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The Ramayana Book 4

Chapter 23

1 tataḥ samupajighrantī kapirājasya tanmukham
patiṃ lokāc cyutaṃ tārā mṛtaṃ vacanam abravīt
2 śeṣe tvaṃ viṣame duḥkham akṛtvā vacanaṃ mama
upalopacite vīra suduḥkhe vasudhātale
3 mattaḥ priyatarā nūnaṃ vānarendra mahī tava
śeṣe hi tāṃ pariṣvajya māṃ ca na pratibhāṣase
4 sugrīva eva vikrānto vīra sāhasika priya
ṛkṣavānaramukhyās tvāṃ balinaṃ paryupāsate
5 eṣāṃ vilapitaṃ kṛcchram aṅgadasya ca śocataḥ
mama cemāṃ giraṃ śrutvā kiṃ tvaṃ na pratibudhyase
6 idaṃ tac chūraśayanaṃ yatra śeṣe hato yudhi
śāyitā nihatā yatra tvayaiva ripavaḥ purā
7 viśuddhasattvābhijana priyayuddha mama priya
mām anāthāṃ vihāyaikāṃ gatas tvam asi mānada
8 śūrāya na pradātavyā kanyā khalu vipaścitā
śūrabhāryāṃ hatāṃ paśya sadyo māṃ vidhavāṃ kṛtām
9 avabhagnaś ca me māno bhagnā me śāśvatī gatiḥ
agādhe ca nimagnāsmi vipule śokasāgare
10 aśmasāramayaṃ nūnam idaṃ me hṛdayaṃ dṛḍham
bhartāraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā yan nādya śatadhā gatam
11 suhṛc caiva hi bhartā ca prakṛtyā ca mama priyaḥ
āhave ca parākrāntaḥ śūraḥ pañcatvam āgataḥ
12 patihīnā tu yā nārī kāmaṃ bhavatu putriṇī
dhanadhānyaiḥ supūrṇāpi vidhavety ucyate budhaiḥ
13 svagātraprabhave vīra śeṣe rudhiramaṇḍale
kṛmirāgaparistome tvam evaṃ śayane yathā
14 reṇuśoṇitasaṃvītaṃ gātraṃ tava samantataḥ
parirabdhuṃ na śaknomi bhujābhyāṃ plavagarṣabha
15 kṛtakṛtyo 'dya sugrīvo vaire 'sminn atidāruṇe
yasya rāmavimuktena hṛtam ekeṣuṇā bhayam
16 śareṇa hṛdi lagnena gātrasaṃsparśane tava
vāryāmi tvāṃ nirīkṣantī tvayi pañcatvam āgate
17 udbabarha śaraṃ nīlas tasya gātragataṃ tadā
girigahvarasaṃlīnaṃ dīptam āśīviṣaṃ yathā
18 tasya niṣkṛṣyamāṇasya bāṇasya ca babhau dyutiḥ
astamastakasaṃruddho raśmir dinakarād iva
19 petuḥ kṣatajadhārās tu vraṇebhyas tasya sarvaśaḥ
tāmragairikasaṃpṛktā dhārā iva dharādharāt
20 avakīrṇaṃ vimārjantī bhartāraṃ raṇareṇunā
asrair nayanajaiḥ śūraṃ siṣecāstrasamāhatam
21 rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ patim
uvāca tārā piṅgākṣaṃ putram aṅgadam aṅganā
22 avasthāṃ paścimāṃ paśya pituḥ putra sudāruṇām
saṃprasaktasya vairasya gato 'ntaḥ pāpakarmaṇā
23 bālasūryodayatanuṃ prayāntaṃ yamasādanam
abhivādaya rājānaṃ pitaraṃ putra mānadam
24 evam uktaḥ samutthāya jagrāha caraṇau pituḥ
bhujābhyāṃ pīnavṛtābhyām aṅgado 'ham iti bruvan
25 abhivādayamānaṃ tvām aṅgadaṃ tvaṃ yathāpurā
dīrghāyur bhava putreti kimarthaṃ nābhibhāṣase
26 ahaṃ putrasahāyā tvām upāse gatacetanam
siṃhena nihataṃ sadyo gauḥ savatseva govṛṣam
27 iṣṭvā saṃgrāmayajñena nānāpraharaṇāmbhasā
asminn avabhṛthe snātaḥ kathaṃ patnyā mayā vinā
28 yā dattā devarājena tava tuṣṭena saṃyuge
śātakumbhamayīṃ mālāṃ tāṃ te paśyāmi neha kim
29 rājaśrīr na jahāti tvāṃ gatāsum api mānada
sūryasyāvartamānasya śailarājam iva prabhā
30 na me vacaḥ pathyam idaṃ tvayā kṛtaṃ; na cāsmi śaktā hi nivāraṇe tava
hatā saputrāsmi hatena saṃyuge; saha tvayā śrīr vijahāti mām iha

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