.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 2

kṛtātithyo.atha rāmastu sūryasyodayanaṃ prati .
āmantrya sa munīnsarvānvanamevānvagāhata .. 1..

nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ śārdūlavṛkasevitam .
dhvastavṛkṣalatāgulmaṃ durdarśa salilāśayam .. 2..

niṣkūjanānāśakuni jhillikā gaṇanāditam .
lakṣmaṇānugato rāmo vanamadhyaṃ dadarśa ha .. 3..

vanamadhye tu kākutsthastasminghoramṛgāyute .
dadarśa giriśṛṅgābhaṃ puruṣādaṃ mahāsvanam .. 4..

gabhīrākṣaṃ mahāvaktraṃ vikaṭaṃ viṣamodaram .
bībhatsaṃ viṣamaṃ dīrghaṃ vikṛtaṃ ghoradarśanam .. 5..

vasānaṃ carmavaiyāghraṃ vasārdraṃ rudhirokṣitam .
trāsanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ vyāditāsyamivāntakam .. 6..

trīnsiṃhāṃścaturo vyāghrāndvau vṛkau pṛṣatāndaśa .
saviṣāṇaṃ vasādigdhaṃ gajasya ca śiro mahat .. 7..

avasajyāyase śūle vinadantaṃ mahāsvanam .
sa rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva sītāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca maithilīm .. 8..

abhyadhāvatsusaṅkruddhaḥ prajāḥ kāla ivāntakaḥ .
sa kṛtvā bhairavaṃ nādaṃ cālayanniva medinīm .. 9..

aṅgenādāya vaidehīmapakramya tato.abravīt .
yuvāṃ jaṭācīradharau sabhāryau kṣīṇajīvitau .. 10..

praviṣṭau daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ śaracāpāsidhāriṇau .
kathaṃ tāpasayorvāṃ ca vāsaḥ pramadayā saha .. 11..

adharmacāriṇau pāpau kau yuvāṃ munidūṣakau .
ahaṃ vanamidaṃ durgaṃ virāgho nāma rākṣasaḥ .. 12..

carāmi sāyudho nityamṛṣimāṃsāni bhakṣayan .
iyaṃ nārī varārohā mama bharyā bhaviṣyati .
yuvayoḥ pāpayoścāhaṃ pāsyāmi rudhiraṃ mṛdhe .. 13..

tasyaivaṃ bruvato dhṛṣṭaṃ virādhasya durātmanaḥ .
śrutvā sagarvitaṃ vākyaṃ sambhrāntā janakātmajā .
sītā prāvepatodvegātpravāte kadalī yathā .. 14..

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ sītāṃ virādhāṅkagatāṃ śubhām .
abravīllakṣmaṇaṃ vākyaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā .. 15..

paśya saumya narendrasya janakasyātmasambhavām .
mama bhāryāṃ śubhācārāṃ virādhāṅke praveśitām .
atyanta sukhasaṃvṛddhāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm .. 16..

yadabhipretamasmāsu priyaṃ vara vṛtaṃ ca yat .
kaikeyyāstu susaṃvṛttaṃ kṣipramadyaiva lakṣmaṇa .. 17..

yā na tuṣyati rājyena putrārthe dīrghadarśinī .
yayāhaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ hitaḥ prasthāpito vanam .
adyedānīṃ sakāmā sā yā mātā mama madhyamā .. 18..

parasparśāttu vaidehyā na duḥkhataramasti me .
piturvināśātsaumitre svarājyaharaṇāttathā .. 19..

iti bruvati kākutsthe bāṣpaśokapariplute .
abravīllakṣmaṇaḥ kruddho ruddho nāga iva śvasan .. 20..

anātha iva bhūtānāṃ nāthastvaṃ vāsavopamaḥ .
mayā preṣyeṇa kākutstha kimarthaṃ paritapsyase .. 21..

śareṇa nihatasyādya mayā kruddhena rakṣasaḥ .
virādhasya gatāsorhi mahī pāsyati śoṇitam .. 22..

rājyakāme mama krodho bharate yo babhūva ha .
taṃ virādhe vimokṣyāmi vajrī vajramivācale .. 23..

mama bhujabalavegavegitaḥ
patatu śaro.asya mahānmahorasi .
vyapanayatu tanośca jīvitaṃ
patatu tataśca mahīṃ vighūrṇitaḥ .. 24..




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