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sarga - 74

evamuktvā tu saumitriṃ jātaharṣo vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
dhanuṣpāṇinamādāya tvaramāṇo jagāma saḥ .. 1..

avidūraṃ tato gatvā praviśya ca mahadvanam .
darśayāmāsa tatkarma lakṣmaṇāya vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 2..

nīlajīmūtasaṅkāśaṃ nyagrodhaṃ bhīmadarśanam .
tejasvī rāvaṇabhrātā lakṣmaṇāya nyavedayat .. 3..

ihopahāraṃ bhūtānāṃ balavānrāvaṇātajaḥ .
upahṛtya tataḥ paścātsaṅgrāmamabhivartate .. 4..

adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tato bhavati rākṣasaḥ .
nihanti samare śatrūnbadhnāti ca śarottamaiḥ .. 5..

tamapraviṣṭaṃ nyagrodhaṃ balinaṃ rāvaṇātmajam .
vidhvaṃsaya śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ sarathaṃ sāśvasārathim .. 6..

tathetyuktvā mahātejāḥ saumitrirmitranandanaḥ .
babhūvāvasthitastatra citraṃ visphārayandhanuḥ .. 7..

sa rathenāgnivarṇena balavānrāvaṇātmajaḥ .
indrajitkavacī khaḍgī sadhvajaḥ pratyadṛśyata .. 8..

tamuvāca mahātejāḥ paulastyamaparājitam .
samāhvaye tvāṃ samare samyagyuddhaṃ prayaccha me .. 9..

evamukto mahātejā manasvī rāvaṇātmajaḥ .
abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā vibhīṣaṇam .. 10..

iha tvaṃ jātasaṃvṛddhaḥ sākṣādbhrātā piturmama .
kathaṃ druhyasi putrasya pitṛvyo mama rākṣasa .. 11..

na jñātitvaṃ na sauhārdaṃ na jātistava durmate .
pramāṇaṃ na ca sodaryaṃ na dharmo dharmadūṣaṇa .. 12..

śocyastvamasi durbuddhe nindanīyaśca sādhubhiḥ .
yastvaṃ svajanamutsṛjya parabhṛtyatvamāgataḥ .. 13..

naitacchithilayā buddhyā tvaṃ vetsi mahadantaram .
kva ca svajanasaṃvāsaḥ kva ca nīcaparāśrayaḥ .. 14..

guṇavānvā parajanaḥ svajano nirguṇo.api vā .
nirguṇaḥ svajanaḥ śreyānyaḥ paraḥ para eva saḥ .. 15..

niranukrośatā ceyaṃ yādṛśī te niśācara .
svajanena tvayā śakyaṃ paruṣaṃ rāvaṇānuja .. 16..

ityukto bhrātṛputreṇa pratyuvāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
ajānanniva macchīlaṃ kiṃ rākṣasa vikatthase .. 17..

rākṣasendrasutāsādho pāruṣyaṃ tyaja gauravāt .
kule yadyapyahaṃ jāto rakṣasāṃ krūrakarmaṇām .
guṇo.ayaṃ prathamo nṝṇāṃ tanme śīlamarākṣasaṃ .. 18..

na rame dāruṇenāhaṃ na cādharmeṇa vai rame .
bhrātrā viṣamaśīlena kathaṃ bhrātā nirasyate .. 19..

parasvānāṃ ca haraṇaṃ paradārābhimarśanam .
suhṛdāmatiśaṅkāṃ ca trayo doṣāḥ kṣayāvahāḥ .. 20..

maharṣīṇāṃ vadho ghoraḥ sarvadevaiśca vigrahaḥ .
abhimānaśca kopaśca vairitvaṃ pratikūlatā .. 21..

ete doṣā mama bhrāturjīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ .
guṇānpracchādayāmāsuḥ parvatāniva toyadāḥ .. 22..

doṣairetaiḥ parityakto mayā bhrātā pitā tava .
neyamasti purī laṅkā na ca tvaṃ na ca te pitā .. 23..

atimānī ca bālaśca durvinītaśca rākṣasa .
baddhastvaṃ kālapāśena brūhi māṃ yadyadicchasi .. 24..

adya te vyasanaṃ prāptaṃ kimiha tvaṃ tu vakṣyasi .
praveṣṭuṃ na tvayā śakyo nyagrodho rākṣasādhama .. 25..

dharṣayitvā tu kākutsthau na śakyaṃ jīvituṃ tvayā .
yudhyasva naradevena lakṣmaṇena raṇe saha .
hatastvaṃ devatā kāryaṃ kariṣyasi yamakṣaye .. 26..

nidarśayasvātmabalaṃ samudyataṃ
kuruṣva sarvāyudhasāyakavyayam .
na lakṣmaṇasyaitya hi bāṇagocaraṃ
tvamadya jīvansabalo gamiṣyasi .. 27..




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