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sarga - 12

rākṣasendro.abhiṣiktastu bhrātṛbhyāṃ sahitastadā .
tataḥ pradānaṃ rākṣasyā bhaginyāḥ samacintayat .. 1..

dadau tāṃ kālakeyāya dānavendrāya rākṣasīm .
svasāṃ śūrpaṇakhāṃ nāma vidyujjihvāya nāmataḥ .. 2..

atha dattvā svasāraṃ sa mṛgayāṃ paryaṭannṛpaḥ .
tatrāpaśyattato rāma mayaṃ nāma diteḥ sutam .. 3..

kanyāsahāyaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā daśagrīvo niśācaraḥ .
apṛcchatko bhavaneko nirmanuṣya mṛge vane .. 4..

mayastvathābravīdrāma pṛcchantaṃ taṃ niśācaram .
śrūyatāṃ sarvamākhyāsye yathāvṛttamidaṃ mama .. 5..

hemā nāmāpsarāstāta śrutapūrvā yadi tvayā .
daivatairmama sā dattā paulomīva śatakratoḥ .. 6..

tasyāṃ saktamanāstāta pañcavarṣaśatānyaham .
sā ca daivata kāryeṇa gatā varṣaṃ caturdaśam .. 7..

tasyāḥ kṛte ca hemāyāḥ sarvaṃ hemapuraṃ mayā .
vajravaidūryacitraṃ ca māyayā nirmitaṃ tadā .. 8..

tatrāhamaratiṃ vindaṃstayā hīnaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ .
tasmātpurādduhitaraṃ gṛhītvā vanamāgataḥ .. 9..

iyaṃ mamātmajā rājaṃstasyāḥ kukṣau vivardhitā .
bhartāramanayā sārdhamasyāḥ prāpto.asmi mārgitum .. 10..

kanyāpitṛtvaṃ duḥkhaṃ hi narāṇāṃ mānakāṅkṣiṇām .
kanyā hi dve kule nityaṃ saṃśaye sthāpya tiṣṭhati .. 11..

dvau sutau tu mama tvasyāṃ bhāryāyāṃ sambabhūvatuḥ .
māyāvī prathamastāta dundubhistadanantaram .. 12..

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ .
tvāmidānīṃ kathaṃ tāta jānīyāṃ ko bhavāniti .. 13..

evamukto rākṣasendro vinītamidamabravīt .
ahaṃ paulastya tanayo daśagrīvaśca nāmataḥ .. 14..

brahmarṣestaṃ sutaṃ jñātvā mayo harṣamupāgataḥ .
dātuṃ duhitaraṃ tasya rocayāmāsa tatra vai .. 15..

prahasanprāha daityendro rākṣasendramidaṃ vacaḥ .
iyaṃ mamātmajā rājanhemayāpsarasā dhṛtā .
kanyā mandodarī nāma patnyarthaṃ pratigṛhyatām .. 16..

bāḍhamityeva taṃ rāma daśagrīvo.abhyabhāṣata .
prajvālya tatra caivāgnimakarotpāṇisaṅgraham .. 17..

na hi tasya mayo rāma śāpābhijñastapodhanāt .
viditvā tena sā dattā tasya paitāmahaṃ kulam .. 18..

amoghāṃ tasya śaktiṃ ca pradadau paramādbhutām .
pareṇa tapasā labdhāṃ jagnivā.Nllakṣmaṇaṃ yayā .. 19..

evaṃ sa kṛtadāro vai laṅkāyāmīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ .
gatvā tu nagaraṃ bhārye bhrātṛbhyāṃ samudāvahat .. 20..

vairocanasya dauhitrīṃ vajrajvāleti nāmataḥ .
tāṃ bhāryāṃ kumbhakarṇasya rāvaṇaḥ samudāvahat .. 21..

gandharvarājasya sutāṃ śailūṣasya mahātmana .
saramā nāma dharmajño lebhe bhāryāṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 22..

tīre tu sarasaḥ sā vai sañjajñe mānasasya ca .
mānasaṃ ca sarastāta vavṛdhe jaladāgame .. 23..

mātrā tu tasyāḥ kanyāyāḥ snehanākranditaṃ vacaḥ .
saro mā vardhatetyuktaṃ tataḥ sā saramābhavat .. 24..

evaṃ te kṛtadārā vai remire tatra rākṣasāḥ .
svāṃ svāṃ bhāryāmupādāya gandharvā iva nandane .. 25..

tato mandodarī putraṃ meghanādamasūyata .
sa eṣa indrajinnāma yuṣmābhirabhidhīyate .. 26..

jātamātreṇa hi purā tena rākṣasasūnunā .
rudatā sumahānmukto nādo jaladharopamaḥ .. 27..

jaḍīkṛtāyāṃ laṅkāyāṃ tena nādena tasya vai .
pitā tasyākaronnāma meghanāda iti svayam .. 28..

so.avardhata tadā rāma rāvaṇāntaḥpure śubhe .
rakṣyamāṇo varastrībhiśchannaḥ kāṣṭhairivānalaḥ .. 29..




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