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The Ramayana Book 4

Chapter 61

1 evam uktvā muniśreṣṭham arudaṃ duḥkhito bhṛśam
atha dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ tu bhagavān idam abravīt
2 pakṣau ca te prapakṣau ca punar anyau bhaviṣyataḥ
cakṣuṣī caiva prāṇāś ca vikramaś ca balaṃ ca te
3 purāṇe sumahat kāryaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ hi mayā śrutam
dṛṣṭaṃ me tapasā caiva śrutvā ca viditaṃ mama
4 rājā daśaratho nāma kaś cid ikṣvākunandanaḥ
tasya putro mahātejā rāmo nāma bhaviṣyati
5 araṇyaṃ ca saha bhrātrā lakṣmaṇena gamiṣyati
tasminn arthe niyuktaḥ san pitrā satyaparākramaḥ
6 nairṛto rāvaṇo nāma tasyā bhāryāṃ hariṣyati
rākṣasendro janasthānād avadhyaḥ suradānavaiḥ
7 sā ca kāmaiḥ pralobhyantī bhakṣyair bhojyaiś ca maithilī
na bhokṣyati mahābhāgā duḥkhamagnā yaśasvinī
8 paramānnaṃ tu vaidehyā jñātvā dāsyati vāsavaḥ
yad annam amṛtaprakhyaṃ surāṇām api durlabham
9 tad annaṃ maithilī prāpya vijñāyendrād idaṃ tv iti
agram uddhṛtya rāmāya bhūtale nirvapiṣyati
10 yadi jīvati me bhartā lakṣmaṇena saha prabhuḥ
devatvaṃ gatayor vāpi tayor annam idaṃ tv iti
11 eṣyanty anveṣakās tasyā rāmadūtāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ
ākhyeyā rāmamahiṣī tvayā tebhyo vihaṃgama
12 sarvathā tu na gantavyam īdṛśaḥ kva gamiṣyasi
deśakālau pratīkṣasva pakṣau tvaṃ pratipatsyase
13 utsaheyam ahaṃ kartum adyaiva tvāṃ sapakṣakam
ihasthas tvaṃ tu lokānāṃ hitaṃ kāryaṃ kariṣyasi
14 tvayāpi khalu tat kāryaṃ tayoś ca nṛpaputrayoḥ
brāhmaṇānāṃ surāṇāṃ ca munīnāṃ vāsavasya ca
15 icchāmy aham api draṣṭuṃ bhrātaru rāmalakṣmaṇau
necche ciraṃ dhārayituṃ prāṇāṃs tyakṣye kalevaram

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