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sarga - 65

sa prāṅmukho rājagṛhādabhiniryāya vīryavān .
hrādinīṃ dūrapārāṃ ca pratyaksrotastaraṅgiṇīm .
śatadrūmataracchrīmānnadīmikṣvākunandanaḥ .. 1..

eladhāne nadīṃ tīrtvā prāpya cāparaparpaṭān .
śilāmākurvatīṃ tīrtvā āgneyaṃ śalyakartanam .. 2..

satyasandhaḥ śuciḥ śrīmānprekṣamāṇaḥ śilāvahām .
atyayātsa mahāśailānvanaṃ caitrarathaṃ prati .. 3..

veginīṃ ca kuliṅgākhyāṃ hrādinīṃ parvatāvṛtām .
yamunāṃ prāpya santīrṇo balamāśvāsayattadā .. 4..

śītīkṛtya tu gātrāṇi klāntānāśvāsya vājinaḥ .
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca prāyādādāya codakam .. 5..

rājaputro mahāraṇyamanabhīkṣṇopasevitam .
bhadro bhadreṇa yānena mārutaḥ khamivātyayāt .. 6..

toraṇaṃ dakṣiṇārdhena jambūprasthamupāgamat .
varūthaṃ ca yayau ramyaṃ grāmaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ .. 7..

tatra ramye vane vāsaṃ kṛtvāsau prāṅmukho yayau .
udyānamujjihānāyāḥ priyakā yatra pādapāḥ .. 8..

sālāṃstu priyakānprāpya śīghrānāsthāya vājinaḥ .
anujñāpyātha bharato vāhinīṃ tvarito yayau .. 9..

vāsaṃ kṛtvā sarvatīrthe tīrtvā cottānakāṃ nadīm .
anyā nadīśca vividhāḥ pārvatīyaisturaṅgamaiḥ .. 10..

hastipṛṣṭhakamāsādya kuṭikām atyavartata .
tatāra ca naravyāghro lauhitye sa kapīvatīm .
ekasāle sthāṇumatīṃ vinate gomatīṃ nadīm .. 11..

kaliṅga nagare cāpi prāpya sālavanaṃ tadā .
bharataḥ kṣipramāgacchatsupariśrāntavāhanaḥ .. 12..

vanaṃ ca samatītyāśu śarvaryāmaruṇodaye .
ayodhyāṃ manunā rājñā nirmitāṃ sa dadarśa ha .. 13..

tāṃ purīṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ saptarātroṣiṭaḥ pathi .
ayodhyāmagrato dṛṣṭvā rathe sārathimabravīt .. 14..

eṣā nātipratītā me puṇyodyānā yaśasvinī .
ayodhyā dṛśyate dūrātsārathe pāṇḍumṛttikā .. 15..

yajvabhirguṇasampannairbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ .
bhūyiṣṭhamṛṣhairākīrṇā rājarṣivarapālitā .. 16..

ayodhyāyāṃ purāśabdaḥ śrūyate tumulo mahān .
samantānnaranārīṇāṃ tamadya na śṛṇomyaham .. 17..

udyānāni hi sāyāhne krīḍitvoparatairnaraiḥ .
samantādvipradhāvadbhiḥ prakāśante mamānyadā .. 18..

tānyadyānurudantīva parityaktāni kāmibhiḥ .
araṇyabhūteva purī sārathe pratibhāti me .. 19..

na hyatra yānairdṛśyante na gajairna ca vājibhiḥ .
niryānto vābhiyānto vā naramukhyā yathāpuram .. 20..

aniṣṭāni ca pāpāni paśyāmi vividhāni ca .
nimittānyamanojñāni tena sīdati te manaḥ .. 21..

dvāreṇa vaijayantena prāviśacchrāntavāhanaḥ .
dvāḥsthairutthāya vijayaṃ pṛṣṭastaiḥ sahito yayau .. 22..

sa tvanekāgrahṛdayo dvāḥsthaṃ pratyarcya taṃ janam .
sūtamaśvapateḥ klāntamabravīttatra rāghavaḥ .. 23..

śrutā no yādṛśāḥ pūrvaṃ nṛpatīnāṃ vināśane .
ākārāstānahaṃ sarvāniha paśyāmi sārathe .. 24..

malinaṃ cāśrupūrṇākṣaṃ dīnaṃ dhyānaparaṃ kṛśam .
sastrī puṃsaṃ ca paśyāmi janamutkaṇṭhitaṃ pure .. 25..

ityevamuktvā bharataḥ sūtaṃ taṃ dīnamānasaḥ .
tānyaniṣṭānyayodhyāyāṃ prekṣya rājagṛhaṃ yayau .. 26..

tāṃ śūnyaśṛṅgāṭakaveśmarathyāṃ
rajo.aruṇadvārakapāṭayantrām .
dṛṣṭvā purīmindrapurī prakāśāṃ
duḥkhena sampūrṇataro babhūva .. 27..

bahūni paśyanmanaso.apriyāṇi
yānyannyadā nāsya pure babhūvuḥ .
avākṣirā dīnamanā nahṛṣṭaḥ
piturmahātmā praviveśa veśma .. 28..




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