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tataḥ pariṣadaṃ sarvāmāmantrya vasudhādhipaḥ .
hitamuddharṣaṇaṃ cedamuvācāpratimaṃ vacaḥ .. 1..

dundubhisvanakalpena gambhīreṇānunādinā .
svareṇa mahatā rājā jīgmūta iva nādayan .. 2..

so.ahamikṣvākubhiḥ pūrvairnarendraiḥ paripālitam .
śreyasā yoktukāmo.asmi sukhārhamakhilaṃ jagat .. 3..

mayāpyācaritaṃ pūrvaiḥ panthānamanugacchatā .
prajā nityamatandreṇa yathāśaktyabhirakṣatā .. 4..

idaṃ śarīraṃ kṛtsnasya lokasya caratā hitam .
pāṇḍurasyātapatrasyacchāyāyāṃ jaritaṃ mayā .. 5..

prāpya varṣasahasrāṇi bahūnyāyūṃṣi jīvitaḥ .
jīrṇasyāsya śarīrasya viśrāntimabhirocaye .. 6..

rājaprabhāvajuṣṭāṃ hi durvahāmajitendriyaiḥ .
pariśrānto.asmi lokasya gurvīṃ dharmadhuraṃ vahan .. 7..

so.ahaṃ viśramamicchāmi putraṃ kṛtvā prajāhite .
saṃnikṛṣṭānimānsarvānanumānya dvijarṣabhān .. 8..

anujāto hi me sarvairguṇairjyeṣṭho mamātmajaḥ .
purandarasamo vīrye rāmaḥ parapurañjayaḥ .. 9..

taṃ candramiva puṣyeṇa yuktaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam .
yauvarājyena yoktāsmi prītaḥ puruṣapuṅgavam .. 10..

anurūpaḥ sa vo nātho lakṣmīvā.Nllakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ .
trailokyamapi nāthena yena syānnāthavattaram .. 11..

anena śreyasā sadyaḥ saṃyojyāhamimāṃ mahīm .
gatakleśo bhaviṣyāmi sute tasminniveśya vai .. 12..

iti bruvantaṃ muditāḥ pratyanandannṛpā nṛpam .
vṛṣṭimantaṃ mahāmeghaṃ nardantamiva barhiṇaḥ .. 13..

tasya dharmārthaviduṣo bhāvamājñāya sarvaśaḥ .
ūcuśca manasā jñātvā vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam .. 14..

anekavarṣasāhasro vṛddhastvamasi pārthiva .
sa rāmaṃ yuvarājānamabhiṣiñcasva pārthivam .. 15..

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā teṣāṃ manaḥpriyam .
ajānanniva jijñāsuridaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 16..

kathaṃ nu mayi dharmeṇa pṛthivīmanuśāsati .
bhavanto draṣṭumicchanti yuvarājaṃ mamātmajam .. 17..

te tamūcurmahātmānaṃ paurajānapadaiḥ saha .
bahavo nṛpa kalyāṇā guṇāḥ putrasya santi te .. 18..

divyairguṇaiḥ śakrasamo rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ .
ikṣvākubhyo hi sarvebhyo.apyatirakto viśāmpate .. 19..

rāmaḥ satpuruṣo loke satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ .
dharmajñaḥ satyasandhaśca śīlavānanasūyakaḥ .. 20..

kṣāntaḥ sāntvayitā ślakṣṇaḥ kṛtajño vijitendriyaḥ .
mṛduśca sthiracittaśca sadā bhavyo.anasūyakaḥ .. 21..

priyavādī ca bhūtānāṃ satyavādī ca rāghavaḥ .
bahuśrutānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ brāhmaṇānāmupāsitā .. 22..

tenāsyehātulā kīrtiryaśastejaś ca vardhate .
devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ sarvāstreṣu viśāradaḥ .. 23..

yadā vrajati saṅgrāmaṃ grāmārthe nagarasya vā .
gatvā saumitrisahito nāvijitya nivartate .. 24..

saṅgrāmātpunarāgamya kuñjareṇa rathena vā .
paurānsvajanavannityaṃ kuśalaṃ paripṛcchati .. 25..

putreṣvagniṣu dāreṣu preṣyaśiṣyagaṇeṣu ca .
nikhilenānupūrvyā ca pitā putrānivaurasān .. 26..

śuśrūṣante ca vaḥ śiṣyāḥ kaccitkarmasu daṃśitāḥ .
iti naḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ sadā rāmo.abhibhāṣate .. 27..

vyasaneṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ bhṛśaṃ bhavati duḥkhitaḥ .
utsaveṣu ca sarveṣu piteva parituṣyati .. 28..

satyavādī maheṣvāso vṛddhasevī jitendriyaḥ .
vatsaḥ śreyasi jātaste diṣṭyāsau tava rāghavaḥ .
diṣṭyā putraguṇairyukto mārīca iva kaśyapaḥ .. 29..

balamārogyamāyuśca rāmasya viditātmanaḥ .
āśaṃsate janaḥ sarvo rāṣṭre puravare tathā .. 30..

abhyantaraśca bāhyaśca paurajānapado janaḥ .
striyo vṛddhāstaruṇyaśca sāyamprātaḥ samāhitāḥ .. 31..

sarvāndevānnamasyanti rāmasyārthe yaśasvinaḥ .
teṣāmāyācitaṃ deva tvatprasādātsamṛdhyatām .. 32..

rāmamindīvaraśyāmaṃ sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam .
paśyāmo yauvarājyasthaṃ tava rājottamātmajam .. 33..

taṃ devadevopamamātmajaṃ te
sarvasya lokasya hite niviṣṭam .
hitāya naḥ kṣipramudārajuṣṭaṃ
mudābhiṣektuṃ varada tvamarhasi .. 34..

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