.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 49

uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra rājaputrāvarindamau .
maharṣimabhivādyātha jagmatustaṃ giriṃ prati .. 1..

prasthitāṃścaiva tānprekṣya pitā putrānivānvagāt .
tataḥ pracakrame vaktuṃ vacanaṃ sa mahāmuniḥ .. 2..

athāsādya tu kālindīṃ śīghrasrotasamāpagām .
tatra yūyaṃ plavaṃ kṛtvā taratāṃśumatīṃ nadīm .. 3..

tato nyagrodhamāsādya mahāntaṃ haritacchadam .
vivṛddhaṃ bahubhirvṛkṣaiḥ śyāmaṃ siddhopasevitam .. 4..

krośamātraṃ tato gatvā nīlaṃ drakṣyatha kānanam .
palāśabadarīmiśraṃ rāma vaṃśaiśca yāmunaiḥ .. 5..

sa panthāścitrakūṭasya gataḥ subahuśo mayā .
ramyo mārdavayuktaśca vanadāvairvivarjitaḥ .
iti panthānamāvedya maharṣiḥ sa nyavartata .. 6..

upāvṛtte munau tasminrāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt .
kṛtapuṇyāḥ sma saumitre muniryanno.anukampate .. 7..

iti tau puruṣavyāghrau mantrayitvā manasvinau .
sītāmevāgrataḥ kṛtvā kālindīṃ jagmaturnadīm .. 8..

tau kāṣṭhasaṅghāṭamatho cakratuḥ sumahāplavam .
cakāra lakṣmaṇaśchittvā sītāyāḥ sukhamānasaṃ .. 9..

tatra śriyamivācintyāṃ rāmo dāśarathiḥ priyām .
īṣatsaṃlajjamānāṃ tāmadhyāropayata plavam .. 10..

tataḥ plavenāṃśumatīṃ śīghragāmūrmimālinīm .
tīrajairbahubhirvṛkṣaiḥ santeruryamunāṃ nadīm .. 11..

te tīrṇāḥ plavamutsṛjya prasthāya yamunāvanāt .
śyāmaṃ nyagrodhamāseduḥ śītalaṃ haritacchadam .. 12..

kausalyāṃ caiva paśyeyaṃ sumitrāṃ ca yaśasvinīm .
iti sītāñjaliṃ kṛtvā paryagachadvanaspatim .. 13..

krośamātraṃ tato gatvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
bahūnmedhyānmṛgānhatvā ceraturyamunāvane .. 14..

vihṛtya te barhiṇapūganādite
śubhe vane vāraṇavānarāyute .
samaṃ nadīvapramupetya saṃmataṃ
nivāsamājagmuradīnadarśanaḥ .. 15..




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