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tāsāṃ vilapamānānāṃ tathā rākṣasayoṣitām .
jyeṣṭhā patnī priyā dīnā bhartāraṃ samudaikṣata .. 1..

daśagrīvaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇācintyakarmaṇā .
patiṃ mandodarī tatra kṛpaṇā paryadevayat .. 2..

nanu nāma mahābāho tava vaiśravaṇānuja .
kruddhasya pramukhe sthātuṃ trasyatyapi purandaraḥ .. 3..

ṛṣayaśca mahīdevā gandharvāśca yaśasvinaḥ .
nanu nāma tavodvegāccāraṇāśca diśo gatāḥ .. 4..

sa tvaṃ mānuṣamātreṇa rāmeṇa yudhi nirjitaḥ .
na vyapatrapase rājankimidaṃ rākṣasarṣabha .. 5..

kathaṃ trailokyamākramya śriyā vīryeṇa cānvitam .
aviṣahyaṃ jaghāna tvaṃ mānuṣo vanagocaraḥ .. 6..

mānuṣāṇāmaviṣaye carataḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .
vināśastava rāmeṇa saṃyuge nopapadyate .. 7..

na caitatkarma rāmasya śraddadhāmi camūmukhe .
sarvataḥ samupetasya tava tenābhimarśanam .. 8..

indriyāṇi purā jitvā jitaṃ tribhuvaṇaṃ tvayā .
smaradbhiriva tadvairamindriyaireva nirjitaḥ .. 9..

atha vā rāmarūpeṇa vāsavaḥ svayamāgataḥ .
māyāṃ tava vināśāya vidhāyāpratitarkitām .. 10..

yadaiva hi janasthāne rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtaḥ .
kharastava hato bhrātā tadaivāsau na mānuṣaḥ .. 11..

yadaiva nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ duṣpraveṣāṃ surairapi .
praviṣṭo hanumānvīryāttadaiva vyathitā vayam .. 12..

kriyatāmavirodhaśca rāghaveṇeti yanmayā .
ucyamāno na gṛhṇāsi tasyeyaṃ vyuṣṭirāgatā .. 13..

akasmāccābhikāmo.asi sītāṃ rākṣasapuṅgava .
aiśvaryasya vināśāya dehasya svajanasya ca .. 14..

arundhatyā viśiṣṭāṃ tāṃ rohiṇyāścāpi durmate .
sītāṃ dharṣayatā mānyāṃ tvayā hyasadṛśaṃ kṛtam .. 15..

na kulena na rūpeṇa na dākṣiṇyena maithilī .
mayādhikā vā tulyā vā tvaṃ tu mohānna budhyase .. 16..

sarvathā sarvabhūtānāṃ nāsti mṛtyuralakṣaṇaḥ .
tava tāvadayaṃ mṛtyurmaithilīkṛtalakṣaṇaḥ .. 17..

maithilī saha rāmeṇa viśokā vihariṣyati .
alpapuṇyā tvahaṃ ghore patitā śokasāgare .. 18..

kailāse mandare merau tathā caitrarathe vane .
devodyāneṣu sarveṣu vihṛtya sahitā tvayā .. 19..

vimānenānurūpeṇa yā yāmyatulayā śriyā .
paśyantī vividhāndeśāṃstāṃstāṃścitrasragambarā .
bhraṃśitā kāmabhogebhyaḥ sāsmi vīravadhāttava .. 20..

satyavāksa mahābhāgo devaro me yadabravīt .
ayaṃ rākṣasamukhyānāṃ vināśaḥ paryupasthitaḥ .. 21..

kāmakrodhasamutthena vyasanena prasaṅginā .
tvayā kṛtamidaṃ sarvamanāthaṃ rakṣasāṃ kulam .. 22..

na hi tvaṃ śocitavyo me prakhyātabalapauruṣaḥ .
strīsvabhāvāttu me buddhiḥ kāruṇye parivartate .. 23..

sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tvaṃ gṛhītvā svāṃ gatiṃ gataḥ .
ātmānamanuśocāmi tvadviyogena duḥkhitām .. 24..

nīlajīmūtasaṅkāśaḥ pītāmbaraśubhāṅgadaḥ .
sarvagātrāṇi vikṣipya kiṃ śeṣe rudhirāplutaḥ .
prasupta iva śokārtāṃ kiṃ māṃ na pratibhāṣase .. 25..

mahāvīryasya dakṣasya saṃyugeṣvapalāyinaḥ .
yātudhānasya dauhitrīṃ kiṃ tvaṃ māṃ nābhyudīkṣase .. 26..

yena sūdayase śatrūnsamare sūryavarcasā .
vajro vajradharasyeva so.ayaṃ te satatārcitaḥ .. 27..

raṇe śatrupraharaṇo hemajālapariṣkṛtaḥ .. 28..

parigho vyavakīrṇaste bāṇaiśchinnaḥ sahasradhā .
dhigastu hṛdayaṃ yasyā mamedaṃ na sahasradhā .
tvayi pañcatvamāpanne phalate śokapīḍitam .. 29..

etasminnantare rāmo vibhīṣaṇamuvāca ha .
saṃskāraḥ kriyatāṃ bhrātuḥ striyaścaitā nivartaya .. 30..

taṃ praśritastato rāmaṃ śrutavākyo vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
vimṛśya buddhyā dharmajño dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ .
rāmasyaivānuvṛttyarthamuttaraṃ pratyabhāṣata .. 31..

tyaktadharmavrataṃ krūraṃ nṛśaṃsamanṛtaṃ tathā .
nāhamarho.asmi saṃskartuṃ paradārābhimarśakam .. 32..

bhrātṛrūpo hi me śatrureṣa sarvāhite rataḥ .
rāvaṇo nārhate pūjāṃ pūjyo.api gurugauravāt .. 33..

nṛśaṃsa iti māṃ rāma vakṣyanti manujā bhuvi .
śrutvā tasya guṇānsarve vakṣyanti sukṛtaṃ punaḥ .. 34..

tacchrutvā paramaprīto rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .
vibhīṣaṇamuvācedaṃ vākyajño vākyakovidam .. 35..

tavāpi me priyaṃ kāryaṃ tvatprabhavācca me jitam .
avaśyaṃ tu kṣamaṃ vācyo mayā tvaṃ rākṣaseśvara .. 36..

adharmānṛtasaṃyuktaḥ kāmameṣa niśācaraḥ .
tejasvī balavāñśūraḥ saṅgrāmeṣu ca nityaśaḥ .. 37..

śatakratumukhairdevaiḥ śrūyate na parājitaḥ .
mahātmā balasampanno rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ .. 38..

maraṇāntāni vairāṇi nirvṛttaṃ naḥ prayojanam .
kriyatāmasya saṃskāro mamāpyeṣa yathā tava .. 39..

tvatsakāśānmahābāho saṃskāraṃ vidhipūrvakam .
kṣipramarhati dharmajña tvaṃ yaśobhāgbhaviṣyasi .. 40..

rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā tvaramāṇo vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
saṃskāreṇānurūpeṇa yojayāmāsa rāvaṇam .. 41..

sa dadau pāvakaṃ tasya vidhiyuktaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
tāḥ striyo.anunayāmāsa sāntvamuktvā punaḥ punaḥ .. 42..

praviṣṭāsu ca sarvāsu rākṣasīṣu vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
rāmapārśvamupāgamya tadātiṣṭhadvinītavat .. 43..

rāmo.api saha sainyena sasugrīvaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ .
harṣaṃ lebhe ripuṃ hatvā yathā vṛtraṃ śatakratuḥ .. 44..

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