.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 37

evamasmi tadā muktaḥ kathaṃ cittena saṃyuge .
idānīmapi yadvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva yaduttaram .. 1..

rākṣasābhyāmahaṃ dvābhyāmanirviṇṇastathā kṛtaḥ .
sahito mṛgarūpābhyāṃ praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam .. 2..

dīptajihvo mahākāyastīkṣṇaśṛṇgo mahābalaḥ .
vyacarandaṇḍakāraṇyaṃ māṃsabhakṣo mahāmṛgaḥ .. 3..

agnihotreṣu tīrtheṣu caityavṛkṣeṣu rāvaṇa .
atyantaghoro vyacaraṃstāpasāṃstānpradharṣayan .. 4..

nihatya daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasāndharmacāriṇaḥ .
rudhirāṇi pibaṃsteṣāṃ tathā māṃsāni bhakṣayan .. 5..

ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ krūrastrāsayanvanagocarān .
tadā rudhiramatto.ahaṃ vyacaraṃ daṇḍakāvanam .. 6..

tadāhaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye vicarandharmadūṣakaḥ .
āsādayaṃ tadā rāmaṃ tāpasaṃ dharmamāśritam .. 7..

vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham .
tāpasaṃ niyatāhāraṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam .. 8..

so.ahaṃ vanagataṃ rāmaṃ paribhūya mahābalam .
tāpaso.ayamiti jñātvā pūrvavairamanusmaran .. 9..

abhyadhāvaṃ susaṅkruddhastīkṣṇaśṛṅgo mṛgākṛtiḥ .
jighāṃsurakṛtaprajñastaṃ prahāramanusmaran .. 10..

tena muktāstrayo bāṇāḥ śitāḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ .
vikṛṣya balavaccāpaṃ suparṇānilatulyagāḥ .. 11..

te bāṇā vajrasaṅkāśāḥ sughorā raktabhojanāḥ .
ājagmuḥ sahitāḥ sarve trayaḥ saṃnataparvaṇaḥ .. 12..

parākramajño rāmasya śaṭho dṛṣṭabhayaḥ purā .
samutkrāntastato muktastāvubhau rākṣasau hatau .. 13..

śareṇa mukto rāmasya kathaṃ citprāpya jīvitam .
iha pravrājito yuktastāpaso.ahaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 14..

vṛkṣe vṛkṣe hi paśyāmi cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaram .
gṛhītadhanuṣaṃ rāmaṃ pāśahastamivāntakam .. 15..

api rāmasahasrāṇi bhītaḥ paśyāmi rāvaṇa .
rāmabhūtamidaṃ sarvamaraṇyaṃ pratibhāti me .. 16..

rāmameva hi paśyāmi rahite rākṣaseśvara .
dṛṣṭvā svapnagataṃ rāmamudbhramāmi vicetanaḥ .. 17..

rakārādīni nāmāni rāmatrastasya rāvaṇa .
ratnāni ca rathāścaiva trāsaṃ sañjanayanti me .. 18..

ahaṃ tasya prabhāvajño na yuddhaṃ tena te kṣamam .
raṇe rāmeṇa yudhyasva kṣamāṃ vā kuru rākṣasa .
na te rāmakathā kāryā yadi māṃ draṣṭumicchasi .. 19..

idaṃ vaco bandhuhitārthinā mayā
yathocyamānaṃ yadi nābhipatsyase .
sabāndhavastyakṣyasi jīvitaṃ raṇe
hato.adya rāmeṇa śarairajihmagaiḥ .. 20..




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