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avadhūya ca tāṃ buddhiṃ babhūvāvasthitastadā .
jagāma cāparāṃ cintāṃ sītāṃ prati mahākapiḥ .. 1..

na rāmeṇa viyuktā sā svaptumarhati bhāminī .
na bhoktuṃ nāpyalaṅkartuṃ na pānamupasevitum .. 2..

nānyaṃ naramupasthātuṃ surāṇāmapi ceśvaram .
na hi rāmasamaḥ kaścidvidyate tridaśeṣvapi .
anyeyamiti niścitya pānabhūmau cacāra saḥ .. 3..

krīḍitenāparāḥ klāntā gītena ca tathā parāḥ .
nṛttena cāparāḥ klāntāḥ pānaviprahatāstathā .. 4..

murajeṣu mṛdaṅgeṣu pīṭhikāsu ca saṃsthitāḥ .
tathāstaraṇamukhyyeṣu saṃviṣṭāścāparāḥ striyaḥ .. 5..

aṅganānāṃ sahasreṇa bhūṣitena vibhūṣaṇaiḥ .
rūpasaṃlāpaśīlena yuktagītārthabhāṣiṇā .. 6..

deśakālābhiyuktena yuktavākyābhidhāyinā .
ratābhiratasaṃsuptaṃ dadarśa hariyūthapaḥ .. 7..

tāsāṃ madhye mahābāhuḥ śuśubhe rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
goṣṭhe mahati mukhyānāṃ gavāṃ madhye yathā vṛṣaḥ .. 8..

sa rākṣasendraḥ śuśubhe tābhiḥ parivṛtaḥ svayam .
kareṇubhiryathāraṇyaṃ parikīrṇo mahādvipaḥ .. 9..

sarvakāmairupetāṃ ca pānabhūmiṃ mahātmanaḥ .
dadarśa kapiśārdūlastasya rakṣaḥpatergṛhe .. 10..

mṛgāṇāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ ca varāhāṇāṃ ca bhāgaśaḥ .
tatra nyastāni māṃsāni pānabhūmau dadarśa saḥ .. 11..

raukmeṣu ca viśaleṣu bhājaneṣvardhabhakṣitān .
dadarśa kapiśārdūla mayūrānkukkuṭāṃstathā .. 12..

varāhavārdhrāṇasakāndadhisauvarcalāyutān .
śalyānmṛgamayūrāṃśca hanūmānanvavaikṣata .. 13..

kṛkarānvividhānsiddhāṃścakorānardhabhakṣitān .
mahiṣānekaśalyāṃśca chāgāṃśca kṛtaniṣṭhitān .
lekhyamuccāvacaṃ peyaṃ bhojyāni vividhāni ca .. 14..

tathāmlalavaṇottaṃsairvividhai rāgaṣāḍavaiḥ .
hāra nūpurakeyūrairapaviddhairmahādhanaiḥ .. 15..

pānabhājanavikṣiptaiḥ phalaiś ca vividhairapi .
kṛtapuṣpopahārā bhūradhikaṃ puṣyati śriyam .. 16..

tatra tatra ca vinyastaiḥ suśliṣṭaiḥ śayanāsanaiḥ .
pānabhūmirvinā vahniṃ pradīptevopalakṣyate .. 17..

bahuprakārairvividhairvarasaṃskārasaṃskṛtaiḥ .
māṃsaiḥ kuśalasaṃyuktaiḥ pānabhūmigataiḥ pṛthak .. 18..

divyāḥ prasannā vividhāḥ surāḥ kṛtasurā api .
śarkarāsavamādhvīkāḥ puṣpāsavaphalāsavāḥ .
vāsacūrṇaiśca vividhairmṛṣṭāstaistaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 19..

santatā śuśubhe bhūmirmālyaiśca bahusaṃsthitaiḥ .
hiraṇmayaiśca karakairbhājanaiḥ sphāṭikairapi .
jāmbūnadamayaiścānyaiḥ karakairabhisaṃvṛtā .. 20..

rājateṣu ca kumbheṣu jāmbūnadamayeṣu ca .
pānaśreṣṭhaṃ tadā bhūri kapistatra dadarśa ha .. 21..

so.apaśyacchātakumbhāni śīdhormaṇimayāni ca .
rājatāni ca pūrṇāni bhājanāni mahākapiḥ .. 22..

kva cidardhāvaśeṣāṇi kva citpītāni sarvaśaḥ .
kva cinnaiva prapītāni pānāni sa dadarśa ha .. 23..

kva cidbhakṣyāṃśca vividhānkva citpānāni bhāgaśaḥ .
kva cidannāvaśeṣāṇi paśyanvai vicacāra ha .. 24..

kva citprabhinnaiḥ karakaiḥ kva cidāloḍitairghaṭaiḥ .
kva citsampṛktamālyāni jalāni ca phalāni ca .. 25..

śayanānyatra nārīṇāṃ śūnyāni bahudhā punaḥ .
parasparaṃ samāśliṣya kāścitsuptā varāṅganāḥ .. 26..

kā cicca vastramanyasyā apahṛtyopaguhya ca .
upagamyābalā suptā nidrābalaparājitā .. 27..

tāsāmucchvāsavātena vastraṃ mālyaṃ ca gātrajam .
nātyarthaṃ spandate citraṃ prāpya mandamivānilam .. 28..

candanasya ca śītasya śīdhormadhurasasya ca .
vividhasya ca mālyasya puṣpasya vividhasya ca .. 29..

bahudhā mārutastatra gandhaṃ vividhamudvahan .
snānānāṃ candanānāṃ ca dhūpānāṃ caiva mūrchitaḥ .
pravavau surabhirgandho vimāne puṣpake tadā .. 30..

śyāmāvadātāstatrānyāḥ kāścitkṛṣṇā varāṅganāḥ .
kāścitkāñcanavarṇāṅgyaḥ pramadā rākṣasālaye .. 31..

tāsāṃ nidrāvaśatvācca madanena vimūrchitam .
padminīnāṃ prasuptānāṃ rūpamāsīdyathaiva hi .. 32..

evaṃ sarvamaśeṣeṇa rāvaṇāntaḥpuraṃ kapiḥ .
dadarśa sumahātejā na dadarśa ca jānakīm .. 33..

nirīkṣamāṇaśca tatastāḥ striyaḥ sa mahākapiḥ .
jagāma mahatīṃ cintāṃ dharmasādhvasaśaṅkitaḥ .. 34..

paradārāvarodhasya prasuptasya nirīkṣaṇam .
idaṃ khalu mamātyarthaṃ dharmalopaṃ kariṣyati .. 35..

na hi me paradārāṇāṃ dṛṣṭirviṣayavartinī .
ayaṃ cātra mayā dṛṣṭaḥ paradāraparigrahaḥ .. 36..

tasya prādurabhūccintāpunaranyā manasvinaḥ .
niścitaikāntacittasya kāryaniścayadarśinī .. 37..

kāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mayā sarvā viśvastā rāvaṇastriyaḥ .
na tu me manasaḥ kiṃ cidvaikṛtyamupapadyate .. 38..

mano hi hetuḥ sarveṣāmindriyāṇāṃ pravartate .
śubhāśubhāsvavasthāsu tacca me suvyavasthitam .. 39..

nānyatra hi mayā śakyā vaidehī parimārgitum .
striyo hi strīṣu dṛśyante sadā samparimārgaṇe .. 40..

yasya sattvasya yā yonistasyāṃ tatparimārgyate .
na śakyaṃ pramadā naṣṭā mṛgīṣu parimārgitum .. 41..

tadidaṃ mārgitaṃ tāvacchuddhena manasā mayā .
rāvaṇāntaḥpuraṃ saraṃ dṛśyate na ca jānakī .. 42..

devagandharvakanyāśca nāgakanyāśca vīryavān .
avekṣamāṇo hanumānnaivāpaśyata jānakīm .. 43..

tāmapaśyankapistatra paśyaṃścānyā varastriyaḥ .
apakramya tadā vīraḥ pradhyātumupacakrame .. 44..




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