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The Ramayana Book 6

Chapter 51

1 tasya rākṣasarājasya niśamya paridevitam
kumbhakarṇo babhāṣe 'tha vacanaṃ prajahāsa ca
2 dṛṣṭo doṣo hi yo 'smābhiḥ purā mantravinirṇaye
hiteṣv anabhiyuktena so 'yam āsāditas tvayā
3 śīghraṃ khalv abhyupetaṃ tvāṃ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ
nirayeṣv eva patanaṃ yathā duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ
4 prathamaṃ vai mahārāja kṛtyam etad acintitam
kevalaṃ vīryadarpeṇa nānubandho vicāritaḥ
5 yaḥ paścāt pūrvakāryāṇi kuryād aiśvaryam āsthitaḥ
pūrvaṃ cottarakāryāṇi na sa veda nayānayau
6 deśakālavihīnāni karmāṇi viparītavat
kriyamāṇāni duṣyanti havīṃṣy aprayateṣv iva
7 trayāṇāṃ pañcadhā yogaṃ karmaṇāṃ yaḥ prapaśyati
sacivaiḥ samayaṃ kṛtvā sa sabhye vartate pathi
8 yathāgamaṃ ca yo rājā samayaṃ vicikīrṣati
budhyate sacivān buddhyā suhṛdaś cānupaśyati
9 dharmam arthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca sarvān vā rakṣasāṃ pate
bhajate puruṣaḥ kāle trīṇi dvandvāni vā punaḥ
10 triṣu caiteṣu yac chreṣṭhaṃ śrutvā tan nāvabudhyate
rājā vā rājamātro vā vyarthaṃ tasya bahuśrutam
11 upapradānaṃ sāntvaṃ vā bhedaṃ kāle ca vikramam
yogaṃ ca rakṣasāṃ śreṣṭha tāv ubhau ca nayānayau
12 kāle dharmārthakāmān yaḥ saṃmantrya sacivaiḥ saha
niṣevetātmavāṁl loke na sa vyasanam āpnuyāt
13 hitānubandham ālokya kāryākāryam ihātmanaḥ
rājā sahārthatattvajñaiḥ sacivaiḥ saha jīvati
14 anabhijñāya śāstrārthān puruṣāḥ paśubuddhayaḥ
prāgalbhyād vaktum icchanti mantreṣv abhyantarīkṛtāḥ
15 aśāstraviduṣāṃ teṣāṃ na kāryam ahitaṃ vacaḥ
arthaśāstrānabhijñānāṃ vipulāṃ śriyam icchatām
16 ahitaṃ ca hitākāraṃ dhārṣṭyāj jalpanti ye narāḥ
avekṣya mantrabāhyās te kartavyāḥ kṛtyadūṣaṇāḥ
17 vināśayanto bhartāraṃ sahitāḥ śatrubhir budhaiḥ
viparītāni kṛtyāni kārayantīha mantriṇaḥ
18 tān bhartā mitrasaṃkāśān amitrān mantranirṇaye
vyavahāreṇa jānīyāt sacivān upasaṃhitān
19 capalasyeha kṛtyāni sahasānupradhāvataḥ
chidram anye prapadyante krauñcasya kham iva dvijāḥ
20 yo hi śatrum avajñāya nātmānam abhirakṣati
avāpnoti hi so 'narthān sthānāc ca vyavaropyate
21 tat tu śrutvā daśagrīvaḥ kumbhakarṇasya bhāṣitam
bhrukuṭiṃ caiva saṃcakre kruddhaś cainam uvāca ha
22 mānyo gurur ivācāryaḥ kiṃ māṃ tvam anuśāsati
kim evaṃ vākśramaṃ kṛtvā kāle yuktaṃ vidhīyatām
23 vibhramāc cittamohād vā balavīryāśrayeṇa vā
nābhipannam idānīṃ yad vyarthās tasya punaḥ kṛthāḥ
24 asmin kāle tu yad yuktaṃ tad idānīṃ vidhīyatām
mamāpanayajaṃ doṣaṃ vikrameṇa samīkuru
25 yadi khalv asti me sneho bhrātṛtvaṃ vāvagacchasi
yadi vā kāryam etat te hṛdi kāryatamaṃ matam
26 sa suhṛdyo vipannārthaṃ dīnam abhyavapadyate
sa bandhur yo 'panīteṣu sāhāyyāyopakalpate
27 tam athaivaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu vacanaṃ dhīradāruṇam
ruṣṭo 'yam iti vijñāya śanaiḥ ślakṣṇam uvāca ha
28 atīva hi samālakṣya bhrātaraṃ kṣubhitendriyam
kumbhakarṇaḥ śanair vākyaṃ babhāṣe parisāntvayan
29 alaṃ rākṣasarājendra saṃtāpam upapadya te
roṣaṃ ca saṃparityajya svastho bhavitum arhasi
30 naitan manasi kartavvyaṃ mayi jīvati pārthiva
tam ahaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi yatkṛte paritapyase
31 avaśyaṃ tu hitaṃ vācyaṃ sarvāvasthaṃ mayā tava
bandhubhāvād abhihitaṃ bhrātṛsnehāc ca pārthiva
32 sadṛśaṃ yat tu kāle 'smin kartuṃ snigdhena bandhunā
śatrūṇāṃ kadanaṃ paśya kriyamāṇaṃ mayā raṇe
33 adya paśya mahābāho mayā samaramūrdhani
hate rāme saha bhrātrā dravantīṃ harivāhinīm
34 adya rāmasya tad dṛṣṭvā mayānītaṃ raṇāc chiraḥ
sukhībhava mahābāho sītā bhavatu duḥkhitā
35 adya rāmasya paśyantu nidhanaṃ sumahat priyam
laṅkāyāṃ rākṣasāḥ sarve ye te nihatabāndhavāḥ
36 adya śokaparītānāṃ svabandhuvadhakāraṇāt
śatror yudhi vināśena karomy asrapramārjanam
37 adya parvatasaṃkāśaṃ sasūryam iva toyadam
vikīrṇaṃ paśya samare sugrīvaṃ plavageśvaram
38 na paraḥ preṣaṇīyas te yuddhāyātula vikrama
aham utsādayiṣyāmi śatrūṃs tava mahābala
39 yadi śakro yadi yamo yadi pāvakamārutau
tān ahaṃ yodhayiṣyāmi kubera varuṇāv api
40 girimātraśarīrasya śitaśūladharasya me
nardatas tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrasya bibhīyāc ca puraṃdaraḥ
41 atha vā tyaktaśastrasya mṛdgatas tarasā ripūn
na me pratimukhe kaś cic chaktaḥ sthātuṃ jijīviṣuḥ
42 naiva śaktyā na gadayā nāsinā na śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
hastābhyām eva saṃrabdho haniṣyāmy api vajriṇam
43 yadi me muṣṭivegaṃ sa rāghavo 'dya sahiṣyati
tataḥ pāsyanti bāṇaughā rudhiraṃ rāghavasya te
44 cintayā bādhyase rājan kimarthaṃ mayi tiṣṭhati
so 'haṃ śatruvināśāya tava niryātum udyataḥ
45 muñca rāmād bhayaṃ rājan haniṣyāmīha saṃyuge
rāghavaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva sugrīvaṃ ca mahābalam
asādhāraṇam icchāmi tava dātuṃ mahad yaśaḥ
46 vadhena te dāśaratheḥ sukhāvahaṃ; sukhaṃ samāhartum ahaṃ vrajāmi
nihatya rāmaṃ sahalakṣmaṇena; khādāmi sarvān hariyūthamukhyān
47 ramasva kāmaṃ piba cāgryavāruṇīṃ; kuruṣva kṛtyāni vinīyatāṃ jvaraḥ
mayādya rāme gamite yamakṣayaṃ; cirāya sītā vaśagā bhaviṣyati

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