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sarga - 17

atha rājanmahābāhurvicaransa mahītalam .
himavadvanamāsādya paricakrāma rāvaṇaḥ .. 1..

tatrāpaśyata vai kanyāṃ kṛṣṭājinajaṭādharām .
ārṣeṇa vidhinā yuktāṃ tapantīṃ devatām iva .. 2..

sa dṛṣṭvā rūpasampannāṃ kanyāṃ tāṃ sumahāvratām .
kāmamohaparītātmā papraccha prahasanniva .. 3..

kimidaṃ vartase bhadre viruddhaṃ yauvanasya te .
na hi yuktā tavaitasya rūpasyeyaṃ pratikriyā .. 4..

kasyāsi duhitā bhadre ko vā bhartā tavānaghe .
pṛcchataḥ śaṃsa me śīghraṃ ko vā hetustapo.arjane .. 5..

evamuktā tu sā kanyā tenānāryeṇa rakṣasā .
abravīdvidhivatkṛtvā tasyātithyaṃ tapodhanā .. 6..

kuśadhvajo nāma pitā brahmarṣirmama dhārmikaḥ .
bṛhaspatisutaḥ śrīmānbuddhyā tulyo bṛhaspateḥ .. 7..

tasyāhaṃ kurvato nityaṃ vedābhyāsaṃ mahātmanaḥ .
sambhūtā vānmayī kanyā nāmnā vedavatī smṛtā .. 8..

tato devāḥ sagandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ .
te cāpi gatvā pitaraṃ varaṇaṃ rocayanti me .. 9..

na ca māṃ sa pitā tebhyo dattavānrākṣaseśvara .
kāraṇaṃ tadvadiṣyāmi niśāmaya mahābhuja .. 10..

pitustu mama jāmātā viṣṇuḥ kila surottamaḥ .
abhipretastrilokeśastasmānnānyasya me pitāḥ .. 11..

dātumicchati dharmātmā tacchrutvā baladarpitaḥ .
śambhurnāma tato rājā daityānāṃ kupito.abhavat .
tena rātrau prasupto me pitā pāpena hiṃsitaḥ .. 12..

tato me jananī dīnā taccharīraṃ piturmama .
pariṣvajya mahābhāgā praviṣṭā dahanaṃ saha .. 13..

tato manorathaṃ satyaṃ piturnārāyaṇaṃ prati .
karomīti mamecchā ca hṛdaye sādhu viṣṭhitā .. 14..

ahaṃ pretagatasyāpi kariṣye kāṅkṣitaṃ pituḥ .
iti pratijñāmāruhya carāmi vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 15..

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā rākṣasapuṅgava .
āśritāṃ viddhi māṃ dharmaṃ nārāyaṇapatīcchayā .. 16..

vijñātastvaṃ hi me rājangaccha paulastyanandana .
jānāmi tapasā sarvaṃ trailokye yaddhi vartate .. 17..

so.abravīdrāvaṇastatra tāṃ kanyāṃ sumahāvratām .
avaruhya vimānāgrātkandarpaśarapīḍitaḥ .. 18..

avaliptāsi suśroṇi yasyāste matirīdṛśī .
vṛddhānāṃ mṛgaśāvākṣi bhrājate dharmasañcayaḥ .. 19..

tvaṃ sarvaguṇasampannā nārhase kartumīdṛśam .
trailokyasundarī bhīru yauvane vārdhakaṃ vidhim .. 20..

kaśca tāvadasau yaṃ tvaṃ viṣṇurityabhibhāṣase .
vīryeṇa tapasā caiva bhogena ca balena ca .
na mayāsau samo bhadre yaṃ tvaṃ kāmayase.aṅgane .. 21..

ma maivamiti sā kanyā tamuvāca niśācaram .
mūrdhajeṣu ca tāṃ rakṣaḥ karāgreṇa parāmṛśat .. 22..

tato vedavatī kruddhā keśānhastena sācchinat .
uvācāgniṃ samādhāya maraṇāya kṛtatvarā .. 23..

dharṣitāyāstvayānārya nedānīṃ mama jīvitam .
rakṣastasmātpravekṣyāmi paśyataste hutāśanam .. 24..

yasmāttu dharṣitā cāhamapāyā cāpyanāthavat .
tasmāttava vadhārthaṃ vai samutpatsyāmyahaṃ punaḥ .. 25..

na hi śakyaḥ striyā pāpa hantuṃ taṃ tu viśeṣataḥ .
śāpe tvayi mayotsṛṣṭe tapasaś ca vyayo bhavet .. 26..

yadi tvasti mayā kiṃ citkṛtaṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ tathā .
tena hyayonijā sādhvī bhaveyaṃ dharmiṇaḥ sutā .. 27..

evamuktvā praviṣṭā sā jvalantaṃ vai hutāśanam .
papāta ca divo divyā puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ .. 28..

pūrvaṃ krodhahataḥ śatruryayāsau nihatastvayā .
samupāśritya śailābhaṃ tava vīryamamānuṣam .. 29..

evameṣā mahābhāgā martyeṣūtpadyate punaḥ .
kṣetre halamukhagraste vedyāmagniśikhopamā .. 30..

eṣā vedavatī nāma pūrvamāsītkṛte yuge .
tretāyugamanuprāpya vadhārthaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ .
sītotpanneti sītaiṣā mānuṣaiḥ punarucyate .. 31..

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