī mālā grathitā hi sā ।
mālā iva grathitā sūtre śuśubhe matta ṣaṭpadā ॥

latānām mādhave māsi phullānām vāyu sevanāt ।
anyonya mālā grathitam samsakta kusuma uccayam ॥

vyativeṣṭita suskantham anyonya bhramara ākulam ।
āsīd vanam iva uddhūtam strī vanam rāvaṇasya tat ॥

uciteṣv api suvyaktam na tāsām yoṣitām tadā ।
vivekaḥ śakya ādhātum bhūṣaṇa anga ambara srajām ॥

rāvaṇe sukha samviṣṭe tāḥ striyo vividha prabhāḥ ।
jvalantaḥ kāncanā dīpāḥ prekṣanta animiṣā iva ॥

rāja Rṣi pitR daityānām gandharvāṇām ca yoṣitaḥ ।
rakṣasām ca abhavan kanyāḥ tasya kāma vaśam gatāḥ ॥

yuddhakāmena tāḥ sarvā rāvaṇena hṛtāḥ striyaḥ ।
samadā madanenaiva mohitāḥ kāścidāgatāḥ ॥

na tatra kācit pramadā prasahya ।
vīrya upapannena guṇena labdhā ।
na ca anya kāmā api na ca anya pūrvā ।
vinā vara arhām janaka ātmajām tu ॥

na ca akulīnā na ca hīna rūpā ।
na adakṣiṇā na anupacāra yuktā ।
bhāryā abhavat tasya na hīna sattvā ।
na ca api kāntasya na kāmanīyā ॥

babhūva buddhiḥ tu hari īśvarasya ।
yadi īdRśī rāghava dharma patnī ।
imā yathā rākṣasa rāja bhāryāḥ ।
sujātam asya iti hi sādhu buddheḥ ॥

punaḥ ca so acintayad ārta rūpo ।
dhruvam viśiṣṭā guṇato hi sītā ।
atha ayam asyām kRtavān mahātmā ।
lankā īśvaraḥ kaṣṭam anārya karma ॥