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sarga - 48

taṃ śabdamavasuptasya jaṭāyuratha śuśruve .
niraikṣadrāvaṇaṃ kṣipraṃ vaidehīṃ ca dadarśa saḥ .. 1..

tataḥ parvatakūṭābhastīkṣṇatuṇḍaḥ khagottamaḥ .
vanaspatigataḥ śrīmānvyājahāra śubhāṃ giram .. 2..

daśagrīvasthito dharme purāṇe satyasaṃśrayaḥ .
jaṭāyurnāma nāmnāhaṃ gṛdhrarājo mahābalaḥ .. 3..

rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ .
lokānāṃ ca hite yukto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .. 4..

tasyaiṣā lokanāthasya dharmapatnī yaśasvinī .
sītā nāma varārohā yāṃ tvaṃ hartumihecchasi .. 5..

kathaṃ rājā sthito dharme paradārānparāmṛśet .
rakṣaṇīyā viśeṣeṇa rājadārā mahābalaḥ .
nivartaya matiṃ nīcāṃ paradārābhimarśanam .. 6..

na tatsamācareddhīro yatparo.asya vigarhayet .
yathātmanastathānyeṣāṃ dārā rakṣyā vimarśanāt .. 7..

arthaṃ vā yadi vā kāmaṃ śiṣṭāḥ śāstreṣvanāgatam .
vyavasyantyanu rājānaṃ dharmaṃ paurastyanandana .. 8..

rājā dharmaśca kāmaśca dravyāṇāṃ cottamo nidhiḥ .
dharmaḥ śubhaṃ vā pāpaṃ vā rājamūlaṃ pravartate .. 9..

pāpasvabhāvaścapalaḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ rakṣasāṃ vara .
aiśvaryamabhisamprāpto vimānamiva duṣkṛtī .. 10..

kāmasvabhāvo yo yasya na sa śakyaḥ pramārjitum .
na hi duṣṭātmanāmārya mā vasatyālaye ciram .. 11..

viṣaye vā pure vā te yadā rāmo mahābalaḥ .
nāparādhyati dharmātmā kathaṃ tasyāparādhyasi .. 12..

yadi śūrpaṇakhāhetorjanasthānagataḥ kharaḥ .
ativṛtto hataḥ pūrvaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .. 13..

atra brūhi yathāsatyaṃ ko rāmasya vyatikramaḥ .
yasya tvaṃ lokanāthasya hṛtvā bhāryāṃ gamiṣyasi .. 14..

kṣipraṃ visṛja vaidehīṃ mā tvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā .
daheddahana bhūtena vṛtramindrāśaniryathā .. 15..

sarpamāśīviṣaṃ baddhvā vastrānte nāvabudhyase .
grīvāyāṃ pratimuktaṃ ca kālapāśaṃ na paśyasi .. 16..

sa bhāraḥ saumya bhartavyo yo naraṃ nāvasādayet .
tadannamupabhoktavyaṃ jīryate yadanāmayam .. 17..

yatkṛtvā na bhaveddharmo na kīrtirna yaśo bhuvi .
śarīrasya bhavetkhedaḥ kastatkarma samācaret .. 18..

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi mama jātasya rāvaṇa .
pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ yathāvadanutiṣṭhataḥ .. 19..

vṛddho.ahaṃ tvaṃ yuvā dhanvī sarathaḥ kavacī śarī .
tathāpyādāya vaidehīṃ kuśalī na gamiṣyasi .. 20..

na śaktastvaṃ balāddhartuṃ vaidehīṃ mama paśyataḥ .
hetubhirnyāyasaṃyuktairdhruvāṃ vedaśrutīm iva .. 21..

yudhyasva yadi śūro.asi muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa .
śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathāpūrvaṃ kharastathā .. 22..

asakṛtsaṃyuge yena nihatā daityadānavāḥ .
nacirāccīravāsāstvāṃ rāmo yudhi vadhiṣyati .. 23..

kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ gatau dūraṃ nṛpātmajau .
kṣipraṃ tvaṃ naśyase nīca tayorbhīto na saṃśayaḥ .. 24..

na hi me jīvamānasya nayiṣyasi śubhāmimām .
sītāṃ kamalapatrākṣīṃ rāmasya mahaṣīṃ priyām .. 25..

avaśyaṃ tu mayā kāryaṃ priyaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ .
jīvitenāpi rāmasya tathā daśarathasya ca .. 26..

tiṣṭha tiṣṭha daśagrīva muhūrtaṃ paśya rāvaṇa .
yuddhātithyaṃ pradāsyāmi yathāprāṇaṃ niśācara .
vṛntādiva phalaṃ tvāṃ tu pātayeyaṃ rathottamāt .. 27..




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