अरण्यकाण्डम्Araṇya Kāṇḍa

tam śabdam avasuptasya jaṭāyuḥ atha śuśruve ।
niraikṣat rāvaṇam kṣipram vaidehīm ca dadarśa saḥ ॥

tataḥ parvata śṛṁga ābhaḥ tīkṣṇa tuṇḍaḥ khaga uttamaḥ ।
vanaspati gataḥ śrīmān vyājahāra śubhām giram ॥

daśagrīva sthito dharme purāṇe satya saṁśrayaḥ ।
bhrātaḥ saḥ tvam ninditam karma kartum na arhasi saṁpratām ॥

jaṭāyuḥ nāma nāmnā aham gṛdhra rājo mahābalaḥ ।
rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendra varuṇa upamaḥ ॥

lokānām ca hite yukto rāmo daśaratha ātmajaḥ ।
tasya eṣā loka nāthasya dharma patnī yaśasvinī ॥

sītā nāma varārohā yām tvam hartum iha icchasi ।
katham rājā sthito dharme para dārān parāmṛśet ॥

rakṣaṇīyā viśeṣeṇa rāja dārā mahābalaḥ ।
nivartaya gatim nīcām para dāra abhimarśanāt ॥

na tat samācaret dhīro yat paro asya vigarhayet ।
yathā ātmanaḥ tathā anyeṣām dārā rakṣyā vimarśanāt ॥

artham vā yadi vā kāmam śiṣṭāḥ śāstreṣu anāgatam ।
vyavasyanti anu rājānam dharmam paulastya naṁdana ॥

rājā dharmaḥ ca kāmaḥ ca dravyāṇām ca uttamo nidhiḥ ।
dharmaḥ śubham vā pāpam vā rāja mūlam pravartate ॥

pāpa svabhāvaḥ capalaḥ katham tvam rakṣasām vara ।
aiśvaryam abhisaṁprāpto vimānam iva duṣkṛtī ॥

kāma svabhāvo yaḥ saḥ asau na śakyaḥ tam pramārjitum ।
na hi duṣṭa ātmanām āryam āvasati ālaye ciram ॥

viṣaye vā pure vā te yadā rāmo mahābalaḥ ।
na aparādhyati dharmātmā katham tasya aparādhyasi ॥

yadi śūrpaṇakhā hetoḥ janasthāna gataḥ kharaḥ ।
ativṛtto hataḥ pūrvam rāmeṇa akliṣṭa karmaṇā ॥

atra brūhi yathā tattvam ko rāmasya vyatikramaḥ ।
yasya tvam loka nāthasya hṛtvā bhāryām gamiṣyasi ॥

kṣipram visṛja vaidehīm mā tvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā ।
dahet dahanabhūtena vṛtram indra aśaniḥ yathā ॥

sarpam āśīviṣam baddhvā vastra ante na avabudhyase ।
grīvāyām pratimuktam ca kāla pāśam na paśyasi ॥

sa bhāraḥ saumya bhartavyo yo naram na avasādayet ।
tat annam api bhoktavyam jīryate yat anāmayam ॥

yat kṛtvā na bhavet dharmo na kīrtiḥ na yaśaḥ dhruvam ।
śarīrasya bhavet khedaḥ kaḥ tat karma samācaret ॥

ṣaṣṭi varṣa sahasrāṇi jātasya mama rāvaṇa ।
pitṛ paitāmaham rājyam yathāvat anutiṣṭhataḥ ॥

vṛddho aham tvam yuvā dhanvī sa rathaḥ kavacī śarī ।
na ca api ādāya kuśalī vaidehīm na gamiṣyasi ॥

na śaktaḥ tvam balāt hartum vaidehīm mama paśyataḥ ।
hetubhiḥ nyāya saṁyuktaiḥ dhruvām veda śrutīm iva ॥

yudhyasva yadi śūro asi muhūrtam tiṣṭha rāvaṇa ।
śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathā pūrvam kharaḥ tathā ॥

asakṛt saṁyuge yena nihatā daitya dānavāḥ ।
na cirāt cīra vāsāḥ tvām rāmo yudhi vadhiṣyati ॥

kim nu śakyam mayā kartum gatau dūram nṛpa ātmajau ।
kṣipram tvam naśyase nīca tayoḥ bhīto na saṁśayaḥ ॥

na hi me jīvamānasya nayiṣyasi śubhām imām ।
sītām kamala patra akṣīm rāmasya mahaṣīm priyām ॥

avaśyam tu mayā kāryam priyam tasya mahātmanaḥ ।
jīvitena api rāmasya tathā daśarathasya ca ॥

tiṣṭha tiṣṭha daśagrīva muhūrtam paśya rāvaṇa ।
vṛntāt iva phalam tvām tu pātayeyam ratha uttamāt ।
yuddha ātithyam pradāsyāmi yathā prāṇam niśā cara ॥