Sarga 17 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
atha rājanmahābāhurvicaransa mahītale | himavadvanamāsādya paricakrāma rāvaṇaḥ || 7.17.1 ||
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tatrāpaśyatsa vai kanyāṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharām | ārṣeṇa vidhinā yuktāṃ dīpyantīṃ devatāmiva || 7.17.2 ||
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sa dṛṣṭvā rūpasampannāṃ kanyāṃ tāṃ sumahāvratām | kāmamohaparītātmā papraccha prahasanniva || 7.17.3 ||
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kimidaṃ vartase bhadre viruddhaṃ yauvanasya te | nahi yuktā tavaitasya rūpasyaiva pratikriyā || 7.17.4 ||
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rūpaṃ te 'nupamaṃ bhīru kāmonmādakaraṃ nṛṇām | na yuktaṃ tapasi sthātuṃ nirgato hyeṣa nirṇayaḥ || 7.17.5 ||
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kasyāsi kimidaṃ bhadre kaśca bhartā varānane | yena sambhujyase bhīru sa naraḥ puṇyabhāgbhuvi || 7.17.6 ||
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pṛcchataḥ śaṃsa me sarvaṃ kasya hetoḥ pariśramaḥ | evamuktā tu sā kanyā rāvaṇena yaśasvinī || 7.17.7 ||
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kuśadhvajo mama pitā brahmarṣiramitaprabhaḥ | bṛhaspatisutaḥ śrīmānbuddhyā tulyo bṛhaspateḥ || 7.17.8 ||
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tasyāhaṃ kurvato nityaṃ vedābhyāsaṃ mahātmanaḥ | sambhūya vāṅmayī kanyā nāmnā vedavatī smṛtā || 7.17.9 ||
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tato devāḥ sagandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ | te 'pi gatvā hi pitaraṃ varaṇaṃ rocayanti me || 7.17.10 ||
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na ca māṃ sa pitā tebhyo dattavānrākṣasarṣabha | kāraṇaṃ tadvadiṣyāmi niśācara niśāmaya || 7.17.11 ||
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pitustu mama jāmātā viṣṇuḥ kila sureśvaraḥ | abhipretastrilokeśastasmānnānyasya me pitā || 7.17.12 ||
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dātumicchati tasmai tu tacchrutvā baladarpitaḥ | dambhurnāma tato rājā daityānāṃ kupito 'bhavat || 7.17.13 ||
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tena rātrau śayāno me pitā pāpena hiṃsitaḥ || 7.17.14 ||
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tato me jananī dīnā taccharīraṃ piturmama | pariṣvajya mahābhāgā praviṣṭā havyavāhanam || 7.17.15 ||
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tato manorathaṃ satyaṃ piturnārāyaṇaṃ prati | karomīti tamevāhaṃ hṛdayena samudvahe || 7.17.16 ||
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iti pratijñāmāruhya carāmi vipulaṃ tapaḥ | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā rākṣasapuṅgava || 7.17.17 ||
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nārāyaṇo mama patirna tvanyaḥ puruṣottamāt | āśraye niyamaṃ ghoraṃ nārāyaṇaparīpsayā | vijñātastvaṃ hi me rājangaccha paulastyanandana || 7.17.18 ||
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jānāmi tapasā sarvaṃ trailokye yaddhi vartate || 7.17.19 ||
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so 'bravīdrāvaṇo bhūyastāṃ kanyāṃ sumahāvratām | avaruhya vimānāgrātkandarpaśarapīḍitaḥ || 7.17.20 ||
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avaliptā 'si suśroṇi yasyāste matirīdṛśī | vṛddhānāṃ mṛgaśāvākṣi bhrājate puṇyasañcayaḥ || 7.17.21 ||
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tvaṃ sarvaṃguṇasampannā nārhase vaktumīdṛśam | trailokyasundarī bhīru yauvanaṃ te nivartate || 7.17.22 ||
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ahaṃ laṅkāpatirbhadre daśagrīva iti śrutaḥ | tasya me bhava bhāryā tvaṃ bhuṅkṣva bhogānyathāsukham || 7.17.23 ||
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kaśca tāvadasau yaṃ tvaṃ viṣṇurityabhibhāṣase | vīryeṇa tapasā caiva bhogena ca balena ca ||
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na mayā sa samo bhadre yaṃ tvaṃ kāmayase 'ṅgane || 7.17.24 ||
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ityuktavati tasmiṃstu vedavatyatha sā 'bravīt || 7.17.25 ||
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vai bhogena ca balena ca || mā maivamiti sā kanyā tamuvāca niśācaram | trailokyādhipati viṣṇuṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam | tvadṛte rākṣasendrānyaḥ ko 'vamanyeta buddhimān || 7.17.26 ||
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evamuktastayā tatra vedavatyā niśācaraḥ | mūrdhajeṣu tadā kanyāṃ karāgreṇa parāmṛśat || 7.17.27 ||
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tato vedavatī kruddhā keśānhastena sā 'cchinat | asirbhūtvā karastasyāḥ keśāṃśchinnāṃstadā 'karot || 7.17.28 ||
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sā jvalantīva roṣeṇa dahantīva niśācaram | uvācāgniṃ samādhāya maraṇāya kṛtatvarā || 7.17.29 ||
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dharṣitāyāstvayānārya na me jīvitamiṣyate | rakṣastasmātpravekṣyāmi paśyataste hutāśanam || 7.17.30 ||
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yasmāttu dharṣitā cāhaṃ tvayā pāpātmanā vane | tasmāttava vadhārthaṃ hi samutpatsye hyahaṃ punaḥ || 7.17.31 ||
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na hi śakyaṃ striyā hantuṃ puruṣaḥ pāpaniścaḥ | śāpe tvayi mayotsṛṣṭe tapasaśca vyayo bhavet || 7.17.32 ||
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yadi tvasti mayā kiñcitkṛtaṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ tathā | tasmāttvayonijā sādhvī bhaveyaṃ dharmiṇaḥ sutā || 7.17.33 ||
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evamuktvā praviṣṭā sā jvalitaṃ jātavedasam | papāta ca divo divyā puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ || 7.17.34 ||
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punareva samudbhūtā padme padmasamaprabhā | tasmādapi punaḥ prāptā pūrvavattena rakṣasā || 7.17.35 ||
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kanyāṃ kamalagarbhābhāṃ pragṛhya svagṛhaṃ yayau | pragṛhya rāvaṇastvetāṃ darśayāmāsa mantriṇe || 7.17.36 ||
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lakṣaṇajño nirīkṣyaiva rāvaṇaṃ caivamabravīt | gṛhasthaiṣāṃ hi suśroṇī tvadvadhāyaiva dṛśyate || 7.17.37 ||
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etacchrutvā 'rṇave rāma tāṃ pracikṣepa rāvaṇaḥ | sā caiva kṣitimāsādya yajñāyatanamadhyagā || 7.17.38 ||
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rājño halamukhotkṛṣṭā punarapyutthitā satī | saiṣā janakarājasya prasūtā tanayā prabho | tava bhāryā mahābāho viṣṇustvaṃ hi sanātanaḥ || 7.17.39 ||
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pūrvaṃ krodhāhitaḥ śatruryayā 'sau nihatastathā | upāśrayitvā śailabhastava vīryamamānuṣam || 7.17.40 ||
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evameṣā mahābhāgā martyeṣūtpatsyate punaḥ | kṣetre halamukhotkṛṣṭe vedyāmagniśikhopamā || 7.17.41 ||
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eṣā vedavatī nāma pūrvamāsītkṛte yuge | tretāyugamanuprāpya vadhārthaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ || 7.17.42 ||
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utpannā maithilakule janakasya mahātmanaḥ | sītotpannā tu sīteti mānuṣaiḥ punarucyate || 7.17.43 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe saptadaśaḥ sargaḥ || 17 ||
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