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tamalpajīvitaṃ bhūmau sphurantaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
dadarśa gṛdhraṃ patitaṃ samīpe rāghavāśramāt .. 1..

sā tu tārādhipamukhī rāvaṇena samīkṣya tam .
gṛdhrarājaṃ vinihataṃ vilalāpa suduḥkhitā .. 2..

nimittaṃ lakṣaṇajñānaṃ śakunisvaradarśanam .
avaśyaṃ sukhaduḥkheṣu narāṇāṃ pratidṛśyate .. 3..

na nūnaṃ rāma jānāsi mahadvyasanamātmajaḥ .
dhāvanti nūnaṃ kākutstha madarthaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ .. 4..

trāhi māmadya kākutstha lakṣmaṇeti varāṅganā .
susantrastā samākrandacchṛṇvatāṃ tu yathāntike .. 5..

tāṃ kliṣṭamālyābharaṇāṃ vilapantīmanāthavat .
abhyadhāvata vaidehīṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .. 6..

tāṃ latāmiva veṣṭantīmāliṅgantīṃ mahādrumān .
muñca muñceti bahuśaḥ pravadanrākṣasādhipaḥ .. 7..

krośantīṃ rāma rāmeti rāmeṇa rahitāṃ vane .
jīvitāntāya keśeṣu jagrāhāntakasaṃnibhaḥ .. 8..

pradharṣitāyāṃ vaidehyāṃ babhūva sacarācaram .
jagatsarvamamaryādaṃ tamasāndhena saṃvṛtam .. 9..

dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ parāmṛṣṭāṃ dīnāṃ divyena cakṣuṣā .
kṛtaṃ kāryamiti śrīmānvyājahāra pitāmahaḥ .. 10..

prahṛṣṭā vyathitāścāsansarve te paramarṣayaḥ .
dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ parāmṛṣṭāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ .. 11..

sa tu tāṃ rāma rāmeti rudantīṃ lakṣmaṇeti ca .
jagāmākāśamādāya rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .. 12..

taptābharaṇasarvāṅgī pītakauśeyavāsanī .
rarāja rājaputrī tu vidyutsaudāmanī yathā .. 13..

uddhūtena ca vastreṇa tasyāḥ pītena rāvaṇaḥ .
adhikaṃ paribabhrāja girirdīpa ivāgninā .. 14..

tasyāḥ paramakalyāṇyāstāmrāṇi surabhīṇi ca .
padmapatrāṇi vaidehyā abhyakīryanta rāvaṇam .. 15..

tasyāḥ kauśeyamuddhūtamākāśe kanakaprabham .
babhau cādityarāgeṇa tāmramabhramivātape .. 16..

tasyāstadvimalaṃ vaktramākāśe rāvaṇāṅkagam .
na rarāja vinā rāmaṃ vinālamiva paṅkajam .. 17..

babhūva jaladaṃ nīlaṃ bhittvā candra ivoditaḥ .
sulalāṭaṃ sukeśāntaṃ padmagarbhābhamavraṇam .
śuklaiḥ suvimalairdantaiḥ prabhāvadbhiralaṅkṛtam .. 18..

ruditaṃ vyapamṛṣṭāstraṃ candravatpriyadarśanam .
sunāsaṃ cārutāmrauṣṭhamākāṣe hāṭakaprabham .. 19..

rākṣasendrasamādhūtaṃ tasyāstadvacanaṃ śubham .
śuśubhe na vinā rāmaṃ divā candra ivoditaḥ .. 20..

sā hemavarṇā nīlāṅgaṃ maithilī rākṣasādhipam .
śuśubhe kāñcanī kāñcī nīlaṃ maṇimivāśritā .. 21..

sā padmagaurī hemābhā rāvaṇaṃ janakātmajā .
vidyudghanamivāviśya śuśubhe taptabhūṣaṇā .. 22..

tasyā bhūṣaṇaghoṣeṇa vaidehyā rākṣasādhipaḥ .
babhūva vimalo nīlaḥ saghoṣa iva toyadaḥ .. 23..

uttamāṅgacyutā tasyāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ .
sītāyā hriyamāṇāyāḥ papāta dharaṇītale .. 24..

sā tu rāvaṇavegena puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ .
samādhūtā daśagrīvaṃ punarevābhyavartata .. 25..

abhyavartata puṣpāṇāṃ dhārā vaiśravaṇānujam .
nakṣatramālāvimalā meruṃ nagamivottamam .. 26..

caraṇānnūpuraṃ bhraṣṭaṃ vaidehyā ratnabhūṣitam .
vidyunmaṇḍalasaṅkāśaṃ papāta madhurasvanam .. 27..

tarupravālaraktā sā nīlāṅgaṃ rākṣaseśvaram .
prāśobhayata vaidehī gajaṃ kaṣyeva kāñcanī .. 28..

tāṃ maholkāmivākāśe dīpyamānāṃ svatejasā .
jahārākāśamāviśya sītāṃ vaiśravaṇānujaḥ .. 29..

tasyāstānyagnivarṇāni bhūṣaṇāni mahītale .
saghoṣāṇyavakīryanta kṣīṇāstārā ivāmbarāt .. 30..

tasyāḥ stanāntarādbhraṣṭo hārastārādhipadyutiḥ .
vaidehyā nipatanbhāti gaṅgeva gaganāccyutā .. 31..

utpāta vātābhihatā nānādvija gaṇāyutāḥ .
mā bhairiti vidhūtāgrā vyājahruriva pādapāḥ .. 32..

nalinyo dhvastakamalāstrastamīnajale carāḥ .
sakhīmiva gatotsāhāṃ śocantīva sma maithilīm .. 33..

samantādabhisampatya siṃhavyāghramṛgadvijāḥ .
anvadhāvaṃstadā roṣātsītācchāyānugāminaḥ .. 34..

jalaprapātāsramukhāḥ śṛṅgairucchritabāhavaḥ .
sītāyāṃ hriyamāṇāyāṃ vikrośantīva parvatāḥ .. 35..

hriyamāṇāṃ tu vaidehīṃ dṛṣṭvā dīno divākaraḥ .
pravidhvastaprabhaḥ śrīmānāsītpāṇḍuramaṇḍalaḥ .. 36..

nāsti dharmaḥ kutaḥ satyaṃ nārjavaṃ nānṛśaṃsatā .
yatra rāmasya vaidehīṃ bhāryāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ .. 37..

iti sarvāṇi bhūtāni gaṇaśaḥ paryadevayan .
vitrastakā dīnamukhā rurudurmṛgapotakāḥ .. 38..

udvīkṣyodvīkṣya nayanairāsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ .
supravepitagātrāśca babhūvurvanadevatāḥ .. 39..

vikrośantīṃ dṛḍhaṃ sītāṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhaṃ tathā gatām .
tāṃ tu lakṣmaṇa rāmeti krośantīṃ madhurasvarām .. 40..

avekṣamāṇāṃ bahuṣo vaidehīṃ dharaṇītalam .
sa tāmākulakeśāntāṃ vipramṛṣṭaviśeṣakām .
jahārātmavināśāya daśagrīvo manasvinām .. 41..

tatastu sā cārudatī śucismitā
vinākṛtā bandhujanena maithilī .
apaśyatī rāghavalakṣmaṇāvubhau
vivarṇavaktrā bhayabhārapīḍitā .. 42..




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