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sarga - 52

taduktamatikāyasya balino bāhuśālinaḥ .
kumbhakarṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvovāca mahodaraḥ .. 1..

kumbhakarṇakule jāto dhṛṣṭaḥ prākṛtadarśanaḥ .
avalipto na śaknoṣi kṛtyaṃ sarvatra veditum .. 2..

na hi rājā na jānīte kumbhakarṇa nayānayau .
tvaṃ tu kaiśorakāddhṛṣṭaḥ kevalaṃ vaktumicchasi .. 3..

sthānaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca hāniṃ ca deśakālavibhāgavit .
ātmanaśca pareṣāṃ ca budhyate rākṣasarṣabha .. 4..

yattu śakyaṃ balavatā kartuṃ prākṛtabuddhinā .
anupāsitavṛddhena kaḥ kuryāttādṛśaṃ budhaḥ .. 5..

yāṃstu dharmārthakāmāṃstvaṃ bravīṣi pṛthagāśrayān .
anuboddhuṃ svabhāvena na hi lakṣaṇamasti te .. 6..

karma caiva hi sarveṣāṃ kāraṇānāṃ prayojanam .
śreyaḥ pāpīyasāṃ cātra phalaṃ bhavati karmaṇām .. 7..

niḥśreyasa phalāveva dharmārthāvitarāvapi .
adharmānarthayoḥ prāptiḥ phalaṃ ca pratyavāyikam .. 8..

aihalaukikapāratryaṃ karma pumbhirniṣevyate .
karmāṇyapi tu kalpyāni labhate kāmamāsthitaḥ .. 9..

tatra kḷptamidaṃ rājñā hṛdi kāryaṃ mataṃ ca naḥ .
śatrau hi sāhasaṃ yatsyātkimivātrāpanīyate .. 10..

ekasyaivābhiyāne tu heturyaḥ prakṛtastvayā .
tatrāpyanupapannaṃ te vakṣyāmi yadasādhu ca .. 11..

yena pūrvaṃ janasthāne bahavo.atibalā hatāḥ .
rākṣasā rāghavaṃ taṃ tvaṃ kathameko jayiṣyasi .. 12..

ye purā nirjitāstena janasthāne mahaujasaḥ .
rākṣasāṃstānpure sarvānbhītānadyāpi paśyasi .. 13..

taṃ siṃhamiva saṅkruddhaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam .
sarpaṃ suptamivābudhhyā prabodhayitumicchasi .. 14..

jvalantaṃ tejasā nityaṃ krodhena ca durāsadam .
kastaṃ mṛtyumivāsahyamāsādayitumarhati .. 15..

saṃśayasthamidaṃ sarvaṃ śatroḥ pratisamāsane .
ekasya gamanaṃ tatra na hi me rocate tava .. 16..

hīnārthastu samṛddhārthaṃ ko ripuṃ prākṛto yathā .
niścitaṃ jīvitatyāge vaśamānetumicchati .. 17..

yasya nāsti manuṣyeṣu sadṛśo rākṣasottama .
kathamāśaṃsase yoddhuṃ tulyenendravivasvatoḥ .. 18..

evamuktvā tu saṃrabdhaṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahodaraḥ .
uvāca rakṣasāṃ madhye rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇam .. 19..

labdhvā punastāṃ vaidehīṃ kimarthaṃ tvaṃ prajalpasi .
yadecchasi tadā sītā vaśagā te bhaviṣyati .. 20..

dṛṣṭaḥ kaścidupāyo me sītopasthānakārakaḥ .
rucitaścetsvayā buddhyā rākṣaseśvara taṃ śṛṇu .. 21..

ahaṃ dvijihvaḥ saṃhrādī kumbhakarṇo vitardanaḥ .
pañcarāmavadhāyaite niryāntītyavaghoṣaya .. 22..

tato gatvā vayaṃ yuddhaṃ dāsyāmastasya yatnataḥ .
jeṣyāmo yadi te śatrūnnopāyaiḥ kṛtyamasti naḥ .. 23..

atha jīvati naḥ śatrurvayaṃ ca kṛtasaṃyugāḥ .
tataḥ samabhipatsyāmo manasā yatsamīkṣitum .. 24..

vayaṃ yuddhādihaiṣyāmo rudhireṇa samukṣitāḥ .
vidārya svatanuṃ bāṇai rāmanāmāṅkitaiḥ śitaiḥ .. 25..

bhakṣito rāghavo.asmābhirlakṣmaṇaśceti vādinaḥ .
tava pādau grahīṣyāmastvaṃ naḥ kāma prapūraya .. 26..

tato.avaghoṣaya pure gajaskandhena pārthiva .
hato rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā sasainya iti sarvataḥ .. 27..

prīto nāma tato bhūtvā bhṛtyānāṃ tvamarindama .
bhogāṃśca parivārāṃśca kāmāṃśca vasudāpaya .. 28..

tato mālyāni vāsāṃsi vīrāṇām anulepanam .
peyaṃ ca bahu yodhebhyaḥ svayaṃ ca muditaḥ piba .. 29..

tato.asminbahulībhūte kaulīne sarvato gate .
praviśyāśvāsya cāpi tvaṃ sītāṃ rahasi sāntvaya .
dhanadhānyaiśca kāmaiśca ratnaiścaināṃ pralobhaya .. 30..

anayopadhayā rājanbhayaśokānubandhayā .
akāmā tvadvaśaṃ sītā naṣṭanāthā gamiṣyati .. 31..

rañjanīyaṃ hi bhartāraṃ vinaṣṭamavagamya sā .
nairāśyātstrīlaghutvācca tvadvaśaṃ pratipatsyate .. 32..

sā purā sukhasaṃvṛddhā sukhārhā duḥkhakarṣitā .
tvayyadhīnaḥ sukhaṃ jñātvā sarvathopagamiṣyati .. 33..

etatsunītaṃ mama darśanena
rāmaṃ hi dṛṣṭvaiva bhavedanarthaḥ .
ihaiva te setsyati motsuko bhūr
mahānayuddhena sukhasya lābhaḥ .. 34..

anaṣṭasainyo hyanavāptasaṃśayo
ripūnayuddhena jayañjanādhipa .
yaśaśca puṇyaṃ ca mahanmahīpate
śriyaṃ ca kīrtiṃ ca ciraṃ samaśnute .. 35..




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