.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 57

athāśramādupāvṛttamantarā raghunandanaḥ .
paripapraccha saumitriṃ rāmo duḥkhārditaḥ punaḥ .. 1..

tamuvāca kimarthaṃ tvamāgato.apāsya maithilīm .
yadā sā tava viśvāsādvane viharitā mayā .. 2..

dṛṣṭvaivābhyāgataṃ tvāṃ me maithilīṃ tyajya lakṣmaṇa .
śaṅkamānaṃ mahatpāpaṃ yatsatyaṃ vyathitaṃ manaḥ .. 3..

sphurate nayanaṃ savyaṃ bāhuśca hṛdayaṃ ca me .
dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇa dūre tvāṃ sītāvirahitaṃ pathi .. 4..

evamuktastu saumitrirlakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ .
bhūyo duḥkhasamāviṣṭo duḥkhitaṃ rāmamabravīt .. 5..

na svayaṃ kāmakāreṇa tāṃ tyaktvāhamihāgataḥ .
pracoditastayaivograistvatsakāśamihāgataḥ .. 6..

āryeṇeva parikruṣṭaṃ hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca .
paritrāhīti yadvākyaṃ maithilyāstacchrutiṃ gatam .. 7..

sā tamārtasvaraṃ śrutvā tava snehena maithilī .
gaccha gaccheti māmāha rudantī bhayavihvalā .. 8..

pracodyamānena mayā gaccheti bahuśastayā .
pratyuktā maithilī vākyamidaṃ tvatpratyayānvitam .. 9..

na tatpaśyāmyahaṃ rakṣo yadasya bhayamāvahet .
nirvṛtā bhava nāstyetatkenāpyevamudāhṛtam .. 10..

vigarhitaṃ ca nīcaṃ ca kathamāryo.abhidhāsyati .
trāhīti vacanaṃ sīte yastrāyettridaśānapi .. 11..

kiṃnimittaṃ tu kenāpi bhrāturālambya me svaram .
visvaraṃ vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇa trāhi mām iti .
na bhavatyā vyathā kāryā kunārījanasevitā .. 12..

alaṃ vaiklavyamālambya svasthā bhava nirutsukā .
na cāsti triṣu lokeṣu pumānyo rāghavaṃ raṇe .
jāto vā jāyamāno vā saṃyuge yaḥ parājayet .. 13..

evamuktā tu vaidehī parimohitacetanā .
uvācāśrūṇi muñcantī dāruṇaṃ māmidaṃ vacaḥ .. 14..

bhāvo mayi tavātyarthaṃ pāpa eva niveśitaḥ .
vinaṣṭe bhrātari prāpte na ca tvaṃ māmavāpsyasi .. 15..

saṅketādbharatena tvaṃ rāmaṃ samanugacchasi .
krośantaṃ hi yathātyarthaṃ nainamabhyavapadyase .. 16..

ripuḥ pracchannacārī tvaṃ madarthamanugacchasi .
rāghavasyāntaraprepsustathainaṃ nābhipadyase .. 17..

evamukto hi vaidehyā saṃrabdho raktalocanaḥ .
krodhātprasphuramāṇauṣṭha āśramādabhinirgataḥ .. 18..

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ saumitriṃ rāmaḥ santāpamohitaḥ .
abravīdduṣkṛtaṃ saumya tāṃ vinā yattvamāgataḥ .. 19..

jānannapi samarthaṃ māṃ rakṣasāṃ vinivāraṇe .
anena krodhavākyena maithilyā niḥsṛto bhavān .. 20..

na hi te parituṣyāmi tyaktvā yadyāsi maithilīm .
kruddhāyāḥ paruṣaṃ śrutvā striyā yattvamihāgataḥ .. 21..

sarvathā tvapanītaṃ te sītayā yatpracoditaḥ .
krodhasya vaśamāgamya nākaroḥ śāsanaṃ mama .. 22..

asau hi rākṣasaḥ śete śareṇābhihato mayā .
mṛgarūpeṇa yenāhamāśramādapavāditaḥ .. 23..

vikṛṣya cāpaṃ paridhāya sāyakaṃ
salīla bāṇena ca tāḍito mayā .
mārgīṃ tanuṃ tyajya ca viklavasvaro
babhūva keyūradharaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ .. 24..

śarāhatenaiva tadārtayā girā
svaraṃ mamālambya sudūrasaṃśravam .
udāhṛtaṃ tadvacanaṃ sudāruṇaṃ
tvamāgato yena vihāya maithilīm .. 25..




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