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sarga - 17

tasminneva tataḥ kāle rājaputrī tvaninditā .
rūpayauvanasampannaṃ bhūṣaṇottamabhūṣitam .. 1..

tato dṛṣṭvaiva vaidehī rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam .
prāvepata varārohā pravāte kadalī yathā .. 2..

ūrubhyāmudaraṃ chādya bāhubhyāṃ ca payodharau .
upaviṣṭā viśālākṣī rudantī varavarṇinī .. 3..

daśagrīvastu vaidehīṃ rakṣitāṃ rākṣasīgaṇaiḥ .
dadarśa dīnāṃ duḥkhārtaṃ nāvaṃ sannāmivārṇave .. 4..

asaṃvṛtāyāmāsīnāṃ dharaṇyāṃ saṃśitavratām .
chinnāṃ prapatitāṃ bhūmau śākhāmiva vanaspateḥ .
malamaṇḍanadigdhāṅgīṃ maṇḍanārhāmamaṇḍitām .. 5..

samīpaṃ rājasiṃhasya rāmasya viditātmanaḥ .
saṅkalpahayasaṃyuktairyāntīmiva manorathaiḥ .. 6..

śuṣyantīṃ rudatīmekāṃ dhyānaśokaparāyaṇām .
duḥkhasyāntamapaśyantīṃ rāmāṃ rāmamanuvratām .. 7..

veṣṭamānāmathāviṣṭāṃ pannagendravadhūm iva .
dhūpyamānāṃ graheṇeva rohiṇīṃ dhūmaketunā .. 8..

vṛttaśīle kule jātāmācāravati dhārmike .
punaḥ saṃskāramāpannāṃ jātamiva ca duṣkule .. 9..

sannāmiva mahākīrtiṃ śraddhāmiva vimānitām .
prajñāmiva parikṣīṇāmāśāṃ pratihatām iva .. 10..

āyatīmiva vidhvastāmājñāṃ pratihatām iva .
dīptāmiva diśaṃ kāle pūjāmapahṛtām iva .. 11..

padminīmiva vidhvastāṃ hataśūrāṃ camūm iva .
prabhāmiva tapodhvastāmupakṣīṇāmivāpagām .. 12..

vedīmiva parāmṛṣṭāṃ śāntāmagniśikhām iva .
paurṇamāsīmiva niśāṃ rāhugrastendumaṇḍalām .. 13..

utkṛṣṭaparṇakamalāṃ vitrāsitavihaṅgamām .
hastihastaparāmṛṣṭāmākulāṃ padminīm iva .. 14..

patiśokāturāṃ śuṣkāṃ nadīṃ visrāvitām iva .
parayā mṛjayā hīnāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe niśām iva .. 15..

sukumārīṃ sujātāṅgīṃ ratnagarbhagṛhocitām .
tapyamānāmivoṣṇena mṛṇālīmaciroddhṛtām .. 16..

gṛhītāmālitāṃ stambhe yūthapena vinākṛtām .
niḥśvasantīṃ suduḥkhārtāṃ gajarājavadhūm iva .. 17..

ekayā dīrghayā veṇyā śobhamānāmayatnataḥ .
nīlayā nīradāpāye vanarājyā mahīm iva .. 18..

upavāsena śokena dhyānena ca bhayena ca .
parikṣīṇāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāmalpāhārāṃ tapodhanām .. 19..

āyācamānāṃ duḥkhārtāṃ prāñjaliṃ devatām iva .
bhāvena raghumukhyasya daśagrīvaparābhavam .. 20..

samīkṣamāṇāṃ rudatīmaninditāṃ
supakṣmatāmrāyataśuklalocanām .
anuvratāṃ rāmamatīva maithilīṃ
pralobhayāmāsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ .. 21..




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