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sarga - 22

tatastamakṣobhyabalaṃ laṅkāyāṃ nṛpateścaraḥ .
suvele rāghavaṃ śaile niviṣṭaṃ pratyavedayan .. 1..

cārāṇāṃ rāvaṇaḥ śrutvā prāptaṃ rāmaṃ mahābalam .
jātodvego.abhavatkiṃ citsacivāṃścedamabravīt .. 2..

mantriṇaḥ śīghramāyāntu sarve vai susamāhitāḥ .
ayaṃ no mantrakālo hi samprāpta iva rākṣasāḥ .. 3..

tasya tacchāsanaṃ śrutvā mantriṇo.abhyāgamandrutam .
tataḥ saṃmantrayāmāsa sacivai rākṣasaiḥ saha .. 4..

mantrayitvā sa durdharṣaḥ kṣamaṃ yatsamanantaram .
visarjayitvā sacivānpraviveśa svamālayam .. 5..

tato rākṣasamāhūya vidyujjihvaṃ mahābalam .
māyāvidaṃ mahāmāyaḥ prāviśadyatra maithilī .. 6..

vidyujjihvaṃ ca māyājñamabravīdrākṣasādhipaḥ .
mohayiṣyāmahe sītāṃ māyayā janakātmajām .. 7..

śiro māyāmayaṃ gṛhya rāghavasya niśācara .
māṃ tvaṃ samupatiṣṭhasva mahacca saśaraṃ dhanuḥ .. 8..

evamuktastathetyāha vidyujjihvo niśācaraḥ .
tasya tuṣṭo.abhavadrājā pradadau ca vibhūṣaṇam .. 9..

aśokavanikāyāṃ tu praviveśa mahābalaḥ .
tato dīnāmadainyārhāṃ dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ .
adhomukhīṃ śokaparāmupaviṣṭāṃ mahītale .. 10..

bhartārameva dhyāyantīmaśokavanikāṃ gatām .
upāsyamānāṃ ghorābhī rākṣasībhiradūrataḥ .. 11..

upasṛtya tataḥ sītāṃ praharṣannāma kīrtayan .
idaṃ ca vacanaṃ dhṛṣṭamuvāca janakātmajām .. 12..

sāntvyamānā mayā bhadre yamupāśritya valgase .
khara hantā sa te bhartā rāghavaḥ samare hataḥ .. 13..

chinnaṃ te sarvato mūlaṃ darpaste nihato mayā .
vyasanenātmanaḥ sīte mama bhāryā bhaviṣyasi .. 14..

alpapuṇye nivṛttārthe mūḍhe paṇḍitamānini .
śṛṇu bhartṛbadhaṃ sīte ghoraṃ vṛtravadhaṃ yathā .. 15..

samāyātaḥ samudrāntaṃ māṃ hantuṃ kila rāghavaḥ .
vānarendrapraṇītena balena mahatā vṛtaḥ .. 16..

saṃniviṣṭaḥ samudrasya tīramāsādya dakṣiṇam .
balena mahatā rāmo vrajatyastaṃ divākare .. 17..

athādhvani pariśrāntamardharātre sthitaṃ balam .
sukhasuptaṃ samāsādya cāritaṃ prathamaṃ caraiḥ .. 18..

tatprahastapraṇītena balena mahatā mama .
balamasya hataṃ rātrau yatra rāmaḥ sulakṣmaṇaḥ .. 19..

paṭṭasānparighānkhaḍgāṃścakrāndaṇḍānmahāyasān .
bāṇajālāni śūlāni bhāsvarānkūṭamudgarān .. 20..

yaṣṭīśca tomarānprāsaṃścakrāṇi musalāni ca .
udyamyodyamya rakṣobhirvānareṣu nipātitāḥ .. 21..

atha suptasya rāmasya prahastena pramāthinā .
asaktaṃ kṛtahastena śiraśchinnaṃ mahāsinā .. 22..

vibhīṣaṇaḥ samutpatya nigṛhīto yadṛcchayā .
diśaḥ pravrājitaḥ sarvairlakṣmaṇaḥ plavagaiḥ saha .. 23..

sugrīvo grīvayā śete bhagnayā plavagādhipaḥ .
nirastahanukaḥ śete hanūmānrākṣasairhataḥ .. 24..

jāmbavānatha jānubhyām utpatannihato yudhi .
paṭṭasairbahubhiśchinno nikṛttaḥ pādapo yathā .. 25..

maindaśca dvividaścobhau nihatau vānararṣabhau .
niḥśvasantau rudantau ca rudhireṇa samukṣitau .. 26..

asinābhyāhataśchinno madhye ripuniṣūdanaḥ .
abhiṣṭanati medinyāṃ panasaḥ panaso yathā .. 27..

nārācairbahubhiśchinnaḥ śete daryāṃ darīmukhaḥ .
kumudastu mahātejā niṣkūjansāyakairhataḥ .. 28..

aṅgado bahubhiśchinnaḥ śarairāsādya rākṣasaiḥ .
pātito rudhirodgārī kṣitau nipatito.aṅgadaḥ .. 29..

harayo mathitā nāgai rathajālaistathāpare .
śāyitā mṛditāstatra vāyuvegairivāmbudāḥ .. 30..

pradrutāśca pare trastā hanyamānā jaghanyataḥ .
abhidrutāstu rakṣobhiḥ siṃhairiva mahādvipāḥ .. 31..

sāgare patitāḥ ke citke cidgaganamāśritāḥ .
ṛkṣā vṛkṣānupārūḍhā vānaraistu vimiśritāḥ .. 32..

sāgarasya ca tīreṣu śaileṣu ca vaneṣu ca .
piṅgākṣāste virūpākṣairbahubhirbahavo hatāḥ .. 33..

evaṃ tava hato bhartā sasainyo mama senayā .
kṣatajārdraṃ rajodhvastamidaṃ cāsyāhṛtaṃ śiraḥ .. 34..

tataḥ paramadurdharṣo rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
sītāyāmupaśṛṇvantyāṃ rākṣasīmidamabravīt .. 35..

rākṣasaṃ krūrakarmāṇaṃ vidyujjihvaṃ tvamānaya .
yena tadrāghavaśiraḥ saṅgrāmātsvayamāhṛtam .. 36..

vidyujjihvastato gṛhya śirastatsaśarāsanam .
praṇāmaṃ śirasā kṛtvā rāvaṇasyāgrataḥ sthitaḥ .. 37..

tamabravīttato rājā rāvaṇo rākṣasaṃ sthitam .
vidyujjihvaṃ mahājihvaṃ samīpaparivartinam .. 38..

agrataḥ kuru sītāyāḥ śīghraṃ dāśaratheḥ śiraḥ .
avasthāṃ paścimāṃ bhartuḥ kṛpaṇā sādhu paśyatu .. 39..

evamuktaṃ tu tadrakṣaḥ śirastatpriyadarśanam .
upanikṣipya sītāyāḥ kṣipramantaradhīyata .. 40..

rāvaṇaścāpi cikṣepa bhāsvaraṃ kārmukaṃ mahat .
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātaṃ sītāmidamuvāca ha .. 41..

idaṃ tattava rāmasya kārmukaṃ jyāsamanvitam .
iha prahastenānītaṃ hatvā taṃ niśi mānuṣam .. 42..

sa vidyujjihvena sahaiva tacchiro
dhanuśca bhūmau vinikīrya rāvaṇaḥ .
videharājasya sutāṃ yaśasvinīṃ
tato.abravīttāṃ bhava me vaśānugā .. 43..




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