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sarga - 67

purā rāma mahābāho mahābalaparākrama .
rūpamāsīnmamācintyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam .
yathā somasya śakrasya sūryasya ca yathā vapuḥ .. 1..

so.ahaṃ rūpamidaṃ kṛtvā lokavitrāsanaṃ mahat .
ṛṣīnvanagatānrāma trāsayāmi tatastataḥ .. 2..

tataḥ sthūlaśirā nāma maharṣiḥ kopito mayā .
sañcinvanvividhaṃ vanyaṃ rūpeṇānena dharṣitaḥ .. 3..

tenāhamuktaḥ prekṣyaivaṃ ghoraśāpābhidhāyinā .
etadeva nṛśaṃsaṃ te rūpamastu vigarhitam .. 4..

sa mayā yācitaḥ kruddhaḥ śāpasyānto bhavediti .
abhiśāpakṛtasyeti tenedaṃ bhāṣitaṃ vacaḥ .. 5..

yadā chittvā bhujau rāmastvāṃ dahedvijane vane .
tadā tvaṃ prāpsyase rūpaṃ svameva vipulaṃ śubham .. 6..

śriyā virājitaṃ putraṃ danostvaṃ viddhi lakṣmaṇa .
indrakopādidaṃ rūpaṃ prāptamevaṃ raṇājire .. 7..

ahaṃ hi tapasogreṇa pitāmahamatoṣayam .
dīrghamāyuḥ sa me prādāttato māṃ vibhramo.aspṛśat .. 8..

dīrghamāyurmayā prāptaṃ kiṃ me śakraḥ kariṣyati .
ityevaṃ buddhimāsthāya raṇe śakramadharṣayam .. 9..

tasya bāhupramuktena vajreṇa śataparvaṇā .
sakthinī ca śiraścaiva śarīre sampraveśitam .. 10..

sa mayā yācyamānaḥ sannānayadyamasādanam .
pitāmahavacaḥ satyaṃ tadastviti mamābravīt .. 11..

anāhāraḥ kathaṃ śakto bhagnasakthiśiromukhaḥ .
vajreṇābhihataḥ kālaṃ sudīrghamapi jīvitum .. 12..

evamuktastu me śakro bāhū yojanamāyatau .
prādādāsyaṃ ca me kukṣau tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭramakalpayat .. 13..

so.ahaṃ bhujābhyāṃ dīrghābhyāṃ samākṛṣya vanecarān .
siṃhadvipamṛgavyāghrānbhakṣayāmi samantataḥ .. 14..

sa tu māmabravīdindro yadā rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ .
chetsyate samare bāhū tadā svargaṃ gamiṣyasi .. 15..

sa tvaṃ rāmo.asi bhadraṃ te nāhamanyena rāghava .
śakyo hantuṃ yathātattvamevamuktaṃ maharṣiṇā .. 16..

ahaṃ hi matisācivyaṃ kariṣyāmi nararṣabha .
mitraṃ caivopadekṣyāmi yuvābhyāṃ saṃskṛto.agninā .. 17..

evamuktastu dharmātmā danunā tena rāghavaḥ .
idaṃ jagāda vacanaṃ lakṣmaṇasyopaśṛṇvataḥ .. 18..

rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā mama bhāryā yaśasvinī .
niṣkrāntasya janasthānātsaha bhrātrā yathāsukham .. 19..

nāmamātraṃ tu jānāmi na rūpaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ .
nivāsaṃ vā prabhāvaṃ vā vayaṃ tasya na vidmahe .. 20..

śokārtānāmanāthānāmevaṃ viparidhāvatām .
kāruṇyaṃ sadṛśaṃ kartumupakāre ca vartatām .. 21..

kāṣṭhānyānīya śuṣkāṇi kāle bhagnāni kuñjaraiḥ .
bhakṣyāmastvāṃ vayaṃ vīra śvabhre mahati kalpite .. 22..

sa tvaṃ sītāṃ samācakṣva yena vā yatra vā hṛtā .
kuru kalyāṇamatyarthaṃ yadi jānāsi tattvataḥ .. 23..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa vākyaṃ danuranuttamam .
provāca kuśalo vaktuṃ vaktāramapi rāghavam .. 24..

divyamasti na me jñānaṃ nābhijānāmi maithilīm .
yastāṃ jñāsyati taṃ vakṣye dagdhaḥ svaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ .. 25..

adagdhasya hi vijñātuṃ śaktirasti na me prabho .
rākṣasaṃ taṃ mahāvīryaṃ sītā yena hṛtā tava .. 26..

vijñānaṃ hi mahadbhraṣṭaṃ śāpadoṣeṇa rāghava .
svakṛtena mayā prāptaṃ rūpaṃ lokavigarhitam .. 27..

kiṃ tu yāvanna yātyastaṃ savitā śrāntavāhanaḥ .
tāvanmāmavaṭe kṣiptvā daha rāma yathāvidhi .. 28..

dagdhastvayāhamavaṭe nyāyena raghunandana .
vakṣyāmi tamahaṃ vīra yastaṃ jñāsyati rākṣasaṃ .. 29..

tena sakhyaṃ ca kartavyaṃ nyāyyavṛttena rāghava .
kalpayiṣyati te prītaḥ sāhāyyaṃ laghuvikramaḥ .. 30..

na hi tasyāstyavijñātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu rāghava .
sarvānparisṛto lokānpurā vai kāraṇāntare .. 31..




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