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sarga - 31

tato rāmo mahātejā vismayātpunareva hi .
uvāca praṇato vākyamagastyamṛṣisattamam .. 1..

bhagavankiṃ tadā lokāḥ śūnyā āsandvijottama .
dharṣaṇāṃ yatra na prāpto rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ .. 2..

utāho hīnavīryāste babhuvuḥ pṛthivīkṣitaḥ .
bahiṣkṛtā varāstraiśca bahavo nirjitā nṛpāḥ .. 3..

rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā agastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ .
uvāca rāmaṃ prahasanpitāmaha iveśvaram .. 4..

sa evaṃ bādhamānastu pārthivānpārthivarṣabha .
cacāra rāvaṇo rāma pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate .. 5..

tato māhiṣmatīṃ nāma purīṃ svargapurīprabhām .
samprāpto yatra sāmnidhyaṃ paramaṃ vasuretasaḥ .. 6..

tulya āsīnnṛpastasya pratāpādvasuretasaḥ .
arjuno nāma yasyāgniḥ śarakuṇḍe śayaḥ sadā .. 7..

tameva divasaṃ so.atha haihayādhipatirbalī .
arjuno narmadāṃ rantuṃ gataḥ strībhiḥ saheśvaraḥ .. 8..

rāvaṇo rākṣasendrastu tasyāmātyānapṛcchata .
kvārjuno vo nṛpaḥ so.adya śīghramākhyātumarhatha .. 9..

rāvaṇo.ahamanuprāpto yuddhepsurnṛvareṇa tu .
mamāgamanamavyagrairyuṣmābhiḥ saṃnivedyatām .. 10..

ityevaṃ rāvaṇenoktāste.amātyāḥ suvipaścitaḥ .
abruvanrākṣasapatimasāmnidhyaṃ mahīpateḥ .. 11..

śrutvā viśravasaḥ putraḥ paurāṇāmarjunaṃ gatam .
apasṛtyāgato vindhyaṃ himavatsaṃnibhaṃ girim .. 12..

sa tamabhramivāviṣṭamudbhrāntamiva medinīm .
apaśyadrāvaṇo vindhyamālikhantamivāmbaram .. 13..

sahasraśikharopetaṃ siṃhādhyuṣitakandaram .
prapāta patitaiḥ śītaiḥ sāṭṭahāsamivāmbubhiḥ .. 14..

devadānavagandharvaiḥ sāpsarogaṇakiṃnaraiḥ .
sāha strībhiḥ krīḍamānaiḥ svargabhūtaṃ mahocchrayam .. 15..

nadībhiḥ syandamānābhiragatipratimaṃ jalam .
sphuṭībhiścalajihvābhirvamantamiva viṣṭhitam .. 16..

ulkāvantaṃ darīvantaṃ himavatsaṃnibhaṃ girim .
paśyamānastato vindhyaṃ rāvaṇo narmadāṃ yayau .. 17..

calopalajalāṃ puṇyāṃ paścimodadhigāminīm .
mahiṣaiḥ sṛmaraiḥ siṃhaiḥ śārdūlarkṣagajottamaiḥ .
uṣṇābhitaptaistṛṣitaiḥ saṅkṣobhitajalāśayām .. 18..

cakravākaiḥ sakāraṇḍaiḥ sahaṃsajalakukkuṭaiḥ .
sārasaiśca sadāmattaiḥ kokūjadbhiḥ samāvṛtām .. 19..

phulladrumakṛtottaṃsāṃ cakravākayugastanīm .
vistīrṇapulinaśroṇīṃ haṃsāvalisumekhalām .. 20..

puṣpareṇvanuliptāṅgīṃ jalaphenāmalāṃśukām .
jalāvagāhasaṃsparśāṃ phullotpalaśubhekṣaṇām .. 21..

puṣpakādavaruhyāśu narmadāṃ saritāṃ varām .
iṣṭāmiva varāṃ nārīmavagāhya daśānanaḥ .. 22..

sa tasyāḥ puline ramye nānākusumaśobhite .
upopaviṣṭaḥ sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ .
narmadā darśajaṃ harṣamāptavānrākṣaseśvaraḥ .. 23..

tataḥ salīlaṃ prahasānrāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
uvāca sacivāṃstatra mārīcaśukasāraṇān .. 24..

eṣa raśmisahasreṇa jagatkṛtveva kāñcanam .
tīkṣṇatāpakaraḥ sūryo nabhaso madhyamāsthitaḥ .
māmāsīnaṃ viditveha candrāyāti divākaraḥ .. 25..

narmadā jalaśītaśca sugandhiḥ śramanāa"sana.h .
madbhayādanilo hyeṣa vātyasau susamāhitaḥ .. 26..

iyaṃ cāpi saricchreṣṭhā narmadā narma vardhinī .
līnamīnavihaṅgormiḥ sabhayevāṅganā sthitā .. 27..

tadbhavantaḥ kṣatāḥ śastrairnṛpairindrasamairyudhi .
candanasya raseneva rudhireṇa samukṣitāḥ .. 28..

te yūyamavagāhadhvaṃ narmadāṃ śarmadāṃ nṛṇām .
mahāpadmamukhā mattā gaṅgāmiva mahāgajāḥ .. 29..

asyāṃ snātvā mahānadyāṃ pāpmānaṃ vipramokṣyatha .. 30..

ahamapyatra puline śaradindusamaprabhe .
puṣpopaharaṃ śanakaiḥ kariṣyāmi umāpateḥ .. 31..

rāvaṇenaivamuktāstu mārīcaśukasāraṇāḥ .
samahodaradhūmrākṣā narmadāmavagāhire .. 32..

rākṣasendragajaistaistu kṣobhyate narmadā nadī .
vāmanāñjanapadmādyairgaṅgā iva mahāgajaiḥ .. 33..

tataste rākṣasāa.h snātvā narmadāyā varāmbhasi .
uttīrya puṣpāṇyājahrurbalyarthaṃ rāvaṇasya tu .. 34..

narmadā puline ramye śubhrābhrasadṛśaprabhe .
rākṣasendrairmuhūrtena kṛtaḥ puṣpamayo giriḥ .. 35..

puṣpeṣūpahṛteṣveva rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
avatīrṇo nadīṃ snātuṃ gaṅgāmiva mahāgajaḥ .. 36..

tatra snātvā ca vidhivajjaptvā japyamanuttamam .
narmadā salilāttasmāduttatāra sa rāvaṇaḥ .. 37..

rāvaṇaṃ prāñjaliṃ yāntamanvayuḥ saptarākṣasāḥ .
yatra yatra sa yāti sma rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
jāmbūnadamayaṃ liṅgaṃ tatra tatra sma nīyate .. 38..

vālukavedimadhye tu talliṅgaṃ sthāpya rāvaṇaḥ .
arcayāmāsa gandhaiśca puṣpaiścāmṛtagandhibhiḥ .. 39..

tataḥ satāmārtiharaṃ haraṃ paraṃ
varapradaṃ candramayūkhabhūṣaṇam .
samarcayitvā sa niśācaro jagau
prasārya hastānpraṇanarta cāyatān .. 40..




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