śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ |
rāmassamprekṣya taṃ gṛdhraṃ bhuvi raudreṇa pātitam |
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saumitriṃ mitrasampannamidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 1 ||
mamāyaṃ nūnamartheṣu yatamāno vihaṅgamaḥ |
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rākṣasena hatassaṅkhye prāṇāṃstyakṣyati dustyajān || 2 ||
ayamasya śarīre'sminprāṇo lakṣmaṇa vidyate |
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tathā hi svarahīno'yaṃ viklabassamudīkṣyate || 3 ||
jaṭāyo yadi śaknoṣi vākyaṃ vyāharituṃ punaḥ |
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sītāmākhyāhi bhadraṃ te vadhamākhyāhi cātmanaḥ || 4 ||
kiṃ nimitto'haratsītāṃ rāvaṇastasya kiṃ mayā |
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aparāddhaṃ tu yaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena hṛtā priyā || 5 ||
kathaṃ taccandrasaṅkāśaṃ mukhamāsīnmanoharam |
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sītayā kāni coktāni tasminkāle dvijottama || 6 ||
kathaṃ vīryaḥ kathaṃ rūpaḥ kiṃ karmā sa ca rākṣasaḥ |
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kva cāsya bhavanaṃ tāta brūhi me paripṛcchataḥ || 7 ||
tamudvīkṣyātha dīnātmā vilapantamanantaram |
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vācātisannayā rāmaṃ jaṭāyuridamabravīt || 8 ||
hṛtā sā rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena vihāyasā |
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māyāmāsthāya vipulāṃ vātadurdinasaṅkulām || 9 ||
pariśrāntasya me tāta pakṣau chitvā sa rākṣasaḥ |
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sītāmādāya vaidehīṃ prayāto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam || 10 ||
uparudhyanti me prāṇā dṛṣṭirbhramati rāghava |
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paśyāmi vṛkṣānsauvarṇānuśīrakṛtamūrdhajān || 11 ||
yena yāti muhūrtena sītāmādāya rāvaṇaḥ |
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vipraṇaṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ kṣipraṃ tatsvāmī pratipadyate || 12 ||
vindo nāma muhūrto'yaṃ sa ca kākutstha nābudhat |
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tvatpriyāṃ jānakīṃ hṛtvā rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ || 13 ||
jhaṣavadbaḍiśaṃ gṛhya kṣiprameva vinaśyati |
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na ca tvayā vyathā kāryā janakasya sutāṃ prati || 14 ||
vaidehyā raṃsyase kṣipraṃ hatvā taṃ rākṣasaṃ raṇe |
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asammūḍhasya gṛdhrasya rāmaṃ pratyanubhāṣataḥ || 15 ||
āsyātsusrāva rudhiraṃ mriyamāṇasya sāmiṣam |
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putro viśravasassākṣādbhrātā vaiśravaṇasya ca || 16 ||
ityuktvā durlabhānprāṇānmumoca patageśvaraḥ |
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brūhi brūhīti rāmasya bruvāṇasya kṛtāñjaleḥ || 17 ||
tvaktvā śarīraṃ gṛdhrasya jagmuḥ prāṇā vihāyasam |
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sa nikṣipya śiro bhūmau prasārya caraṇau tadā || 18 ||
vikṣipya ca śarīraṃ svaṃ papāta dharaṇītale |
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taṃ gṛdhraṃ prekṣya tāmrākṣaṃ gatāsumacalopamam || 19 ||
rāmassubahubhirduḥkhairdīnassaumitrimabravīt |
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bahūni rakṣasāṃ vāse varṣāṇi vasatā sukham || 20 ||
anena daṇḍakāraṇye viśīrṇamiha pakṣiṇā |
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anekavārṣiko yastu cirakālasamutthitaḥ || 21 ||
so'yamadya hataśśete kālo hi duratikramaḥ |
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paśya lakṣmaṇa gṛdhro'yamupakārī hataśca me || 22 ||
sītāmabhyavapanno vai rāvaṇena balīyasā |
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gṛdhrarājyaṃ parityajya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat || 23 ||
mama hetorayaṃ prāṇānmumoca patageśvaraḥ |
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sarvatra khalu dṛśyante sādhavo dharmacāriṇaḥ || 24 ||
śūrāśśaraṇyāssaumitre tiryagyonigateṣvapi |
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sītāharaṇajaṃ duḥkhaṃ na me saumya tathāvidham || 25 ||
yathā vināśe gṛdhrasya matkṛte ca parantapa |
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rājā daśarathaśśrīmānyathā mama mahāyaśāḥ || 26 ||
pūjanīyaśca mānyaśca tathā'yaṃ patageśvaraḥ |
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saumitre hara kāṣṭhāni nirmathiṣyāmi pāvakam || 27 ||
gṛdhrarājaṃ didhakṣāmi matkṛte nidhanaṃ gatam |
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nāthaṃ patagalokasya citāmāropya rāghava || 28 ||
imaṃ dhakṣyāmi saumitre hataṃ raudreṇa rakṣasā |
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yā gatiryajñaśīlānāmāhitāgneśca yā gatiḥ || 29 ||
aparāvartināṃ yā ca yā ca bhūmipradāyinām |
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mayā tvaṃ samanujñāto gaccha lokānanuttamān || 30 ||
gṛdhrarāja mahāsattva saṃskṛtaśca mayā vraja |
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evamuktvā citāṃ dīptāmāropya patageśvaram || 31 ||
dadāha rāmo dharmātmā svabandhumiva duḥkhitaḥ |
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rāmo'tha sahasaumitrirvanaṃ gatvā sa vīryavān || 32 ||
sthūlānhatvā mahārohīnanutastāra taṃ dvijam |
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rohimāṃsāni cotkṛtya peśīkṛtya mahāyaśāḥ || 33 ||
śakunāya dadau rāmo ramye haritaśādvale |
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yattatpretasya martyasya kathayanti dvijātayaḥ || 34 ||
tatsvargagamanaṃ tasya pitryaṃ rāmo jajāpa ha |
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tato godāvarīṃ gatvā nadīṃ naravarātmajau || 35 ||
udakaṃ cakratustasmai gṛdhrarājāya tāvubhau |
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śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā jale gṛdhrāya rāghavau || 36 ||
snātvā tau gṛdhrarājāya udakaṃ cakratustadā |
sa gṛdhrarājaḥ kṛtavānyaśaskaraṃ suduṣkaraṃ karma raṇe nipātitaḥ |
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maharṣikalpena ca saṃskṛtastadā jagāma puṇyāṃ gatimātmanaśśubhām || 37 ||
kṛtodakau tāvapi pakṣisattame sthirāṃ ca buddhiṃ praṇidhāya jagmatuḥ |
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praveśya sītādhigame tato mano vanaṃ surendraviva viṣṇuvāsavau || 38 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ ||