śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha ekonaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ |
athāśramādupāvṛttamantarā raghunandanaḥ |
paripapraccha saumitriṃ rāmo duḥkhārditaṃ punaḥ || 1 ||
tamuvāca kimarthaṃ tvamāgato'pāsya maithilīm |
yadā sā tava viśvāsādvane virahitā mayā || 2 ||
dṛṣṭvaivābhyāgataṃ tvāṃ me maithilīṃ tyajya lakṣmaṇa |
śaṅkamānaṃ mahatpāpaṃ yatsatyaṃ vyathitaṃ manaḥ || 3 ||
sphurate nayanaṃ savyaṃ bāhuśca hṛdayaṃ ca me |
dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇa dūre tvāṃ sītāvirahitaṃ pathi || 4 ||
evamuktantu saumitrirlakṣmaṇaśśubhalakṣaṇaḥ |
bhūyo duḥkhasamāviṣṭo duḥkhitaṃ rāmamabravīt || 5 ||
na svayaṃ kāmakāreṇa tāṃ tyaktvāhamihāgataḥ |
pracodita stayaivograistvatsakāśamihāgataḥ || 6 ||
āryeṇeva parākruṣṭaṃ hāsīte lakṣmaṇeti ca |
paritrāhīti yadvākyaṃ maithilyāstacchrutiṃ gatam || 7 ||
sā tamārtasvaraṃ śrutvā tava snehena maithilī |
gaccha gaccheti māmāha rudantī bhayavihvalā || 8 ||
pracodyamānena mayā gaccheti bahuśastayā |
pratyuktā maithilī vākyamidaṃ tvatpratyayānvitam || 9 ||
na tatpaśyāmyahaṃ rakṣo yadasya bhayamāvahet |
nirvṛtā bhava nāstyetatkenāpyevamudāhṛtam || 10 ||
vigarhitaṃ ca nīcaṃ ca kathamāryo'bhidhāsyati |
trāhīti vacanaṃ sīte yastrāyetridaśānapi || 11 ||
kiṃ nimittaṃ tu kenāpi bhrāturālambya me svaram |
rākṣaseneritaṃ vākyaṃ trāhi trāhīti śobhane || 12 ||
visvaraṃ vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇa trāhi māmiti |
na bhavatyā vyathā kāryā kunārījanasevitā || 13 ||
alaṃ vaiklabyamālambya svasthā bhava nirutsukā |
na so'sti triṣu lokeṣu pumānvai rāghavaṃ raṇe || 14 ||
jāto vā jāyamāno vā saṃyuge yaḥ parājayet |
na jayyo rāghavo yuddhe devaiśśakrapurogamaiḥ || 15 ||
evamuktā tu vaidehī parimohitacetanā |
uvācāśrūṇi muñcantī dāruṇaṃ māmidaṃ vacaḥ || 16 ||
bhāvo mayi tavātyarthaṃ pāpa eva niveśitaḥ |
vinaṣṭe bhrātari prāptuṃ na ca tvaṃ māmavāpsyasi || 17 ||
saṅketādbharatena tvaṃ rāmaṃ samanugacchasi |
krośantaṃ hi yathātyarthaṃ naivamabhyavapadyase || 18 ||
ripuḥ pracchannacārī tvaṃ madarthamanugacchasi |
rāghavasyāntaraprepsustathainaṃ nābhipadyase || 19 ||
evamukto hi vaidehyā saṃrabdho raktalocanaḥ |
krodhātprasphuramāṇoṣṭha āśramādabhinirgataḥ || 20 ||
evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ saumitriṃ rāmassantāpamohitaḥ |
abravīdduṣkṛtaṃ saumya tāṃ vinā yattvamāgataḥ || 21 ||
jānannapi samarthaṃ māṃ rakṣasāṃ vinivāraṇe |
anena krodhavākyena maithilyā nissṛto bhavān || 22 ||
na hi te parituṣyāmi tyaktvā yadyāsi maithilīm |
kruddhāyāḥ paruṣaṃ śrutvā tāṃ vihāya tvamāgataḥ || 23 ||
sarvathā tvavinītaṃ te sītayā yatpracoditaḥ |
krodhasya vaśamāpanno nākarośśāsanaṃ mama || 24 ||
asau hi rākṣasaśśete śareṇābhihato mayā |
mṛgarūpeṇa yenāhamāśramādapavāhitaḥ || 25 ||
vikṛṣya cāpaṃ paridhāya sāyakaṃ salīlabāṇena ca tāḍito mayā |
mārgīṃ tanuṃ tyajya sa viklabasvaro babhūva keyūradharassarākṣasaḥ || 26 ||
śarāhatenaiva tadārtayā girā svaraṃ samālambya sudūrasuśravam |
udāhṛtaṃ tadvacanaṃ sudāruṇaṃ tvamāgato yena vihāya maithilīm || 27 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe ekonaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ ||