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sarga - 35

tacchrutvā rākṣasendrasya vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .
pratyuvāca mahāprājño mārīco rākṣaseśvaram .. 1..

sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājansatataṃ priyavādinaḥ .
apriyasya ca pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ .. 2..

na nūnaṃ budhyase rāmaṃ mahāvīryaṃ guṇonnatam .
ayuktacāraścapalo mahendravaruṇopamam .. 3..

api svasti bhavettāta sarveṣāṃ bhuvi rakṣasām .
api rāmo na saṅkruddhaḥ kuryāllokamarākṣasaṃ .. 4..

api te jīvitāntāya notpannā janakātmajā .
api sītā nimittaṃ ca na bhavedvyasanaṃ mahat .. 5..

api tvāmīśvaraṃ prāpya kāmavṛttaṃ niraṅkuśam .
na vinaśyetpurī laṅkā tvayā saha sarākṣasā .. 6..

tvadvidhaḥ kāmavṛtto hi duḥśīlaḥ pāpamantritaḥ .
ātmānaṃ svajanaṃ rāṣṭraṃ sa rājā hanti durmatiḥ .. 7..

na ca pitrā parityakto nāmaryādaḥ kathaṃ cana .
na lubdho na ca duḥśīlo na ca kṣatriyapāṃsanaḥ .. 8..

na ca dharmaguṇairhīnaiḥ kausalyānandavardhanaḥ .
na ca tīkṣṇo hi bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca hite rataḥ .. 9..

vañcitaṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kaikeyyā satyavādinam .
kariṣyāmīti dharmātmā tataḥ pravrajito vanam .. 10..

kaikeyyāḥ priyakāmārthaṃ piturdaśarathasya ca .
hitvā rājyaṃ ca bhogāṃśca praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam .. 11..

na rāmaḥ karkaśastāta nāvidvānnājitendriyaḥ .
anṛtaṃ na śrutaṃ caiva naiva tvaṃ vaktumarhasi .. 12..

rāmo vigrahavāndharmaḥ sādhuḥ satyaparākramaḥ .
rājā sarvasya lokasya devānāmiva vāsavaḥ .. 13..

kathaṃ tvaṃ tasya vaidehīṃ rakṣitāṃ svena tejasā .
icchasi prasabhaṃ hartuṃ prabhāmiva vivasvataḥ .. 14..

śarārciṣamanādhṛṣyaṃ cāpakhaḍgendhanaṃ raṇe .
rāmāgniṃ sahasā dīptaṃ na praveṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi .. 15..

dhanurvyāditadīptāsyaṃ śarārciṣamamarṣaṇam .
cāpabāṇadharaṃ vīraṃ śatrusenāpahāriṇam .. 16..

rājyaṃ sukhaṃ ca santyajya jīvitaṃ ceṣṭamātmanaḥ .
nātyāsādayituṃ tāta rāmāntakamihārhasi .. 17..

aprameyaṃ hi tattejo yasya sā janakātmajā .
na tvaṃ samarthastāṃ hartuṃ rāmacāpāśrayāṃ vane .. 18..

prāṇebhyo.api priyatarā bhāryā nityamanuvratā .
dīptasyeva hutāśasya śikhā sītā sumadhyamā .. 19..

kimudyamaṃ vyarthamimaṃ kṛtvā te rākṣasādhipa .
dṛṣṭaścettvaṃ raṇe tena tadantaṃ tava jīvitam .
jīvitaṃ ca sukhaṃ caiva rājyaṃ caiva sudurlabham .. 20..

sa sarvaiḥ sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ vibhīṣaṇapuraskṛtaiḥ .
mantrayitvā tu dharmiṣṭhaiḥ kṛtvā niścayamātmanaḥ .. 21..

doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca sampradhārya balābalam .
ātmanaśca balaṃ jñātvā rāghavasya ca tattvataḥ .
hitaṃ hi tava niścitya kṣamaṃ tvaṃ kartumarhasi .. 22..

ahaṃ tu manye tava na kṣamaṃ raṇe
samāgamaṃ kosalarājasūnunā .
idaṃ hi bhūyaḥ śṛṇu vākyamuttamaṃ
kṣamaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca niśācarādhipa .. 23..




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