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sarga - 52

hriyamāṇā tu vaidehī kaṃ cinnāthamapaśyatī .
dadarśa giriśṛṅgasthānpañcavānarapuṅgavān .. 1..

teṣāṃ madhye viśālākṣī kauśeyaṃ kanakaprabham .
uttarīyaṃ varārohā śubhānyābharaṇāni ca .
mumoca yadi rāmāya śaṃseyuriti maithilī .. 2..

vastramutsṛjya tanmadhye vinikṣiptaṃ sabhūṣaṇam .
sambhramāttu daśagrīvastatkarma na ca buddhivān .. 3..

piṅgākṣāstāṃ viśālākṣīṃ netrairanimiṣairiva .
vikrośantīṃ tadā sītāṃ dadṛśurvānararṣabhāḥ .. 4..

sa ca pampāmatikramya laṅkāmabhimukhaḥ purīm .
jagāma rudatīṃ gṛhya maithilīṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ .. 5..

tāṃ jahāra susaṃhṛṣṭo rāvaṇo mṛtyumātmanaḥ .
utsaṅgenaiva bhujagīṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṃ mahāviṣām .. 6..

vanāni saritaḥ śailānsarāṃsi ca vihāyasā .
sa kṣipraṃ samatīyāya śaraścāpādiva cyutaḥ .. 7..

timinakraniketaṃ tu varuṇālayamakṣayam .
saritāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatvā samatīyāya sāgaram .. 8..

sambhramātparivṛttormī ruddhamīnamahoragaḥ .
vaidehyāṃ hriyamāṇāyāṃ babhūva varuṇālayaḥ .. 9..

antarikṣagatā vācaḥ sasṛjuścāraṇāstadā .
etadanto daśagrīva iti siddhāstadābruvan .. 10..

sa tu sītāṃ viveṣṭantīmaṅkenādāya rāvaṇaḥ .
praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ rūpiṇīṃ mṛtyumātmanaḥ .. 11..

so.abhigamya purīṃ laṅkāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām .
saṃrūḍhakakṣyā bahulaṃ svamantaḥpuramāviśat .. 12..

tatra tāmasitāpāṅgīṃ śokamohaparāyaṇām .
nidadhe rāvaṇaḥ sītāṃ mayo māyāmivāsurīm .. 13..

abravīcca daśagrīvaḥ piśācīrghoradarśanāḥ .
yathā naināṃ pumānstrī vā sītāṃ paśyatyasaṃmataḥ .. 14..

muktāmaṇisuvarṇāni vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca .
yadyadicchettadevāsyā deyaṃ macchandato yathā .. 15..

yā ca vakṣyati vaidehīṃ vacanaṃ kiṃ cidapriyam .
ajñānādyadi vā jñānānna tasyā jīvitaṃ priyam .. 16..

tathoktvā rākṣasīstāstu rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān .
niṣkramyāntaḥpurāttasmātkiṃ kṛtyamiti cintayan .
dadarśāṣṭau mahāvīryānrākṣasānpiśitāśanān .. 17..

sa tāndṛṣṭvā mahāvīryo varadānena mohitaḥ .
uvācaitānidaṃ vākyaṃ praśasya balavīryataḥ .. 18..

nānāpraharaṇāḥ kṣipramito gacchata satvarāḥ .
janasthānaṃ hatasthānaṃ bhūtapūrvaṃ kharālayam .. 19..

tatroṣyatāṃ janasthāne śūnye nihatarākṣase .
pauruṣaṃ balamāśritya trāsamutsṛjya dūrataḥ .. 20..

balaṃ hi sumahadyanme janasthāne niveśitam .
sadūṣaṇakharaṃ yuddhe hataṃ tadrāmasāyakaiḥ .. 21..

tataḥ krodho mamāpūrvo dhairyasyopari vardhate .
vairaṃ ca sumahajjātaṃ rāmaṃ prati sudāruṇam .. 22..

niryātayitumicchāmi tacca vairamahaṃ ripoḥ .
na hi lapsyāmyahaṃ nidrāmahatvā saṃyuge ripum .. 23..

taṃ tvidānīmahaṃ hatvā kharadūṣaṇaghātinam .
rāmaṃ śarmopalapsyāmi dhanaṃ labdhveva nirdhanaḥ .. 24..

janasthāne vasadbhistu bhavadbhī rāmamāśritā .
pravṛttirupanetavyā kiṃ karotīti tattvataḥ .. 25..

apramādācca gantavyaṃ sarvaireva niśācaraiḥ .
kartavyaśca sadā yatno rāghavasya vadhaṃ prati .. 26..

yuṣmākaṃ hi balajño.ahaṃ bahuśo raṇamūrdhani .
ataścāsmiñjanasthāne mayā yūyaṃ niyojitāḥ .. 27..

tataḥ priyaṃ vākyamupetya rākṣasā
mahārthamaṣṭāvabhivādya rāvaṇam .
vihāya laṅkāṃ sahitāḥ pratasthire
yato janasthānamalakṣyadarśanāḥ .. 28..

tatastu sītāmupalabhya rāvaṇaḥ
susamprahṛṣṭaḥ parigṛhya maithilīm .
prasajya rāmeṇa ca vairamuttamaṃ
babhūva mohānmuditaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ .. 29..




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