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sarga - 17

tataḥ śareṇābhihato rāmeṇa raṇakarkaśaḥ .
papāta sahasā vālī nikṛtta iva pādapaḥ .. 1..

sa bhūmau nyastasarvāṅgastaptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaḥ .
apataddevarājasya muktaraśmiriva dhvajaḥ .. 2..

tasminnipatite bhūmau haryṛṣāṇāṃ gaṇeśvare .
naṣṭacandramiva vyoma na vyarājata bhūtalam .. 3..

bhūmau nipatitasyāpi tasya dehaṃ mahātmanaḥ .
na śrīrjahāti na prāṇā na tejo na parākramaḥ .. 4..

śakradattā varā mālā kāñcanī ratnabhūṣitā .
dadhāra harimukhyasya prāṇāṃstejaḥ śriyaṃ ca sā .. 5..

sa tayā mālayā vīro haimayā hariyūthapaḥ .
sandhyānugataparyantaḥ payodhara ivābhavat .. 6..

tasya mālā ca dehaśca marmaghātī ca yaḥ śaraḥ .
tridheva racitā lakṣmīḥ patitasyāpi śobhate .. 7..

tadastraṃ tasya vīrasya svargamārgaprabhāvanam .
rāmabāṇāsanakṣiptamāvahatparamāṃ gatim .. 8..

taṃ tathā patitaṃ saṅkhye gatārciṣamivānalam .
yayātimiva puṇyānte devalokātparicyutam .. 9..

ādityamiva kālena yugānte bhuvi pātitam .
mahendramiva durdharṣaṃ mahendramiva duḥsaham .. 10..

mahendraputraṃ patitaṃ vālinaṃ hemamālinam .
siṃhoraskaṃ mahābāhuṃ dīptāsyaṃ harilocanam .
lakṣmaṇānugato rāmo dadarśopasasarpa ca .. 11..

sa dṛṣṭvā rāghavaṃ vālī lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam .
abravītpraśritaṃ vākyaṃ paruṣaṃ dharmasaṃhitam .. 12..

parāṅmukhavadhaṃ kṛtvā ko nu prāptastvayā guṇaḥ .
yadahaṃ yuddhasaṃrabdhastvatkṛte nidhanaṃ gataḥ .. 13..

kulīnaḥ sattvasampannastejasvī caritavrataḥ .
rāmaḥ karuṇavedī ca prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ .. 14..

sānukrośo mahotsāhaḥ samayajño dṛḍhavrataḥ .
iti te sarvabhūtāni kathayanti yaśo bhuvi .. 15..

tānguṇānsampradhāryāhamagryaṃ cābhijanaṃ tava .
tārayā pratiṣiddhaḥ sansugrīveṇa samāgataḥ .. 16..

na māmanyena saṃrabdhaṃ pramattaṃ veddhumarhasi .
iti me buddhirutpannā babhūvādarśane tava .. 17..

na tvāṃ vinihatātmānaṃ dharmadhvajamadhārmikam .
jāne pāpasamācāraṃ tṛṇaiḥ kūpamivāvṛtam .. 18..

satāṃ veṣadharaṃ pāpaṃ pracchannamiva pāvakam .
nāhaṃ tvāmabhijānāni dharmacchadmābhisaṃvṛtam .. 19..

viṣaye vā pure vā te yadā nāpakaromyaham .
na ca tvāṃ pratijāne.ahaṃ kasmāttvaṃ haṃsyakilbiṣam .. 20..

phalamūlāśanaṃ nityaṃ vānaraṃ vanagocaram .
māmihāpratiyudhyantamanyena ca samāgatam .. 21..

tvaṃ narādhipateḥ putraḥ pratītaḥ priyadarśanaḥ .
liṅgamapyasti te rājandṛśyate dharmasaṃhitam .. 22..

kaḥ kṣatriyakule jātaḥ śrutavānnaṣṭasaṃśayaḥ .
dharmaliṅga praticchannaḥ krūraṃ karma samācaret .. 23..

rāma rājakule jāto dharmavāniti viśrutaḥ .
abhavyo bhavyarūpeṇa kimarthaṃ paridhāvasi .. 24..

sāma dānaṃ kṣamā dharmaḥ satyaṃ dhṛtiparākramau .
pārthivānāṃ guṇā rājandaṇḍaścāpyapakāriṣu .. 25..

vayaṃ vanacarā rāma mṛgā mūlaphalāśanāḥ .
eṣā prakṛtirasmākaṃ puruṣastvaṃ nareśvaraḥ .. 26..

bhūmirhiraṇyaṃ rūpyaṃ ca nigrahe kāraṇāni ca .
tatra kaste vane lobho madīyeṣu phaleṣu vā .. 27..

nayaśca vinayaścobhau nigrahānugrahāvapi .
rājavṛttirasaṅkīrṇā na nṛpāḥ kāmavṛttayaḥ .. 28..

tvaṃ tu kāmapradhānaśca kopanaścānavasthitaḥ .
rājavṛttaiśca saṅkīrṇaḥ śarāsanaparāyaṇaḥ .. 29..

na te.astyapacitirdharme nārthe buddhiravasthitā .
indriyaiḥ kāmavṛttaḥ sankṛṣyase manujeśvara .. 30..

hatvā bāṇena kākutstha māmihānaparādhinam .
kiṃ vakṣyasi satāṃ madhye karma kṛtvā jugupsitam .. 31..

rājahā brahmahā goghnaścoraḥ prāṇivadhe rataḥ .
nāstikaḥ parivettā ca sarve nirayagāminaḥ .. 32..

adhāryaṃ carma me sadbhī romāṇyasthi ca varjitam .
abhakṣyāṇi ca māṃsāni tvadvidhairdharmacāribhiḥ .. 33..

pañca pañcanakhā bhakṣyā brahmakṣatreṇa rāghava .
śalyakaḥ śvāvidho godhā śaśaḥ kūrmaśca pañcamaḥ .. 34..

carma cāsthi ca me rājanna spṛśanti manīṣiṇaḥ .
abhakṣyāṇi ca māṃsāni so.ahaṃ pañcanakho hataḥ .. 35..

tvayā nāthena kākutstha na sanāthā vasundharā .
pramadā śīlasampannā dhūrtena patitā yathā .. 36..

śaṭho naikṛtikaḥ kṣudro mithyā praśritamānasaḥ .
kathaṃ daśarathena tvaṃ jātaḥ pāpo mahātmanā .. 37..

chinnacāritryakakṣyeṇa satāṃ dharmātivartinā .
tyaktadharmāṅkuśenāhaṃ nihato rāmahastinā .. 38..

dṛśyamānastu yudhyethā mayā yudhi nṛpātmaja .
adya vaivasvataṃ devaṃ paśyestvaṃ nihato mayā .. 39..

tvayādṛśyena tu raṇe nihato.ahaṃ durāsadaḥ .
prasuptaḥ pannageneva naraḥ pānavaśaṃ gataḥ .. 40..

sugrīvapriyakāmena yadahaṃ nihatastvayā .
kaṇṭhe baddhvā pradadyāṃ te.anihataṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe .. 41..

nyastāṃ sāgaratoye vā pātāle vāpi maithilīm .
jānayeyaṃ tavādeśācchvetāmaśvatarīm iva .. 42..

yuktaṃ yatprapnuyādrājyaṃ sugrīvaḥ svargate mayi .
ayuktaṃ yadadharmeṇa tvayāhaṃ nihato raṇe .. 43..

kāmamevaṃvidhaṃ lokaḥ kālena viniyujyate .
kṣamaṃ cedbhavatā prāptamuttaraṃ sādhu cintyatām .. 44..

ityevamuktvā pariśuṣkavaktraḥ
śarābhighātādvyathito mahātmā .
samīkṣya rāmaṃ ravisaṃnikāśaṃ
tūṣṇīṃ babhūvāmararājasūnuḥ .. 45..




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