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sarga - 109

rāghavastvapayāteṣu tapasviṣu vicintayan .
na tatrārocayadvāsaṃ kāraṇairbahubhistadā .. 1..

iha me bharato dṛṣṭo mātaraśca sanāgarāḥ .
sā ca me smṛtiranveti tānnityamanuśocataḥ .. 2..

skandhāvāraniveśena tena tasya mahātmanaḥ .
hayahastikarīṣaiśca upamardaḥ kṛto bhṛśam .. 3..

tasmādanyatra gacchāma iti sañcintya rāghavaḥ .
prātiṣṭhata sa vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca saṅgataḥ .. 4..

so.atrerāśramamāsādya taṃ vavande mahāyaśāḥ .
taṃ cāpi bhagavānatriḥ putravatpratyapadyata .. 5..

svayamātithyamādiśya sarvamasya susatkṛtam .
saumitriṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ sītāṃ ca samasāntvayat .. 6..

patnīṃ ca tamanuprāptāṃ vṛddhāmāmantrya satkṛtām .
sāntvayāmāsa dharmajñaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ .. 7..

anasūyāṃ mahābhāgāṃ tāpasīṃ dharmacāriṇīm .
pratigṛhṇīṣva vaidehīmabravīdṛṣisattamaḥ .. 8..

rāmāya cācacakṣe tāṃ tāpasīṃ dharmacāriṇīm .
daśa varṣāṇyanāvṛṣṭyā dagdhe loke nirantaram .. 9..

yayā mūlaphale sṛṣṭe jāhnavī ca pravartitā .
ugreṇa tapasā yuktā niyamaiścāpyalaṅkṛtā .. 10..

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi yayā taptaṃ mahattapaḥ .
anasūyāvrataistāta pratyūhāśca nibarhitāḥ .. 11..

devakāryanimittaṃ ca yayā santvaramāṇayā .
daśarātraṃ kṛtvā rātriḥ seyaṃ māteva te.anagha .. 12..

tāmimāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ namaskāryāṃ yaśasvinīm .
abhigacchatu vaidehī vṛddhāmakrodhanāṃ sadā .. 13..

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tamṛṣiṃ tathetyuktvā sa rāghavaḥ .
sītāmuvāca dharmajñāmidaṃ vacanamuttamam .. 14..

rājaputri śrutaṃ tvetanmunerasya samīritam .
śreyo.arthamātmanaḥ śīghramabhigaccha tapasvinīm .. 15..

anasūyeti yā loke karmabhiḥ kyātimāgatā .
tāṃ śīghramabhigaccha tvamabhigamyāṃ tapasvinīm .. 16..

sītā tvetadvacaḥ śrutvā rāghavasya hitaiṣiṇī .
tāmatripatnīṃ dharmajñāmabhicakrāma maithilī .. 17..

śithilāṃ valitāṃ vṛddhāṃ jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajām .
satataṃ vepamānāṅgīṃ pravāte kadalī yathā .. 18..

tāṃ tu sītā mahābhāgāmanasūyāṃ pativratām .
abhyavādayadavyagrā svaṃ nāma samudāharat .. 19..

abhivādya ca vaidehī tāpasīṃ tāmaninditām .
baddhāñjalipuṭā hṛṣṭā paryapṛcchadanāmayam .. 20..

tataḥ sītāṃ mahābhāgāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ dharmacāriṇīm .
sāntvayantyabravīddhṛṣṭā diṣṭyā dharmamavekṣase .. 21..

tyaktvā jñātijanaṃ sīte mānamṛddhiṃ ca mānini .
avaruddhaṃ vane rāmaṃ diṣṭyā tvamanugacchasi .. 22..

nagarastho vanastho vā pāpo vā yadi vāśubhaḥ .
yāsāṃ strīṇāṃ priyo bhartā tāsāṃ lokā mahodayāḥ .. 23..

duḥśīlaḥ kāmavṛtto vā dhanairvā parivarjitaḥ .
strīṇāmārya svabhāvānāṃ paramaṃ daivataṃ patiḥ .. 24..

nāto viśiṣṭaṃ paśyāmi bāndhavaṃ vimṛśantyaham .
sarvatra yogyaṃ vaidehi tapaḥ kṛtamivāvyayam .. 25..

na tvevamavagacchanti guṇa doṣamasatstriyaḥ .
kāmavaktavyahṛdayā bhartṛnāthāścaranti yāḥ .. 26..

prāpnuvantyayaśaścaiva dharmabhraṃśaṃ ca maithili .
akārya vaśamāpannāḥ striyo yāḥ khalu tadvidhāḥ .. 27..

tvadvidhāstu guṇairyuktā dṛṣṭalokaparāvarāḥ .
striyaḥ svarge cariṣyanti yathā puṇyakṛtastathā .. 28..




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