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sarga - 37

pratipraviṣṭe laṅkāṃ tu kṛtārthe rāvaṇātmaje .
rāghavaṃ parivāryārtā rarakṣurvānararṣabhāḥ .. 1..

hanūmānaṅgado nīlaḥ suṣeṇaḥ kumudo nalaḥ .
gajo gavākṣo gavayaḥ śarabho gandhamādanaḥ .. 2..

jāmbavānṛṣabhaḥ sundo rambhaḥ śatabaliḥ pṛthuḥ .
vyūḍhānīkāśca yattāśca drumānādāya sarvataḥ .. 3..

vīkṣamāṇā diśaḥ sarvāstiryagūrdhvaṃ ca vānarāḥ .
tṛṇeṣvapi ca ceṣṭatsu rākṣasā iti menire .. 4..

rāvaṇaścāpi saṃhṛṣṭo visṛjyendrajitaṃ sutam .
ājuhāva tataḥ sītā rakṣaṇī rākṣasīstadā .. 5..

rākṣasyastrijaṭā cāpi śāsanāttamupasthitāḥ .
tā uvāca tato hṛṣṭo rākṣasī rākṣaseśvaraḥ .. 6..

hatāvindrajitākhyāta vaidehyā rāmalakṣmaṇau .
puṣpakaṃ ca samāropya darśayadhvaṃ hatau raṇe .. 7..

yadāśrayādavaṣṭabdho neyaṃ māmupatiṣṭhati .
so.asyā bhartā saha bhrātrā nirasto raṇamūrdhani .. 8..

nirviśaṅkā nirudvignā nirapekṣā ca maithilī .
māmupasthāsyate sītā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā .. 9..

adya kālavaśaṃ prāptaṃ raṇe rāmaṃ salakṣmaṇam .
avekṣya vinivṛttāśā nānyāṃ gatimapaśyatī .. 10..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ .
rākṣasyastāstathetyuktvā prajagmuryatra puṣpakam .. 11..

tataḥ puṣpakamādaya rākṣasyo rāvaṇājñayā .
aśokavanikāsthāṃ tāṃ maithilīṃ samupānayan .. 12..

tāmādāya tu rākṣasyo bhartṛśokaparāyaṇām .
sītāmāropayāmāsurvimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ tadā .. 13..

tataḥ puṣpakamāropya sītāṃ trijaṭayā saha .
rāvaṇo.akārayallaṅkāṃ patākādhvajamālinīm .. 14..

prāghoṣayata hṛṣṭaśca laṅkāyāṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
rāghavo lakṣmaṇaścaiva hatāvindrajitā raṇe .. 15..

vimānenāpi sītā tu gatvā trijaṭayā saha .
dadarśa vānarāṇāṃ tu sarvaṃ sinyaṃ nipātitam .. 16..

prahṛṣṭamanasaścāpi dadarśa piśitāśanān .
vānarāṃścāpi duḥkhārtānrāmalakṣmaṇapārśvataḥ .. 17..

tataḥ sītā dadarśobhau śayānau śatatalpayoḥ .
lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva rāmaṃ ca visaṃjñau śarapīḍitau .. 18..

vidhvastakavacau vīrau vipraviddhaśarāsanau .
sāyakaiśchinnasarvāṅgau śarastambhamayau kṣitau .. 19..

tau dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau tatra vīrau sā puruṣarṣabhau .
duḥkhārtā subhṛśaṃ sītā karuṇaṃ vilalāpa ha .. 20..

sā bāṣpaśokābhihatā samīkṣya
tau bhrātarau devasamaprabhāvau .
vitarkayantī nidhanaṃ tayoḥ sā
duḥkhānvitā vākyamidaṃ jagāda .. 21..




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