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sarga - 20

śukena tu samākhyātāṃstāndṛṣṭvā hariyūthapān .
samīpasthaṃ ca rāmasya bhrātaraṃ svaṃ vibhīṣaṇam .. 1..

lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāvīryaṃ bhujaṃ rāmasya dakṣiṇam .
sarvavānararājaṃ ca sugrīvaṃ bhīmavikramam .. 2..

kiṃ cidāvignahṛdayo jātakrodhaśca rāvaṇaḥ .
bhartsayāmāsa tau vīrau kathānte śukasāraṇau .. 3..

adhomukhau tau praṇatāvabravīcchukasāraṇau .
roṣagadgadayā vācā saṃrabdhaḥ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ .. 4..

na tāvatsadṛśaṃ nāma sacivairupajīvibhiḥ .
vipriyaṃ nṛpatervaktuṃ nigrahapragrahe vibhoḥ .. 5..

ripūṇāṃ pratikūlānāṃ yuddhārthamabhivartatām .
ubhābhyāṃ sadṛśaṃ nāma vaktumaprastave stavam .. 6..

ācāryā guravo vṛddhā vṛthā vāṃ paryupāsitāḥ .
sāraṃ yadrājaśāstrāṇāmanujīvyaṃ na gṛhyate .. 7..

gṛhīto vā na vijñāto bhāro jñānasya vochyate .
īdṛśaiḥ sacivairyukto mūrkhairdiṣṭyā dharāmyaham .. 8..

kiṃ nu mṛtyorbhayaṃ nāsti māṃ vaktuṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ .
yasya me śāsato jihvā prayacchati śubhāśubham .. 9..

apyeva dahanaṃ spṛṣṭvā vane tiṣṭhanti pādapāḥ .
rājadoṣaparāmṛṣṭāstiṣṭhante nāparādhinaḥ .. 10..

hanyāmahamimau pāpau śatrupakṣapraśaṃsakau .
yadi pūrvopakārairme na krodho mṛdutāṃ vrajet .. 11..

apadhvaṃsata gacchadhvaṃ saṃnikarṣādito mama .
na hi vāṃ hantumicchāmi smarannupakṛtāni vām .
hatāveva kṛtaghnau tau mayi snehaparāṅmukhau .. 12..

evamuktau tu savrīḍau tāvubhau śukasāraṇau .
rāvaṇaṃ jayaśabdena pratinandyābhiniḥsṛtau .. 13..

abravītsa daśagrīvaḥ samīpasthaṃ mahodaram .
upasthāpaya śīghraṃ me cārānnītiviśāradān .. 14..

tataścarāḥ santvaritāḥ prāptāḥ pārthivaśāsanāt .
upasthitāḥ prāñjalayo vardhayitvā jayāśiṣā .. 15..

tānabravīttato vākyaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
cārānpratyayikāñśūrānbhaktānvigatasādhvasān .. 16..

ito gacchata rāmasya vyavasāyaṃ parīkṣatha .
mantreṣvabhyantarā ye.asya prītyā tena samāgatāḥ .. 17..

kathaṃ svapiti jāgarti kimanyacca kariṣyati .
vijñāya nipuṇaṃ sarvamāgantavyamaśeṣataḥ .. 18..

cāreṇa viditaḥ śatruḥ paṇḍitairvasudhādhipaiḥ .
yuddhe svalpena yatnena samāsādya nirasyate .. 19..

cārāstu te tathetyuktvā prahṛṣṭā rākṣaseśvaram .
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ jagmuryatra rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ .. 20..

te suvelasya śailasya samīpe rāmalakṣmaṇau .
pracchannā dadṛśurgatvā sasugrīvavibhīṣaṇau .. 21..

te tu dharmātmanā dṛṣṭā rākṣasendreṇa rākṣasāḥ .
vibhīṣaṇena tatrasthā nigṛhītā yadṛcchayā .. 22..

vānarairarditāste tu vikrāntairlaghuvikramaiḥ .
punarlaṅkāmanuprāptāḥ śvasanto naṣṭacetasaḥ .. 23..

tato daśagrīvamupasthitāste
cārā bahirnityacarā niśācarāḥ .
gireḥ suvelasya samīpavāsinaṃ
nyavedayanbhīmabalaṃ mahābalāḥ .. 24..




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