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sarga - 32
tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāṃ kruddhāṃ bruvatīṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ .
amātyamadhye saṅkruddhaḥ paripapraccha rāvaṇaḥ .. 1..
kaśca rāmaḥ kathaṃ vīryaḥ kiṃ rūpaḥ kiṃ parākramaḥ .
kimarthaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ praviṣṭaśca suduścaram .. 2..
āyudhaṃ kiṃ ca rāmasya nihatā yena rākṣasāḥ .
kharaśca nihataṃ saṅkhye dūṣaṇastriśirāstathā .. 3..
ityuktā rākṣasendreṇa rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā .
tato rāmaṃ yathānyāyamākhyātumupacakrame .. 4..
dīrghabāhurviśālākṣaścīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraḥ .
kandarpasamarūpaśca rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .. 5..
śakracāpanibhaṃ cāpaṃ vikṛṣya kanakāṅgadam .
dīptānkṣipati nārācānsarpāniva mahāviṣān .. 6..
nādadānaṃ śarānghorānna muñcantaṃ mahābalam .
na kārmukaṃ vikarṣantaṃ rāmaṃ paśyāmi saṃyuge .. 7..
hanyamānaṃ tu tatsainyaṃ paśyāmi śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ .
indreṇaivottamaṃ sasyamāhataṃ tvaśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ .. 8..
rakṣasāṃ bhīmavīryāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa .
nihatāni śaraistīkṣṇaistenaikena padātinā .. 9..
ardhādhikamuhūrtena kharaśca sahadūṣaṇaḥ .
ṛṣīṇāmabhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛtakṣemāśca daṇḍakāḥ .. 10..
ekā kathaṃ cinmuktāhaṃ paribhūya mahātmanā .
strīvadhaṃ śaṅkamānena rāmeṇa viditātmanā .. 11..
bhrātā cāsya mahātejā guṇatastulyavikramaḥ .
anuraktaśca bhaktaśca lakṣmaṇo nāma vīryavān .. 12..
amarṣī durjayo jetā vikrānto buddhimānbalī .
rāmasya dakṣiṇe bāhurnityaṃ prāṇo bahiṣcaraḥ .. 13..
rāmasya tu viśālākṣī dharmapatnī yaśasvinī .
sītā nāma varārohā vaidehī tanumadhyamā .. 14..
naiva devī na gandharvā na yakṣī na ca kiṃnarī .
tathārūpā mayā nārī dṛṣṭapūrvā mahītale .. 15..
yasya sītā bhavedbhāryā yaṃ ca hṛṣṭā pariṣvajet .
atijīvetsa sarveṣu lokeṣvapi purandarāt .. 16..
sā suśīlā vapuḥślāghyā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi .
tavānurūpā bhāryā sā tvaṃ ca tasyāstathā patiḥ .. 17..
tāṃ tu vistīrṇajaghanāṃ pīnottuṅgapayodharām .
bhāryārthe tu tavānetumudyatāhaṃ varānanām .. 18..
tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvādya vaidehīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām .
manmathasya śarāṇāṃ ca tvaṃ vidheyo bhaviṣyasi .. 19..
yadi tasyāmabhiprāyo bhāryārthe tava jāyate .
śīghramuddhriyatāṃ pādo jayārthamiha dakṣiṇaḥ .. 20..
kuru priyaṃ tathā teṣāṃ rakṣasāṃ rākṣaseśvara .
vadhāttasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasyāśramavāsinaḥ .. 21..
taṃ śarairniśitairhatvā lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham .
hatanāthāṃ sukhaṃ sītāṃ yathāvadupabhokṣyase .. 22..
rocate yadi te vākyaṃ mamaitadrākṣaseśvara .
kriyatāṃ nirviśaṅkena vacanaṃ mama rāghava .. 23..
niśamya rāmeṇa śarairajihmagair
hatāñjanasthānagatānniśācarān .
kharaṃ ca buddhvā nihataṃ ca dūṣaṇaṃ
tvamadya kṛtyaṃ pratipattumarhasi .. 24..
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