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sarga - 53

sandiśya rākṣasānghorānrāvaṇo.aṣṭau mahābalān .
ātmānaṃ buddhivaiklavyātkṛtakṛtyamamanyata .. 1..

sa cintayāno vaidehīṃ kāmabāṇasamarpitaḥ .
praviveśa gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ sītāṃ draṣṭumabhitvaran .. 2..

sa praviśya tu tadveśma rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
apaśyadrākṣasīmadhye sītāṃ śokaparāyaṇam .. 3..

aśrupūrṇamukhīṃ dīnāṃ śokabhārāvapīḍitām .
vāyuvegairivākrāntāṃ majjantīṃ nāvamarṇave .. 4..

mṛgayūthaparibhraṣṭāṃ mṛgīṃ śvabhirivāvṛtām .
adhomukhamukhīṃ dīnāmabhyetya ca niśācaraḥ .. 5..

tāṃ tu śokavaśāṃ dīnāmavaśāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
sa balāddarśayāmāsa gṛhaṃ devagṛhopamam .. 6..

harmyaprāsādasambadhaṃ strīsahasraniṣevitam .
nānāpakṣigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ nānāratnasamanvitam .. 7..

kāñcanaistāpanīyaiśca sphāṭikai rājataistathā .
vajravaidūryacitraiśca stambhairdṛṣṭimanoharaiḥ .. 8..

divyadundubhinirhrādaṃ taptakāñcanatoraṇam .
sopānaṃ kāñcanaṃ citramāruroha tayā saha .. 9..

dāntakā rājatāścaiva gavākṣāḥ priyadarśanāḥ .
hemajālāvṛtāścāsaṃstatra prāsādapaṅktayaḥ .. 10..

sudhāmaṇivicitrāṇi bhūmibhāgāni sarvaśaḥ .
daśagrīvaḥ svabhavane prādarśayata maithilīm .. 11..

dīrghikāḥ puṣkariṇyaśca nānāpuṣpasamāvṛtāḥ .
rāvaṇo darśayāmāsa sītāṃ śokaparāyaṇām .. 12..

darśayitvā tu vaidehīṃ kṛtsnaṃ tadbhavanottamam .
uvāca vākyaṃ pāpātmā rāvaṇo janakātmajām .. 13..

daśarākṣasakoṭyaśca dvāviṃśatirathāparāḥ .
varjayitvā jarā vṛddhānbālāṃśca rajanīcarān .. 14..

teṣāṃ prabhurahaṃ sīte sarveṣāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām .
sahasramekamekasya mama kāryapuraḥsaram .. 15..

yadidaṃ rājyatantraṃ me tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .
jīvitaṃ ca viśālākṣi tvaṃ me prāṇairgarīyasī .. 16..

bahūnāṃ strīsahasrāṇāṃ mama yo.asau parigrahaḥ .
tāsāṃ tvamīśvarī sīte mama bhāryā bhava priye .. 17..

sādhu kiṃ te.anyayā buddhyā rocayasva vaco mama .
bhajasva mābhitaptasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 18..

parikṣiptā samudreṇa laṅkeyaṃ śatayojanā .
neyaṃ dharṣayituṃ śakyā sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 19..

na deveṣu na yakṣeṣu na gandharveṣu narṣiṣu .
ahaṃ paśyāmi lokeṣu yo me vīryasamo bhavet .. 20..

rājyabhraṣṭena dīnena tāpasena gatāyuṣā .
kiṃ kariṣyasi rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇālpatejasā .. 21..

bhajasva sīte māmeva bhartāhaṃ sadṛśastava .
yauvanaṃ hyadhruvaṃ bhīru ramasveha mayā saha .. 22..

darśane mā kṛthā buddhiṃ rāghavasya varānane .
kāsya śaktirihāgantumapi sīte manorathaiḥ .. 23..

na śakyo vāyurākāśe pāśairbaddhaṃ mahājavaḥ .
dīpyamānasya vāpyagnergrahītuṃ vimalāṃ śikhām .. 24..

trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ na taṃ paśyāmi śobhane .
vikrameṇa nayedyastvāṃ madbāhuparipālitām .. 25..

laṅkāyāṃ sumahadrājyamidaṃ tvamanupālaya .
abhiṣekodakaklinnā tuṣṭā ca ramayasva mām .. 26..

duṣkṛtaṃ yatpurā karma vanavāsena tadgatam .
yaśca te sukṛto dharmastasyeha phalamāpnuhi .. 27..

iha sarvāṇi mālyāni divyagandhāni maithili .
bhūṣaṇāni ca mukhyāni tāni seva mayā saha .. 28..

puṣpakaṃ nāma suśroṇi bhrāturvaiśravaṇasya me .
vimānaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ ca tadvimānaṃ manojavam .. 29..

tatra sīte mayā sārdhaṃ viharasva yathāsukham .
vadanaṃ padmasaṅkāśaṃ vimalaṃ cārudarśanam .. 30..

śokārtaṃ tu varārohe na bhrājati varānane .
alaṃ vrīḍena vaidehi dharmalopa kṛtena te .. 31..

ārṣo.ayaṃ daivaniṣyando yastvāmabhigamiṣyati .
etau pādau mayā snigdhau śirobhiḥ paripīḍitau .. 32..

prasādaṃ kuru me kṣipraṃ vaśyo dāso.ahamasmi te .
nemāḥ śūnyā mayā vācaḥ śuṣyamāṇena bhāṣitāḥ .. 33..

na cāpi rāvaṇaḥ kāṃ cinmūrdhnā strīṃ praṇameta ha .
evamuktvā daśagrīvo maithilīṃ janakātmajām .. 34..

kṛtāntavaśamāpanno mameyamiti manyate .. 35..

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