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sarga - 31

tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā dīnā rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam .
amātyamadhye saṅkruddhā paruṣaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 1..

pramattaḥ kāmabhogeṣu svairavṛtto niraṅkuśaḥ .
samutpannaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ boddhavyaṃ nāvabudhyase .. 2..

saktaṃ grāmyeṣu bhogeṣu kāmavṛttaṃ mahīpatim .
lubdhaṃ na bahu manyante śmaśānāgnimiva prajāḥ .. 3..

svayaṃ kāryāṇi yaḥ kāle nānutiṣṭhati pārthivaḥ .
sa tu vai saha rājyena taiśca kāryairvinaśyati .. 4..

ayuktacāraṃ durdarśamasvādhīnaṃ narādhipam .
varjayanti narā dūrānnadīpaṅkamiva dvipāḥ .. 5..

ye na rakṣanti viṣayamasvādhīnā narādhipaḥ .
te na vṛddhyā prakāśante girayaḥ sāgare yathā .. 6..

ātmavadbhirvigṛhya tvaṃ devagandharvadānavaiḥ .
ayuktacāraścapalaḥ kathaṃ rājā bhaviṣyasi .. 7..

yeṣāṃ cāraśca kośaśca nayaśca jayatāṃ vara .
asvādhīnā narendrāṇāṃ prākṛtaiste janaiḥ samāḥ .. 8..

yasmātpaśyanti dūrasthānsarvānarthānnarādhipāḥ .
cāreṇa tasmāducyante rājāno dīrghacakṣuṣaḥ .. 9..

ayuktacāraṃ manye tvāṃ prākṛtaiḥ sacivairvṛtam .
svajanaṃ ca janasthānaṃ hataṃ yo nāvabudhyase .. 10..

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām .
hatānyekena rāmeṇa kharaśca sahadūṣaṇaḥ .. 11..

ṛṣīṇāmabhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛtakṣemāśca daṇḍakāḥ .
dharṣitaṃ ca janasthānaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .. 12..

tvaṃ tu lubdhaḥ pramattaśca parādhīnaśca rāvaṇa .
viṣaye sve samutpannaṃ bhayaṃ yo nāvabudhyase .. 13..

tīkṣṇamalpapradātāraṃ pramattaṃ garvitaṃ śaṭham .
vyasane sarvabhūtāni nābhidhāvanti pārthivam .. 14..

atimāninamagrāhyamātmasambhāvitaṃ naram .
krodhanaṃ vyasane hanti svajano.api narādhipam .. 15..

nānutiṣṭhati kāryāṇi bhayeṣu na bibheti ca .
kṣipraṃ rājyāccyuto dīnastṛṇaistulyo bhaviṣyati .. 16..

śuṣkakāṣṭhairbhavetkāryaṃ loṣṭairapi ca pāṃsubhiḥ .
na tu sthānātparibhraṣṭaiḥ kāryaṃ syādvasudhādhipaiḥ .. 17..

upabhuktaṃ yathā vāsaḥ srajo vā mṛditā yathā .
evaṃ rājyātparibhraṣṭaḥ samartho.api nirarthakaḥ .. 18..

apramattaśca yo rājā sarvajño vijitendriyaḥ .
kṛtajño dharmaśīlaśca sa rājā tiṣṭhate ciram .. 19..

nayanābhyāṃ prasupto.api jāgarti nayacakṣuṣā .
vyaktakrodhaprasādaśca sa rājā pūjyate janaiḥ .. 20..

tvaṃ tu rāvaṇadurbuddhirguṇairetairvivarjitaḥ .
yasya te.aviditaścārai rakṣasāṃ sumahānvadhaḥ .. 21..

parāvamantā viṣayeṣu saṅgato
nadeśa kālapravibhāga tattvavit .
ayuktabuddhirguṇadoṣaniścaye
vipannarājyo na cirādvipatsyate .. 22..

iti svadoṣānparikīrtitāṃstayā
samīkṣya buddhyā kṣaṇadācareśvaraḥ .
dhanena darpeṇa balena cānvito
vicintayāmāsa ciraṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ .. 23..




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