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sarga - 36

tataḥ sa kapiśārdūlastena vākyena harṣitaḥ .
sītāmuvāca tacchrutvā vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .. 1..

yuktarūpaṃ tvayā devi bhāṣitaṃ śubhadarśane .
sadṛśaṃ strīsvabhāvasya sādhvīnāṃ vinayasya ca .. 2..

strītvaṃ na tu samarthaṃ hi sāgaraṃ vyativartitum .
māmadhiṣṭhāya vistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam .. 3..

dvitīyaṃ kāraṇaṃ yacca bravīṣi vinayānvite .
rāmādanyasya nārhāmi saṃsparśamiti jānaki .. 4..

etatte devi sadṛśaṃ patnyāstasya mahātmanaḥ .
kā hyanyā tvāmṛte devi brūyādvacanamīdṛśam .. 5..

śroṣyate caiva kākutsthaḥ sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ .
ceṣṭitaṃ yattvayā devi bhāṣitaṃ mama cāgrataḥ .. 6..

kāraṇairbahubhirdevi rāma priyacikīrṣayā .
snehapraskannamanasā mayaitatsamudīritam .. 7..

laṅkāyā duṣpraveśatvāddustaratvānmahodadheḥ .
sāmarthyādātmanaścaiva mayaitatsamudāhṛtam .. 8..

icchāmi tvāṃ samānetumadyaiva raghubandhunā .
gurusnehena bhaktyā ca nānyathā tadudāhṛtam .. 9..

yadi notsahase yātuṃ mayā sārdhamanindite .
abhijñānaṃ prayaccha tvaṃ jānīyādrāghavo hi yat .. 10..

evamuktā hanumatā sītā surasutopamā .
uvāca vacanaṃ mandaṃ bāṣpapragrathitākṣaram .. 11..

idaṃ śreṣṭhamabhijñānaṃ brūyāstvaṃ tu mama priyam .
śailasya citrakūṭasya pāde pūrvottare tadā .. 12..

tāpasāśramavāsinyāḥ prājyamūlaphalodake .
tasminsiddhāśrame deśe mandākinyā adūrataḥ .. 13..

tasyopavanaṣaṇḍeṣu nānāpuṣpasugandhiṣu .
vihṛtya salilaklinnā tavāṅke samupāviśam .. 14..

paryāyeṇa prasuptaśca mamāṅke bharatāgrajaḥ .. 15..

tato māṃsasamāyukto vāyasaḥ paryatuṇḍayat .
tamahaṃ loṣṭamudyamya vārayāmi sma vāyasaṃ .. 16..

dārayansa ca māṃ kākastatraiva parilīyate .
na cāpyuparamanmāṃsādbhakṣārthī balibhojanaḥ .. 17..

utkarṣantyāṃ ca raśanāṃ kruddhāyāṃ mayi pakṣiṇe .
sraṃsamāne ca vasane tato dṛṣṭā tvayā hyaham .. 18..

tvayā vihasitā cāhaṃ kruddhā saṃlajjitā tadā .
bhakṣya gṛddhena kālena dāritā tvāmupāgatā .. 19..

āsīnasya ca te śrāntā punarutsaṅgamāviśam .
krudhyantī ca prahṛṣṭena tvayāhaṃ parisāntvitā .. 20..

bāṣpapūrṇamukhī mandaṃ cakṣuṣī parimārjatī .
lakṣitāhaṃ tvayā nātha vāyasena prakopitā .. 21..

āśīviṣa iva kruddhaḥ śvasānvākyamabhāṣathāḥ .
kena te nāganāsoru vikṣataṃ vai stanāntaram .
kaḥ krīḍati saroṣeṇa pañcavaktreṇa bhoginā .. 22..

vīkṣamāṇastatastaṃ vai vāyasaṃ samavaikṣathāḥ .
nakhaiḥ sarudhiraistīkṣṇairmāmevābhimukhaṃ sthitam .. 23..

putraḥ kila sa śakrasya vāyasaḥ patatāṃ varaḥ .
dharāntaracaraḥ śīghraṃ pavanasya gatau samaḥ .. 24..

tatastasminmahābāhuḥ kopasaṃvartitekṣaṇaḥ .
vāyase kṛtavānkrūrāṃ matiṃ matimatāṃ vara .. 25..

sa darbhasaṃstarādgṛhya brahmaṇo.astreṇa yojayaḥ .
sa dīpta iva kālāgnirjajvālābhimukho dvijam .. 26..

cikṣepitha pradīptāṃ tāmiṣīkāṃ vāyasaṃ prati .
anusṛṣṭastadā kālo jagāma vividhāṃ gatim .
trāṇakāma imaṃ lokaṃ sarvaṃ vai vicacāra ha .. 27..

sa pitrā ca parityaktaḥ suraiḥ sarvairmaharṣibhiḥ .
trī.Nllokānsamparikramya tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ .. 28..

taṃ tvaṃ nipatitaṃ bhūmau śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇāgatam .
vadhārhamapi kākutstha kṛpayā paryapālayaḥ .
na śarma labdhvā lokeṣu tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ .. 29..

paridyūnaṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ ca sa tvamāyāntamuktavān .
moghaṃ kartuṃ na śakyaṃ tu brāhmamastraṃ taducyatām .. 30..

tatastasyākṣi kākasya hinasti sma sa dakṣiṇam .. 31..

sa te tadā namaskṛtvā rājñe daśarathāya ca .
tvayā vīra visṛṣṭastu pratipede svamālayam .. 32..

matkṛte kākamātre.api brahmāstraṃ samudīritam .
kasmādyo māṃ harattvattaḥ kṣamase taṃ mahīpate .. 33..

sa kuruṣva mahotsāhaṃ kṛpāṃ mayi nararṣabha .
ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmastvatta eva mayā śrutaḥ .. 34..

jānāmi tvāṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahotsāhaṃ mahābalam .
apārapāramakṣobhyaṃ gāmbhīryātsāgaropamam .
bhartāraṃ sasamudrāyā dharaṇyā vāsavopamam .. 35..

evamastravidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sattvavānbalavānapi .
kimarthamastraṃ rakṣaḥsu na yojayasi rāghava .. 36..

na nāgā nāpi gandharvā nāsurā na marudgaṇāḥ .
rāmasya samare vegaṃ śaktāḥ prati samādhitum .. 37..

tasyā vīryavataḥ kaścidyadyasti mayi sambhramaḥ .
kimarthaṃ na śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ kṣayaṃ nayati rākṣasān .. 38..

bhrāturādeśamādāya lakṣmaṇo vā parantapaḥ .
kasya hetorna māṃ vīraḥ paritrāti mahābalaḥ .. 39..

yadi tau puruṣavyāghrau vāyvindrasamatejasau .
surāṇāmapi durdharṣo kimarthaṃ māmupekṣataḥ .. 40..

mamaiva duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃ cinmahadasti na saṃśayaḥ .
samarthāvapi tau yanmāṃ nāvekṣete parantapau .. 41..

kausalyā lokabhartāraṃ suṣuve yaṃ manasvinī .
taṃ mamārthe sukhaṃ pṛccha śirasā cābhivādaya .. 42..

srajaśca sarvaratnāni priyā yāśca varāṅganāḥ .
aiśvaryaṃ ca viśālāyāṃ pṛthivyām api durlabham .. 43..

pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva saṃmānyābhiprasādya ca .
anupravrajito rāmaṃ sumitrā yena suprajāḥ .
ānukūlyena dharmātmā tyaktvā sukhamanuttamam .. 44..

anugacchati kākutsthaṃ bhrātaraṃ pālayanvane .
siṃhaskandho mahābāhurmanasvī priyadarśanaḥ .. 45..

pitṛvadvartate rāme mātṛvanmāṃ samācaran .
hriyamāṇāṃ tadā vīro na tu māṃ veda lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 46..

vṛddhopasevī lakṣmīvāñśakto na bahubhāṣitā .
rājaputraḥ priyaśreṣṭhaḥ sadṛśaḥ śvaśurasya me .. 47..

mattaḥ priyataro nityaṃ bhrātā rāmasya lakṣmaṇaḥ .
niyukto dhuri yasyāṃ tu tāmudvahati vīryavān .. 48..

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavo naiva vṛddhamāryamanusmarat .
sa mamārthāya kuśalaṃ vaktavyo vacanānmama .
mṛdurnityaṃ śucirdakṣaḥ priyo rāmasya lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 49..

idaṃ brūyāśca me nāthaṃ śūraṃ rāmaṃ punaḥ punaḥ .
jīvitaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi māsaṃ daśarathātmaja .
ūrdhvaṃ māsānna jīveyaṃ satyenāhaṃ bravīmi te .. 50..

rāvaṇenoparuddhāṃ māṃ nikṛtyā pāpakarmaṇā .
trātumarhasi vīra tvaṃ pātālādiva kauśikīm .. 51..

tato vastragataṃ muktvā divyaṃ cūḍāmaṇiṃ śubham .
pradeyo rāghavāyeti sītā hanumate dadau .. 52..

pratigṛhya tato vīro maṇiratnamanuttamam .
aṅgulyā yojayāmāsa na hyasyā prābhavadbhujaḥ .. 53..

maṇiratnaṃ kapivaraḥ pratigṛhyābhivādya ca .
sītāṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā praṇataḥ pārśvataḥ sthitaḥ .. 54..

harṣeṇa mahatā yuktaḥ sītādarśanajena saḥ .
hṛdayena gato rāmaṃ śarīreṇa tu viṣṭhitaḥ .. 55..

maṇivaramupagṛhya taṃ mahārhaṃ
janakanṛpātmajayā dhṛtaṃ prabhāvāt .
girivarapavanāvadhūtamuktaḥ
sukhitamanāḥ pratisaṅkramaṃ prapede .. 56..

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