.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - sundarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 26

sā rākṣasendrasya vaco niśamya
tadrāvaṇasyāpriyamapriyārtā .
sītā vitatrāsa yathā vanānte
siṃhābhipannā gajarājakanyā .. 1..

sā rākṣasī madhyagatā ca bhīrur
vāgbhirbhṛśaṃ rāvaṇatarjitā ca .
kāntāramadhye vijane visṛṣṭā
bāleva kanyā vilalāpa sītā .. 2..

satyaṃ batedaṃ pravadanti loke
nākālamṛtyurbhavatīti santaḥ .
yatrāhamevaṃ paribhartsyamānā
jīvāmi kiṃ citkṣaṇamapyapuṇyā .. 3..

sukhādvihīnaṃ bahuduḥkhapūrṇam
idaṃ tu nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ sthiraṃ me .
vidīryate yanna sahasradhādya
vajrāhataṃ śṛṅgamivācalasya .. 4..

naivāsti nūnaṃ mama doṣamatra
vadhyāhamasyāpriyadarśanasya .
bhāvaṃ na cāsyāhamanupradātum
alaṃ dvijo mantramivādvijāya .. 5..

nūnaṃ mamāṅgānyacirādanāryaḥ
śastraiḥ śitaiśchetsyati rākṣasendraḥ .
tasminnanāgacchati lokanāthe
garbhasthajantoriva śalyakṛntaḥ .. 6..

duḥkhaṃ batedaṃ mama duḥkhitāyā
māsau cirāyābhigamiṣyato dvau .
baddhasya vadhyasya yathā niśānte
rājāparādhādiva taskarasya .. 7..

hā rāma hā lakṣmaṇa hā sumitre
hā rāma mātaḥ saha me jananyā .
eṣā vipadyāmyahamalpabhāgyā
mahārṇave nauriva mūḍha vātā .. 8..

tarasvinau dhārayatā mṛgasya
sattvena rūpaṃ manujendraputrau .
nūnaṃ viśastau mama kāraṇāttau
siṃharṣabhau dvāviva vaidyutena .. 9..

nūnaṃ sa kālo mṛgarūpadhārī
māmalpabhāgyāṃ lulubhe tadānīm .
yatrāryaputraṃ visasarja mūḍhā
rāmānujaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvakaṃ ca .. 10..

hā rāma satyavrata dīrghavāho
hā pūrṇacandrapratimānavaktra .
hā jīvalokasya hitaḥ priyaś ca
vadhyāṃ na māṃ vetsi hi rākṣasānām .. 11..

ananyadevatvamiyaṃ kṣamā ca
bhūmau ca śayyā niyamaś ca dharme .
pativratātvaṃ viphalaṃ mamedaṃ
kṛtaṃ kṛtaghneṣviva mānuṣāṇām .. 12..

mogho hi dharmaścarito mamāyaṃ
tathaikapatnītvamidaṃ nirartham .
yā tvāṃ na paśyāmi kṛśā vivarṇā
hīnā tvayā saṅgamane nirāśā .. 13..

piturnirdeśaṃ niyamena kṛtvā
vanānnivṛttaścaritavrataś ca .
strībhistu manye vipulekṣaṇābhiḥ
saṃraṃsyase vītabhayaḥ kṛtārthaḥ .. 14..

ahaṃ tu rāma tvayi jātakāmā
ciraṃ vināśāya nibaddhabhāvā .
moghaṃ caritvātha tapovrataṃ ca
tyakṣyāmi dhigjīvitamalpabhāgyā .. 15..

sā jīvitaṃ kṣipramahaṃ tyajeyaṃ
viṣeṇa śastreṇa śitena vāpi .
viṣasya dātā na tu me.asti kaś cic
chastrasya vā veśmani rākṣasasya .. 16..

śokābhitaptā bahudhā vicintya
sītātha veṇyudgrathanaṃ gṛhītvā .
udbadhya veṇyudgrathanena śīghram
ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi yamasya mūlam .. 17..

itīva sītā bahudhā vilapya
sarvātmanā rāmamanusmarantī .
pravepamānā pariśuṣkavaktrā
nagottamaṃ puṣpitamāsasāda .. 18..

upasthitā sā mṛdursarvagātrī
śākhāṃ gṛhītvātha nagasya tasya .
tasyāstu rāmaṃ pravicintayantyā
rāmānujaṃ svaṃ ca kulaṃ śubhāṅgyāḥ .. 19..

śokānimittāni tadā bahūni
dhairyārjitāni pravarāṇi loke .
prādurnimittāni tadā babhūvuḥ
purāpi siddhānyupalakṣitāni .. 20..




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