.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 43

rāmo.api rātriśeṣeṇa tenaiva mahadantaram .
jagāma puruṣavyāghraḥ piturājñām anusmaran .. 1..

tathaiva gacchatastasya vyapāyādrajanī śivā .
upāsya sa śivāṃ sandhyāṃ viṣayāntaṃ vyagāhata .. 2..

grāmānvikṛṣṭasīmāṃstānpuṣpitāni vanāni ca .
paśyannatiyayau śīghraṃ śarairiva hayottamaiḥ .. 3..

śṛṇvanvāco manuṣyāṇāṃ grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām .
rājānaṃ dhigdaśarathaṃ kāmasya vaśamāgatam .. 4..

hā nṛśaṃsādya kaikeyī pāpā pāpānubandhinī .
tīkṣṇā sambhinnamaryādā tīkṣṇe karmaṇi vartate .. 5..

yā putramīdṛśaṃ rājñaḥ pravāsayati dhārmikam .
vana vāse mahāprājñaṃ sānukrośamatandritam .. 6..

etā vāco manuṣyāṇāṃ grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām .
śṛṇvannatiyayau vīraḥ kosalānkosaleśvaraḥ .. 7..

tato vedaśrutiṃ nāma śivavārivahāṃ nadīm .
uttīryābhimukhaḥ prāyādagastyādhyuṣitāṃ diśam .. 8..

gatvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ tataḥ śītajalāṃ nadīm .
gomatīṃ goyutānūpāmataratsāgaraṅgamām .. 9..

gomatīṃ cāpyatikramya rāghavaḥ śīghragairhayaiḥ .
mayūrahaṃsābhirutāṃ tatāra syandikāṃ nadīm .. 10..

sa mahīṃ manunā rājñā dattāmikṣvākave purā .
sphītāṃ rāṣṭrāvṛtāṃ rāmo vaidehīmanvadarśayat .. 11..

sūta ityeva cābhāṣya sārathiṃ tamabhīkṣṇaśaḥ .
haṃsamattasvaraḥ śrīmānuvāca puruṣarṣabhaḥ .. 12..

kadāhaṃ punarāgamya sarayvāḥ puṣpite vane .
mṛgayāṃ paryāṭaṣyāmi mātrā pitrā ca saṅgataḥ .. 13..

nātyarthamabhikāṅkṣāmi mṛgayāṃ sarayūvane .
ratirhyeṣātulā loke rājarṣigaṇasaṃmatā .. 14..

sa tamadhvānamaikṣvākaḥ sūtaṃ madhurayā girā .
taṃ tamarthamabhipretya yayauvākyamudīrayan .. 15..




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