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sarga - 9

kasya cittvatha kālasya sumālī nāma rākṣasaḥ .
rasātalānmartyalokaṃ sarvaṃ vai vicacāara ha .. 1..

nīlajīmūtasaṅkāśastaptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ .
kanyāṃ duhitaraṃ gṛhya vinā padmamiva śriyam .
athāpaśyatsa gacchantaṃ puṣpakeṇa dhaneśvaram .. 2..

taṃ dṛṣṭvāmarasaṅkāśaṃ gacchantaṃ pāvakopamam .
athābbravītsutāṃ rakṣaḥ kaikasīṃ nāma nāmataḥ .. 3..

putri pradānakālo.ayaṃ yauvanaṃ te.ativartate .
tvatkṛte ca vayaṃ sarve yantritā dharmabuddhayaḥ .. 4..

tvaṃ hi sarvaguṇopetā śrīḥ sapadmeva putrike .
pratyākhyānācca bhītaistvaṃ na varaiḥ pratigṛhyase .. 5..

kanyā pitṛtvaṃ duḥkhaṃ hi sarveṣāṃ mānakāṅkṣiṇām .
na jñāyate ca kaḥ kanyāṃ varayediti putrike .. 6..

mātuḥ kulaṃ pitṛkulaṃ yatra caiva pradīyate .
kulatrayaṃ sadā kanyā saṃśaye sthāpya tiṣṭhati .. 7..

sā tvaṃ munivaraśreṣṭhaṃ prajāpatikulodbhavam .
gaccha viśravasaṃ putri paulastyaṃ varaya svayam .. 8..

īdṛśāste bhaviṣyanti putrāḥ putri na saṃśayaḥ .
tejasā bhāskarasamā yādṛśo.ayaṃ dhaneśvaraḥ .. 9..

etasminnantare rāma pulastya tanayo dvijaḥ .
agnihotramupātiṣṭhaccaturtha iva pāvakaḥ .. 10..

sā tu tāṃ dāruṇāṃ velāmacintya pitṛgauravāt .
upasṛtyāgratastasya caraṇādhomukhī sthitā .. 11..

sa tu tāṃ vīkṣya suśroṇīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām .
abravītparamodāro dīpyamāna ivaujasā .. 12..

bhadre kasyāsi duhitā kuto vā tvamihāgatā .
kiṃ kāryaṃ kasya vā hetostattvato brūhi śobhane .. 13..

evamuktā tu sā kanyā kṛtāñjalirathābravīt .
ātmaprabhāvena mune jñātumarhasi me matam .. 14..

kiṃ tu viddhi hi māṃ brahmañśāsanātpiturāgatām .
kaikasī nāma nāmnāhaṃ śeṣaṃ tvaṃ jñātumarhasi .. 15..

sa tu gatvā munirdhyānaṃ vākyametaduvāca ha .
vijñātaṃ te mayā bhadre kāraṇaṃ yanmanogatam .. 16..

dāruṇāyāṃ tu velāyāṃ yasmāttvaṃ māmupasthitā .
śṛṇu tasmātsutānbhadre yādṛśāñjanayiṣyasi .. 17..

dāruṇāndāruṇākārāndāruṇābhijanapriyān .
prasaviṣyasi suśroṇi rākṣasānkrūrakarmaṇaḥ .. 18..

sā tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā praṇipatyābravīdvacaḥ .
bhagavannedṛśāḥ putrāstvatto.arhā brahmayonitaḥ .. 19..

athābravīnmunistatra paścimo yastavātmajaḥ .
mama vaṃśānurūpaśca dharmātmā ca bhaviṣyati .. 20..

evamuktā tu sā kanyā rāma kālena kena cit .
janayāmāsa bībhatsaṃ rakṣorūpaṃ sudāruṇam .. 21..

daśaśīrṣaṃ mahādaṃṣṭraṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam .
tāmrauṣṭhaṃ viṃśatibhujaṃ mahāsyaṃ dīptamūrdhajam .. 22..

jātamātre tatastasminsajvālakavalāḥ śivāḥ .
kravyādāścāpasavyāni maṇḍalāni pracakrire .. 23..

vavarṣa rudhiraṃ devo meghāśca khananisvanāḥ .
prababhau na ca khe sūryo maholkāścāpatanbhuvi .. 24..

atha nāmākarottasya pitāmahasamaḥ pitā .
daśaśīrṣaḥ prasūto.ayaṃ daśagrīvo bhaviṣyati .. 25..

tasya tvanantaraṃ jātaḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ .
pramāṇādyasya vipulaṃ pramāṇaṃ neha vidyate .. 26..

tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā nāma sañjajñe vikṛtānanā .
vibhīṣaṇaśca dharmātmā kaikasyāḥ paścimaḥ sutaḥ .. 27..

te tu tatra mahāraṇye vavṛdhuḥ sumahaujasaḥ .
teṣāṃ krūro daśagrīvo lokodvegakaro.abhavat .. 28..

kumbhakarṇaḥ pramattastu maharṣīndharmasaṃśritān .
trailokyaṃ trāsayanduṣṭo bhakṣayanvicacāra ha .. 29..

vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā nityaṃ dharmapathe sthitaḥ .
svādhyāyaniyatāhāra uvāsa niyatendriyaḥ .. 30..

atha vitteśvaro devastatra kālena kena cit .
āgacchatpitaraṃ draṣṭuṃ puṣpakeṇa mahaujasaṃ .. 31..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā kaikayī tatra jvalantamiva tejasā .
āsthāya rākṣasīṃ buddhiṃ daśagrīvamuvāca ha .. 32..

putravaiśravaṇaṃ paśya bhrātaraṃ tejasā vṛtam .
bhrātṛbhāve same cāpi paśyātmānaṃ tvamīdṛśam .. 33..

daśagrīva tathā yatnaṃ kuruṣvāmitavikrama .
yathā bhavasi me putra śīgghraṃ vaiśvaraṇopamaḥ .. 34..

mātustadvacanaṃ śrutvā daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān .
amarṣamatulaṃ lebhe pratijñāṃ cākarottadā .. 35..

satyaṃ te pratijānāmi tulyo bhrātrādhiko.api vā .
bhaviṣyāmyacirānmātaḥ santāpaṃ tyaja hṛdgatam .. 36..

tataḥ krodhena tenaiva daśagrīvaḥ sahānujaḥ .
prāpsyāmi tapasā kāmamiti kṛtvādhyavasya ca .
āgacchadātmasiddhyarthaṃ gokarṇasyāśramaṃ śubham .. 37..




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