Sarga 45 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ sarveṣāṃ dīnacetasām | uvāca vākyaṃ kākutstho mukhena pariśuṣyatā || 7.45.1 ||
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sarve śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo mā kurudhvaṃ mano 'nyathā | paurāṇāṃ mama sītāyāṃ yādṛśī vartate kathā || 7.45.2 ||
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paurāpavādaḥ sumahāṃstathā janapadasya ca | vartate mayi bībhatsā sā me marmāṇi kṛntati || 7.45.3 ||
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ahaṃ kila kule jāta ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām | sītā 'pi satkule jātā janakānāṃ mahātmanām || 7.45.4 ||
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jānāsi tvaṃ yathā saumya daṇḍake vijane vane | rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā sa ca vidhvaṃsito mayā || 7.45.5 ||
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tatra me buddhirutpannā janakasya sutāṃ prati | atroṣitāmimāṃ sītāmānayeyaṃ kathaṃ purīm || 7.45.6 ||
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pratyayārthaṃ tataḥ sītā viveśa jvalanaṃ tadā | pratyakṣaṃ tava saumitre devānāṃ havyavāhanaḥ | apāpāṃ maithilīmāha vāyuścākāśagocaraḥ || 7.45.7 ||
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candrādityau ca śaṃsete surāṇāṃ sannidhau purā | ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāmapāpāṃ janakātmajām || 7.45.8 ||
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evaṃ śuddhasamācārā devagandharvasannidhau | laṅkādvīpe mahendreṇa mama haste niveśitā || 7.45.9 ||
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antarātmā ca me vetti sītāṃ śuddhāṃ yaśasvinīm | tato gṛhītvā vaidehīmayodhyāmahamāgataḥ || 7.45.10 ||
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ayaṃ tu me mahānvādaḥ śokaśca hṛdi vartate | paurāpavādaḥ sumahāṃstathā janapadasya ca || 7.45.11 ||
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akīrtiryasya gīyeta loke bhūtasya kasyacit | patatyevādhamāँllokānyāvacchabdaḥ prakīrtyate || 7.45.12 ||
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akīrtirnindyate devaiḥ kīrtirlokeṣu pūjyate | kīrtyarthaṃ tu samārambhaḥ sarveṣāṃ sumahātmanām || 7.45.13 ||
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apyahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ yuṣmānvā puruṣarṣabhāḥ | apavādabhayādbhītaḥ kiṃ punarjanakātmajām || 7.45.14 ||
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tasmādbhavantaḥ paśyantu patitaṃ śokasāgare | nahi paśyāmyahaṃ bhūtaṃ kiñcidduḥkhamato 'dhikam || 7.45.15 ||
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śvastvaṃ prabhāte saumitre sumantrādhiṣṭhitaṃ ratham | āruhya sītāmāropya viṣayānte samutsṛja || 7.45.16 ||
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gaṅgāyāstu pare pāre vālmīkestu mahātmanaḥ | āśramo divyasaṅkāśastamasātīramāśritaḥ || 7.45.17 ||
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tatraināṃ vijane deśe visṛjya raghunandana | śīghramāgaccha bhadraṃ te kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama || 7.45.18 ||
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na cāsmin prativaktavyaḥ sītāṃ prati kathañcana | tasmāttvaṃ gaccha saumitre nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 7.45.19 ||
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aprītirhi parā mahyaṃ tvayetatprativārite | śāpitā hi mayā yūyaṃ bhujābhyāṃ jīvitena ca || 7.45.20 ||
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ye māṃ vākyāntare brūyuranunetuṃ kathañcana | ahitā nāma te nityaṃ madabhīṣṭavighātanāt || 7.45.21 ||
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mānayantu bhavanto māṃ yadi macchāsane sthitāḥ | ito 'dya nīyatāṃ sītā kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama || 7.45.22 ||
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pūrvamukto 'hamanayā gaṅgātīre 'hamāśramān | paśyeyamiti tasyāśca kāmaḥ saṃvartyatāmayam || 7.45.23 ||
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evamuktvā tu kākutstho bāṣpeṇa pihitānanaḥ | praviveśa sa dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ || 7.45.24 ||
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śokasaṃlagnahṛdayo niśaśvāsa yathā dvipaḥ || 7.45.25 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe pañcacatvāriṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 45 ||
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