śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha ekonasaptatitamassargaḥ |
kṛtvaivamudakaṃ tasmai prasthitau rāmalakṣmaṇau |
avekṣantau vane sītāṃ paścimāṃ jagmaturdiśam || 1 ||
tau diśaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ gatvā śaracāpāsidhāriṇau |
aviprahatamaikṣvākau panthānaṃ pratipedatuḥ || 2 ||
gulmairvṛkṣaiśca bahubhirlatābhiśca praveṣṭitam |
āvṛtaṃ sarvato durgaṃ gahanaṃ ghoradarśanam || 3 ||
vyatikramya tu vegena vyālasiṃhaniṣevitam |
subhīmaṃ tanmahāraṇyaṃ vyatiyātau mahābalau || 4 ||
tataḥ paraṃ janasthānātatrikrośaṃ gamya rāghavau |
krauñcāraṇyaṃ viviśaturgahanaṃ tau mahaujasau || 5 ||
nānāmeghaghanaprakhyaṃ prahṛṣṭamiva sarvataḥ |
nānāpakṣigaṇairyuktaṃ nānāvyālamṛgairyutam || 6 ||
didṛkṣamāṇau vaidehīṃ tadvanaṃ tau vicikyatuḥ |
tatra tatrāvatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau || 7 ||
tataḥ pūrveṇa tau gatvā trikrośaṃ bhrātarau tadā |
krauñcāraṇyamatikramya mataṅgāśramamantarā || 8 ||
dṛṣṭvā tu tadvanaṃ ghoraṃ bahubhīmamṛgadvijam |
nanāsattvasamākīrṇaṃ sarvaṃ gahanapādapam || 9 ||
dadṛśāte tu tau tatra darīṃ daśarathātmajau |
pātālasamagambhīrāṃ tamasā nityasaṃvṛtām || 10 ||
āsādya tau naravyāghrau daryāstasyāvidūrataḥ |
dadṛśāte mahārūpāṃ rākṣasīṃ vikṛtānanām || 11 ||
bhayadāmalpasattvānāṃ bībhatsāṃ raudradarśanām |
lambodarīṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṃ karālīṃ paruṣatvacam || 12 ||
bhakṣayantīṃ mṛgānbhīmānvikaṭāṃ muktamūrdhajām |
praikṣetāṃ tau tatastatra bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau || 13 ||
sā samāsādya tau vīrau vrajantaṃ bhrāturagrataḥ |
ehi raṃsyāvahetyuktvā samālambata lakṣmaṇam || 14 ||
uvāca cainaṃ vacanaṃ saumitrimupagūhya sā |
ahaṃ tvayomukhī nāma labdhā te tvamasi priyaḥ || 15 ||
nātha parvatakūṭeṣu nadīnāṃ pulineṣu ca |
āyuśśeṣamimaṃ vīra tvaṃ mayā saha raṃsyase || 16 ||
evamuktastu kupitaḥ khaḍgamuddhṛtya lakṣmaṇaḥ |
karṇanāsāstanaṃ tasyā nicakartārisūdanaḥ || 17 ||
karṇanāse nikṛtte tu visvaraṃ sā vinadya ca |
yathāgataṃ pradudrāva rākṣasī bhīmadarśanā || 18 ||
tasyāṃ gatāyāṃ gahanaṃ vrajantau vanamojasā |
āsedaturamitraghnau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau || 19 ||
lakṣmaṇastu mahātejāssattvavān śīlavān śuciḥ |
abravītprāñjalirvākyaṃ bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasam || 20 ||
spandate ca dṛḍhaṃ bāhurudvignamiva me manaḥ |
prāyaśaścāpyaniṣṭāni nimittānyupalakṣaye || 21 ||
tasmātsajjībhavārya tvaṃ kuruṣva vacanaṃ hitam |
mamaiva hi nimittāni sadyaśśaṃsanti sambhramam || 22 ||
eṣa vañculako nāma pakṣī paramadāruṇaḥ |
āvayorvijayaṃ yuddhe śaṃsanniva vinardati || 23 ||
tayoranveṣatorevaṃ sarvaṃ tadvanamojasā |
sañjajñe vipulaḥ śabdo prabhañjanniva tadvanam || 24 ||
saṃveṣṭitamivātyarthaṃ gaganaṃ mātariśvanā |
vanasya tasya śabdo'bhūddivamāpūrayanniva || 25 ||
taṃ śabdaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇastu rāmaḥ kakṣe sahānujaḥ |
dadarśa sumahākāyaṃ rākṣasaṃ vipulodaram || 26 ||
āsedatustatastatra tāvubhau pramukhe sthitam |
vivṛddhamaśirogrīvaṃ kabandhamudare mukham || 27 ||
romabhirnicitaistīkṣṇairmahāgirimivochritam |
nīlameghanibhaṃ raudraṃ meghastanitanisvanam || 28 ||
agnijvālānikāśena lalāṭasthena dīpyatā |
mahāpakṣmeṇa piṅgena vipulenāyatena ca || 29 ||
ekenorasi ghoreṇa nayanenāśudarśinā |
mahādaṃṣṭropapannaṃ tallelihānaṃ mahāmukham || 30 ||
bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorānṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān |
ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇamubhau yojanamāyatau || 31 ||
karābhyāṃ vividhāngṛhyaṛkṣānpakṣigaṇānmṛgān |
ākarṣantaṃ vikarṣantamanekānmṛgayūthapān || 32 ||
sthitamāvṛtya panthānaṃ tayorbhrātroḥ prapannayoḥ |
atha tau samabhikramya krośamātre dadarśatuḥ || 33 ||
mahāntaṃ dāruṇaṃ bhīmaṃ kabandhaṃ bhujasaṃvṛm |
kabandhamiva saṃsthānādatighorapradarśanam || 34 ||
sa mahābāhuratyarthaṃ prasārya vipulau bhujau |
jagrāha sahitāveva rāghavau pīḍayanbalāt || 35 ||
khaḍginau dṛḍhadhanvānau tigmatejovapurdharau |
bhrātarau vivaśaṃ prāptau kṛṣyamāṇau mahābalau || 36 ||
tatra dhairyeṇa śūrastu rāghavo naiva vivyathe |
bālyādanāśrayatvācca lakṣmaṇastvativivyathe || 37 ||
uvāca sa viṣaṇṇassanrāghavaṃ rāghavānujaḥ |
paśya māṃ vīra vivaśaṃ rākṣasasya vaśaṃ gatam || 38 ||
mayaikena viniryuktaḥ parimuñcasva rāghava |
māṃ hi bhūtabaliṃ datvā palāyasva yathāsukham || 39 ||
adhigantāsi vaidehīmacireṇeti me matiḥ |
pratilabhya ca kākutstha pitṛpaitāmahīṃ mahīm || 40 ||
tatra māṃ rāma rājyasthassmartumarhasi sarvadā |
lakṣmaṇenaivamuktastu rāmassaumitrimabravīt || 41 ||
mā sma trāsaṃ kṛthā vīra na hi tvādṛgviṣīdati |
etasminnantare krūro bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau || 42 ||
papraccha ghananirghoṣaḥ kabandho dānavottamaḥ |
kau yuvāṃ vṛṣabhaskandhau mahākhaḍgadhanurdharau || 43 ||
ghoraṃ deśamimaṃ prāptau mama bhakṣāvupasthitau |
vadataṃ kāryamiha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām || 44 ||
imaṃ deśamanuprāptau kṣudhārtasyeha tiṣṭhataḥ |
sabāṇacāpakhaḍgau ca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāvivarṣabhau || 45 ||
mamāsyamanusamprāptau durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ punaḥ |
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kabandhasya durātmanaḥ || 46 ||
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā |
kṛcchrāt kṛcchrataraṃ prāpya dāruṇaṃ satyavikramaḥ || 47 ||
vyasanaṃ jīvitāntāya prāptamaprāpya tāṃ priyām |
kālasya sumahadvīryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa || 48 ||
tvāṃ ca māṃ ca naravyāghra vyasanaiḥ paśya mohitau |
nātibhārosti kālasya sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa || 49 ||
śūrāśca balavantaśca kṛtāstrāśca raṇājire |
kālābhipannāssīdanti yathā vālukasetavaḥ || 50 ||
iti bruvāṇo dṛḍhasatyavikramo mahāyaśā dāśarathiḥ pratāpavān |
avekṣya saumitrimudagrapauruṣaṃ sthirāṃ tadā svāṃ matimātmanā'karot || 51 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe ekonasaptatitamassargaḥ ||