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sarga - 18

tacchrutvā rājasiṃhasya vākyamadbhutavistaram .
hṛṣṭaromā mahātejā viśvāmitro.abhyabhāṣata .. 1..

sadṛśaṃ rājaśārdūla tavaitadbhuvi nānyataḥ .
mahāvaṃśaprasūtasya vasiṣṭhavyapadeśinaḥ .. 2..

yattu me hṛdgataṃ vākyaṃ tasya kāryasya niścayam .
kuruṣva rājaśārdūla bhava satyapratiśravaḥ .. 3..

ahaṃ niyamamātiṣṭha siddhyarthaṃ puruṣarṣabha .
tasya vighnakarau dvau tu rākṣasau kāmarūpiṇau .. 4..

vrate me bahuśaścīrṇe samāptyāṃ rākṣasāvimau .
mārīcaśca subāhuśca vīryavantau suśikṣitau .
tau māṃsarudhiraugheṇa vediṃ tāmabhyavarṣatām .. 5..

avadhūte tathā bhūte tasminniyamaniścaye .
kṛtaśramo nirutsāhastasmāddeśādapākrame .. 6..

na ca me krodhamutsraṣṭuṃ buddhirbhavati pārthiva .
tathābhūtā hi sā caryā na śāpastatra mucyate .. 7..

svaputraṃ rājaśārdūla rāmaṃ satyaparākramam .
kākapakṣadharaṃ śūraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ me dātumarhasi .. 8..

śakto hyeṣa mayā gupto divyena svena tejasā .
rākṣasā ye vikartārasteṣāmapi vināśane .. 9..

śreyaścāsmai pradāsyāmi bahurūpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ yena khyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. 10..

na ca tau rāmamāsādya śaktau sthātuṃ kathaṃ cana .
na ca tau rāghavādanyo hantumutsahate pumān .. 11..

vīryotsiktau hi tau pāpau kālapāśavaśaṃ gatau .
rāmasya rājaśārdūla na paryāptau mahātmanaḥ .. 12..

na ca putrakṛtaṃ snehaṃ kartumarhasi pārthiva .
ahaṃ te pratijānāmi hatau tau viddhi rākṣasau .. 13..

ahaṃ vedmi mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam .
vasiṣṭho.api mahātejā ye ceme tapasi sthitāḥ .. 14..

yadi te dharmalābhaṃ ca yaśaśca paramaṃ bhuvi .
sthiramicchasi rājendra rāmaṃ me dātumarhasi .. 15..

yadyabhyanujñāṃ kākutstha dadate tava mantriṇaḥ .
vasiṣṭha pramukhāḥ sarve tato rāmaṃ visarjaya .. 16..

abhipretamasaṃsaktamātmajaṃ dātumarhasi .
daśarātraṃ hi yajñasya rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam .. 17..

nātyeti kālo yajñasya yathāyaṃ mama rāghava .
tathā kuruṣva bhadraṃ te mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ .. 18..

ityevamuktvā dharmātmā dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ .
virarāma mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .. 19..

iti hṛdayamanovidāraṇaṃ
munivacanaṃ tadatīva śuśruvān .
narapatiragamadbhayaṃ mahad
vyathitamanāḥ pracacāla cāsanāt .. 20..




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