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sarga - 10

athābravīddvijaṃ rāmaḥ kathaṃ te bhrātaro vane .
kīdṛśaṃ tu tadā brahmaṃstapaścerurmahāvratāḥ .. 1..

agastyastvabravīttatra rāmaṃ prayata mānasaṃ .
tāṃstāndharmavidhīṃstatra bhrātaraste samāviśan .. 2..

kumbhakarṇastadā yatto nityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇaḥ .
tatāpa graiṣmike kāle pañcasvagniṣvavasthitaḥ .. 3..

varṣe meghodakaklinno vīrāsanamasevata .
nityaṃ ca śaiśire kāle jalamadhyapratiśrayaḥ .. 4..

evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi daśa tasyāticakramuḥ .
dharme prayatamānasya satpathe niṣṭhitasya ca .. 5..

vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā nityaṃ dharmaparaḥ śuciḥ .
pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi pādenaikena tasthivān .. 6..

samāpte niyame tasya nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ .
papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca kṣubhitāścāpi devatāḥ .. 7..

pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi sūryaṃ caivānvavartata .
tasthau cordhvaśiro bāhuḥ svādhyāyadhṛtamānasaḥ .. 8..

evaṃ vibhīṣaṇasyāpi gatāni niyatātmanaḥ .
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi svargasthasyeva nandane .. 9..

daśavarṣasahasraṃ tu nirāhāro daśānanaḥ .
pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śiraścāgnau juhāva saḥ .. 10..

evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi nava tasyāticakramuḥ .
śirāṃsi nava cāpyasya praviṣṭāni hutāśanam .. 11..

atha varṣasahasre tu daśame daśamaṃ śiraḥ .
chettukāmaḥ sa dharmātmā prāptaścātra pitāmahaḥ .. 12..

pitāmahastu suprītaḥ sārdhaṃ devairupasthitaḥ .
vatsa vatsa daśagrīva prīto.asmītyabhyabhāṣata .. 13..

śīghraṃ varaya dharmajña varo yaste.abhikāṅkṣitaḥ .
kiṃ te kāmaṃ karomyadya na vṛthā te pariśramaḥ .. 14..

tato.abravīddaśagrīvaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā .
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ harṣagadgadayā girā .. 15..

bhagavanprāṇināṃ nityaṃ nānyatra maraṇādbhayam .
nāsti mṛtyusamaḥ śatruramaratvamato vṛṇe .. 16..

suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām .
avadhyaḥ syāṃ prajādhyakṣa devatānāṃ ca śāśvatam .. 17..

na hi cintā mamānyeṣu prāṇiṣvamarapūjita .
tṛṇabhūtā hi me sarve prāṇino mānuṣādayaḥ .. 18..

evamuktastu dharmātmā daśagrīveṇa rakṣasā .
uvāca vacanaṃ rāma saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ .. 19..

bhaviṣyatyevamevaitattava rākṣasapuṅgava .
śṛṇu cāpi vaco bhūyaḥ prītasyeha śubhaṃ mama .. 20..

hutāni yāni śīrṣāṇi pūrvamagnau tvayānagha .
punastāni bhaviṣyanti tathaiva tava rākṣasa .. 21..

evaṃ pitāmahoktasya daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ .
agnau hutāni śīrṣāṇi yāni tānyutthitāni vai .. 22..

evamuktvvā tu taṃ rāma daśagrīvaṃ prajāpatiḥ .
vibhīṣaṇamathovāca vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ .. 23..

vibhīṣaṇa tvayā vatsa dharmasaṃhitabuddhinā .
parituṣṭo.asmi dharmajña varaṃ varaya suvrata .. 24..

vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā vacanaṃ prāha sāñjaliḥ .
vṛtaḥ sarvaguṇairnityaṃ candramā iva raśmibhiḥ .. 25..

bhagavankṛtakṛtyo.ahaṃ yanme lokaguruḥ svayam .
prīto yadi tvaṃ dātavyaṃ varaṃ me śṛṇu suvrata .. 26..

yā yā me jāyate buddhiryeṣu yeṣvāśrameṣviha .
sā sā bhavatu dharmiṣṭhā taṃ taṃ dharmaṃ ca pālaye .. 27..

eṣa me paramodāra varaḥ paramako mataḥ .
na hi dharmābhiraktānāṃ loke kiṃ cana durlabham .. 28..

atha prajāpatiḥ prīto vibhīṣaṇamuvāca ha .
dharmiṣṭhastvaṃ yathā vatsa tathā caitadbhaviṣyati .. 29..

yasmādrākṣasayonau te jātasyāmitrakarṣaṇa .
nādharme jāyate buddhiramaratvaṃ dadāmi te .. 30..

kumbhakarṇāya tu varaṃ prayacchantamarindama .
prajāpatiṃ surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ prāñjalayo.abruvan .. 31..

na tāvatkumbhakarṇāya pradātavyo varastvayā .
jānīṣe hi yathā lokāṃstrāsayatyeṣa durmatiḥ .. 32..

nandane.apsarasaḥ sapta mahendrānucarā daśa .
anena bhakṣitā brahmanṛṣayo mānuṣāstathā .. 33..

varavyājena moho.asmai dīyatām amitaprabha .
lokānāṃ svasti caiva syādbhavedasya ca saṃnatiḥ .. 34..

evamuktaḥ surairbrahmācintayatpadmasambhavaḥ .
cintitā copatasthe.asya pārśvaṃ devī sarasvatī .. 35..

prāñjaliḥ sā tu parśvasthā prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatī .
iyamasmyāgatā devakiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyaham .. 36..

prajāpatistu tāṃ prāptāṃ prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatīm .
vāṇi tvaṃ rākṣasendrasya bhava yā devatepsitā .. 37..

tathetyuktvā praviṣṭā sā prajāpatirathābravīt .
kumbhakarṇa mahābāho varaṃ varaya yo mataḥ .. 38..

kumbhakarṇastu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā vacanamabravīt .
svaptuṃ varṣāṇyanekāni devadeva mamepsitam .. 39..

evamastviti taṃ coktvā saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ .
devī sarasvatī caivamuktvā taṃ prayayau divam .. 40..

kumbhakarṇastu duṣṭātmā cintayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ .
kīrdṛśaṃ kiṃ nvidaṃ vākyaṃ mamādya vadanāccyutam .. 41..

evaṃ labdhavarāḥ sarve bhrātaro dīptatejasaḥ .
śleṣmātakavanaṃ gatvā tatra te nyavasansukham .. 42..




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