śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha dvicatvāriṃśassargaḥ |
evamuktvā tu vacanaṃ mārīco rāvaṇaṃ tataḥ |
gacchāvetyabravīddīno bhayādrātriñcaraprabhoḥ || 1 ||
dṛṣṭaścāhaṃ punastena śaracāpāsidhāriṇā |
madvadhodyataśastre'ṇa vinaṣṭaṃ jīvitaṃ ca me || 2 ||
na hi rāmaṃ parākramya jīvanpratinivartate |
vartate pratirūpo'sau yamadaṇḍahatasya te || 3 ||
kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartumevaṃ tvayi durātmani |
eṣa gacchāmyahaṃ tāta svasti te'stu niśācara || 4 ||
prahṛṣṭastvabhavattena vacanena sa rāvaṇaḥ |
pariṣvajya susaṃśliṣṭamidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 5 ||
etacchauṇḍīryayuktaṃ te macchandavaśavartinaḥ |
idānīmasi mārīcaḥ pūrvamanyo niśācaraḥ || 6 ||
āruhyatāmayaṃ śīghraṃ ratho ratnavibhūṣitaḥ |
mayā saha tathā yuktaḥ piśācavadanaiḥ kharaiḥ || 7 ||
pralobhayitvā vaidehīṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gantumarhasi |
tāṃ śūnye prasabhaṃ sītāmānayiṣyāmi maithilīm || 8 ||
tato rāvaṇamārīcau vimānamiva taṃ ratham |
āruhya yayatuśśīghraṃ tasmādāśramamaṇḍalāt || 9 ||
tathaiva tatra paśyantau pattanāni vanāni ca |
gīrīṃśca saritassarvā rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi ca || 10 ||
sametya daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ rāghavasyāśramaṃ tataḥ |
dadarśa saha mārīco rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ || 11 ||
avatīrya rathāttasmāttataḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāt |
haste gṛhītvā mārīcaṃ rāvaṇo vākyamabravīt || 12 ||
etadāśramapadaṃ dṛśyate kadalīvṛtam |
kriyatāṃ tatsakhe śīghraṃ yadarthaṃ vayamāgatāḥ || 13 ||
sa rāvaṇavacaśśrutvā mārīco rākṣasastadā |
mṛgo bhūtvā'śramadvāri rāmasya vicacāra ha || 14 ||
sa tu tadrūpamāsthāya mahadadbhutadarśanam |
maṇipravaraśṛṅgāgrassitāsitamukhākṛtiḥ || 15 ||
raktapadmotpalamukha indranīlotpalaśravāḥ |
kiñcidabhyunnatagrīva indranīladalādharaḥ || 16 ||
kundenduvajrasaṅkāśamudaraṃ cāsya bhāsvaram |
madhūkanibhapārśvaśca padmakiñjalkasannibhaḥ || 17 ||
vaiḍūryasaṅkāśakhurastanujaṅghassusaṃhataḥ |
indrāyudhasavarṇena pucchenordhvaṃ virājatā || 18 ||
manoharassnigdhavarṇo ratnairnānāvidhairvṛtaḥ |
kṣaṇena rākṣaso jāto mṛgaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ || 19 ||
vanaṃ prajvalayanramyaṃ rāmāśramapadaṃ ca tat |
manoharaṃ darśanīyaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā sa rākṣasaḥ || 20 ||
pralobhanārthaṃ vaidehyā nānādhātuvicitritam |
vicarangacchate tasmācchādvalāni samantataḥ || 21 ||
rūpyairbinduśataiścitro bhūtvā sa priyadarśanaḥ |
viṭapīnāṃ kisalayānbhaṅtkvā'danvicacāra ha || 22 ||
kadalīgṛhakaṃ gatvā karṇikārānitastataḥ |
samāśrayanmandagatissītāsandarśanaṃ tathā || 23 ||
rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhassa virarāja mahāmṛgaḥ |
rāmāśramapadābhyāśe vicacāra yathāsukham || 24 ||
punargatvā nivṛttaśca vicacāra mṛgottamaḥ |
gatvā muhūrtaṃ tvarayā punaḥ pratinivartate || 25 ||
vikrīḍaṃśca kvacidbhūmau punareva niṣīdati |
āśramadvāramāgamya mṛgayūthāni gacchati || 26 ||
mṛgayūthairanugataḥ punareva nivartate |
sītādarśanamākāṅkṣanrākṣaso mṛgatāṃ gataḥ || 27 ||
paribhramati citrāṇi maṇḍalāni viniṣpatan |
samudvīkṣya ca te sarve mṛgā hyanye vanecarāḥ || 28 ||
upāgamya samāghrāya vidravanti diśo daśa |
rākṣasasso'pi tānvanyānmṛgānmṛgavadhe rataḥ || 29 ||
pracchādanārthaṃ bhāvasya na bhakṣayati saṃspṛśan |
tasminneva tataḥ kāle vaidehī śubhalocanā || 30 ||
kusumāvacayavyagrā pādapānabhyavartata |
karṇikārānaśokāṃśca cūtāṃśca madirekṣaṇā || 31 ||
kusumānyavacinvantī cacāra rucirānanā |
anarhā'raṇyavāsasya sā taṃ ratnamayaṃ mṛgam || 32 ||
muktāmaṇi vicitrāṅgaṃ dadarśa paramāṅganā |
sā taṃ ruciradantoṣṭhī rūpyadhātutanūruham || 33 ||
vismayotphullanayanā sasnehaṃ samudaikṣata |
sa ca tāṃ rāmadayitāṃ paśyanmāyāmayo mṛgaḥ || 34 ||
vicacāra punaścitraṃ dīpayanniva tadvanam |
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā nānāratnamayaṃ mṛgam || 35 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe dvicatvāriṃśassargaḥ ||