.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 3

athovāca punarvākyaṃ virādhaḥ pūrayanvanam .
ātmānaṃ pṛcchate brūtaṃ kau yuvāṃ kva gamiṣyathaḥ .. 1..

tamuvāca tato rāmo rākṣasaṃ jvalitānanam .
pṛcchantaṃ sumahātejā ikṣvākukulamātmanaḥ .. 2..

kṣatriyo vṛttasampannau viddhi nau vanagocarau .
tvāṃ tu veditumicchāvaḥ kastvaṃ carasi daṇḍakān .. 3..

tamuvāca virādhastu rāmaṃ satyaparākramam .
hanta vakṣyāmi te rājannibodha mama rāghava .. 4..

putraḥ kila jayasyāhaṃ mātā mama śatahradā .
virādha iti māmāhuḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvarākṣasāḥ .. 5..

tapasā cāpi me prāptā brahmaṇo hi prasādajā .
śastreṇāvadhyatā loke.acchedyābhedyatvameva ca .. 6..

utsṛjya pramadāmenāmanapekṣau yathāgatam .
tvaramāṇau pālayethāṃ na vāṃ jīvitamādade .. 7..

taṃ rāmaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ .
rākṣasaṃ vikṛtākāraṃ virādhaṃ pāpacetasaṃ .. 8..

kṣudra dhiktvāṃ tu hīnārthaṃ mṛtyumanveṣase dhruvam .
raṇe samprāpsyase tiṣṭha na me jīvangamiṣyasi .. 9..

tataḥ sajyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā rāmaḥ suniśitāñśarān .
suśīghramabhisandhāya rākṣasaṃ nijaghāna ha .. 10..

dhanuṣā jyāguṇavatā saptabāṇānmumoca ha .
rukmapuṅkhānmahāvegānsuparṇānilatulyagān .. 11..

te śarīraṃ virādhasya bhittvā barhiṇavāsasaḥ .
nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ pāvakopamāḥ .. 12..

sa vinadya mahānādaṃ śūlaṃ śakradhvajopamam .
pragṛhyāśobhata tadā vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ .. 13..

tacchūlaṃ vajrasaṅkāśaṃ gagane jvalanopamam .
dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .. 14..

tasya raudrasya saumitrirbāhuṃ savyaṃ babhañja ha .
rāmastu dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ tarasā tasya rakṣasaḥ .. 15..

sa bhagnabāhuḥ saṃvigno nipapātāśu rākṣasaḥ .
dharaṇyāṃ meghasaṅkāśo vajrabhinna ivācalaḥ .
idaṃ provāca kākutsthaṃ virādhaḥ puruṣarṣabham .. 16..

kausalyā suprajāstāta rāmastvaṃ vidito mayā .
vaidehī ca mahābhāgā lakṣmaṇaśca mahāyaśāḥ .. 17..

abhiśāpādahaṃ ghorāṃ praviṣṭo rākṣasīṃ tanum .
tumbururnāma gandharvaḥ śapto vaiśvaraṇena hi .. 18..

prasādyamānaśca mayā so.abravīnmāṃ mahāyaśāḥ .
yadā dāśarathī rāmastvāṃ vadhiṣyati saṃyuge .. 19..

tadā prakṛtimāpanno bhavānsvargaṃ gamiṣyati .
iti vaiśravaṇo rājā rambhāsaktamuvāca ha .. 20..

anupasthīyamāno māṃ saṅkruddho vyajahāra ha .
tava prasādānmukto.ahamabhiśāpātsudāruṇāt .
bhavanaṃ svaṃ gamiṣyāmi svasti vo.astu parantapa .. 21..

ito vasati dharmātmā śarabhaṅgaḥ pratāpavān .
adhyardhayojane tāta maharṣiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaḥ .. 22..

taṃ kṣipramabhigaccha tvaṃ sa te śreyo vidhāsyati .
avaṭe cāpi māṃ rāma nikṣipya kuśalī vraja .. 23..

rakṣasāṃ gatasattvānāmeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .
avaṭe ye nidhīyante teṣāṃ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ .. 24..

evamuktvā tu kākutsthaṃ virādhaḥ śarapīḍitaḥ .
babhūva svargasamprāpto nyastadeho mahābalaḥ .. 25..

taṃ muktakaṇṭhamutkṣipya śaṅkukarṇaṃ mahāsvanam .
virādhaṃ prākṣipacchvabhre nadantaṃ bhairavasvanam .. 26..

tatastu tau kāñcanacitrakārmukau
nihatya rakṣaḥ parigṛhya maithilīm .
vijahratustau muditau mahāvane
divi sthitau candradivākarāviva .. 27..




This devanagari etext of Valmiki Ramayana is based on Prof John Smith's revised CSX version of the original digital files produced by Professor Muneo Tokunaga of Kyoto University. In 1998, the files were converted from CSX to Devnag to ITRANS to XDVNG font for devanagari display on the web. In 2009 the ITRANS version was converted to unicode devanagari.

This page uses Unicode utf-8 encoding for devanagari/sanskrit transliteration. Please set the fonts and languages setting in your web browser to display the correct Unicode font. Some help is available at Notes on Viewing and Creating Devanagari Documents with Unicode Support. Some Unicode fonts for Devanagari are linked at http://devanaagarii.net. Some Unicode fonts for Sanskrit Transliteration are available at IndUni Fonts.

Questions, comments? Write to (sanskrit at cheerful dot c om).