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sarga - 104

tamapratimatejobhyāṃ bhrātṛbhyāṃ romaharṣaṇam .
vismitāḥ saṅgamaṃ prekṣya samavetā maharṣayaḥ .. 1..

antarhitāstvṛṣigaṇāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ .
tau bhrātarau mahātmānau kākutsthau praśaśaṃsire .. 2..

sa dhanyo yasya putrau dvau dharmajñau dharmavikramau .
śrutvā vayaṃ hi sambhāṣāmubhayoḥ spṛhayāmahe .. 3..

tatastvṛṣigaṇāḥ kṣipraṃ daśagrīvavadhaiṣiṇaḥ .
bharataṃ rājaśārdūlamityūcuḥ saṅgatā vacaḥ .. 4..

kule jāta mahāprājña mahāvṛtta mahāyaśaḥ .
grāhyaṃ rāmasya vākyaṃ te pitaraṃ yadyavekṣase .. 5..

sadānṛṇamimaṃ rāmaṃ vayamicchāmahe pituḥ .
anṛṇatvācca kaikeyyāḥ svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ .. 6..

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ gandharvāḥ samaharṣayaḥ .
rājarṣayaścaiva tathā sarve svāṃ svāṃ gatiṃ gatāḥ .. 7..

hlāditastena vākyena śubhena śubhadarśanaḥ .
rāmaḥ saṃhṛṣṭavadanastānṛṣīnabhyapūjayat .. 8..

srastagātrastu bharataḥ sa vācā sajjamānayā .
kṛtāñjaliridaṃ vākyaṃ rāghavaṃ punarabravīt .. 9..

rājadharmamanuprekṣya kuladharmānusantatim .
kartumarhasi kākutstha mama mātuśca yācanām .. 10..

rakṣituṃ sumahadrājyamahamekastu notsahe .
paurajānapadāṃścāpi raktānrañjayituṃ tathā .. 11..

jñātayaśca hi yodhāśca mitrāṇi suhṛdaśca naḥ .
tvāmeva pratikāṅkṣante parjanyamiva karṣakāḥ .. 12..

idaṃ rājyaṃ mahāprājña sthāpaya pratipadya hi .
śaktimānasi kākutstha lokasya paripālane .. 13..

ityuktvā nyapatadbhrātuḥ pādayorbharatastadā .
bhṛśaṃ samprārthayāmāsa rāmamevaṃ priyaṃ vadaḥ .. 14..

tamaṅke bhrātaraṃ kṛtvā rāmo vacanamabravīt .
śyāmaṃ nalinapatrākṣaṃ mattahaṃsasvaraḥ svayam .. 15..

āgatā tvāmiyaṃ buddhiḥ svajā vainayikī ca yā .
bhṛśamutsahase tāta rakṣituṃ pṛthivīm api .. 16..

amātyaiśca suhṛdbhiśca buddhimadbhiśca mantribhiḥ .
sarvakāryāṇi saṃmantrya sumahāntyapi kāraya .. 17..

lakṣmīścandrādapeyādvā himavānvā himaṃ tyajet .
atīyātsāgaro velāṃ na pratijñāmahaṃ pituḥ .. 18..

kāmādvā tāta lobhādvā mātrā tubhyamidaṃ kṛtam .
na tanmanasi kartavyaṃ vartitavyaṃ ca mātṛvat .. 19..

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ bharataḥ kausalyāsutamabravīt .
tejasādityasaṅkāśaṃ pratipaccandradarśanam .. 20..

adhirohārya pādābhyāṃ pāduke hemabhūṣite .
ete hi sarvalokasya yogakṣemaṃ vidhāsyataḥ .. 21..

so.adhiruhya naravyāghraḥ pāduke hyavaruhya ca .
prāyacchatsumahātejā bharatāya mahātmane .. 22..

sa pāduke te bharataḥ pratāpavān
svalaṅkṛte samparigṛhya dharmavit .
pradakṣiṇaṃ caiva cakāra rāghavaṃ
cakāra caivottamanāgamūrdhani .. 23..

athānupūrvyātpratipūjya taṃ janaṃ
gurūṃśca mantriprakṛtīstathānujau .
vyasarjayadrāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ
sthitaḥ svadharme himavānivācalaḥ .. 24..

taṃ mātaro bāṣpagṛhītakaṇṭho
duḥkhena nāmantrayituṃ hi śekuḥ .
sa tveva mātṝrabhivādya sarvā
rudankuṭīṃ svāṃ praviveśa rāmaḥ .. 25..




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