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sarga - 43

ārtasvaraṃ tu taṃ bharturvijñāya sadṛśaṃ vane .
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ sītā gaccha jānīhi rāghavam .. 1..

na hi me jīvitaṃ sthāne hṛdayaṃ vāvatiṣṭhate .
krośataḥ paramārtasya śrutaḥ śabdo mayā bhṛśam .. 2..

ākrandamānaṃ tu vane bhrātaraṃ trātumarhasi .
taṃ kṣipramabhidhāva tvaṃ bhrātaraṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇam .. 3..

rakṣasāṃ vaśamāpannaṃ siṃhānāmiva govṛṣam .
na jagāma tathoktastu bhrāturājñāya śāsanam .. 4..

tamuvāca tatastatra kupitā janakātmajā .
saumitre mitrarūpeṇa bhrātustvamasi śatruvat .. 5..

yastvamasyāmavasthāyāṃ bhrātaraṃ nābhipadyase .
icchasi tvaṃ vinaśyantaṃ rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇa matkṛte .. 6..

vyasanaṃ te priyaṃ manye sneho bhrātari nāsti te .
tena tiṣṭhasi visrabdhastamapaśyanmahādyutim .. 7..

kiṃ hi saṃśayamāpanne tasminniha mayā bhavet .
kartavyamiha tiṣṭhantyā yatpradhānastvamāgataḥ .. 8..

iti bruvāṇaṃ vaidehīṃ bāṣpaśokapariplutām .
abravīllakṣmaṇastrastāṃ sītāṃ mṛgavadhūm iva .. 9..

devi devamanuṣyeṣu gandharveṣu patatriṣu .
rākṣaseṣu piśāceṣu kiṃnareṣu mṛgeṣu ca .. 10..

dānaveṣu ca ghoreṣu na sa vidyeta śobhane .
yo rāmaṃ pratiyudhyeta samare vāsavopamam .. 11..

avadhyaḥ samare rāmo naivaṃ tvaṃ vaktumarhasi .
na tvāmasminvane hātumutsahe rāghavaṃ vinā .. 12..

anivāryaṃ balaṃ tasya balairbalavatām api .
tribhirlokaiḥ samudyuktaiḥ seśvaraiḥ sāmarairapi .. 13..

hṛdayaṃ nirvṛtaṃ te.astu santāpastyajyatām ayam .
āgamiṣyati te bhartā śīghraṃ hatvā mṛgottamam .. 14..

na sa tasya svaro vyaktaṃ na kaścidapi daivataḥ .
gandharvanagaraprakhyā māyā sā tasya rakṣasaḥ .. 15..

nyāsabhūtāsi vaidehi nyastā mayi mahātmanā .
rāmeṇa tvaṃ varārohe na tvāṃ tyaktumihotsahe .. 16..

kṛtavairāśca kalyāṇi vayametairniśācaraiḥ .
kharasya nidhane devi janasthānavadhaṃ prati .. 17..

rākṣasā vidhinā vāco visṛjanti mahāvane .
hiṃsāvihārā vaidehi na cintayitumarhasi .. 18..

lakṣmaṇenaivamuktā tu kruddhā saṃraktalocanā .
abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavādinam .. 19..

anārya karuṇārambha nṛśaṃsa kulapāṃsana .
ahaṃ tava priyaṃ manye tenaitāni prabhāṣase .. 20..

naitaccitraṃ sapatneṣu pāpaṃ lakṣmaṇa yadbhavet .
tvadvidheṣu nṛśaṃseṣu nityaṃ pracchannacāriṣu .. 21..

suduṣṭastvaṃ vane rāmamekameko.anugacchasi .
mama hetoḥ praticchannaḥ prayukto bharatena vā .. 22..

kathamindīvaraśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ padmanibhekṣaṇam .
upasaṃśritya bhartāraṃ kāmayeyaṃ pṛthagjanam .. 23..

samakṣaṃ tava saumitre prāṇāṃstyakṣye na saṃśayaḥ .
rāmaṃ vinā kṣaṇamapi na hi jīvāmi bhūtale .. 24..

ityuktaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ sītayā somaharṣaṇam .
abravīllakṣmaṇaḥ sītāṃ prāñjalirvijitendriyaḥ .. 25..

uttaraṃ notsahe vaktuṃ daivataṃ bhavatī mama .
vākyamapratirūpaṃ tu na citraṃ strīṣu maithili .. 26..

svabhāvastveṣa nārīṇāmeṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate .
vimuktadharmāścapalāstīkṣṇā bhedakarāḥ striyaḥ .. 27..

upaśṛṇvantu me sarve sākṣibhūtā vanecarāḥ .
nyāyavādī yathā vākyamukto.ahaṃ paruṣaṃ tvayā .. 28..

dhiktvāmadya praṇaśya tvaṃ yanmāmevaṃ viśaṅkase .
strītvādduṣṭasvabhāvena guruvākye vyavasthitam .. 29..

gamiṣye yatra kākutsthaḥ svasti te.astu varānane .
rakṣantu tvāṃ viśālākṣi samagrā vanadevatāḥ .. 30..

nimittāni hi ghorāṇi yāni prādurbhavanti me .
api tvāṃ saha rāmeṇa paśyeyaṃ punarāgataḥ .. 31..

lakṣmaṇenaivamuktā tu rudatī janakātmajā .
pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ tīvraṃ bāṣpapariplutā .. 32..

godāvarīṃ pravekṣyāmi vinā rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇa .
ābandhiṣye.athavā tyakṣye viṣame dehamātmanaḥ .. 33..

pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam .
na tvahaṃ rāghavādanyaṃ padāpi puruṣaṃ spṛśe .. 34..

iti lakṣmaṇamākruśya sītā duḥkhasamanvitā .
pāṇibhyāṃ rudatī duḥkhādudaraṃ prajaghāna ha .. 35..

tāmārtarūpāṃ vimanā rudantīṃ
saumitrirālokya viśālanetrām .
āśvāsayāmāsa na caiva bhartus
taṃ bhrātaraṃ kiṃ ciduvāca sītā .. 36..

tatastu sītāmabhivādya lakṣmaṇaḥ
kṛtāñjaliḥ kiṃ cidabhipraṇamya .
avekṣamāṇo bahuśaśca maithilīṃ
jagāma rāmasya samīpamātmavān .. 37..




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