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sarga - 26

sa tu tatra daśagrīvaḥ saha sainyena vīryavān .
astaṃ prāpte dinakare nivāsaṃ samarocayat .. 1..

udite vimale candre tulyaparvatavarcasi .
sa dadarśa guṇāṃstatra candrapādopaśobhitān .. 2..

karṇikāravanairdivyaiḥ kadambagahanaistathā .
padminībhiśca phullābhirmandākinyā jalairapi .. 3..

ghaṇṭānāmiva saṃnādaḥ śuśruve madhurasvanaḥ .
apsarogaṇasaṅghanāṃ gāyatāṃ dhanadālaye .. 4..

puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcanto nagāḥ pavanatāḍitāḥ .
śailaṃ taṃ vāsayantīva madhumādhavagandhinaḥ .. 5..

madhupuṣparajaḥpṛktaṃ gandhamādāya puṣkalam .
pravavau vardhayankāmaṃ rāvaṇasya sukho.anilaḥ .. 6..

geyātpuṣpasamṛddhyā ca śaityādvāyorguṇairgireḥ .
pravṛttāyāṃ rajanyāṃ ca candrasyodayanena ca .. 7..

rāvaṇaḥ sumahāvīryaḥ kāmabāṇavaśaṃ gataḥ .
viniśvasya niviśvasya śaśinaṃ samavaikṣata .. 8..

etasminnantare tatra divyapuṣpavibhūṣitā .
sarvāpsarovarā rambhā pūrṇacandranibhānanā .. 9..

kṛtairviśeṣakairārdraiḥ ṣaḍartukusumotsavaiḥ .
nīlaṃ satoyameghābhaṃ vastraṃ samavaguṇṭhitā .. 10..

yasya vaktraṃ śaśinibhaṃ bhruvau cāpanibhe śubhe .
ūrū karikarākārau karau pallavakomalau .
sainyamadhyena gacchantī rāvaṇenopalakṣitā .. 11..

tāṃ samutthāya rakṣendraḥ kāmabāṇabalārditaḥ .
kare gṛhītvā gacchantīṃ smayamāno.abhyabhāṣata .. 12..

kva gacchasi varārohe kāṃ siddhiṃ bhajase svayam .
kasyābhyudayakālo.ayaṃ yastvāṃ samupabhokṣyate .. 13..

tavānanarasasyādya padmotpalasugandhinaḥ .
sudhāmṛtarasasyeva ko.adya tṛptiṃ gamiṣyati .. 14..

svarṇakumbhanibhau pīnau śubhau bhīru nirantarau .
kasyorasthalasaṃsparśaṃ dāsyataste kucāvimau .. 15..

suvarṇacakrapratimaṃ svarṇadāmacitaṃ pṛthu .
adhyārokṣyati kaste.adya svargaṃ jaghanarūpiṇam .. 16..

madviśiṣṭaḥ pumānko.anyaḥ śakro viṣṇurathāśvinau .
māmatītya hi yasya tvaṃ yāsi bhīru na śobhanam .. 17..

viśrama tvaṃ pṛthuśroṇi śilātalamidaṃ śubham .
trailokye yaḥ prabhuś caiva tulyo mama na vidyate .. 18..

tadeṣa prāñjaliḥ prahvo yācate tvāṃ daśānanaḥ .
yaḥ prabhuścāpi bhartā ca trailokyasya bhajasva mām .. 19..

evamuktābravīdrambhā vepamānā kṛtāñjaliḥ .
prasīda nārhase vaktumīdṛśaṃ tvaṃ hi me guruḥ .. 20..

anyebhyo.api tvayā rakṣyā prāpnuyāṃ dharṣaṇaṃ yadi .
dharmataśca snuṣā te.ahaṃ tattvametadbravīmi te .. 21..

abravīttāṃ daśagrīvaścaraṇādhomukhīṃ sthitām .
sutasya yadi me bharyā tatastvaṃ me snuṣā bhaveḥ .. 22..

bāḍhamityeva sā rambhā prāha rāvaṇamuttaram .
dharmataste sutasyāhaṃ bhāryā rākṣasapuṅgava .. 23..

putraḥ priyataraḥ prāṇairbhrāturvaiśravaṇasya te .
khyāto yastriṣu lokeṣu nalakūvara ityasau .. 24..

dharmato yo bhavedvipraḥ kṣatriyo vīryato bhavet .
krodhādyaśca bhavedagniḥ kṣāntyā ca vasudhāsamaḥ .. 25..

tasyāsmi kṛtasaṅketā lokapālasutasya vai .
tamuddiśya ca me sarvaṃ vibhūṣaṇamidaṃ kṛtam .. 26..

yasya tasya hi nānyasya bhāvo māṃ prati tiṣṭhati .
tena satyena māṃ rājanmoktumarhasyarindama .. 27..

sa hi tiṣṭhati dharmātmā sāmprataṃ matsamutsukaḥ .
tanna vighnaṃ sutasyeha kartumarhasi muñca mām .. 28..

sadbhirācaritaṃ mārgaṃ gaccha rākṣasapuṅgava .
mānanīyo mayā hi tvaṃ lālanīyā tathāsmi te .. 29..

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ rambhāṃ tāṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ .
nirbhartsya rākṣaso mohātpratigṛhya balādbalī .
kāmamohābhisaṃrabdho maithunāyopacakrame .. 30..

sā vimuktā tato rambhā bhraṣṭamālyavibhūṣaṇā .
gajendrākrīḍamathitā nadīvākulatāṃ gatā .. 31..

sā vepamānā lajjantī bhītā karakṛtāñjaliḥ .
nalakūbaramāsādya pādayornipapāta ha .. 32..

tadavasthāṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmā nalakūbaraḥ .
abravītkimidaṃ bhadre pādayoḥ patitāsi me .. 33..

sā tu niśvasamānā ca vepamānātha sāñjaliḥ .
tasmai sarvaṃ yathātathyamākhyātumupacakrame .. 34..

eṣa deva daśagrīvaḥ prāpto gantuṃ triviṣṭapam .
tena sainyasahāyena niśeha pariṇāmyate .. 35..

āyāntī tena dṛṣṭāsmi tvatsakaśamarindama .
gṛhītvā tena pṛṣṭāsmi kasya tvamiti rakṣasā .. 36..

mayā tu sarvaṃ yatsatyaṃ taddhi tasmai niveditam .
kāmamohābhibhūtātmā nāśrauṣīttadvaco mama .. 37..

yācyamāno mayā deva snuṣā te.ahamiti prabho .
tatsarvaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā balāttenāsmi dharṣitā .. 38..

evaṃ tvamaparādhaṃ me kṣantumarhasi mānada .
na hi tulyaṃ balaṃ saumya striyāśca puruṣasya ca .. 39..

evaṃ śrutvā tu saṅkruddhastadā vaiśvaraṇātmajaḥ .
dharṣaṇāṃ tāṃ parāṃ śrutvā dhyānaṃ sampraviveśa ha .. 40..

tasya tatkarma vijñāya tadā vaiśravaṇātmajaḥ .
muhūrtādroṣatāmrākṣastoyaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā .. 41..

gṛhītvā salilaṃ divyamupaspṛśya yathāvidhi .
utsasarja tadā śāpaṃ rākṣasendrāya dāruṇam .. 42..

akāmā tena yasmāttvaṃ balādbhadre pradharṣitā .
tasmātsa yuvatīmanyāṃ nākāmāmupayāsyati .. 43..

yadā tvakāmāṃ kāmārto dharayiṣyati yoṣitam .
mūrdhā tu saptadhā tasya śakalībhavitā tadā .. 44..

tasminnudāhṛte śāpe jvalitāgnisamaprabhe .
devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiśca khāccyutā .. 45..

prajāpatimukhāścāpi sarve devāḥ praharṣitāḥ .
jñātvā lokagatiṃ sarvāṃ tasya mṛtyuṃ ca rakṣasaḥ .. 46..

śrutvā tu sa daśagrīvastaṃ śāpaṃ romaharṣaṇam .
nārīṣu maithunaṃ bhāvaṃ nākāmāsvabhyarocayat .. 47..




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