.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - yuddhakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 2

taṃ tu śokaparidyūnaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam .
uvāca vacanaṃ śrīmānsugrīvaḥ śokanāśanam .. 1..

kiṃ tvaṃ santapyase vīra yathānyaḥ prākṛtastathā .
maivaṃ bhūstyaja santāpaṃ kṛtaghna iva sauhṛdam .. 2..

santāpasya ca te sthānaṃ na hi paśyāmi rāghava .
pravṛttāvupalabdhāyāṃ jñāte ca nilaye ripoḥ .. 3..

dhṛtimāñśāstravitprājñaḥ paṇḍitaścāsi rāghava .
tyajemāṃ pāpikāṃ buddhiṃ kṛtvātmevārthadūṣaṇīm .. 4..

samudraṃ laṅghayitvā tu mahānakrasamākulam .
laṅkāmārohayiṣyāmo haniṣyāmaś ca te ripum .. 5..

nirutsāhasya dīnasya śokaparyākulātmanaḥ .
sarvārthā vyavasīdanti vyasanaṃ cādhigacchati .. 6..

ime śūrāḥ samarthāśca sarve no hariyūthapāḥ .
tvatpriyārthaṃ kṛtotsāhāḥ praveṣṭumapi pāvakam .. 7..

eṣāṃ harṣeṇa jānāmi tarkaścāsmindṛḍho mama .
vikrameṇa samāneṣye sītāṃ hatvā yathā ripum .. 8..

seturatra yathā vadhyedyathā paśyema tāṃ purīm .
tasya rākṣasarājasya tathā tvaṃ kuru rāghava .. 9..

dṛṣṭvā tāṃ hi purīṃ laṅkāṃ trikūṭaśikhare sthitām .
hataṃ ca rāvaṇaṃ yuddhe darśanādupadhāraya .. 10..

setubaddhaḥ samudre ca yāvallaṅkā samīpataḥ .
sarvaṃ tīrṇaṃ ca vai sainyaṃ jitamityupadhāryatām .. 11..

ime hi samare śūrā harayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .
tadalaṃ viklavā buddhī rājansarvārthanāśanī .. 12..

puruṣasya hi loke.asmiñśokaḥ śauryāpakarṣaṇaḥ .
yattu kāryaṃ manuṣyeṇa śauṇḍīryamavalambatā .
śūrāṇāṃ hi manuṣyāṇāṃ tvadvidhānāṃ mahātmanām .. 13..

vinaṣṭe vā pranaṣṭe vā śokaḥ sarvārthanāśanaḥ .
tvaṃ tu buddhimatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ .. 14..

madvidhaiḥ sacivaiḥ sārthamariṃ jetumihārhasi .
na hi paśyāmyahaṃ kaṃ cittriṣu lokeṣu rāghava .. 15..

gṛhītadhanuṣo yaste tiṣṭhedabhimukho raṇe .
vānareṣu samāsaktaṃ na te kāryaṃ vipatsyate .. 16..

acirāddrakṣyase sītāṃ tīrtvā sāgaramakṣayam .
tadalaṃ śokamālambya krodhamālamba bhūpate .. 17..

niśceṣṭāḥ kṣatriyā mandāḥ sarve caṇḍasya bibhyati .
laṅganārthaṃ ca ghorasya samudrasya nadīpateḥ .. 18..

sahāsmābhirihopetaḥ sūkṣmabuddhirvicāraya .
ime hi samare śūrā harayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .. 19..

tānarīnvidhamiṣyanti śilāpādapavṛṣṭibhiḥ .
kathaṃ citparipaśyāmaste vayaṃ varuṇālayam .. 20..

kimuktvā bahudhā cāpi sarvathā vijayī bhavān .. 21..




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