.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 77

tataḥ samutthitaḥ kālyamāsthāya syandanottamam .
prayayau bharataḥ śīghraṃ rāmadarśanakāṅkṣayā .. 1..

agrataḥ prayayustasya sarve mantripurodhasaḥ .
adhiruhya hayairyuktānrathānsūryarathopamān .. 2..

navanāgasahasrāṇi kalpitāni yathāvidhi .
anvayurbharataṃ yāntamikṣvāku kulanandanam .. 3..

ṣaṣṭhī rathasahasrāṇi dhanvino vividhāyudhāḥ .
anvayurbharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam .. 4..

śataṃ sahasrāṇyaśvānāṃ samārūḍhāni rāghavam .
anvayurbharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam .. 5..

kaikeyī ca sumitrā ca kausalyā ca yaśasvinī .
rāmānayanasaṃhṛṣṭā yayuryānena bhāsvatā .. 6..

prayātāścāryasaṅghātā rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ salakṣmaṇam .
tasyaiva ca kathāścitrāḥ kurvāṇā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ .. 7..

meghaśyāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ sthirasattvaṃ dṛḍhavratam .
kadā drakṣyāmahe rāmaṃ jagataḥ śokanāśanam .. 8..

dṛṣṭa eva hi naḥ śokamapaneṣyati rāghavaḥ .
tamaḥ sarvasya lokasya samudyanniva bhāskaraḥ .. 9..

ityevaṃ kathayantaste samprahṛṣṭāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ .
pariṣvajānāścānyonyaṃ yayurnāgarikāstadā .. 10..

ye ca tatrāpare sarve saṃmatā ye ca naigamāḥ .
rāmaṃ prati yayurhṛṣṭāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayastadā .. 11..

maṇi kārāśca ye ke citkumbhakārāśca śobhanāḥ .
sūtrakarmakṛtaścaiva ye ca śastropajīvinaḥ .. 12..

māyūrakāḥ krākacikā rocakā vedhakāstathā .
dantakārāḥ sudhākārāstathā gandhopajīvinaḥ .. 13..

suvarṇakārāḥ prakhyātāstathā kambaladhāvakāḥ .
snāpakācchādakā vaidyā dhūpakāḥ śauṇḍikāstathā .. 14..

rajakāstunnavāyāśca grāmaghoṣamahattarāḥ .
śailūṣāśca saha strībhiryānti kaivartakāstathā .. 15..

samāhitā vedavido brāhmaṇā vṛttasaṃmatāḥ .
gorathairbharataṃ yāntamanujagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 16..

suveṣāḥ śuddhavasanāstāmramṛṣṭānulepanāḥ .
sarve te vividhairyānaiḥ śanairbharatamanvayuḥ .. 17..

prahṛṣṭamuditā senā sānvayātkaikayīsutam .
vyavatiṣṭhata sā senā bharatasyānuyāyinī .. 18..

nirīkṣyānugatāṃ senāṃ tāṃ ca gaṅgāṃ śivodakām .
bharataḥ sacivānsarvānabravīdvākyakovidaḥ .. 19..

niveśayata me sainyamabhiprāyeṇa sarvaśaḥ .
viśrāntaḥ pratariṣyāmaḥ śva idānīṃ mahānadīm .. 20..

dātuṃ ca tāvadicchāmi svargatasya mahīpateḥ .
aurdhvadeha nimittārthamavatīryodakaṃ nadīm .. 21..

tasyaivaṃ bruvato.amātyāstathetyuktvā samāhitāḥ .
nyaveśayaṃstāṃśchandena svena svena pṛthakpṛthak .. 22..

niveśya gaṅgāmanu tāṃ mahānadīṃ
camūṃ vidhānaiḥ paribarha śobhinīm .
uvāsa rāmasya tadā mahātmano
vicintayāno bharato nivartanam .. 23..




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