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sarga - 26

abhiṣikte tu sugrīve praviṣṭe vānare guhām .
ājagāma saha bhrātrā rāmaḥ prasravaṇaṃ girim .. 1..

śārdūlamṛgasaṅghuṣṭaṃ siṃhairbhīmaravairvṛtam .
nānāgulmalatāgūḍhaṃ bahupādapasaṅkulam .. 2..

ṛkṣavānaragopucchairmārjāraiśca niṣevitam .
megharāśinibhaṃ śailaṃ nityaṃ śucijalāśrayam .. 3..

tasya śailasya śikhare mahatīmāyatāṃ guhām .
pratyagṛhṇata vāsārthaṃ rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha .. 4..

avasattatra dharmātmā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
bahudṛśyadarīkuñje tasminprasravaṇe girau .. 5..

susukhe.api bahudravye tasminhi dharaṇīdhare .
vasatastasya rāmasya ratiralpāpi nābhavat .
hṛtāṃ hi bhāryāṃ smarataḥ prāṇebhyo.api garīyasīm .. 6..

udayābhyuditaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaśāṅkaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .
āviveśa na taṃ nidrā niśāsu śayanaṃ gatam .. 7..

tatsamutthena śokena bāṣpopahatacetasaṃ .
taṃ śocamānaṃ kākutsthaṃ nityaṃ śokaparāyaṇam .
tulyaduḥkho.abravīdbhrātā lakṣmaṇo.anunayanvacaḥ .. 8..

alaṃ vīra vyathāṃ gatvā na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi .
śocato hyavasīdanti sarvārthā viditaṃ hi te .. 9..

bhavānkriyāparo loke bhavāndevaparāyaṇaḥ .
āstiko dharmaśīlaśca vyavasāyī ca rāghava .. 10..

na hyavyavasitaḥ śatruṃ rākṣasaṃ taṃ viśeṣataḥ .
samarthastvaṃ raṇe hantuṃ vikramairjihmakāriṇam .. 11..

samunmūlaya śokaṃ tvaṃ vyavasāyaṃ sthiraṃ kuru .
tataḥ saparivāraṃ taṃ nirmūlaṃ kuru rākṣasaṃ .. 12..

pṛthivīmapi kākutstha sasāgaravanācalām .
parivartayituṃ śaktaḥ kimaṅga puna rāvaṇam .. 13..

ahaṃ tu khalu te vīryaṃ prasuptaṃ pratibodhaye .
dīptairāhutibhiḥ kāle bhasmacchannamivānalam .. 14..

lakṣmaṇasya tu tadvākyaṃ pratipūjya hitaṃ śubham .
rāghavaḥ suhṛdaṃ snigdhamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 15..

vācyaṃ yadanuraktena snigdhena ca hitena ca .
satyavikrama yuktena taduktaṃ lakṣmaṇa tvayā .. 16..

eṣa śokaḥ parityaktaḥ sarvakāryāvasādakaḥ .
vikrameṣvapratihataṃ tejaḥ protsāhayāmyaham .. 17..

śaratkālaṃ pratīkṣe.ahamiyaṃ prāvṛḍupasthitā .
tataḥ sarāṣṭraṃ sagaṇaṃ rākṣasaṃ taṃ nihanmyaham .. 18..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭo rāmasya lakṣmaṇaḥ .
punarevābravīdvākyaṃ saumitrirmitranandanaḥ .. 19..

etatte sadṛśaṃ vākyamuktaṃ śatrunibarhaṇa .
idānīmasi kākutstha prakṛtiṃ svāmupāgataḥ .. 20..

vijñāya hyātmano vīryaṃ tathyaṃ bhavitumarhasi .
etatsadṛśamuktaṃ te śrutasyābhijanasya ca .. 21..

tasmātpuruṣaśārdūla cintayañśatrunigraham .
varṣārātramanuprāptamatikrāmaya rāghava .. 22..

niyamya kopaṃ pratipālyatāṃ śarat
kṣamasva māsāṃścaturo mayā saha .
vasācale.asminmṛgarājasevite
saṃvardhayañśatruvadhe samudyataḥ .. 23..




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