śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha tricatvāriṃśassargaḥ |
sā taṃ samprekṣya suśroṇī kusumānyapacinvatī |
hemarājatavarṇābhyāṃ pārśvābhyāmupaśobhitam || 1 ||
prahṛṣṭā cānavadyāṅgī mṛṣṭahāṭakavarṇinī |
bhartāramapi cakranda lakṣmaṇaṃ cāpi sāyudham || 2 ||
tayā''hūtau naravyāghrau vaidehyā rāmalakṣmaṇau |
vīkṣamāṇau tu tau deśaṃ tadā dadṛśaturmṛgam || 3 ||
śaṅkamānastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇo rāmamabravīt |
tamevainamahaṃ manye mārīcaṃ rākṣasaṃ mṛgam || 4 ||
carantomṛgayāṃ hṛṣṭāḥ pāpenopādhinā vane |
anena nihatā rājan rājānaḥ kāmarūpiṇā || 5 ||
asya māyāvido māyāmṛgarūpamidaṃ kṛtam |
bhānumatpuruṣavyāghra gandharvapurasannibham || 6 ||
mṛgo hyevaṃvidho ratnavicitro nāsti rāghava |
jagatyāṃ jagatīnātha māyaiṣā hi na saṃśayaḥ || 7 ||
evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ kākutsthaṃ prativārya śucismitā |
uvāca sītā saṃhṛṣṭā carmaṇā hṛtacetanā || 8 ||
āryaputrābhirāmo'sau mṛgo harati me manaḥ |
ānayainaṃ mahābāho krīḍārthaṃ no bhaviṣyati || 9 ||
ihāśramapade'smākaṃ bahavaḥ puṇyadarśanāḥ |
mṛgāścaranti sahitāścamarāssṛmarāstathā || 10 ||
ṛkṣāḥ pṛṣatasaṅghāśca vānarāḥ kinnarāstathā |
vicaranti mahābāho rupaśreṣṭhā manoharāḥ || 11 ||
na cāsya sadṛśo rājandṛṣṭapūrvo mṛgo mayā |
tejasā kṣamayā dīptyā yathā'yaṃ mṛgasattamaḥ || 12 ||
nānāvarṇavicitrāṅgo ratnabindusamācitaḥ |
dyotayanvanamavyagraṃ śobhate śaśisannibhaḥ || 13 ||
aho rūpamaho lakṣmīssvarasampacca śobhanā |
mṛgo'dbhuto vicitrāṅgo hṛdayaṃ haratīva me || 14 ||
yadi grahaṇamabhyeti jīvanneva mṛgastava |
āścaryabhūtaṃ bhavati vismayaṃ janayiṣyati || 15 ||
samāptavanavāsānāṃ rājyasthānāṃ ca naḥ punaḥ |
antaḥpuravibhūṣārtho mṛga eṣa bhaviṣyati || 16 ||
bharatasyāryaputrasya śvaśrūṇāṃ mama ca prabho |
mṛgarūpamidaṃ vyaktaṃ vismayaṃ janayiṣyati || 17 ||
jīvanna yadi te'bhyeti grahaṇaṃ mṛgasattamaḥ |
ajinaṃ naraśārdūla ruciraṃ me bhaviṣyati || 18 ||
nihatasyāsya sattvasya jāmbūnadamayatvaci |
śaṣpabṛsyāṃ vinītāyāmicchāmyahamupāsitum || 19 ||
kāmavṛttamidaṃ raudraṃ strīṇāmasadṛśaṃ matam |
vapuṣā tvasya sattvasya vismayo janito mama || 20 ||
tena kāñcanavarṇena maṇipravaraśṛṅgiṇā |
taruṇādityavarṇena nakṣatrapathavarcasā || 21 ||
babhūva rāghavasyāpi mano vismayamāgatam |
evaṃ sītāvacaḥ śrutvā taṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛgamadbhutam || 22 ||
lobhitastena rūpeṇa sītayā ca pracoditaḥ |
uvāca rāghavo hṛṣṭo bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ vacaḥ || 23 ||
paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ spṛhāṃ mṛgagatāmimām |
rūpaśreṣṭhatayā hyeṣa mṛgo'dya na bhaviṣyati || 24 ||
na vane nandanoddheśe na caitrarathasaṃśraye |
kutaḥpṛthivyāṃ saumitre yo'sya kaścitsamo mṛgaḥ || 25 ||
pratilomānulomāśca rucirā romarājayaḥ |
śobhante mṛgamāśritya citrāḥ kanakabindavaḥ || 26 ||
paśyāsya jṛmbhamāṇasya dīptāmagniśikhopamām |
jihvāṃ mukhānnissarantīṃ meghādiva śatahradām || 27 ||
masāragallarkamukhaśśaṅkhamuktānibhodaraḥ |
kasya nāmābhirūpyo'sau na mano lobhayenmṛgaḥ || 28 ||
kasya rūpamidaṃ dṛṣṭvā jāmbūnada mayaprabham |
nānāratnamayaṃ divyaṃ na mano vismayaṃ vrajet || 29 ||
māṃsahetorapi mṛgānvinodārthaṃ ca dhanvanaḥ |
ghnanti lakṣmaṇa rājāno mṛgayāyāṃ mahāvane || 30 ||
dhanāni vyavasāyena vicīyante mahāvane |
dhātavo vividhāścāpi maṇiratnasuvarṇinaḥ || 31 ||
tatsāramakhilaṃ nṛṇāṃ dhanaṃ nicayavardhanam |
manasā cintitaṃ sarvaṃ yathā śukrasya lakṣmaṇa || 32 ||
arthī yenārthakṛtyena saṃvrajatyavicārayan |
tamarthamarthaśāstrajñāḥ prāhurarthyāśca lakṣmaṇa || 33 ||
etasya mṛgaratnasya parārdhye kāñcanatvaci |
upavekṣyati vaidehī mayā saha sumadhyamā || 34 ||
na kādalī na priyakī na praveṇī na cāvikī |
bhavedetasya sadṛśī sparśaneneti me matiḥ || 35 ||
eṣa caiva mṛgaśśrīmān yaśca divyo nabhaścaraḥ |
ubhāvetau mṛgau divyau tārāmṛgamahīmṛgau || 36 ||
yadi vā'yaṃ tathā yanmāṃ bhavedvadasi lakṣmaṇa |
māyaiṣā rākṣasasyeti kartavyosya vadho mayā || 37 ||
etena hi nṛśaṃsena mārīcenākṛtātmanā |
vane vicaratā pūrvaṃ hiṃsitā munipuṅgavāḥ || 38 ||
utthāya bahavo yena mṛgayāyāṃ janādhipāḥ |
nihatāḥ parameṣvāsāstasmādvadhyastvayaṃ mṛgaḥ || 39 ||
purastādiha vātāpiḥ paribhūya tapasvinaḥ |
udarastho dvijānhantisvagarbho'śvatarīmiva || 40 ||
sa kadāciccirāllobhādāsasāda mahāmunim |
agastyaṃ tejasā yuktaṃ bhakṣastasya babhūva ha || 41 ||
samutthāne va tadrūpaṃ kartukāmaṃ samīkṣya tam |
utsmayitvā tu bhagavānvātāpimidamabravīt || 42 ||
tvayā'vigaṇya vātāpe paribhūtāssvatejasā |
jīvaloke dvijaśreṣṭhāstasmādasi jarāṃ gataḥ || 43 ||
tadevaṃ na bhavedrakṣovātāpiriva lakṣmaṇa |
madvidhaṃ yo'timanyeta dharmanityaṃ jitendriyam || 44 ||
bhaveddhato'yaṃ vātāpiragastyeneva māṃ gataḥ |
iha tvaṃ bhava sannaddo yantrito rakṣa maithilīm || 45 ||
asyāmāyattamasmākaṃ yatkṛtyaṃ raghunandana |
ahamenaṃ vadhiṣyāmi grahīṣyāmyapi vā mṛgam || 46 ||
yāvadgacchāmi saumitre mṛgamānayituṃ drutam |
paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehīṃ mṛgatvaci gataspṛhām || 47 ||
tvacā pradhānayā hyeṣa mṛgo'dya na bhaviṣyati |
apramattena te bhāvyamāśramasthena sītayā || 48 ||
yāvatpṛṣatamekena sāyakena nihanmyaham |
hatvaitaccarma cādāya śīghrameṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa || 49 ||
pradakṣiṇenātibalena pakṣiṇā jaṭāyuṣā buddhimatā ca lakṣmaṇa |
bhavāpramattaḥ parigṛhya maithilīṃ pratikṣaṇaṃ sarvata eva śaṅkitaḥ || 50 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe tricatvāriṃśassargaḥ ||