.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - kiṣkindhākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 23

tataḥ samupajighrantī kapirājasya tanmukham .
patiṃ lokāccyutaṃ tārā mṛtaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 1..

śeṣe tvaṃ viṣame duḥkhamakṛtvā vacanaṃ mama .
upalopacite vīra suduḥkhe vasudhātale .. 2..

mattaḥ priyatarā nūnaṃ vānarendra mahī tava .
śeṣe hi tāṃ pariṣvajya māṃ ca na pratibhāṣase .. 3..

sugrīva eva vikrānto vīra sāhasika priya .
ṛkṣavānaramukhyāstvāṃ balinaṃ paryupāsate .. 4..

eṣāṃ vilapitaṃ kṛcchramaṅgadasya ca śocataḥ .
mama cemāṃ giraṃ śrutvā kiṃ tvaṃ na pratibudhyase .. 5..

idaṃ tacchūraśayanaṃ yatra śeṣe hato yudhi .
śāyitā nihatā yatra tvayaiva ripavaḥ purā .. 6..

viśuddhasattvābhijana priyayuddha mama priya .
māmanāthāṃ vihāyaikāṃ gatastvamasi mānada .. 7..

śūrāya na pradātavyā kanyā khalu vipaścitā .
śūrabhāryāṃ hatāṃ paśya sadyo māṃ vidhavāṃ kṛtām .. 8..

avabhagnaśca me māno bhagnā me śāśvatī gatiḥ .
agādhe ca nimagnāsmi vipule śokasāgare .. 9..

aśmasāramayaṃ nūnamidaṃ me hṛdayaṃ dṛḍham .
bhartāraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā yannādya śatadhā gatam .. 10..

suhṛccaiva hi bhartā ca prakṛtyā ca mama priyaḥ .
āhave ca parākrāntaḥ śūraḥ pañcatvamāgataḥ .. 11..

patihīnā tu yā nārī kāmaṃ bhavatu putriṇī .
dhanadhānyaiḥ supūrṇāpi vidhavetyucyate budhaiḥ .. 12..

svagātraprabhave vīra śeṣe rudhiramaṇḍale .
kṛmirāgaparistome tvamevaṃ śayane yathā .. 13..

reṇuśoṇitasaṃvītaṃ gātraṃ tava samantataḥ .
parirabdhuṃ na śaknomi bhujābhyāṃ plavagarṣabha .. 14..

kṛtakṛtyo.adya sugrīvo vaire.asminnatidāruṇe .
yasya rāmavimuktena hṛtamekeṣuṇā bhayam .. 15..

śareṇa hṛdi lagnena gātrasaṃsparśane tava .
vāryāmi tvāṃ nirīkṣantī tvayi pañcatvamāgate .. 16..

udbabarha śaraṃ nīlastasya gātragataṃ tadā .
girigahvarasaṃlīnaṃ dīptamāśīviṣaṃ yathā .. 17..

tasya niṣkṛṣyamāṇasya bāṇasya ca babhau dyutiḥ .
astamastakasaṃruddho raśmirdinakarādiva .. 18..

petuḥ kṣatajadhārāstu vraṇebhyastasya sarvaśaḥ .
tāmragairikasampṛktā dhārā iva dharādharāt .. 19..

avakīrṇaṃ vimārjantī bhartāraṃ raṇareṇunā .
asrairnayanajaiḥ śūraṃ siṣecāstrasamāhatam .. 20..

rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ patim .
uvāca tārā piṅgākṣaṃ putramaṅgadamaṅganā .. 21..

avasthāṃ paścimāṃ paśya pituḥ putra sudāruṇām .
samprasaktasya vairasya gato.antaḥ pāpakarmaṇā .. 22..

bālasūryodayatanuṃ prayāntaṃ yamasādanam .
abhivādaya rājānaṃ pitaraṃ putra mānadam .. 23..

evamuktaḥ samutthāya jagrāha caraṇau pituḥ .
bhujābhyāṃ pīnavṛtābhyāmaṅgado.ahamiti bruvan .. 24..

abhivādayamānaṃ tvāmaṅgadaṃ tvaṃ yathāpurā .
dīrghāyurbhava putreti kimarthaṃ nābhibhāṣase .. 25..

ahaṃ putrasahāyā tvāmupāse gatacetanam .
siṃhena nihataṃ sadyo gauḥ savatseva govṛṣam .. 26..

iṣṭvā saṅgrāmayajñena nānāpraharaṇāmbhasā .
asminnavabhṛthe snātaḥ kathaṃ patnyā mayā vinā .. 27..

yā dattā devarājena tava tuṣṭena saṃyuge .
śātakumbhamayīṃ mālāṃ tāṃ te paśyāmi neha kim .. 28..

rājaśrīrna jahāti tvāṃ gatāsumapi mānada .
sūryasyāvartamānasya śailarājamiva prabhā .. 29..

na me vacaḥ pathyamidaṃ tvayā kṛtaṃ
na cāsmi śaktā hi nivāraṇe tava .
hatā saputrāsmi hatena saṃyuge
saha tvayā śrīrvijahāti mām iha .. 30..




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