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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vānarasya mahātmanaḥ .
ājñāpayadvadhaṃ tasya rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ .. 1..

vadhe tasya samājñapte rāvaṇena durātmanā .
niveditavato dautyaṃ nānumene vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 2..

taṃ rakṣo.adhipatiṃ kruddhaṃ tacca kāryamupasthitam .
viditvā cintayāmāsa kāryaṃ kāryavidhau sthitaḥ .. 3..

niścitārthastataḥ sāmnāpūjya śatrujidagrajam .
uvāca hitamatyarthaṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .. 4..

rājandharmaviruddhaṃ ca lokavṛtteś ca garhitam .
tava cāsadṛśaṃ vīra kaperasya pramāpaṇam .. 5..

asaṃśayaṃ śatrurayaṃ pravṛddhaḥ
kṛtaṃ hyanenāpriyamaprameyam .
na dūtavadhyāṃ pravadanti santo
dūtasya dṛṣṭā bahavo hi daṇḍāḥ .. 6..

vairūpyāmaṅgeṣu kaśābhighāto
mauṇḍyaṃ tathā lakṣmaṇasaṃnipātaḥ .
etānhi dūte pravadanti daṇḍān
vadhastu dūtasya na naḥ śruto.api .. 7..

kathaṃ ca dharmārthavinītabuddhiḥ
parāvarapratyayaniścitārthaḥ .
bhavadvidhaḥ kopavaśe hi tiṣṭhet
kopaṃ niyacchanti hi sattvavantaḥ .. 8..

na dharmavāde na ca lokavṛtte
na śāstrabuddhigrahaṇeṣu vāpi .
vidyeta kaścittava vīratulyas
tvaṃ hyuttamaḥ sarvasurāsurāṇām .. 9..

na cāpyasya kaperghāte kaṃ citpaśyāmyahaṃ guṇam .
teṣvayaṃ pātyatāṃ daṇḍo yairayaṃ preṣitaḥ kapiḥ .. 10..

sādhurvā yadi vāsādhurparaireṣa samarpitaḥ .
bruvanparārthaṃ paravānna dūto vadhamarhati .. 11..

api cāsminhate rājannānyaṃ paśyāmi khecaram .
iha yaḥ punarāgacchetparaṃ pāraṃ mahodadhiḥ .. 12..

tasmānnāsya vadhe yatnaḥ kāryaḥ parapurañjaya .
bhavānsendreṣu deveṣu yatnamāsthātumarhati .. 13..

asminvinaṣṭe na hi dūtamanyaṃ
paśyāmi yastau nararājaputrau .
yuddhāya yuddhapriyadurvinītāv
udyojayeddīrghapathāvaruddhau .. 14..

parākramotsāhamanasvināṃ ca
surāsurāṇām api durjayena .
tvayā manonandana nairṛtānāṃ
yuddhāyatirnāśayituṃ na yuktā .. 15..

hitāśca śūrāśca samāhitāś ca
kuleṣu jātāśca mahāguṇeṣu .
manasvinaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhāḥ
koṭyagraśaste subhṛtāśca yodhāḥ .. 16..

tadekadeśena balasya tāvat
ke cittavādeśakṛto.apayāntu .
tau rājaputrau vinigṛhya mūḍhau
pareṣu te bhāvayituṃ prabhāvam .. 17..




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