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sarga - 55

vanaṃ gate dharmapare rāme ramayatāṃ vare .
kausalyā rudatī svārtā bhartāramidamabravīt .. 1..

yadyapitriṣu lokeṣu prathitaṃ te mayadyaśaḥ .
sānukrośo vadānyaśca priyavādī ca rāghavaḥ .. 2..

kathaṃ naravaraśreṣṭha putrau tau saha sītayā .
duḥkhitau sukhasaṃvṛddhau vane duḥkhaṃ sahiṣyataḥ .. 3..

sā nūnaṃ taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukhocitā .
kathamuṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca maithilī prasahiṣyate .. 4..

bhuktvāśanaṃ viśālākṣī sūpadaṃśānvitaṃ śubham .
vanyaṃ naivāramāhāraṃ kathaṃ sītopabhokṣyate .. 5..

gītavāditranirghoṣaṃ śrutvā śubhamaninditā .
kathaṃ kravyādasiṃhānāṃ śabdaṃ śroṣyatyaśobhanam .. 6..

mahendradhvajasaṅkāśaḥ kva nu śete mahābhujaḥ .
bhujaṃ parighasaṅkāśamupadhāya mahābalaḥ .. 7..

padmavarṇaṃ sukeśāntaṃ padmaniḥśvāsamuttamam .
kadā drakṣyāmi rāmasya vadanaṃ puṣkarekṣaṇam .. 8..

vajrasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ me na saṃśayaḥ .
apaśyantyā na taṃ yadvai phalatīdaṃ sahasradhā .. 9..

yadi pañcadaśe varṣe rāghavaḥ punareṣyati .
jahyādrājyaṃ ca kośaṃ ca bharatenopabhokṣyate .. 10..

evaṃ kanīyasā bhrātrā bhuktaṃ rājyaṃ viśāṃ pate .
bhrātā jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhāśca kimarthaṃ nāvamaṃsyate .. 11..

na pareṇāhṛtaṃ bhakṣyaṃ vyāghraḥ khāditumicchati .
evameva naravyāghraḥ paralīḍhaṃ na maṃsyate .. 12..

havirājyaṃ puroḍāśāḥ kuśā yūpāśca khādirāḥ .
naitāni yātayāmāni kurvanti punaradhvare .. 13..

tathā hyāttamidaṃ rājyaṃ hṛtasārāṃ surām iva .
nābhimantumalaṃ rāmo naṣṭasomamivādhvaram .. 14..

naivaṃvidhamasatkāraṃ rāghavo marṣayiṣyati .
balavāniva śārdūlo bāladherabhimarśanam .. 15..

sa tādṛśaḥ siṃhabalo vṛṣabhākṣo nararṣabhaḥ .
svayameva hataḥ pitrā jalajenātmajo yathā .. 16..

dvijāti carito dharmaḥ śāstradṛṣṭaḥ sanātanaḥ .
yadi te dharmanirate tvayā putre vivāsite .. 17..

gatirevākpatirnāryā dvitīyā gatirātmajaḥ .
tṛtīyā jñātayo rājaṃścaturthī neha vidyate .. 18..

tatra tvaṃ caiva me nāsti rāmaśca vanamāśritaḥ .
na vanaṃ gantumicchāmi sarvathā hi hatā tvayā .. 19..

hataṃ tvayā rājyamidaṃ sarāṣṭraṃ
hatastathātmā saha mantribhiś ca .
hatā saputrāsmi hatāśca paurāḥ
sutaśca bhāryā ca tava prahṛṣṭau .. 20..

imāṃ giraṃ dāruṇaśabdasaṃśritāṃ
niśamya rājāpi mumoha duḥkhitaḥ .
tataḥ sa śokaṃ praviveśa pārthivaḥ
svaduṣkṛtaṃ cāpi punastadāsmarat .. 21..




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