śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha daśamassargaḥ |
vākyametattu vaidehyā vyāhṛtaṃ bhartṛbhaktayā |
śrutvā dharme sthito rāmaḥ pratyuvācātha maithilīm || 1 ||
hitamuktaṃ tvayā devi snigdhayā sadṛśaṃ vacaḥ |
kulaṃ vyapadiśantyā ca dharmajñe janakātmaje || 2 ||
kintu vakṣyāmyahaṃ devi tvayaivoktamidaṃ vacaḥ |
kṣatriyairdhāryate cāpo nārtaśabdo bhavediti || 3 ||
te cārtā daṇḍakāraṇye munayassaṃśitavratāḥ |
māṃ sīte svayamāgamya śaraṇyāśśaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 4 ||
vasanto dharmaniratā vane mūlaphalāśanāḥ |
na labhante sukhaṃ bhītā rākṣasaiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ || 5 ||
kāle kāle ca niratā niyamairvividhairvane |
bhakṣyante rākṣasairbhīmairnaramāṃsopajīvibhiḥ || 6 ||
te bhakṣyamāṇā munayo daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ |
asmānabhyavapadyeti māmūcurdvijasattamā || 7 ||
mayā tu vacanaṃ śrutvā teṣāmevaṃ mukhāccyutam |
kṛtvā caraṇaśuśrūṣāṃ vākyametadudāhṛtam || 8 ||
prasīdantu bhavanto me hrīreṣā hi mamātulā |
yadīdṛśairahaṃ viprairupastheyairupasthitaḥ || 9 ||
kiṃ karomīti ca mayā vyāhṛtaṃ dvijasannidhau |
sarvairetaissamāgamya vāgiyaṃ samudāhṛtā || 10 ||
rākṣasairdaṇḍakāraṇye bahubhiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ |
arditāssma dṛḍhaṃ rāma bhavānnastatra rakṣatu || 11 ||
homakāleṣu samprāptāḥ parvakāleṣu cānagha |
dharṣayanti sudurdharṣā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ || 12 ||
rākṣasairdharṣitānāṃ ca tāpasānāṃ tapasvinām |
gatiṃ mṛgayamāṇānāṃ bhavānnaḥ paramā gatiḥ || 13 ||
kāmaṃ tapaḥprabhāvena śaktā hantuṃ niśācarān |
cirārjitaṃ tu necchāmastapaḥ khaṇḍayituṃ vayam || 14 ||
bahuvighnaṃ tapo nityaṃ duścaraṃ caiva rāghava |
tena śāpaṃ na muñcāmo bhakṣyamāṇāśca rākṣasaiḥ || 15 ||
tadardhyamānānrakṣobhirdaṇḍakāraṇyavāsibhiḥ |
rakṣa nastvaṃ saha bhrātrā tvannāthā hi vayaṃ vane || 16 ||
mayā caitadvacaśśrutvā kārtsnyena paripālanam |
ṛṣīṇāṃ daṇḍakāraṇye saṃśrutaṃ janakātmaje || 17 ||
saṃśrutya ca na śakṣyāmi jīvamānaḥ pratiśravam |
munīnāmanyathā kartuṃ satyamiṣṭaṃ hi me sadā || 18 ||
apyahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ tvāṃ vā sīte salakṣmaṇām |
na tu pratijñāṃ saṃśrutya brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ || 19 ||
tadavaśyaṃ mayā kāryamṛṣīṇāṃ paripālanam |
anuktenāpi vaidehi pratijñāya tu kiṃ punaḥ || 20 ||
mama snehācca sauhārdādidamuktantvayā'naghe |
parituṣṭo'smyahaṃ sīte na hyaniṣṭo'nuśiṣyate || 21 ||
sadṛśaṃ cānurūpaṃ ca kulasya tava cātmanaḥ |
sadharmacāriṇī me tvaṃ prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī || 22 ||
ityevamuktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā sītāṃ priyāṃ maithilarājaputrīm |
rāmo dhanuṣmānsaha lakṣmaṇena jagāma ramyāṇi tapovanāni || 23 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe daśamassargaḥ ||