.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 73

tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase.atha caturdaśe .
sametya rājakartāro bharataṃ vākyamabruvan .. 1..

gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ yo no gurutaro guruḥ .
rāmaṃ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam .. 2..

tvamadya bhava no rājā rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ .
saṅgatyā nāparādhnoti rājyametadanāyakam .. 3..

ābhiṣecanikaṃ sarvamidamādāya rāghava .
pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaśca nṛpātmaja .. 4..

rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat .
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmānnararṣabha .. 5..

ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam .
bharatastaṃ janaṃ sarvaṃ pratyuvāca dhṛtavrataḥ .. 6..

jyeṣṭhasya rājatā nityamucitā hi kulasya naḥ .
naivaṃ bhavanto māṃ vaktumarhanti kuśalā janāḥ .. 7..

rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ .
ahaṃ tvaraṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca .. 8..

yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅgamahābalā .
ānayiṣyāmyahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt .. 9..

ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvametadupaskṛtam .
puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetorvanaṃ prati .. 10..

tatraiva taṃ naravyāghramabhiṣicya puraskṛtam .
āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāhamivādhvarāt .. 11..

na sakāmā kariṣyāmi svamimāṃ mātṛgandhinīm .
vane vatsyāmyahaṃ durge rāmo rājā bhaviṣyati .. 12..

kriyatāṃ śilpibhiḥ panthāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca .
rakṣiṇaścānusaṃyāntu pathi durgavicārakāḥ .. 13..

evaṃ sambhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ rāmahetornṛpātmajam .
pratyuvāca janaḥ sarvaḥ śrīmadvākyamanuttamam .. 14..

evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīrupatiṣṭhatām .
yastvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātumicchasi .. 15..

anuttamaṃ tadvacanaṃ nṛpātmaja
prabhāṣitaṃ saṃśravaṇe niśamya ca .
praharṣajāstaṃ prati bāṣpabindavo
nipeturāryānananetrasambhavāḥ .. 16..

ūcuste vacanamidaṃ niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ
sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyātaśokāḥ .
panthānaṃ naravarabhaktimāñjanaś ca
vyādiṣṭastava vacanācca śilpivargaḥ .. 17..




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