.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 40

evamuktvā tu paruṣaṃ mārīco rāvaṇo tataḥ .
gacchāvetyabravīddīno bhayādrātriñcaraprabhoḥ .. 1..

dṛṣṭāścāhaṃ punastena śaracāpāsidhāriṇā .
madvidhodyataśastreṇa vinaṣṭaṃ jīvitaṃ ca me .. 2..

kiṃ tu kartuṃ mayā śakyamevaṃ tvayi durātmani .
eṣa gacchāmyahaṃ tāta svasti te.astu niśācaraḥ .. 3..

prahṛṣṭastvabhavattena vacanena sa rākṣasaḥ .
pariṣvajya susaṃśliṣṭamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 4..

etacchauṇḍīryayuktaṃ te macchabdādiva bhāṣitam .
idānīmasi mārīcaḥ pūrvamanyo niśācaraḥ .. 5..

āruhyatāmayaṃ śīghraṃ khago ratnavibhūṣitaḥ .
mayā saha ratho yuktaḥ piśācavadanaiḥ kharaiḥ .. 6..

tato rāvaṇamārīcau vimānamiva taṃ ratham .
āruhya yayatuḥ śīghraṃ tasmādāśramamaṇḍalāt .. 7..

tathaiva tatra paśyantau pattanāni vanāni ca .
girīṃśca saritaḥ sarvā rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi ca .. 8..

sametya daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ rāghavasyāśramaṃ tataḥ .
dadarśa sahamarīco rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .. 9..

avatīrya rathāttasmāttataḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāt .
haste gṛhītvā mārīcaṃ rāvaṇo vākyamabravīt .. 10..

etadrāmāśramapadaṃ dṛśyate kadalīvṛtam .
kriyatāṃ tatsakhe śīghraṃ yadarthaṃ vayamāgatāḥ .. 11..

sa rāvaṇavacaḥ śrutvā mārīco rākṣasastadā .
mṛgo bhūtvāśramadvāri rāmasya vicacāra ha .. 12..

maṇipravaraśṛṅgāgraḥ sitāsitamukhākṛtiḥ .
raktapadmotpalamukha indranīlotpalaśravāḥ .. 13..

kiṃ cidabhyunnata grīva indranīlanibhodaraḥ .
madhūkanibhapārśvaśca kañjakiñjalkasaṃnibhaḥ .. 14..

vaidūryasaṅkāśakhurastanujaṅghaḥ susaṃhataḥ .
indrāyudhasavarṇena pucchenordhvaṃ virājitaḥ .. 15..

manoharasnigdhavarṇo ratnairnānāvidhairvṛtaḥ .
kṣaṇena rākṣaso jāto mṛgaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ .. 16..

vanaṃ prajvalayanramyaṃ rāmāśramapadaṃ ca tat .
manoharaṃ darśanīyaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā sa rākṣasaḥ .. 17..

pralobhanārthaṃ vaidehyā nānādhātuvicitritam .
vicarangacchate samyakṣādvalāni samantataḥ .. 18..

rūpyabinduśataiścitro bhūtvā ca priyadarśanaḥ .
viṭapīnāṃ kisalayānbhaṅktvādanvicacāra ha .. 19..

kadalīgṛhakaṃ gatvā karṇikārānitastataḥ .
samāśrayanmandagatiḥ sītāsandarśanaṃ tadā .. 20..

rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhaḥ sa virarāja mahāmṛgaḥ .
rāmāśramapadābhyāśe vicacāra yathāsukham .. 21..

punargatvā nivṛttaśca vicacāra mṛgottamaḥ .
gatvā muhūrtaṃ tvarayā punaḥ pratinivartate .. 22..

vikrīḍaṃśca punarbhūmau punareva niṣīdati .
āśramadvāramāgamya mṛgayūthāni gacchati .. 23..

mṛgayūthairanugataḥ punareva nivartate .
sītādarśanamākāṅkṣanrākṣaso mṛgatāṃ gataḥ .. 24..

paribhramati citrāṇi maṇḍalāni viniṣpatan .
samudvīkṣya ca sarve taṃ mṛgā ye.anye vanecarāḥ .. 25..

upagamya samāghrāya vidravanti diśo daśa .
rākṣasaḥ so.api tānvanyānmṛgānmṛgavadhe rataḥ .. 26..

pracchādanārthaṃ bhāvasya na bhakṣayati saṃspṛśan .
tasminneva tataḥ kāle vaidehī śubhalocanā .. 27..

kusumāpacaye vyagrā pādapānatyavartata .
karṇikārānaśokāṃśca cūṭāṃśca madirekṣaṇā .. 28..

kusumānyapacinvantī cacāra rucirānanā .
anarhāraṇyavāsasya sā taṃ ratnamayaṃ mṛgam .
muktāmaṇivicitrāṅgaṃ dadarśa paramāṅganā .. 29..

taṃ vai ruciradaṇtauṣṭhaṃ rūpyadhātutanūruham .
vismayotphullanayanā sasnehaṃ samudaikṣata .. 30..

sa ca tāṃ rāma dayitāṃ paśyanmāyāmayo mṛgaḥ .
vicacāra tatastatra dīpayanniva tadvanam .. 31..

adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ nānāratnamayaṃ mṛgam .
vismayaṃ paramaṃ sītā jagāma janakātmajā .. 32..




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