.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 28

kharaṃ tu virathaṃ rāmo gadāpāṇimavasthitam .
mṛdupūrvaṃ mahātejāḥ paruṣaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 1..

gajāśvarathasambādhe bale mahati tiṣṭhatā .
kṛtaṃ sudāruṇaṃ karma sarvalokajugupsitam .. 2..

udvejanīyo bhūtānāṃ nṛśaṃsaḥ pāpakarmakṛt .
trayāṇāmapi lokānāmīśvaro.api na tiṣṭhati .. 3..

karma lokaviruddhaṃ tu kurvāṇaṃ kṣaṇadācara .
tīkṣṇaṃ sarvajano hanti sarpaṃ duṣṭamivāgatam .. 4..

lobhātpāpāni kurvāṇaḥ kāmādvā yo na budhyate .
bhraṣṭaḥ paśyati tasyāntaṃ brāhmaṇī karakādiva .. 5..

vasato daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasāndharmacāriṇaḥ .
kiṃ nu hatvā mahābhāgānphalaṃ prāpsyasi rākṣasa .. 6..

na ciraṃ pāpakarmāṇaḥ krūrā lokajugupsitāḥ .
aiśvaryaṃ prāpya tiṣṭhanti śīrṇamūlā iva drumāḥ .. 7..

avaśyaṃ labhate kartā phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ .
ghoraṃ paryāgate kāle drumaḥ puṣpamivārtavam .. 8..

nacirātprāpyate loke pāpānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalam .
saviṣāṇāmivānnānāṃ bhuktānāṃ kṣaṇadācara .. 9..

pāpamāccaratāṃ ghoraṃ lokasyāpriyamicchatām .
ahamāsādito rājā prāṇānhantuṃ niśācara .. 10..

adya hi tvāṃ mayā muktāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ .
vidārya nipatiṣyanti valmīkamiva pannagāḥ .. 11..

ye tvayā daṇḍakāraṇye bhakṣitā dharmacāriṇaḥ .
tānadya nihataḥ saṅkhye sasainyo.anugamiṣyasi .. 12..

adya tvāṃ nihataṃ bāṇaiḥ paśyantu paramarṣayaḥ .
nirayasthaṃ vimānasthā ye tvayā hiṃsitāḥ purā .. 13..

prahara tvaṃ yathākāmaṃ kuru yatnaṃ kulādhama .
adya te pātayiṣyāmi śirastālaphalaṃ yathā .. 14..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa kruddhaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ .
pratyuvāca tato rāmaṃ prahasankrodhamūrchitaḥ .. 15..

prākṛtānrākṣasānhatvā yuddhe daśarathātmaja .
ātmanā kathamātmānamapraśasyaṃ praśaṃsasi .. 16..

vikrāntā balavanto vā ye bhavanti nararṣabhāḥ .
kathayanti na te kiṃ cittejasā svena garvitāḥ .. 17..

prākṛtāstvakṛtātmāno loke kṣatriyapāṃsanāḥ .
nirarthakaṃ vikatthante yathā rāma vikatthase .. 18..

kulaṃ vyapadiśanvīraḥ samare ko.abhidhāsyati .
mṛtyukāle hi samprāpte svayamaprastave stavam .. 19..

sarvathā tu laghutvaṃ te katthanena vidarśitam .
suvarṇapratirūpeṇa tapteneva kuśāgninā .. 20..

na tu māmiha tiṣṭhantaṃ paśyasi tvaṃ gadādharam .
dharādharamivākampyaṃ parvataṃ dhātubhiś citam .. 21..

paryāpto.ahaṃ gadāpāṇirhantuṃ prāṇānraṇe tava .
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ .. 22..

kāmaṃ bahvapi vaktavyaṃ tvayi vakṣyāmi na tvaham .
astaṃ gaccheddhi savitā yuddhavighrastato bhavet .. 23..

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ hatāni te .
tvadvināśātkaromyadya teṣāmaśrupramārjanam .. 24..

ityuktvā paramakruddhastāṃ gadāṃ paramāṅgadām .
kharaścikṣepa rāmāya pradīptāmaśaniṃ yathā .. 25..

kharabāhupramuktā sā pradīptā mahatī gadā .
bhasmavṛkṣāṃśca gulmāṃśca kṛtvāgāttatsamīpataḥ .. 26..

tāmāpatantīṃ jvalitāṃ mṛtyupāśopamāṃ gadā .
antarikṣagatāṃ rāmaściccheda bahudhā śaraiḥ .. 27..

sā viśīrṇā śarairbhinnā papāta dharaṇītale .
gadāmantrauṣadhibalairvyālīva vinipātitā .. 28..




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