Chapter 43

ārtasvaraṃ tu taṃ bharturvijñāya sadṛśaṃ vane |
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ sītā gaccha jānīhi rāghavam || 1 ||
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na hi me jīvitaṃ sthāne hṛdayaṃ vāvatiṣṭhate |
krośataḥ paramārtasya śrutaḥ śabdo mayā bhṛśam || 2 ||
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ākrandamānaṃ tu vane bhrātaraṃ trātumarhasi |
taṃ kṣipramabhidhāva tvaṃ bhrātaraṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇam || 3 ||
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rakṣasāṃ vaśamāpannaṃ siṃhānāmiva govṛṣam |
na jagāma tathoktastu bhrāturājñāya śāsanam || 4 ||
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tamuvāca tatastatra kupitā janakātmajā |
saumitre mitrarūpeṇa bhrātustvamasi śatruvat || 5 ||
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yastvamasyāmavasthāyāṃ bhrātaraṃ nābhipadyase |
icchasi tvaṃ vinaśyantaṃ rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇa matkṛte || 6 ||
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vyasanaṃ te priyaṃ manye sneho bhrātari nāsti te |
tena tiṣṭhasi visrabdhastamapaśyanmahādyutim || 7 ||
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kiṃ hi saṃśayamāpanne tasminniha mayā bhavet |
kartavyamiha tiṣṭhantyā yat pradhānastvamāgataḥ || 8 ||
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iti bruvāṇaṃ vaidehīṃ bāṣpaśokapariplutām |
abravīl lakṣmaṇastrastāṃ sītāṃ mṛgavadhūmiva || 9 ||
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devi devamanuṣyeṣu gandharveṣu patatriṣu |
rākṣaseṣu piśāceṣu kiṃnareṣu mṛgeṣu ca || 10 ||
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dānaveṣu ca ghoreṣu na sa vidyeta śobhane |
yo rāmaṃ pratiyudhyeta samare vāsavopamam || 11 ||
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avadhyaḥ samare rāmo naivaṃ tvaṃ vaktumarhasi |
na tvāmasmin vane hātumutsahe rāghavaṃ vinā || 12 ||
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anivāryaṃ balaṃ tasya balairbalavatāmapi |
tribhirlokaiḥ samudyuktaiḥ seśvaraiḥ sāmarairapi || 13 ||
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hṛdayaṃ nirvṛtaṃ te'stu saṃtāpastyajyatāmayam |
āgamiṣyati te bhartā śīghraṃ hatvā mṛgottamam || 14 ||
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na sa tasya svaro vyaktaṃ na kaścidapi daivataḥ |
gandharvanagaraprakhyā māyā sā tasya rakṣasaḥ || 15 ||
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nyāsabhūtāsi vaidehi nyastā mayi mahātmanā |
rāmeṇa tvaṃ varārohe na tvāṃ tyaktumihotsahe || 16 ||
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kṛtavairāśca kalyāṇi vayametairniśācaraiḥ |
kharasya nidhane devi janasthānavadhaṃ prati || 17 ||
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rākṣasā vidhinā vāco visṛjanti mahāvane |
hiṃsāvihārā vaidehi na cintayitumarhasi || 18 ||
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lakṣmaṇenaivamuktā tu kruddhā saṃraktalocanā |
abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavādinam || 19 ||
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anārya karuṇārambha nṛśaṃsa kulapāṃsana |
ahaṃ tava priyaṃ manye tenaitāni prabhāṣase || 20 ||
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naitaccitraṃ sapatneṣu pāpaṃ lakṣmaṇa yadbhavet |
tvadvidheṣu nṛśaṃseṣu nityaṃ pracchannacāriṣu || 21 ||
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suduṣṭastvaṃ vane rāmamekameko'nugacchasi |
mama hetoḥ praticchannaḥ prayukto bharatena vā || 22 ||
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kathamindīvaraśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ padmanibhekṣaṇam |
upasaṃśritya bhartāraṃ kāmayeyaṃ pṛthagjanam || 23 ||
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samakṣaṃ tava saumitre prāṇāṃstyakṣye na saṃśayaḥ |
rāmaṃ vinā kṣaṇamapi na hi jīvāmi bhūtale || 24 ||
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ityuktaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ sītayā somaharṣaṇam |
abravīl lakṣmaṇaḥ sītāṃ prāñjalirvijitendriyaḥ || 25 ||
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uttaraṃ notsahe vaktuṃ daivataṃ bhavatī mama |
vākyamapratirūpaṃ tu na citraṃ strīṣu maithili || 26 ||
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svabhāvastveṣa nārīṇāmeṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate |
vimuktadharmāścapalāstīkṣṇā bhedakarāḥ striyaḥ || 27 ||
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upaśṛṇvantu me sarve sākṣibhūtā vanecarāḥ |
nyāyavādī yathā vākyamukto'haṃ paruṣaṃ tvayā || 28 ||
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dhik tvāmadya praṇaśya tvaṃ yanmāmevaṃ viśaṅkase |
strītvādduṣṭasvabhāvena guruvākye vyavasthitam || 29 ||
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gamiṣye yatra kākutsthaḥ svasti te'stu varānane |
rakṣantu tvāṃ viśālākṣi samagrā vanadevatāḥ || 30 ||
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nimittāni hi ghorāṇi yāni prādurbhavanti me |
api tvāṃ saha rāmeṇa paśyeyaṃ punarāgataḥ || 31 ||
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lakṣmaṇenaivamuktā tu rudatī janakātmajā |
pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ tīvraṃ bāṣpapariplutā || 32 ||
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godāvarīṃ pravekṣyāmi vinā rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇa |
ābandhiṣye'tha vā tyakṣye viṣame dehamātmanaḥ || 33 ||
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pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam |
na tvahaṃ rāghavādanyaṃ padāpi puruṣaṃ spṛśe || 34 ||
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iti lakṣmaṇamākruśya sītā duḥkhasamanvitā |
pāṇibhyāṃ rudatī duḥkhādudaraṃ prajaghāna ha || 35 ||
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tāmārtarūpāṃ vimanā rudantīṃ saumitrirālokya viśālanetrām |
āśvāsayāmāsa na caiva bhartustaṃ bhrātaraṃ kiṃ ciduvāca sītā || 36 ||
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tatastu sītāmabhivādya lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ kiṃ cidabhipraṇamya |
avekṣamāṇo bahuśaśca maithilīṃ jagāma rāmasya samīpamātmavān || 37 ||
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