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SUNDARAKANDA
 
स मुहूर्तमित्र ध्यात्वा मनसा चाधिगम्य ताम् ।
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अवप्लुतो महातेजाः प्राकारं तस्य वेश्मनः ॥
 

After meditating for a while and com-

prehending her with his mind, Hanuman

of great brilliance leapt from that

mansion into an enclosure.
 

 
अशोकवनिकायां तु तस्यां वानरपुङ्गवः ।

ददर्श शुक्लपक्षादौ चन्द्ररेखामिवामलाम् ॥
 
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And in the Asoka forest, the foremost

of monkeys saw her like the spotless ray

of the moon in the beginning of the

bright half of the month;
 

 
मन्दं प्रख्यायमानेन रूपेण रुचिरप्रभाम् ।

पिनद्धां धूमजालेन शिखामिव विभावसोः ॥
 
who was shining in lustre though her

who was shining in lustre though her
form was but slowly recognisable, like a

flame of fire enveloped in a cloud of

smoke;
 

 
पीतेनैकेन संवीतां क्लिष्टेनोत्तमवाससा ।

सपङ्कामनलङ्कारां विपद्मामिव पद्मिनीम् ॥
 

who was clad in a fine but tattered

yellow cloth and, being dirty and devoid

of ornaments, looked like a lotus tank

devoid of lotuses;