.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - sundarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 53

sandīpyamānāṃ vidhvastāṃ trastarakṣo gaṇāṃ purīm .
avekṣya hānumā.Nllaṅkāṃ cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ .. 1..

tasyābhūtsumahāṃstrāsaḥ kutsā cātmanyajāyata .
laṅkāṃ pradahatā karma kiṃsvitkṛtamidaṃ mayā .. 2..

dhanyāste puruṣaśreṣṭha ye buddhyā kopamutthitam .
nirundhanti mahātmāno dīptamagnimivāmbhasā .. 3..

yadi dagdhā tviyaṃ laṅkā nūnamāryāpi jānakī .
dagdhā tena mayā bharturhataṃ kāryamajānatā .. 4..

yadarthamayamārambhastatkāryamavasāditam .
mayā hi dahatā laṅkāṃ na sītā parirakṣitā .. 5..

īṣatkāryamidaṃ kāryaṃ kṛtamāsīnna saṃśayaḥ .
tasya krodhābhibhūtena mayā mūlakṣayaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 6..

vinaṣṭā jānakī vyaktaṃ na hyadagdhaḥ pradṛśyate .
laṅkāyāḥ kaściduddeśaḥ sarvā bhasmīkṛtā purī .. 7..

yadi tadvihataṃ kāryaṃ mayā prajñāviparyayāt .
ihaiva prāṇasaṃnyāso mamāpi hyatirocate .. 8..

kimagnau nipatāmyadya āhosvidvaḍavāmukhe .
śarīramāho sattvānāṃ dadmi sāgaravāsinām .. 9..

kathaṃ hi jīvatā śakyo mayā draṣṭuṃ harīśvaraḥ .
tau vā puruṣaśārdūlau kāryasarvasvaghātinā .. 10..

mayā khalu tadevedaṃ roṣadoṣātpradarśitam .
prathitaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kapitamanavasthitam .. 11..

dhigastu rājasaṃ bhāvamanīśamanavasthitam .
īśvareṇāpi yadrāgānmayā sītā na rakṣitā .. 12..

vinaṣṭāyāṃ tu sītāyāṃ tāvubhau vinaśiṣyataḥ .
tayorvināśe sugrīvaḥ sabandhurvinaśiṣyati .. 13..

etadeva vacaḥ śrutvā bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ .
dharmātmā sahaśatrughnaḥ kathaṃ śakṣyati jīvitum .. 14..

ikṣvākuvaṃśe dharmiṣṭhe gate nāśamasaṃśayam .
bhaviṣyanti prajāḥ sarvāḥ śokasantāpapīḍitāḥ .. 15..

tadahaṃ bhāgyarahito luptadharmārthasaṅgrahaḥ .
roṣadoṣaparītātmā vyaktaṃ lokavināśanaḥ .. 16..

iti cintayatastasya nimittānyupapedire .
pūramapyupalabdhāni sākṣātpunaracintayat .. 17..

atha vā cārusarvāṅgī rakṣitā svena tejasā .
na naśiṣyati kalyāṇī nāgniragnau pravartate .. 18..

na hi dharmānmanastasya bhāryāmamitatejasaḥ .
svacāritrābhiguptāṃ tāṃ spraṣṭumarhati pāvakaḥ .. 19..

nūnaṃ rāmaprabhāvena vaidehyāḥ sukṛtena ca .
yanmāṃ dahanakarmāyaṃ nādahaddhavyavāhanaḥ .. 20..

trayāṇāṃ bharatādīnāṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ devatā ca yā .
rāmasya ca manaḥkāntā sā kathaṃ vinaśiṣyati .. 21..

yadvā dahanakarmāyaṃ sarvatra prabhuravyayaḥ .
na me dahati lāṅgūlaṃ kathamāryāṃ pradhakṣyati .. 22..

tapasā satyavākyena ananyatvācca bhartari .
api sā nirdahedagniṃ na tāmagniḥ pradhakṣyati .. 23..

sa tathā cintayaṃstatra devyā dharmaparigraham .
śuśrāva hanumānvākyaṃ cāraṇānāṃ mahātmanām .. 24..

aho khalu kṛtaṃ karma durviṣahyaṃ hanūmatā .
agniṃ visṛjatābhīkṣṇaṃ bhīmaṃ rākṣasasadmani .. 25..

dagdheyaṃ nagarī laṅkā sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇā .
jānakī na ca dagdheti vismayo.adbhuta eva naḥ .. 26..

sa nimittaiśca dṛṣṭārthaiḥ kāraṇaiśca mahāguṇaiḥ .
ṛṣivākyaiśca hanumānabhavatprītamānasaḥ .. 27..

tataḥ kapiḥ prāptamanorathārthas
tāmakṣatāṃ rājasutāṃ viditvā .
pratyakṣatastāṃ punareva dṛṣṭvā
pratiprayāṇāya matiṃ cakāra .. 28..




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