.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 14

sa tadantaḥpuradvāraṃ samatītya janākulam .
praviviktāṃ tataḥ kakṣyāmāsasāda purāṇavit .. 1..

prāsakārmukabibhradbhiryuvabhirmṛṣṭakuṇḍalaiḥ .
apramādibhirekāgraiḥ svanuraktairadhiṣṭhitām .. 2..

tatra kāṣāyiṇo vṛddhānvetrapāṇīnsvalaṅkṛtān .
dadarśa viṣṭhitāndvāri stryadhyakṣānsusamāhitān .. 3..

te samīkṣya samāyāntaṃ rāmapriyacikīrṣavaḥ .
sahabhāryāya rāmāya kṣipramevācacakṣire .. 4..

prativeditamājñāya sūtamabhyantaraṃ pituḥ .
tatraivānāyayāmāsa rāghavaḥ priyakāmyayā .. 5..

taṃ vaiśravaṇasaṅkāśamupaviṣṭaṃ svalaṅkṛtam .
dādarśa sūtaḥ paryaṅke sauvaṇo sottaracchade .. 6..

varāharudhirābheṇa śucinā ca sugandhinā .
anuliptaṃ parārdhyena candanena parantapam .. 7..

sthitayā pārśvataścāpi vālavyajanahastayā .
upetaṃ sītayā bhūyaścitrayā śaśinaṃ yathā .. 8..

taṃ tapantamivādityamupapannaṃ svatejasā .
vavande varadaṃ bandī niyamajño vinītavat .. 9..

prāñjalistu sukhaṃ pṛṣṭvā vihāraśayanāsane .
rājaputramuvācedaṃ sumantro rājasatkṛtaḥ .. 10..

kausalyā suprabhā deva pitā tvaṃ draṣṭumicchati .
mahiṣyā saha kaikeyyā gamyatāṃ tatra māciram .. 11..

evamuktastu saṃhṛṣṭo narasiṃho mahādyutiḥ .
tataḥ saṃmānayāmāsa sītāmidamuvāca ha .. 12..

devi devaśca devī ca samāgamya madantare .
mantreyete dhruvaṃ kiṃ cidabhiṣecanasaṃhitam .. 13..

lakṣayitvā hyabhiprāyaṃ priyakāmā sudakṣiṇā .
sañcodayati rājānaṃ madarthaṃ madirekṣaṇā .. 14..

yādṛśī pariṣattatra tādṛśo dūta āgataḥ .
dhruvamadyaiva māṃ rājā yauvarājye.abhiṣekṣyati .. 15..

hanta śīghramito gatvā drakṣyāmi ca mahīpatiḥ .
saha tvaṃ parivāreṇa sukhamāssva ramasya ca .. 16..

patisaṃmānitā sītā bhartāramasitekṣaṇā .
ādvāramanuvavrāja maṅgalānyabhidadhyuṣī .. 17..

sa sarvānarthino dṛṣṭvā sametya pratinandya ca .
tataḥ pāvakasaṅkāśamāruroha rathottamam .. 18..

muṣṇantamiva cakṣūṃṣi prabhayā hemavarcasaṃ .
kareṇuśiśukalpaiśca yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ .. 19..

hariyuktaṃ sahasrākṣo rathamindra ivāśugam .
prayayau tūrṇamāsthāya rāghavo jvalitaḥ śriyā .. 20..

sa parjanya ivākāśe svanavānabhinādayan .
niketānniryayau śrīmānmahābhrādiva candramāḥ .. 21..

chatracāmarapāṇistu lakṣmaṇo rāghavānujaḥ .
jugopa bhrātaraṃ bhrātā rathamāsthāya pṛṣṭhataḥ .. 22..

tato halahalāśabdastumulaḥ samajāyata .
tasya niṣkramamāṇasya janaughasya samantataḥ .. 23..

sa rāghavastatra kathāpralāpaṃ
śuśrāva lokasya samāgatasya .
ātmādhikārā vividhāśca vācaḥ
prahṛṣṭarūpasya pure janasya .. 24..

eṣa śriyaṃ gacchati rāghavo.adya
rājaprasādādvipulāṃ gamiṣyan .
ete vayaṃ sarvasamṛddhakāmā
yeṣāmayaṃ no bhavitā praśāstā .
lābho janasyāsya yadeṣa sarvaṃ
prapatsyate rāṣṭramidaṃ cirāya .. 25..

sa ghoṣavadbhiśca hayaiḥ sanāgaiḥ
puraḥsaraiḥ svastikasūtamāgadhaiḥ .
mahīyamānaḥ pravaraiśca vādakair
abhiṣṭuto vaiśravaṇo yathā yayau .. 26..

kareṇumātaṅgarathāśvasaṅkulaṃ
mahājanaughaiḥ paripūrṇacatvaram .
prabhūtaratnaṃ bahupaṇyasañcayaṃ
dadarśa rāmo ruciraṃ mahāpatham .. 27..




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