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sarga - 18

sa tāṃ parivṛtāṃ dīnāṃ nirānandāṃ tapasvinīm .
sākārairmadhurairvākyairnyadarśayata rāvaṇaḥ .. 1..

māṃ dṛṣṭvā nāganāsorugūhamānā stanodaram .
adarśanamivātmānaṃ bhayānnetuṃ tvamicchasi .. 2..

kāmaye tvāṃ viśālākṣi bahumanyasva māṃ priye .
sarvāṅgaguṇasampanne sarvalokamanohare .. 3..

neha ke cinmanuṣyā vā rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .
vyapasarpatu te sīte bhayaṃ mattaḥ samutthitam .. 4..

svadharme rakṣasāṃ bhīru sarvathaiṣa na saṃśayaḥ .
gamanaṃ vā parastrīṇāṃ haraṇaṃ sampramathya vā .. 5..

evaṃ caitadakāmāṃ ca na tvāṃ sprakṣyāmi maithili .
kāmaṃ kāmaḥ śarīre me yathākāmaṃ pravartatām .. 6..

devi neha bhayaṃ kāryaṃ mayi viśvasihi priye .
praṇayasva ca tattvena maivaṃ bhūḥ śokalālasā .. 7..

ekaveṇī dharāśayyā dhyānaṃ malinamambaram .
asthāne.apyupavāsaśca naitānyaupayikāni te .. 8..

vicitrāṇi ca mālyāni candanānyagarūṇi ca .
vividhāni ca vāsāṃsi divyānyābharaṇāni ca .. 9..

mahārhāṇi ca pānāni yānāni śayanāni ca .
gītaṃ nṛttaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca labha māṃ prāpya maithili .. 10..

strīratnamasi maivaṃ bhūḥ kuru gātreṣu bhūṣaṇam .
māṃ prāpya tu kathaṃ hi syāstvamanarhā suvigrahe .. 11..

idaṃ te cārusañjātaṃ yauvanaṃ vyativartate .
yadatītaṃ punarnaiti srotaḥ śīghramapām iva .. 12..

tvāṃ kṛtvoparato manye rūpakartā sa viśvakṛt .
na hi rūpopamā tvanyā tavāsti śubhadarśane .. 13..

tvāṃ samāsādya vaidehi rūpayauvanaśālinīm .
kaḥ pumānativarteta sākṣādapi pitāmahaḥ .. 14..

yadyatpaśyāmi te gātraṃ śītāṃśusadṛśānane .
tasmiṃstasminpṛthuśroṇi cakṣurmama nibadhyate .. 15..

bhava maithili bhāryā me mohamenaṃ visarjaya .
bahvīnāmuttamastrīṇāṃ mamāgramahiṣī bhava .. 16..

lokebhyo yāni ratnāni sampramathyāhṛtāni me .
tāni te bhīru sarvāṇi rājyaṃ caitadahaṃ ca te .. 17..

vijitya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ nānānagaramālinīm .
janakāya pradāsyāmi tava hetorvilāsini .. 18..

neha paśyāmi loke.anyaṃ yo me pratibalo bhavet .
paśya me sumahadvīryamapratidvandvamāhave .. 19..

asakṛtsaṃyuge bhagnā mayā vimṛditadhvajāḥ .
aśaktāḥ pratyanīkeṣu sthātuṃ mama surāsurāḥ .. 20..

iccha māṃ kriyatām adya pratikarma tavottamam .
saprabhāṇyavasajjantāṃ tavāṅge bhūṣaṇāni ca .
sādhu paśyāmi te rūpaṃ saṃyuktaṃ pratikarmaṇā .. 21..

pratikarmābhisaṃyuktā dākṣiṇyena varānane .
bhuṅkṣva bhogānyathākāmaṃ piba bhīru ramasva ca .
yatheṣṭaṃ ca prayaccha tvaṃ pṛthivīṃ vā dhanāni ca .. 22..

lalasva mayi visrabdhā dhṛṣṭamājñāpayasva ca .
matprabhāvāllalantyāśca lalantāṃ bāndhavāstava .. 23..

ṛddhiṃ mamānupaśya tvaṃ śriyaṃ bhadre yaśaś ca me .
kiṃ kariṣyasi rāmeṇa subhage cīravāsasā .. 24..

nikṣiptavijayo rāmo gataśrīrvanagocaraḥ .
vratī sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca śaṅke jīvati vā na vā .. 25..

na hi vaidehi rāmastvāṃ draṣṭuṃ vāpyupalapsyate .
puro balākairasitairmeghairjyotsnāmivāvṛtām .. 26..

na cāpi mama hastāttvāṃ prāptumarhati rāghavaḥ .
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ kīrtimindrahastagatām iva .. 27..

cārusmite cārudati cārunetre vilāsini .
mano harasi me bhīru suparṇaḥ pannagaṃ yathā .. 28..

kliṣṭakauśeyavasanāṃ tanvīmapyanalaṅkṛtām .
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sveṣu dāreṣu ratiṃ nopalabhāmyaham .. 29..

antaḥpuranivāsinyaḥ striyaḥ sarvaguṇānvitāḥ .
yāvantyo mama sarvāsāmaiśvaryaṃ kuru jānaki .. 30..

mama hyasitakeśānte trailokyapravarāḥ striyaḥ .
tāstvāṃ paricariṣyanti śriyamapsaraso yathā .. 31..

yāni vaiśravaṇe subhru ratnāni ca dhanāni ca .
tāni lokāṃśca suśroṇi māṃ ca bhuṅkṣva yathāsukham .. 32..

na rāmastapasā devi na balena na vikramaiḥ .
na dhanena mayā tulyastejasā yaśasāpi vā .. 33..

piba vihara ramasva bhuṅkṣva bhogān
dhananicayaṃ pradiśāmi medinīṃ ca .
mayi lala lalane yathāsukhaṃ tvaṃ
tvayi ca sametya lalantu bāndhavāste .. 34..

kusumitatarujālasantatāni
bhramarayutāni samudratīrajāni .
kanakavimalahārabhūṣitāṅgī
vihara mayā saha bhīru kānanāni .. 35..




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