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sarga - 44

tayā paruṣamuktastu kupito rāghavānujaḥ .
sa vikāṅkṣanbhṛśaṃ rāmaṃ pratasthe nacirādiva .. 1..

tadāsādya daśagrīvaḥ kṣipramantaramāsthitaḥ .
abhicakrāma vaidehīṃ parivrājakarūpadhṛk .. 2..

ślakṣṇakāṣāyasaṃvītaḥ śikhī chatrī upānahī .
vāme cāṃse.avasajyātha śubhe yaṣṭikamaṇḍalū .
parivrājakarūpeṇa vaidehīṃ samupāgamat .. 3..

tāmāsasādātibalo bhrātṛbhyāṃ rahitāṃ vane .
rahitāṃ sūryacandrābhyāṃ sandhyāmiva mahattamaḥ .. 4..

tāmapaśyattato bālāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm .
rohiṇīṃ śaśinā hīnāṃ grahavadbhṛśadāruṇaḥ .. 5..

tamugraṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ janasthānaruhā drumāḥ .
samīkṣya na prakampante na pravāti ca mārutaḥ .. 6..

śīghrasrotāśca taṃ dṛṣṭvā vīkṣantaṃ raktalocanam .
stimitaṃ gantumārebhe bhayādgodāvarī nadī .. 7..

rāmasya tvantaraṃ prepsurdaśagrīvastadantare .
upatasthe ca vaidehīṃ bhikṣurūpeṇa rāvaṇaḥ .. 8..

abhavyo bhavyarūpeṇa bhartāramanuśocatīm .
abhyavartata vaidehīṃ citrāmiva śanaiścaraḥ .. 9..

sa pāpo bhavyarūpeṇa tṛṇaiḥ kūpa ivāvṛtaḥ .
atiṣṭhatprekṣya vaidehīṃ rāmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm .. 10..

śubhāṃ ruciradantauṣṭhīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām .
āsīnāṃ parṇaśālāyāṃ bāṣpaśokābhipīḍitām .. 11..

sa tāṃ padmapalāśākṣīṃ pītakauśeyavāsinīm .
abhyagacchata vaidehīṃ duṣṭacetā niśācaraḥ .. 12..

sa manmathaśarāviṣṭo brahmaghoṣamudīrayan .
abravītpraśritaṃ vākyaṃ rahite rākṣasādhipaḥ .. 13..

tāmuttamāṃ trilokānāṃ padmahīnāmiva śriyam .
vibhrājamānāṃ vapuṣā rāvaṇaḥ praśaśaṃsa ha .. 14..

kā tvaṃ kāñcanavarṇābhe pītakauśeyavāsini .
kamalānāṃ śubhāṃ mālāṃ padminīva ca bibhratī .. 15..

hrīḥ śrīḥ kīrtiḥ śubhā lakṣmīrapsarā vā śubhānane .
bhūtirvā tvaṃ varārohe ratirvā svairacāriṇī .. 16..

samāḥ śikhariṇaḥ snigdhāḥ pāṇḍurā daśanāstava .
viśāle vimale netre raktānte kṛṣṇatārake .. 17..

viśālaṃ jaghanaṃ pīnamūrū karikaropamau .
etāvupacitau vṛttau sahitau sampragalbhitau .. 18..

pīnonnatamukhau kāntau snigdhatālaphalopamau .
maṇipravekābharaṇau rucirau te payodharau .. 19..

cārusmite cārudati cārunetre vilāsini .
mano harasi me rāme nadīkūlamivāmbhasā .. 20..

karāntamitamadhyāsi sukeśī saṃhatastanī .
naiva devī na gandharvī na yakṣī na ca kiṃnarī .. 21..

naivaṃrūpā mayā nārī dṛṣṭapūrvā mahītale .
iha vāsaśca kāntāre cittamunmāthayanti me .. 22..

sā pratikrāma bhadraṃ te na tvaṃ vastumihārhasi .
rākṣasānāmayaṃ vāso ghorāṇāṃ kāmarūpiṇām .. 23..

prāsādāgryāṇi ramyāṇi nagaropavanāni ca .
sampannāni sugandhīni yuktānyācarituṃ tvayā .. 24..

varaṃ mālyaṃ varaṃ pānaṃ varaṃ vastraṃ ca śobhane .
bhartāraṃ ca varaṃ manye tvadyuktamasitekṣaṇe .. 25..

kā tvaṃ bhavasi rudrāṇāṃ marutāṃ vā śucismite .
vasūnāṃ vā varārohe devatā pratibhāsi me .. 26..

neha gacchantī gandharvā na devā na ca kiṃnarāḥ .
rākṣasānāmayaṃ vāsaḥ kathaṃ nu tvamihāgatā .. 27..

iha śākhāmṛgāḥ siṃhā dvīpivyāghramṛgāstathā .
ṛkṣāstarakṣavaḥ kaṅkāḥ kathaṃ tebhyo na bibhyase .. 28..

madānvitānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām .
kathamekā mahāraṇye na bibheṣi vanānane .. 29..

kāsi kasya kutaśca tvaṃ kiṃnimittaṃ ca daṇḍakān .
ekā carasi kalyāṇi ghorānrākṣasasevitān .. 30..

iti praśastā vaidehī rāvaṇena durātmanā .
dvijātiveṣeṇa hi taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇamāgatam .
sarvairatithisatkāraiḥ pūjayāmāsa maithilī .. 31..

upānīyāsanaṃ pūrvaṃ pādyenābhinimantrya ca .
abravītsiddhamityeva tadā taṃ saumyadarśanam .. 32..

dvijātiveṣeṇa samīkṣya maithilī
tamāgataṃ pātrakusumbhadhāriṇam .
aśakyamuddveṣṭumupāyadarśanān
nyamantrayadbrāhmaṇavadyathāgatam .. 33..

iyaṃ bṛsī brāhmaṇa kāmamāsyatām
idaṃ ca pādyaṃ pratigṛhyatām iti .
idaṃ ca siddhaṃ vanajātamuttamaṃ
tvadarthamavyagramihopabhujyatām .. 34..

nimantryamāṇaḥ pratipūrṇabhāṣiṇīṃ
narendrapatnīṃ prasamīkṣya maithilīm .
prahasya tasyā haraṇe dhṛtaṃ manaḥ
samarpayāmāsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ .. 35..

tataḥ suveṣaṃ mṛgayā gataṃ patiṃ
pratīkṣamāṇā sahalakṣmaṇaṃ tadā .
nirīkṣamāṇā haritaṃ dadarśa tan
mahadvanaṃ naiva tu rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 36..




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