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sarga - 4

gateṣvatha nṛpo bhūyaḥ paureṣu saha mantribhiḥ .
mantrayitvā tataścakre niścayajñaḥ sa niścayam .. 1..

śva eva puṣyo bhavitā śvo.abhiṣecyeta me sutaḥ .
rāmo rājīvatāmrākṣo yauvarājya iti prabhuḥ .. 2..

athāntargṛhamāviśya rājā daśarathastadā .
sūtamājñāpayāmāsa rāmaṃ punarihānaya .. 3..

pratigṛhya sa tadvākyaṃ sūtaḥ punarupāyayau .
rāmasya bhavanaṃ śīghraṃ rāmamānayituṃ punaḥ .. 4..

dvāḥsthairāveditaṃ tasya rāmāyāgamanaṃ punaḥ .
śrutvaiva cāpi rāmastaṃ prāptaṃ śaṅkānvito.abhavat .. 5..

praveśya cainaṃ tvaritaṃ rāmo vacanamabravīt .
yadāgamanakṛtyaṃ te bhūyastadbrūhyaśeṣataḥ .. 6..

tamuvāca tataḥ sūto rājā tvāṃ draṣṭumicchati .
śrutvā pramāṇamatra tvaṃ gamanāyetarāya vā .. 7..

iti sūtavacaḥ śrutvā rāmo.atha tvarayānvitaḥ .
prayayau rājabhavanaṃ punardraṣṭuṃ nareśvaram .. 8..

taṃ śrutvā samanuprāptaṃ rāmaṃ daśaratho nṛpaḥ .
praveśayāmāsa gṛhaṃ vivikṣuḥ priyamuttamam .. 9..

praviśanneva ca śrīmānrāghavo bhavanaṃ pituḥ .
dadarśa pitaraṃ dūrātpraṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 10..

praṇamantaṃ samutthāpya taṃ pariṣvajya bhūmipaḥ .
pradiśya cāsmai ruciramāsanaṃ punarabravīt .. 11..

rāma vṛddho.asmi dīrghāyurbhuktā bhogā mayepsitāḥ .
annavadbhiḥ kratuśataistatheṣṭaṃ bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ .. 12..

jātamiṣṭamapatyaṃ me tvamadyānupamaṃ bhuvi .
dattamiṣṭamadhītaṃ ca mayā puruṣasattama .. 13..

anubhūtāni ceṣṭāni mayā vīra sukhāni ca .
devarṣi pitṛviprāṇāmanṛṇo.asmi tathātmanaḥ .. 14..

na kiṃ cinmama kartavyaṃ tavānyatrābhiṣecanāt .
ato yattvāmahaṃ brūyāṃ tanme tvaṃ kartumarhasi .. 15..

adya prakṛtayaḥ sarvāstvāmicchanti narādhipam .
atastvāṃ yuvarājānamabhiṣekṣyāmi putraka .. 16..

api cādyāśubhānrāma svapnānpaśyāmi dāruṇān .
sanirghātā maholkāśca patantīha mahāsvanāḥ .. 17..

avaṣṭabdhaṃ ca me rāma nakṣatraṃ dāruṇairgrahaiḥ .
āvedayanti daivajñāḥ sūryāṅgārakarāhubhiḥ .. 18..

prāyeṇa hi nimittānāmīdṛśānāṃ samudbhave .
rājā vā mṛtyumāpnoti ghorāṃ vāpadamṛcchati .. 19..

tadyāvadeva me ceto na vimuhyati rāghava .
tāvadevābhiṣiñcasva calā hi prāṇināṃ matiḥ .. 20..

adya candro.abhyupagataḥ puṣyātpūrvaṃ punarvasum .
śvaḥ puṣya yogaṃ niyataṃ vakṣyante daivacintakāḥ .. 21..

tatra puṣye.abhiṣiñcasva manastvarayatīva mām .
śvastvāhamabhiṣekṣyāmi yauvarājye parantapa .. 22..

tasmāttvayādya vratinā niśeyaṃ niyatātmanā .
saha vadhvopavastavyā darbhaprastaraśāyinā .. 23..

suhṛdaścāpramattāstvāṃ rakṣantvadya samantataḥ .
bhavanti bahuvighnāni kāryāṇyevaṃvidhāni hi .. 24..

viproṣitaśca bharato yāvadeva purāditaḥ .
tāvadevābhiṣekaste prāptakālo mato mama .. 25..

kāmaṃ khalu satāṃ vṛtte bhrātā te bharataḥ sthitaḥ .
jyeṣṭhānuvartī dharmātmā sānukrośo jitendriyaḥ .. 26..

kiṃ tu cittaṃ manuṣyāṇāmanityamiti me matiḥ .
satāṃ ca dharmanityānāṃ kṛtaśobhi ca rāghava .. 27..

ityuktaḥ so.abhyanujñātaḥ śvobhāvinyabhiṣecane .
vrajeti rāmaḥ pitaramabhivādyābhyayādgṛham .. 28..

praviśya cātmano veśma rājñoddiṣṭe.abhiṣecane .
tasminkṣaṇe vinirgatya māturantaḥpuraṃ yayau .. 29..

tatra tāṃ pravaṇāmeva mātaraṃ kṣaumavāsinīm .
vāgyatāṃ devatāgāre dadarśa yācatīṃ śriyam .. 30..

prāgeva cāgatā tatra sumitrā lakṣmaṇastathā .
sītā cānāyitā śrutvā priyaṃ rāmābhiṣecanam .. 31..

tasminkāle hi kausalyā tasthāvāmīlitekṣaṇā .
sumitrayānvāsyamānā sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca .. 32..

śrutvā puṣyeṇa putrasya yauvarājyābhiṣecanam .
prāṇāyāmena puruṣaṃ dhyāyamānā janārdanam .. 33..

tathā saniyamāmeva so.abhigamyābhivādya ca .
uvāca vacanaṃ rāmo harṣayaṃstāmidaṃ tadā .. 34..

amba pitrā niyukto.asmi prajāpālanakarmaṇi .
bhavitā śvo.abhiṣeko me yathā me śāsanaṃ pituḥ .. 35..

sītayāpyupavastavyā rajanīyaṃ mayā saha .
evamṛtvigupādhyāyaiḥ saha māmuktavānpitā .. 36..

yāni yānyatra yogyāni śvobhāvinyabhiṣecane .
tāni me maṅgalānyadya vaidehyāścaiva kāraya .. 37..

etacchrutvā tu kausalyā cirakālābhikāṅkṣitam .
harṣabāṣpakalaṃ vākyamidaṃ rāmamabhāṣata .. 38..

vatsa rāma ciraṃ jīva hatāste paripanthinaḥ .
jñātīnme tvaṃ śriyā yuktaḥ sumitrāyāś ca nandaya .. 39..

kalyāṇe bata nakṣatre mayi jāto.asi putraka .
yena tvayā daśaratho guṇairārādhitaḥ pitā .. 40..

amoghaṃ bata me kṣāntaṃ puruṣe puṣkarekṣaṇe .
yeyamikṣvākurājyaśrīḥ putra tvāṃ saṃśrayiṣyati .. 41..

ityevamukto mātredaṃ rāmo bhāratamabravīt .
prāñjaliṃ prahvamāsīnamabhivīkṣya smayanniva .. 42..

lakṣmaṇemāṃ mayā sārdhaṃ praśādhi tvaṃ vasundharām .
dvitīyaṃ me.antarātmānaṃ tvāmiyaṃ śrīrupasthitā .. 43..

saumitre bhuṅkṣva bhogāṃstvamiṣṭānrājyaphalāni ca .
jīvitaṃ ca hi rājyaṃ ca tvadarthamabhikāmaye .. 44..

ityuktvā lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mātarāvabhivādya ca .
abhyanujñāpya sītāṃ ca jagāma svaṃ niveśanam .. 45..




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