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kasya cittvatha kālasya rājā daśarathaḥ sutam .
bharataṃ kekayīputramabravīdraghunandanaḥ .. 1..

ayaṃ kekayarājasya putro vasati putraka .
tvāṃ netumāgato vīra yudhājinmātulastava .. 2..

śrutvā daśarathasyaitadbharataḥ kekayīsutaḥ .
gamanāyābhicakrāma śatrughnasahitastadā .. 3..

āpṛcchya pitaraṃ śūro rāmaṃ cākliṣṭakāriṇam .
mātṝṃścāpi naraśreṣṭhaḥ śatrughnasahito yayau .. 4..

yudhājitprāpya bharataṃ saśatrughnaṃ praharṣitaḥ .
svapuraṃ prāviśadvīraḥ pitā tasya tutoṣa ha .. 5..

sa tatra nyavasadbhrātrā saha satkārasatkṛtaḥ .
mātulenāśvapatinā putrasnehena lālitaḥ .. 6..

tatrāpi nivasantau tau tarpyamāṇau ca kāmataḥ .
bhrātarau smaratāṃ vīrau vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam .. 7..

rājāpi tau mahātejāḥ sasmāra proṣitau sutau .
ubhau bharataśatrughnau mahendravaruṇopamau .. 8..

sarva eva tu tasyeṣṭāścatvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ .
svaśarīrādvinirvṛttāścatvāra iva bāhavaḥ .. 9..

teṣāmapi mahātejā rāmo ratikaraḥ pituḥ .
svayambhūriva bhūtānāṃ babhūva guṇavattaraḥ .. 10..

gate ca bharate rāmo lakṣmaṇaśca mahābalaḥ .
pitaraṃ devasaṅkāśaṃ pūjayāmāsatustadā .. 11..

piturājñāṃ puraskṛtya paurakāryāṇi sarvaśaḥ .
cakāra rāmo dharmātmā priyāṇi ca hitāni ca .. 12..

mātṛbhyo mātṛkāryāṇi kṛtvā paramayantritaḥ .
gurūṇāṃ gurukāryāṇi kāle kāle.anvavaikṣata .. 13..

evaṃ daśarathaḥ prīto brāhmaṇā naigamāstathā .
rāmasya śīlavṛttena sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ .. 14..

sa hi nityaṃ praśāntātmā mṛdupūrvaṃ ca bhāṣate .
ucyamāno.api paruṣaṃ nottaraṃ pratipadyate .. 15..

kathaṃ cidupakāreṇa kṛtenaikena tuṣyati .
na smaratyapakārāṇāṃ śatamapyātmavattayā .. 16..

śīlavṛddhairjñānavṛddhairvayovṛddhaiśca sajjanaiḥ .
kathayannāsta vai nityamastrayogyāntareṣvapi .. 17..

kalyāṇābhijanaḥ sādhuradīnaḥ satyavāgṛjuḥ .
vṛddhairabhivinītaśca dvijairdharmārthadarśibhiḥ .. 18..

dharmārthakāmatattvajñaḥ smṛtimānpratibhāvanān .
laukike samayācare kṛtakalpo viśāradaḥ .. 19..

śāstrajñaśca kṛtajñaśca puruṣāntarakovidaḥ .
yaḥ pragrahānugrahayoryathānyāyaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ .. 20..

āyakarmaṇyupāyajñaḥ sandṛṣṭavyayakarmavit .
śraiṣṭhyaṃ śāstrasamūheṣu prāpto vyāmiśrakeṣvapi .. 21..

arthadharmau ca saṅgṛhya sukhatantro na cālasaḥ .
vaihārikāṇāṃ śilpānāṃ vijñātārthavibhāgavit .. 22..

ārohe vinaye caiva yukto vāraṇavājinām .
dhanurvedavidāṃ śreṣṭho loke.atirathasaṃmataḥ .. 23..

abhiyātā prahartā ca senānayaviśāradaḥ .
apradhṛṣyaśca saṅgrāme kruddhairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 24..

anasūyo jitakrodho na dṛpto na ca matsarī .
na cāvamantā bhūtānāṃ na ca kālavaśānugaḥ .. 25..

evaṃ śraiṣṭhairguṇairyuktaḥ prajānāṃ pārthivātmajaḥ .
saṃmatastriṣu lokeṣu vasudhāyāḥ kṣamāguṇaiḥ .
buddhyā bṛhaspatestulyo vīryeṇāpi śacīpateḥ .. 26..

tathā sarvaprajākāntaiḥ prītisañjananaiḥ pituḥ .
guṇairviruruce rāmo dīptaḥ sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ .. 27..

tamevaṃvṛttasampannamapradhṛṣya parākramam .
lokapālopamaṃ nāthamakāmayata medinī .. 28..

etaistu bahubhiryuktaṃ guṇairanupamaiḥ sutam .
dṛṣṭvā daśaratho rājā cakre cintāṃ parantapaḥ .. 29..

eṣā hyasya parā prītirhṛdi samparivartate .
kadā nāma sutaṃ drakṣyāmyabhiṣiktamahaṃ priyam .. 30..

vṛddhikāmo hi lokasya sarvabhūtānukampanaḥ .
mattaḥ priyataro loke parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān .. 31..

yamaśakrasamo vīrye bṛhaspatisamo matau .
mahīdharasamo dhṛtyāṃ mattaśca guṇavattaraḥ .. 32..

mahīmahamimāṃ kṛtsnāmadhitiṣṭhantamātmajam .
anena vayasā dṛṣṭvā yathā svargamavāpnuyām .. 33..

taṃ samīkṣya mahārājo yuktaṃ samuditairguṇaiḥ .
niścitya sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ yuvarājamamanyata .. 34..

nānānagaravāstavyānpṛthagjānapadānapi .
samānināya medinyāḥ pradhānānpṛthivīpatiḥ .. 35..

atha rājavitīrṇeṣu vividheṣvāsaneṣu ca .
rājānamevābhimukhā niṣedurniyatā nṛpāḥ .. 36..

sa labdhamānairvinayānvitairnṛpaiḥ
purālayairjānapadaiśca mānavaiḥ .
upopaviṣṭairnṛpatirvṛto babhau
sahasracakṣurbhagavānivāmaraiḥ .. 37..




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