.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 38

mārīcena tu tadvākyaṃ kṣamaṃ yuktaṃ ca rāvaṇaḥ .
ukto na pratijagrāha martukāma ivauṣadham .. 1..

taṃ pathyahitavaktāraṃ mārīcaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
abravītparuṣaṃ vākyamayuktaṃ kālacoditaḥ .. 2..

yatkilaitadayuktārthaṃ mārīca mayi kathyate .
vākyaṃ niṣphalamatyarthaṃ bījamuptamivoṣare .. 3..

tvadvākyairna tu māṃ śakyaṃ bhettuṃ rāmasya saṃyuge .
pāpaśīlasya mūrkhasya mānuṣasya viśeṣataḥ .. 4..

yastyaktvā suhṛdo rājyaṃ mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā .
strīvākyaṃ prākṛtaṃ śrutvā vanamekapade gataḥ .. 5..

avaśyaṃ tu mayā tasya saṃyuge kharaghātinaḥ .
prāṇaiḥ priyatarā sītā hartavyā tava saṃnidhau .. 6..

evaṃ me niścitā buddhirhṛdi mārīca vartate .
na vyāvartayituṃ śakyā sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 7..

doṣaṃ guṇaṃ vā sampṛṣṭastvamevaṃ vaktumarhasi .
apāyaṃ vāpyupāyaṃ vā kāryasyāsya viniścane .. 8..

sampṛṣṭena tu vaktavyaṃ sacivena vipaścitā .
udyatāñjalinā rājño ya icchedbhūtimātmanaḥ .. 9..

vākyamapratikūlaṃ tu mṛdupūrvaṃ śubhaṃ hitam .
upacāreṇa yuktaṃ ca vaktavyo vasudhādhipaḥ .. 10..

sāvamardaṃ tu yadvākyaṃ mārīca hitamucyate .
nābhinandati tadrājā mānārho mānavarjitam .. 11..

pañcarūpāṇi rājāno dhārayantyamitaujasaḥ .
agnerindrasya somasya yamasya varuṇasya ca .
auṣṇyaṃ tathā vikramaṃ ca saumyaṃ daṇḍaṃ prasannatām .. 12..

tasmātsarvāsvavasthāsu mānyāḥ pūjyāśca pārthivāḥ .
tvaṃ tu dharmamavijñāya kevalaṃ mohamāsthitaḥ .. 13..

abhyāgataṃ māṃ daurātmyātparuṣaṃ vadasīdṛśam .
guṇadoṣau na pṛcchāmi kṣamaṃ cātmani rākṣasa .
asmiṃstu sa bhavānkṛtye sāhāryyaṃ kartumarhasi .. 14..

sauvarṇastvaṃ mṛgo bhūtvā citro rajatabindubhiḥ .
pralobhayitvā vaidehīṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gantumarhasi .. 15..

tvāṃ tu māyā mṛgaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāñcanaṃ jātavismayā .
ānayainamiti kṣipraṃ rāmaṃ vakṣyati maithilī .. 16..

apakrānte ca kākutsthe lakṣmaṇe ca yathāsukham .
ānayiṣyāmi vaidehīṃ sahasrākṣaḥ śacīm iva .. 17..

evaṃ kṛtvā tvidaṃ kāryaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gaccha rākṣasa .
rājyasyārdhaṃ pradāsyāmi mārīca tava suvrata .. 18..

gaccha saumya śivaṃ mārgaṃ kāryasyāsya vivṛddhaye .
prāpya sītāmayuddhena vañcayitvā tu rāghavam .
laṅkāṃ prati gamiṣyāmi kṛtakāryaḥ saha tvayā .. 19..

etatkāryamavaśyaṃ me balādapi kariṣyasi .
rājño hi pratikūlastho na jātu sukhamedhate .. 20..

āsādyā taṃ jīvitasaṃśayaste
mṛtyurdhruvo hyadya mayā virudhya .
etadyathāvatparigṛhya buddhyā
yadatra pathyaṃ kuru tattathā tvam .. 21..




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