.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - sundarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 57

etadākhyānaṃ tatsarvaṃ hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ .
bhūyaḥ samupacakrāma vacanaṃ vaktumuttaram .. 1..

saphalo rāghavodyogaḥ sugrīvasya ca sambhramaḥ .
śīlamāsādya sītāyā mama ca plavanaṃ mahat .. 2..

āryāyāḥ sadṛśaṃ śīlaṃ sītāyāḥ plavagarṣabhāḥ .
tapasā dhārayellokānkruddhā vā nirdahedapi .. 3..

sarvathātipravṛddho.asau rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
yasya tāṃ spṛśato gātraṃ tapasā na vināśitam .. 4..

na tadagniśikhā kuryātsaṃspṛṣṭā pāṇinā satī .
janakasyātmajā kuryādutkrodhakaluṣīkṛtā .. 5..

aśokavanikāmadhye rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ .
adhastācchiṃśapāvṛkṣe sādhvī karuṇamāsthitā .. 6..

rākṣasībhiḥ parivṛtā śokasantāpakarśitā .
meghalekhāparivṛtā candralekheva niṣprabhā .. 7..

acintayantī vaidehī rāvaṇaṃ baladarpitam .
pativratā ca suśroṇī avaṣṭabdhā ca jānakī .. 8..

anuraktā hi vaidehī rāmaṃ sarvātmanā śubhā .
ananyacittā rāme ca paulomīva purandare .. 9..

tadekavāsaḥsaṃvītā rajodhvastā tathaiva ca .
śokasantāpadīnāṅgī sītā bhartṛhite ratā .. 10..

sā mayā rākṣasī madhye tarjyamānā muhurmuhuḥ .
rākṣasībhirvirūpābhirdṛṣṭā hi pramadā vane .. 11..

ekaveṇīdharā dīnā bhartṛcintāparāyaṇā .
adhaḥśayyā vivarṇāṅgī padminīva himāgame .. 12..

rāvaṇādvinivṛttārthā martavyakṛtaniścayā .
kathaṃ cinmṛgaśāvākṣī viśvāsamupapāditā .. 13..

tataḥ sambhāṣitā caiva sarvamarthaṃ ca darśitā .
rāmasugrīvasakhyaṃ ca śrutvā prītimupāgatā .. 14..

niyataḥ samudācāro bhaktirbhartari cottamā .. 15..

yanna hanti daśagrīvaṃ sa mahātmā daśānanaḥ .
nimittamātraṃ rāmastu vadhe tasya bhaviṣyati .. 16..

evamāste mahābhāgā sītā śokaparāyaṇā .
yadatra pratikartavyaṃ tatsarvamupapādyatām .. 17..




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