.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 68

evamuktau tu tau vīrau kabandhena nareśvarau .
giripradaramāsādya pāvakaṃ visasarjatuḥ .. 1..

lakṣmaṇastu maholkābhirjvalitābhiḥ samantataḥ .
citāmādīpayāmāsa sā prajajvāla sarvataḥ .. 2..

taccharīraṃ kabandhasya ghṛtapiṇḍopamaṃ mahat .
medasā pacyamānasya mandaṃ dahati pāvaka .. 3..

sa vidhūya citāmāśu vidhūmo.agnirivotthitaḥ .
araje vāsasī vibhranmālāṃ divyāṃ mahābalaḥ .. 4..

tataścitāyā vegena bhāsvaro virajāmbaraḥ .
utpapātāśu saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sarvapratyaṅgabhūṣaṇaḥ .. 5..

vimāne bhāsvare tiṣṭhanhaṃsayukte yaśaskare .
prabhayā ca mahātejā diśo daśa virājayan .. 6..

so.antarikṣagato rāmaṃ kabandho vākyamabravīt .
śṛṇu rāghava tattvena yathā sīmāmavāpsyasi .. 7..

rāma ṣaḍyuktayo loke yābhiḥ sarvaṃ vimṛśyate .
parimṛṣṭo daśāntena daśābhāgena sevyate .. 8..

daśābhāgagato hīnastvaṃ rāma sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
yatkṛte vyasanaṃ prāptaṃ tvayā dārapradharṣaṇam .. 9..

tadavaśyaṃ tvayā kāryaḥ sa suhṛtsuhṛdāṃ vara .
akṛtvā na hi te siddhimahaṃ paśyāmi cintayan .. 10..

śrūyatāṃ rāma vakṣyāmi sugrīvo nāma vānaraḥ .
bhrātrā nirastaḥ kruddhena vālinā śakrasūnunā .. 11..

ṛṣyamūke girivare pampāparyantaśobhite .
nivasatyātmavānvīraścaturbhiḥ saha vānaraiḥ .. 12..

vayasyaṃ taṃ kuru kṣipramito gatvādya rāghava .
adrohāya samāgamya dīpyamāne vibhāvasau .. 13..

na ca te so.avamantavyaḥ sugrīvo vānarādhipaḥ .
kṛtajñaḥ kāmarūpī ca sahāyārthī ca vīryavān .. 14..

śaktau hyadya yuvāṃ kartuṃ kāryaṃ tasya cikīrṣitam .
kṛtārtho vākṛtārtho vā kṛtyaṃ tava kariṣyati .. 15..

sa ṛkṣarajasaḥ putraḥ pampāmaṭati śaṅkitaḥ .
bhāskarasyaurasaḥ putro vālinā kṛtakilbiṣaḥ .. 16..

saṃnidhāyāyudhaṃ kṣipramṛṣyamūkālayaṃ kapim .
kuru rāghava satyena vayasyaṃ vanacāriṇam .. 17..

sa hi sthānāni sarvāṇi kārtsnyena kapikuñjaraḥ .
naramāṃsāśināṃ loke naipuṇyādadhigacchati .. 18..

na tasyāviditaṃ loke kiṃ cidasti hi rāghava .
yāvatsūryaḥ pratapati sahasrāṃśurarindama .. 19..

sa nadīrvipulāñśailāngiridurgāṇi kandarān .
anviṣya vānaraiḥ sārdhaṃ patnīṃ te.adhigamiṣyati .. 20..

vānarāṃśca mahākāyānpreṣayiṣyati rāghava .
diśo vicetuṃ tāṃ sītāṃ tvadviyogena śocatīm .. 21..

sa meruśṛṅgāgragatāmaninditāṃ
praviśya pātālatale.api vāśritām .
plavaṅgamānāṃ pravarastava priyāṃ
nihatya rakṣāṃsi punaḥ pradāsyati .. 22..




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