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tataḥ sa madhyaṃ gatamaṃśumantaṃ
jyotsnāvitānaṃ mahadudvamantam .
dadarśa dhīmāndivi bhānumantaṃ
goṣṭhe vṛṣaṃ mattamiva bhramantam .. 1..

lokasya pāpāni vināśayantaṃ
mahodadhiṃ cāpi samedhayantam .
bhūtāni sarvāṇi virājayantaṃ
dadarśa śītāṃśumathābhiyāntam .. 2..

yā bhāti lakṣmīrbhuvi mandarasthā
tathā pradoṣeṣu ca sāgarasthā .
tathaiva toyeṣu ca puṣkarasthā
rarāja sā cāruniśākarasthā .. 3..

haṃso yathā rājatapañjurasthaḥ
siṃho yathā mandarakandarasthaḥ .
vīro yathā garvitakuñjarasthaś
candro.api babhrāja tathāmbarasthaḥ .. 4..

sthitaḥ kakudmāniva tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo
mahācalaḥ śveta ivoccaśṛṅgaḥ .
hastīva jāmbūnadabaddhaśṛṅgo
vibhāti candraḥ paripūrṇaśṛṅgaḥ .. 5..

prakāśacandrodayanaṣṭadoṣaḥ
pravṛddharakṣaḥ piśitāśadoṣaḥ .
rāmābhirāmeritacittadoṣaḥ
svargaprakāśo bhagavānpradoṣaḥ .. 6..

tantrī svanāḥ karṇasukhāḥ pravṛttāḥ
svapanti nāryaḥ patibhiḥ suvṛttāḥ .
naktañcarāścāpi tathā pravṛttā
vihartumatyadbhutaraudravṛttāḥ .. 7..

mattapramattāni samākulāni
rathāśvabhadrāsanasaṅkulāni .
vīraśriyā cāpi samākulāni
dadarśa dhīmānsa kapiḥ kulāni .. 8..

parasparaṃ cādhikamākṣipanti
bhujāṃśca pīnānadhivikṣipanti .
mattapralāpānadhivikṣipanti
mattāni cānyonyamadhikṣipanti .. 9..

rakṣāṃsi vakṣāṃsi ca vikṣipanti
gātrāṇi kāntāsu ca vikṣipanti .
dadarśa kāntāśca samālapanti
tathāparāstatra punaḥ svapanti .. 10..

mahāgajaiścāpi tathā nadadbhiḥ
sūpūjitaiścāpi tathā susadbhiḥ .
rarāja vīraiśca viniḥśvasadbhir
hrado bhujaṅgairiva niḥśvasadbhiḥ .. 11..

buddhipradhānānrucirābhidhānān
saṃśraddadhānāñjagataḥ pradhānān .
nānāvidhānānrucirābhidhānān
dadarśa tasyāṃ puri yātudhānān .. 12..

nananda dṛṣṭvā sa ca tānsurūpān
nānāguṇānātmaguṇānurūpān .
vidyotamānānsa ca tānsurūpān
dadarśa kāṃścicca punarvirūpān .. 13..

tato varārhāḥ suviśuddhabhāvās
teṣāṃ striyastatra mahānubhāvāḥ .
priyeṣu pāneṣu ca saktabhāvā
dadarśa tārā iva suprabhāvāḥ .. 14..

śriyā jvalantīstrapayopagūḍhā
niśīthakāle ramaṇopagūḍhāḥ .
dadarśa kāścitpramadopagūḍhā
yathā vihaṅgāḥ kusumopagūḍāḥ .. 15..

anyāḥ punarharmyatalopaviṣṭās
tatra priyāṅkeṣu sukhopaviṣṭāḥ .
bhartuḥ priyā dharmaparā niviṣṭā
dadarśa dhīmānmanadābhiviṣṭāḥ .. 16..

aprāvṛtāḥ kāñcanarājivarṇāḥ
kāścitparārdhyāstapanīyavarṇāḥ .
punaśca kāścicchaśalakṣmavarṇāḥ
kāntaprahīṇā rucirāṅgavarṇāḥ .. 17..

tataḥ priyānprāpya mano.abhirāmān
suprītiyuktāḥ prasamīkṣya rāmāḥ .
gṛheṣu hṛṣṭāḥ paramābhirāmā
haripravīraḥ sa dadarśa rāmāḥ .. 18..

candraprakāśāśca hi vaktramālā
vakrākṣipakṣmāśca sunetramālāḥ .
vibhūṣaṇānāṃ ca dadarśa mālāḥ
śatahradānāmiva cārumālāḥ .. 19..

na tveva sītāṃ paramābhijātāṃ
pathi sthite rājakule prajātām .
latāṃ praphullāmiva sādhujātāṃ
dadarśa tanvīṃ manasābhijātām .. 20..

sanātane vartmani saṃniviṣṭāṃ
rāmekṣaṇīṃ tāṃ madanābhiviṣṭām .
bharturmanaḥ śrīmadanupraviṣṭāṃ
strībhyo varābhyaśca sadā viśiṣṭām .. 21..

uṣṇārditāṃ sānusṛtāsrakaṇṭhīṃ
purā varārhottamaniṣkakaṇṭhīm .
sujātapakṣmāmabhiraktakaṇṭhīṃ
vane pravṛttāmiva nīlakaṇṭhīm .. 22..

avyaktalekhāmiva candralekhāṃ
pāṃsupradigdhāmiva hemalekhām .
kṣataprarūḍhāmiva bāṇalekhāṃ
vāyuprabhinnāmiva meghalekhām .. 23..

sītāmapaśyanmanujeśvarasya
rāmasya patnīṃ vadatāṃ varasya .
babhūva duḥkhābhihataś cirasya
plavaṅgamo manda ivācirasya .. 24..




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