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sarga - 33

tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā vākyaṃ tacchrutvā romaharṣaṇam .
sacivānabhyanujñāya kāryaṃ buddhvā jagāma ha .. 1..

tatkāryamanugamyātha yathāvadupalabhya ca .
doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca sampradhārya balābalam .. 2..

iti kartavyamityeva kṛtvā niścayamātmanaḥ .
sthirabuddhistato ramyāṃ yānaśālāṃ jagāma ha .. 3..

yānaśālāṃ tato gatvā pracchannaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
sūtaṃ sañcodayāmāsa rathaḥ saṃyujyatām iti .. 4..

evamuktaḥ kṣaṇenaiva sārathirlaghuvikramaḥ .
rathaṃ saṃyojayāmāsa tasyābhimatamuttamam .. 5..

kāñcanaṃ rathamāsthāya kāmagaṃ ratnabhūṣitam .
piśācavadanairyuktaṃ kharaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ .. 6..

meghapratimanādena sa tena dhanadānujaḥ .
rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmānyayau nadanadīpatim .. 7..

sa śvetabālavyasanaḥ śvetacchatro daśānanaḥ .
snigdhavaidūryasaṅkāśastaptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaḥ .. 8..

daśāsyo viṃśatibhujo darśanīya paricchadaḥ .
tridaśārirmunīndraghno daśaśīrṣa ivādrirāṭ .. 9..

kāmagaṃ rathamāsthāya śuśubhe rākṣasādhipaḥ .
vidyunmaṇḍalavānmeghaḥ sabalāka ivāmbare .. 10..

saśailaṃ sāgarānūpaṃ vīryavānavalokayan .
nānāpuṣpaphalairvṛkṣairanukīrṇaṃ sahasraśaḥ .. 11..

śītamaṅgalatoyābhiḥ padminībhiḥ samantataḥ .
viśālairāśramapadairvedimadbhiḥ samāvṛtam .. 12..

kadalyāḍhakisambādhaṃ nālikeropaśobhitam .
sālaistālaistamālaiśca tarubhiśca supuṣpitaiḥ .. 13..

atyantaniyatāhāraiḥ śobhitaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ .
nāgaiḥ suparṇairgandharvaiḥ kiṃnaraiśca sahasraśaḥ .. 14..

jitakāmaiśca siddhaiśca cāmaṇaiścopaśobhitam .
ājairvaikhānasairmāṣairvālakhilyairmarīcipaiḥ .. 15..

divyābharaṇamālyābhirdivyarūpābhirāvṛtam .
krīḍā ratividhijñābhirapsarobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 16..

sevitaṃ devapatnībhiḥ śrīmatībhiḥ śriyā vṛtam .
devadānavasaṅghaiśca caritaṃ tvamṛtāśibhiḥ .. 17..

haṃsakrauñcaplavākīrṇaṃ sārasaiḥ sampraṇāditam .
vaidūryaprastaraṃ ramyaṃ snigdhaṃ sāgaratejasā .. 18..

pāṇḍurāṇi viśālāni divyamālyayutāni ca .
tūryagītābhijuṣṭāni vimānāni samantataḥ .. 19..

tapasā jitalokānāṃ kāmagānyabhisampatan .
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ .. 20..

niryāsarasamūlānāṃ candanānāṃ sahasraśaḥ .
vanāni paśyansaumyāni ghrāṇatṛptikarāṇi ca .. 21..

agarūṇāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vanānyupavanāni ca .
takkolānāṃ ca jātyānāṃ phalānāṃ ca sugandhinām .. 22..

puṣpāṇi ca tamālasya gulmāni maricasya ca .
muktānāṃ ca samūhāni śuṣyamāṇāni tīrataḥ .. 23..

śaṅkhānāṃ prastaraṃ caiva pravālanicayaṃ tathā .
kāñcanāni ca śailāni rājatāni ca sarvaśaḥ .. 24..

prasravāṇi manojñāni prasannāni hradāni ca .
dhanadhānyopapannāni strīratnairāvṛtāni ca .. 25..

hastyaśvarathagāḍhāni nagarāṇyavalokayan .
taṃ samaṃ sarvataḥ snigdhaṃ mṛdusaṃsparśamārutam .. 26..

anūpaṃ sindhurājasya dadarśa tridivopamam .
tatrāpaśyatsa meghābhaṃ nyagrodhamṛṣibhirvṛtam .. 27..

samantādyasya tāḥ śākhāḥ śatayojanamāyatāḥ .
yasya hastinamādāya mahākāyaṃ ca kaccapam .
bhakṣārthaṃ garuḍaḥ śākhāmājagāma mahābalaḥ .. 28..

tasya tāṃ sahasā śākhāṃ bhāreṇa patagottamaḥ .
suparṇaḥ parṇabahulāṃ babhañjātha mahābalaḥ .. 29..

tatra vaikhānasā māṣā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ .
ajā babhūvurdhūmrāśca saṅgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ .. 30..

teṣāṃ dayārthaṃ garuḍastāṃ śākhāṃ śatayojanām .
jagāmādāya vegena tau cobhau gajakacchapau .. 31..

ekapādena dharmātmā bhakṣayitvā tadāmiṣam .
niṣādaviṣayaṃ hatvā śākhayā patagottamaḥ .
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe mokṣayitvā mahāmunīn .. 32..

sa tenaiva praharṣeṇa dviguṇīkṛtavikramaḥ .
amṛtānayanārthaṃ vai cakāra matimānmatim .. 33..

ayojālāni nirmathya bhittvā ratnagṛhaṃ varam .
mahendrabhavanādguptamājahārāmṛtaṃ tataḥ .. 34..

taṃ maharṣigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ suparṇakṛtalakṣaṇam .
nāmnā subhadraṃ nyagrodhaṃ dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ .. 35..

taṃ tu gatvā paraṃ pāraṃ samudrasya nadīpateḥ .
dadarśāśramamekānte puṇye ramye vanāntare .. 36..

tatra kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ jaṭāvalkaladhāriṇam .
dadarśa niyatāhāraṃ mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasaṃ .. 37..

sa rāvaṇaḥ samāgamya vidhivattena rakṣasā .
tataḥ paścādidaṃ vākyamabravīdvākyakovidaḥ .. 38..




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