.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 105

tataḥ śirasi kṛtvā tu pāduke bharatastadā .
āruroha rathaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ śatrughnena samanvitaḥ .. 1..

vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca jābāliśca dṛḍhavrataḥ .
agrataḥ prayayuḥ sarve mantriṇo mantrapūjitāḥ .. 2..

mandākinīṃ nadīṃ ramyāṃ prāṅmukhāste yayustadā .
pradakṣiṇaṃ ca kurvāṇāścitrakūṭaṃ mahāgirim .. 3..

paśyandhātusahasrāṇi ramyāṇi vividhāni ca .
prayayau tasya pārśvena sasainyo bharatastadā .. 4..

adūrāccitrakūṭasya dadarśa bharatastadā .
āśramaṃ yatra sa munirbharadvājaḥ kṛtālayaḥ .. 5..

sa tamāśramamāgamya bharadvājasya buddhimān .
avatīrya rathātpādau vavande kulanandanaḥ .. 6..

tato hṛṣṭo bharadvājo bharataṃ vākyamabravīt .
api kṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ tāta rāmeṇa ca samāgatam .. 7..

evamuktastu bharato bharadvājena dhīmatā .
pratyuvāca bharadvājaṃ bharato dharmavatsalaḥ .. 8..

sa yācyamāno guruṇā mayā ca dṛḍhavikramaḥ .
rāghavaḥ paramaprīto vasiṣṭhaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 9..

pituḥ pratijñāṃ tāmeva pālayiṣyāmi tattvataḥ .
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi ya pratijñā piturmama .. 10..

evamukto mahāprājño vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca ha .
vākyajño vākyakuśalaṃ rāghavaṃ vacanaṃ mahat .. 11..

ete prayaccha saṃhṛṣṭaḥ pāduke hemabhūṣite .
ayodhyāyāṃ mahāprājña yogakṣemakare tava .. 12..

evamukto vasiṣṭhena rāghavaḥ prāṅmukhaḥ sthitaḥ .
pāduke hemavikṛte mama rājyāya te dadau .. 13..

nivṛtto.ahamanujñāto rāmeṇa sumahātmanā .
ayodhyāmeva gacchāmi gṛhītvā pāduke śubhe .. 14..

etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ bharatasya mahātmanaḥ .
bharadvājaḥ śubhataraṃ munirvākyamudāharat .. 15..

naitaccitraṃ naravyāghra śīlavṛttavatāṃ vara .
yadāryaṃ tvayi tiṣṭhettu nimne vṛṣṭimivodakam .. 16..

amṛtaḥ sa mahābāhuḥ pitā daśarathastava .
yasya tvamīdṛśaḥ putro dharmātmā dharmavatsalaḥ .. 17..

tamṛṣiṃ tu mahātmānamuktavākyaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ .
āmantrayitumārebhe caraṇāvupagṛhya ca .. 18..

tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā bharadvājaṃ punaḥ punaḥ .
bharatastu yayau śrīmānayodhyāṃ saha mantribhiḥ .. 19..

yānaiśca śakaṭaiścaiva hayaiśnāgaiśca sā camūḥ .
punarnivṛttā vistīrṇā bharatasyānuyāyinī .. 20..

tataste yamunāṃ divyāṃ nadīṃ tīrtvormimālinīm .
dadṛśustāṃ punaḥ sarve gaṅgāṃ śivajalāṃ nadīm .. 21..

tāṃ ramyajalasampūrṇāṃ santīrya saha bāndhavaḥ .
śṛṅgaverapuraṃ ramyaṃ praviveśa sasainikaḥ .. 22..

śṛṅgaverapurādbhūya ayodhyāṃ sandadarśa ha .
bharato duḥkhasantaptaḥ sārathiṃ cedamabravīt .. 23..

sārathe paśya vidhvastā ayodhyā na prakāśate .
nirākārā nirānandā dīnā pratihatasvanā .. 24..




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