.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 56

sa dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaṃ dīnaṃ śūnye daśarathātmajaḥ .
paryapṛcchata dharmātmā vaidehīmāgataṃ vinā .. 1..

prasthitaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ yā māmanujagāma ha .
kva sā lakṣmaṇa vaidehī yāṃ hitvā tvamihāgataḥ .. 2..

rājyabhraṣṭasya dīnasya daṇḍakānparidhāvataḥ .
kva sā duḥkhasahāyā me vaidehī tanumadhyamā .. 3..

yāṃ vinā notsahe vīra muhūrtamapi jīvitum .
kva sā prāṇasahāyā me sītā surasutopamā .. 4..

patitvamamarāṇāṃ vā pṛthivyāścāpi lakṣmaṇa .
vinā tāṃ tapanīyābhāṃ neccheyaṃ janakātmajām .. 5..

kaccijjīvati vaidehī prāṇaiḥ priyatarā mama .
kaccitpravrājanaṃ saumya na me mithyā bhaviṣyati .. 6..

sītānimittaṃ saumitre mṛte mayi gate tvayi .
kaccitsakāmā sukhitā kaikeyī sā bhaviṣyati .. 7..

saputrarājyāṃ siddhārthāṃ mṛtaputrā tapasvinī .
upasthāsyati kausalyā kaccinsaumya na kaikayīm .. 8..

yadi jīvati vaidehī gamiṣyāmyāśramaṃ punaḥ .
suvṛttā yadi vṛttā sā prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa .. 9..

yadi māmāśramagataṃ vaidehī nābhibhāṣate .
punaḥ prahasitā sītā vinaśiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa .. 10..

brūhi lakṣmaṇa vaidehī yadi jīvati vā na vā .
tvayi pramatte rakṣobhirbhakṣitā vā tapasvinī .. 11..

sukumārī ca bālā ca nityaṃ cāduḥkhadarśinī .
madviyogena vaidehī vyaktaṃ śocati durmanāḥ .. 12..

sarvathā rakṣasā tena jihmena sudurātmanā .
vadatā lakṣmaṇetyuccaistavāpi janitaṃ bhayam .. 13..

śrutaśca śaṅke vaidehyā sa svaraḥ sadṛśo mama .
trastayā preṣitastvaṃ ca draṣṭuṃ māṃ śīghramāgataḥ .. 14..

sarvathā tu kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ sītāmutsṛjatā vane .
pratikartuṃ nṛśaṃsānāṃ rakṣasāṃ dattamantaram .. 15..

duḥkhitāḥ kharaghātena rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ .
taiḥ sītā nihatā ghorairbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 16..

aho.asmi vyasane magnaḥ sarvathā ripunāśana .
kiṃ tvidānīṃ kariṣyāmi śaṅke prāptavyamīdṛśam .. 17..

iti sītāṃ varārohāṃ cintayanneva rāghavaḥ .
ājagāma janasthānaṃ tvarayā sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .. 18..

vigarhamāṇo.anujamārtarūpaṃ
kṣudhā śramāccaiva pipāsayā ca .
viniḥśvasañśuṣkamukho viṣaṇṇaḥ
pratiśrayaṃ prāpya samīkṣya śūnyam .. 19..

svamāśramaṃ sampravigāhya vīro
vihāradeśānanusṛtya kāṃś cit .
etattadityeva nivāsabhūmau
prahṛṣṭaromā vyathito babhūva .. 20..




This devanagari etext of Valmiki Ramayana is based on Prof John Smith's revised CSX version of the original digital files produced by Professor Muneo Tokunaga of Kyoto University. In 1998, the files were converted from CSX to Devnag to ITRANS to XDVNG font for devanagari display on the web. In 2009 the ITRANS version was converted to unicode devanagari.

This page uses Unicode utf-8 encoding for devanagari/sanskrit transliteration. Please set the fonts and languages setting in your web browser to display the correct Unicode font. Some help is available at Notes on Viewing and Creating Devanagari Documents with Unicode Support. Some Unicode fonts for Devanagari are linked at http://devanaagarii.net. Some Unicode fonts for Sanskrit Transliteration are available at IndUni Fonts.

Questions, comments? Write to (sanskrit at cheerful dot c om).