.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 44

teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ sarveṣāṃ dīnacetasām .
uvāca vākyaṃ kākutstho mukhena pariśuṣyatā .. 1..

sarve śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo mā kurudhvaṃ mano.anyathā .
paurāṇāṃ mama sītāyāṃ yādṛśī vartate kathā .. 2..

paurāpavādaḥ sumahāṃstathā janapadasya ca .
vartate mayi bībhatsaḥ sa me marmāṇi kṛntati .. 3..

ahaṃ kila kule jata ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām .
sītāṃ pāpasamācārāmānayeyaṃ kathaṃ pure .. 4..

jānāsi hi yathā saumya daṇḍake vijane vane .
rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā sa ca vidhvaṃsito mayā .. 5..

pratyakṣaṃ tava saumitre devanāṃ havyavāhanaḥ .
apāpāṃ maithilīmāha vāyuścākāśagocaraḥ .. 6..

candrādityau ca śaṃsete surāṇāṃ saṃnidhau purā .
ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāmapāpāṃ janakātmajām .. 7..

evaṃ śuddha samācārā devagandharvasaṃnidhau .
laṅkādvīpe mahendreṇa mama haste niveśitā .. 8..

antarātmā ca me vetti sītāṃ śuddhāṃ yaśasvinīm .
tato gṛhītvā vaidehīmayodhyāmahamāgataḥ .. 9..

ayaṃ tu me mahānvādaḥ śokaśca hṛdi vartate .
paurāpavādaḥ sumahāṃstathā janapadasya ca .. 10..

akīrtiryasya gīyeta loke bhūtasya kasya cit .
patatyevādhamā.Nllokānyāvacchabdaḥ sa kīrtyate .. 11..

akīrtirnindyate daivaiḥ kīrtirdeveṣu pūjyate .
kīrtyarthaṃ ca samārambhaḥ sarva eva mahātmanām .. 12..

apyahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ yuṣmānvā puruṣarṣabhāḥ .
apavādabhayādbhītāḥ kiṃ punarjanakātmajām .. 13..

tasmādbhavantaḥ paśyantu patitaṃ śokasāgare .
na hi paśyāmyahaṃ bhūyaḥ kiṃ cidduḥkhamato.adhikam .. 14..

śvastvaṃ prabhāte saumitre sumantrādhiṣṭhitaṃ ratham .
āruhya sītāmāropya viṣayānte samutsṛja .. 15..

gaṅgāyāstu pare pāre vālmīkeḥ sumahātmanaḥ .
āśramo divyasaṅkāśastamasātīramāśritaḥ .. 16..

tatraināṃ vijane kakṣe visṛjya raghunandana .
śīghramāgaccha saumitre kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama .. 17..

na cāsmi prativaktavyaḥ sītāṃ prati kathaṃ cana .
aprītiḥ paramā mahyaṃ bhavettu prativārite .. 18..

śāpitāśca mayā yūyaṃ bhujābhyāṃ jīvitena ca .
ye māṃ vākyāntare brūyuranunetuṃ kathaṃ cana .. 19..

mānayantu bhavanto māṃ yadi macchāsane sthitāḥ .
ito.adya nīyatāṃ sītā kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama .. 20..

pūrvamukto.ahamanayā gaṅgātīre mahāśramān .
paśyeyamiti tasyāśca kāmaḥ saṃvartyatām ayam .. 21..

evamuktvā tu kākutstho bāṣpeṇa pihitekṣaṇaḥ .
praviveśa sa dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ .. 22..




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