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sarga - 64

rāmaḥ prekṣya tu taṃ gṛdhraṃ bhuvi raudreṇa pātitam .
saumitriṃ mitrasampannamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 1..

mamāyaṃ nūnamartheṣu yatamāno vihaṅgamaḥ .
rākṣasena hataḥ saṅkhye prāṇāṃstyajati dustyajān .. 2..

ayamasya śarīre.asminprāṇo lakṣmaṇa vidyate .
tathā svaravihīno.ayaṃ viklavaṃ samudīkṣate .. 3..

jaṭāyo yadi śaknoṣi vākyaṃ vyāharituṃ punaḥ .
sītāmākhyāhi bhadraṃ te vadhamākhyāhi cātmanaḥ .. 4..

kiṃnimitto.aharatsītāṃ rāvaṇastasya kiṃ mayā .
aparāddhaṃ tu yaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena hṛtā priyā .. 5..

kathaṃ taccandrasaṅkāśaṃ mukhamāsīnmanoharam .
sītayā kāni coktāni tasminkāle dvijottama .. 6..

kathaṃvīryaḥ kathaṃrūpaḥ kiṅkarmā sa ca rākṣasaḥ .
kva cāsya bhavanaṃ tāta brūhi me paripṛcchataḥ .. 7..

tamudvīkṣyātha dīnātmā vilapantamanantaram .
vācātisannayā rāmaṃ jaṭāyuridamabravīt .. 8..

sā hṛtā rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena vihāyasā .
māyāmāsthāya vipulāṃ vātadurdinasaṅkulām .. 9..

pariśrāntasya me tāta pakṣau chittvā niśācaraḥ .
sītāmādāya vaidehīṃ prayāto dakṣiṇā mukhaḥ .. 10..

uparudhyanti me prāṇā dṛṣṭirbhramati rāghava .
paśyāmi vṛkṣānsauvarṇānuśīrakṛtamūrdhajān .. 11..

yena yāti muhūrtena sītāmādāya rāvaṇaḥ .
vipranaṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ kṣipraṃ tatsvāmipratipadyate .. 12..

vindo nāma muhūrto.asau sa ca kākutstha nābudhat .
jhaṣavadbaḍiśaṃ gṛhya kṣiprameva vinaśyati .. 13..

na ca tvayā vyathā kāryā janakasya sutāṃ prati .
vaidehyā raṃsyase kṣipraṃ hatvā taṃ rākṣasaṃ raṇe .. 14..

asaṃmūḍhasya gṛdhrasya rāmaṃ pratyanubhāṣataḥ .
āsyātsusrāva rudhiraṃ mriyamāṇasya sāmiṣam .. 15..

putro viśravasaḥ sākṣādbhrātā vaiśravaṇasya ca .
ityuktvā durlabhānprāṇānmumoca patageśvaraḥ .. 16..

brūhi brūhīti rāmasya bruvāṇasya kṛtāñjaleḥ .
tyaktvā śarīraṃ gṛdhrasya jagmuḥ prāṇā vihāyasaṃ .. 17..

sa nikṣipya śiro bhūmau prasārya caraṇau tadā .
vikṣipya ca śarīraṃ svaṃ papāta dharaṇītale .. 18..

taṃ gṛdhraṃ prekṣya tāmrākṣaṃ gatāsumacalopamam .
rāmaḥ subahubhirduḥkhairdīnaḥ saumitrimabravīt .. 19..

bahūni rakṣasāṃ vāse varṣāṇi vasatā sukham .
anena daṇḍakāraṇye vicīrṇamiha pakṣiṇā .. 20..

anekavārṣiko yastu cirakālaṃ samutthitaḥ .
so.ayamadya hataḥ śete kālo hi duratikramaḥ .. 21..

paśya lakṣmaṇa gṛdhro.ayamupakārī hataś ca me .
sītāmabhyavapanno vai rāvaṇena balīyasā .. 22..

gṛdhrarājyaṃ parityajya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat .
mama hetorayaṃ prāṇānmumoca patageśvaraḥ .. 23..

sarvatra khalu dṛśyante sādhavo dharmacāriṇaḥ .
śūrāḥ śaraṇyāḥ saumitre tiryagyonigateṣvapi .. 24..

sītāharaṇajaṃ duḥkhaṃ na me saumya tathāgatam .
yathā vināśo gṛdhrasya matkṛte ca parantapa .. 25..

rājā daśarathaḥ śrīmānyathā mama mayā yaśāḥ .
pūjanīyaśca mānyaśca tathāyaṃ patageśvaraḥ .. 26..

saumitre hara kāṣṭhāni nirmathiṣyāmi pāvakam .
gṛdhrarājaṃ didhakṣāmi matkṛte nidhanaṃ gatam .. 27..

nāthaṃ patagalokasya citāmāropayāmyaham .
imaṃ dhakṣyāmi saumitre hataṃ raudreṇa rakṣasā .. 28..

yā gatiryajñaśīlānāmāhitāgneśca yā gatiḥ .
aparāvartināṃ yā ca yā ca bhūmipradāyinām .. 29..

mayā tvaṃ samanujñāto gaccha lokānanuttamān .
gṛdhrarāja mahāsattva saṃskṛtaśca mayā vraja .. 30..

evamuktvā citāṃ dīptāmāropya patageśvaram .
dadāha rāmo dharmātmā svabandhumiva duḥkhitaḥ .. 31..

rāmo.atha sahasaumitrirvanaṃ yātvā sa vīryavān .
sthūlānhatvā mahārohīnanu tastāra taṃ dvijam .. 32..

rohimāṃsāni coddhṛtya peśīkṛtvā mahāyaśāḥ .
śakunāya dadau rāmo ramye haritaśādvale .. 33..

yattatpretasya martyasya kathayanti dvijātayaḥ .
tatsvargagamanaṃ tasya kṣipraṃ rāmo jajāpa ha .. 34..

tato godāvarīṃ gatvā nadīṃ naravarātmajau .
udakaṃ cakratustasmai gṛdhrarājāya tāvubhau .. 35..

sa gṛdhrarājaḥ kṛtavānyaśaskaraṃ
suduṣkaraṃ karma raṇe nipātitaḥ .
maharṣikalpena ca saṃskṛtastadā
jagāma puṇyāṃ gatimātmanaḥ śubhām .. 36..




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