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sarga - 41

sā taṃ samprekṣya suśroṇī kusumāni vicinvatī .
hemarājata varṇābhyāṃ pārśvābhyāmupaśobhitam .. 1..

prahṛṣṭā cānavadyāṅgī mṛṣṭahāṭakavarṇinī .
bhartāramapi cākrandallakṣmaṇaṃ caiva sāyudham .. 2..

tayāhūtau naravyāghrau vaidehyā rāmalakṣmaṇau .
vīkṣamāṇau tu taṃ deśaṃ tadā dadṛśaturmṛgam .. 3..

śaṅkamānastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇo rāmamabravīt .
tamevainamahaṃ manye mārīcaṃ rākṣasaṃ mṛgam .. 4..

caranto mṛgayāṃ hṛṣṭāḥ pāpenopādhinā vane .
anena nihatā rāma rājānaḥ kāmarūpiṇā .. 5..

asya māyāvido māyā mṛgarūpamidaṃ kṛtam .
bhānumatpuruṣavyāghra gandharvapurasaṃnibham .. 6..

mṛgo hyevaṃvidho ratnavicitro nāsti rāghava .
jagatyāṃ jagatīnātha māyaiṣā hi na saṃśayaḥ .. 7..

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ kākutsthaṃ prativārya śucismitā .
uvāca sītā saṃhṛṣṭā chadmanā hṛtacetanā .. 8..

āryaputrābhirāmo.asau mṛgo harati me manaḥ .
ānayainaṃ mahābāho krīḍārthaṃ no bhaviṣyati .. 9..

ihāśramapade.asmākaṃ bahavaḥ puṇyadarśanāḥ .
mṛgāścaranti sahitāścamarāḥ sṛmarāstathā .. 10..

ṛkṣāḥ pṛṣatasaṅghāśca vānarāḥ kinarāstathā .
vicaranti mahābāho rūpaśreṣṭhā mahābalāḥ .. 11..

na cāsya sadṛśo rājandṛṣṭapūrvo mṛgaḥ purā .
tejasā kṣamayā dīptyā yathāyaṃ mṛgasattamaḥ .. 12..

nānāvarṇavicitrāṅgo ratnabindusamācitaḥ .
dyotayanvanamavyagraṃ śobhate śaśisaṃnibhaḥ .. 13..

aho rūpamaho lakṣmīḥ svarasampacca śobhanā .
mṛgo.adbhuto vicitro.asau hṛdayaṃ haratīva me .. 14..

yadi grahaṇamabhyeti jīvanneva mṛgastava .
āścaryabhūtaṃ bhavati vismayaṃ janayiṣyati .. 15..

samāptavanavāsānāṃ rājyasthānāṃ ca naḥ punaḥ .
antaḥpuravibhūṣārtho mṛga eṣa bhaviṣyati .. 16..

bharatasyāryaputrasya śvaśrūṇāṃ mama ca prabho .
mṛgarūpamidaṃ divyaṃ vismayaṃ janayiṣyati .. 17..

jīvanna yadi te.abhyeti grahaṇaṃ mṛgasattamaḥ .
ajinaṃ naraśārdūla ruciraṃ me bhaviṣyati .. 18..

nihatasyāsya sattvasya jāmbūnadamayatvaci .
śaṣpabṛsyāṃ vinītāyāmicchāmyahamupāsitum .. 19..

kāmavṛttamidaṃ raudraṃ strīṇāmasadṛśaṃ matam .
vapuṣā tvasya sattvasya vismayo janito mama .. 20..

tena kāñcanaroṃṇā tu maṇipravaraśṛṅgiṇā .
taruṇādityavarṇena nakṣatrapathavarcasā .
babhūva rāghavasyāpi mano vismayamāgatam .. 21..

evaṃ sītāvacaḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca mṛgamadbhutam .
uvāca rāghavo hṛṣṭo bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ vacaḥ .. 22..

paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ spṛhāṃ mṛgagatāmimām .
rūpaśreṣṭhatayā hyeṣa mṛgo.adya na bhaviṣyati .. 23..

na vane nandanoddeśe na caitrarathasaṃśraye .
kutaḥ pṛthivyāṃ saumitre yo.asya kaścitsamo mṛgaḥ .. 24..

pratilomānulomāśca rucirā romarājayaḥ .
śobhante mṛgamāśritya citrāḥ kanakabindubhiḥ .. 25..

paśyāsya jṛmbhamāṇasya dīptāmagniśikhopamām .
jihvāṃ mukhānniḥsarantīṃ meghādiva śatahradām .. 26..

masāragalvarkamukhaḥ śaṅkhamuktānibhodaraḥ .
kasya nāmānirūpyo.asau na mano lobhayenmṛgaḥ .. 27..

kasya rūpamidaṃ dṛṣṭvā jāmbūnadamaya prabham .
nānāratnamayaṃ divyaṃ na mano vismayaṃ vrajet .. 28..

māṃsahetorapi mṛgānvihārārthaṃ ca dhanvinaḥ .
ghnanti lakṣmaṇa rājāno mṛgayāyāṃ mahāvane .. 29..

dhanāni vyavasāyena vicīyante mahāvane .
dhātavo vividhāścāpi maṇiratnasuvarṇinaḥ .. 30..

tatsāramakhilaṃ nṝṇāṃ dhanaṃ nicayavardhanam .
manasā cintitaṃ sarvaṃ yathā śukrasya lakṣmaṇa .. 31..

arthī yenārthakṛtyena saṃvrajatyavicārayan .
tamarthamarthaśāstrajñaḥ prāhurarthyāśca lakṣmaṇa .. 32..

etasya mṛgaratnasya parārdhye kāñcanatvaci .
upavekṣyati vaidehī mayā saha sumadhyamā .. 33..

na kādalī na priyakī na praveṇī na cāvikī .
bhavedetasya sadṛśī sparśaneneti me matiḥ .. 34..

eṣa caiva mṛgaḥ śrīmānyaśca divyo nabhaścaraḥ .
ubhāvetau mṛgau divyau tārāmṛgamahīmṛgau .. 35..

yadi vāyaṃ tathā yanmāṃ bhavedvadasi lakṣmaṇa .
māyaiṣā rākṣasasyeti kartavyo.asya vadho mayā .. 36..

etena hi nṛśaṃsena mārīcenākṛtātmanā .
vane vicaratā pūrvaṃ hiṃsitā munipuṅgavāḥ .. 37..

utthāya bahavo yena mṛgayāyāṃ janādhipāḥ .
nihatāḥ parameṣvāsāstasmādvadhyastvayaṃ mṛgaḥ .. 38..

purastādiha vātāpiḥ paribhūya tapasvinaḥ .
udarastho dvijānhanti svagarbho.aśvatarīm iva .. 39..

sa kadā ciccirālloke āsasāda mahāmunim .
agastyaṃ tejasā yuktaṃ bhakṣyastasya babhūva ha .. 40..

samutthāne ca tadrūpaṃ kartukāmaṃ samīkṣya tam .
utsmayitvā tu bhagavānvātāpimidamabravīt .. 41..

tvayāvigaṇya vātāpe paribhūtāśca tejasā .
jīvaloke dvijaśreṣṭhāstasmādasi jarāṃ gataḥ .. 42..

evaṃ tanna bhavedrakṣo vātāpiriva lakṣmaṇa .
madvidhaṃ yo.atimanyeta dharmanityaṃ jitendriyam .. 43..

bhaveddhato.ayaṃ vātāpiragastyeneva mā gatiḥ .
iha tvaṃ bhava saṃnaddho yantrito rakṣa maithilīm .. 44..

asyāmāyattamasmākaṃ yatkṛtyaṃ raghunandana .
ahamenaṃ vadhiṣyāmi grahīṣyāmyatha vā mṛgam .. 45..

yāvadgacchāmi saumitre mṛgamānayituṃ drutam .
paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehīṃ mṛgatvaci gataspṛhām .. 46..

tvacā pradhānayā hyeṣa mṛgo.adya na bhaviṣyati .
apramattena te bhāvyamāśramasthena sītayā .. 47..

yāvatpṛṣatamekena sāyakena nihanmyaham .
hatvaitaccarma ādāya śīghrameṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa .. 48..

pradakṣiṇenātibalena pakṣiṇā
jaṭāyuṣā buddhimatā ca lakṣmaṇa .
bhavāpramattaḥ pratigṛhya maithilīṃ
pratikṣaṇaṃ sarvata eva śaṅkitaḥ .. 49..




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