Ramayana · Chapter 7.026

sa tu tatra daśagrīvaḥ saha sainyena vīryavān
astaṃ prāpte dinakare nivāsaṃ samarocayat

udite vimale candre tulyaparvatavarcasi
sa dadarśa guṇāṃs tatra candrapādopaśobhitān

karṇikāravanair divyaiḥ kadambagahanais tathā
padminībhiś ca phullābhir mandākinyā jalair api

ghaṇṭānām iva saṃnādaḥ śuśruve madhurasvanaḥ
apsarogaṇasaṃghanāṃ gāyatāṃ dhanadālaye

puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcanto nagāḥ pavanatāḍitāḥ
śailaṃ taṃ vāsayantīva madhumādhavagandhinaḥ

madhupuṣparajaḥpṛktaṃ gandham ādāya puṣkalam
pravavau vardhayan kāmaṃ rāvaṇasya sukho 'nilaḥ

geyāt puṣpasamṛddhyā ca śaityād vāyor guṇair gireḥ
pravṛttāyāṃ rajanyāṃ ca candrasyodayanena ca

rāvaṇaḥ sumahāvīryaḥ kāmabāṇavaśaṃ gataḥ
viniśvasya viniśvasya śaśinaṃ samavaikṣata

etasminn antare tatra divyapuṣpavibhūṣitā
sarvāpsarovarā rambhā pūrṇacandranibhānanā

kṛtair viśeṣakair ārdraiḥ ṣaḍartukusumotsavaiḥ
nīlaṃ satoyameghābhaṃ vastraṃ samavaguṇṭhitā

yasya vaktraṃ śaśinibhaṃ bhruvau cāpanibhe śubhe
ūrū karikarākārau karau pallavakomalau
sainyamadhyena gacchantī rāvaṇenopalakṣitā

tāṃ samutthāya rakṣendraḥ kāmabāṇabalārditaḥ
kare gṛhītvā gacchantīṃ smayamāno 'bhyabhāṣata

kva gacchasi varārohe kāṃ siddhiṃ bhajase svayam
kasyābhyudayakālo 'yaṃ yas tvāṃ samupabhokṣyate

tavānanarasasyādya padmotpalasugandhinaḥ
sudhāmṛtarasasyeva ko 'dya tṛptiṃ gamiṣyati

svarṇakumbhanibhau pīnau śubhau bhīru nirantarau
kasyorasthalasaṃsparśaṃ dāsyatas te kucāv imau

suvarṇacakrapratimaṃ svarṇadāmacitaṃ pṛthu
adhyārokṣyati kas te 'dya svargaṃ jaghanarūpiṇam

madviśiṣṭaḥ pumān ko 'nyaḥ śakro viṣṇur athāśvinau
mām atītya hi yasya tvaṃ yāsi bhīru na śobhanam

viśrama tvaṃ pṛthuśroṇi śilātalam idaṃ śubham
trailokye yaḥ prabhuś caiva tulyo mama na vidyate

tad eṣa prāñjaliḥ prahvo yācate tvāṃ daśānanaḥ
yaḥ prabhuś cāpi bhartā ca trailokyasya bhajasva mām

evam uktābravīd rambhā vepamānā kṛtāñjaliḥ
prasīda nārhase vaktum īdṛśaṃ tvaṃ hi me guruḥ

anyebhyo 'pi tvayā rakṣyā prāpnuyāṃ dharṣaṇaṃ yadi
dharmataś ca snuṣā te 'haṃ tattvam etad bravīmi te

abravīt tāṃ daśagrīvaś caraṇādhomukhīṃ sthitām
sutasya yadi me bhāryā tatas tvaṃ me snuṣā bhaveḥ

bāḍham ity eva sā rambhā prāha rāvaṇam uttaram
dharmatas te sutasyāhaṃ bhāryā rākṣasapuṃgava

putraḥ priyataraḥ prāṇair bhrātur vaiśravaṇasya te
khyāto yas triṣu lokeṣu nalakūbara ity asau

dharmato yo bhaved vipraḥ kṣatriyo vīryato bhavet
krodhād yaś ca bhaved agniḥ kṣāntyā ca vasudhāsamaḥ

tasyāsmi kṛtasaṃketā lokapālasutasya vai
tam uddiśya ca me sarvaṃ vibhūṣaṇam idaṃ kṛtam

yasya tasya hi nānyasya bhāvo māṃ prati tiṣṭhati
tena satyena māṃ rājan moktum arhasy ariṃdama

sa hi tiṣṭhati dharmātmā sāmprataṃ matsamutsukaḥ
tan na vighnaṃ sutasyeha kartum arhasi muñca mām

sadbhir ācaritaṃ mārgaṃ gaccha rākṣasapuṃgava
mānanīyo mayā hi tvaṃ lālanīyā tathāsmi te

evaṃ bruvāṇāṃ rambhāṃ tāṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ
nirbhartsya rākṣaso mohāt pratigṛhya balād balī
kāmamohābhisaṃrabdho maithunāyopacakrame

sā vimuktā tato rambhā bhraṣṭamālyavibhūṣaṇā
gajendrākrīḍamathitā nadīvākulatāṃ gatā

sā vepamānā lajjantī bhītā karakṛtāñjaliḥ
nalakūbaram āsādya pādayor nipapāta ha

tadavasthāṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmā nalakūbaraḥ
abravīt kim idaṃ bhadre pādayoḥ patitāsi me

sā tu niśvasamānā ca vepamānātha sāñjaliḥ
tasmai sarvaṃ yathātathyam ākhyātum upacakrame

eṣa deva daśagrīvaḥ prāpto gantuṃ triviṣṭapam
tena sainyasahāyena niśeha pariṇāmyate

āyāntī tena dṛṣṭāsmi tvatsakāśam ariṃdama
gṛhītvā tena pṛṣṭāsmi kasya tvam iti rakṣasā

mayā tu sarvaṃ yat satyaṃ tad dhi tasmai niveditam
kāmamohābhibhūtātmā nāśrauṣīt tad vaco mama

yācyamāno mayā deva snuṣā te 'ham iti prabho
tat sarvaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā balāt tenāsmi dharṣitā

evaṃ tvam aparādhaṃ me kṣantum arhasi mānada
na hi tulyaṃ balaṃ saumya striyāś ca puruṣasya ca

evaṃ śrutvā tu saṃkruddhas tadā vaiśvaraṇātmajaḥ
dharṣaṇāṃ tāṃ parāṃ śrutvā dhyānaṃ saṃpraviveśa ha

tasya tat karma vijñāya tadā vaiśravaṇātmajaḥ
muhūrtād roṣatāmrākṣas toyaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā

gṛhītvā salilaṃ divyam upaspṛśya yathāvidhi
utsasarja tadā śāpaṃ rākṣasendrāya dāruṇam

akāmā tena yasmāt tvaṃ balād bhadre pradharṣitā
tasmāt sa yuvatīm anyāṃ nākāmām upayāsyati

yadā tv akāmāṃ kāmārto dharṣayiṣyati yoṣitam
mūrdhā tu saptadhā tasya śakalībhavitā tadā

tasminn udāhṛte śāpe jvalitāgnisamaprabhe
devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiś ca khāc cyutā

prajāpatimukhāś cāpi sarve devāḥ praharṣitāḥ
jñātvā lokagatiṃ sarvāṃ tasya mṛtyuṃ ca rakṣasaḥ

śrutvā tu sa daśagrīvas taṃ śāpaṃ romaharṣaṇam
nārīṣu maithunaṃ bhāvaṃ nākāmāsv abhyarocayat