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tatastāṃ rajanīmuṣya bharataḥ saparicchadaḥ .
kṛtātithyo bharadvājaṃ kāmādabhijagāma ha .. 1..

tamṛṣiḥ puruṣavyāghraṃ prekṣya prāñjalimāgatam .
hutāgnihotro bharataṃ bharadvājo.abhyabhāṣata .. 2..

kaccidatra sukhā rātristavāsmadviṣaye gatā .
samagraste janaḥ kaccidātithye śaṃsa me.anagha .. 3..

tamuvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā bharato.abhipraṇamya ca .
āśramādabhiniṣkrantamṛṣimuttama tejasaṃ .. 4..

sukhoṣito.asmi bhagavansamagrabalavāhanaḥ .
tarpitaḥ sarvakāmaiśca sāmātyo balavattvayā .. 5..

apetaklamasantāpāḥ subhakṣyāḥ supratiśrayāḥ .
api preṣyānupādāya sarve sma susukhoṣitāḥ .. 6..

āmantraye.ahaṃ bhagavankāmaṃ tvāmṛṣisattama .
samīpaṃ prasthitaṃ bhrāturmaireṇekṣasva cakṣuṣā .. 7..

āśramaṃ tasya dharmajña dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ .
ācakṣva katamo mārgaḥ kiyāniti ca śaṃsa me .. 8..

iti pṛṣṭastu bharataṃ bhrātṛdarśanalālasaṃ .
pratyuvāca mahātejā bharadvājo mahātapāḥ .. 9..

bharatārdhatṛtīyeṣu yojaneṣvajane vane .
citrakūṭo giristatra ramyanirdarakānanaḥ .. 10..

uttaraṃ pārśvamāsādya tasya mandākinī nadī .
puṣpitadrumasañcannā ramyapuṣpitakānanā .. 11..

anantaraṃ tatsaritaścitrakūṭaśca parvataḥ .
tato parṇakuṭī tāta tatra tau vasato dhruvam .. 12..

dakṣiṇenaiva mārgeṇa savyadakṣiṇameva ca .
gajavājirathākīrṇāṃ vāhinīṃ vāhinīpate .
vāhayasva mahābhāga tato drakṣyasi rāghavam .. 13..

prayāṇamiti ca śrutvā rājarājasya yoṣitaḥ .
hitvā yānāni yānārhā brāhmaṇaṃ paryavārayan .. 14..

vepamānā kṛśā dīnā saha devyā sumantriyā .
kausalyā tatra jagrāha karābhyāṃ caraṇau muneḥ .. 15..

asamṛddhena kāmena sarvalokasya garhitā .
kaikeyī tasya jagrāha caraṇau savyapatrapā .. 16..

taṃ pradakṣiṇamāgamya bhagavantaṃ mahāmunim .
adūrādbharatasyaiva tasthau dīnamanāstadā .. 17..

tataḥ papraccha bharataṃ bharadvājo dṛḍhavrataḥ .
viśeṣaṃ jñātumicchāmi mātṝṇāṃ tava rāghava .. 18..

evamuktastu bharato bharadvājena dhārmikaḥ .
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā vākyaṃ vacanakovidaḥ .. 19..

yāmimāṃ bhagavandīnāṃ śokānaśanakarśitām .
piturhi mahiṣīṃ devīṃ devatāmiva paśyasi .. 20..

eṣā taṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam .
kausalyā suṣuve rāmaṃ dhātāramaditiryathā .. 21..

asyā vāmabhujaṃ śliṣṭā yaiṣā tiṣṭhati durmanāḥ .
karṇikārasya śākheva śīrṇapuṣpā vanāntare .. 22..

etasyāstau sutau devyāḥ kumārau devavarṇinau .
ubhau lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau vīrau satyaparākramau .. 23..

yasyāḥ kṛte narayāghrau jīvanāśamito gatau .
rājā putravihīnaśca svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ .. 24..

aiśvaryakāmāṃ kaikeyīmanāryāmāryarūpiṇīm .
mamaitāṃ mātaraṃ viddhi nṛśaṃsāṃ pāpaniścayām .
yatomūlaṃ hi paśyāmi vyasanaṃ mahadātmanaḥ .. 25..

ityuktvā naraśārdūlo bāṣpagadgadayā girā .
sa niśaśvāsa tāmrākṣo kruddho nāga ivāsakṛt .. 26..

bharadvājo maharṣistaṃ bruvantaṃ bharataṃ tadā .
pratyuvāca mahābuddhiridaṃ vacanamarthavat .. 27..

na doṣeṇāvagantavyā kaikeyī bharata tvayā .
rāmapravrājanaṃ hyetatsukhodarkaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 28..

abhivādya tu saṃsiddhaḥ kṛtvā cainaṃ pradakṣiṇam .
āmantrya bharataḥ sainyaṃ yujyatām ityacodayat .. 29..

tato vājirathānyuktvā divyānhemapariṣkritān .
adhyārohatprayāṇārthī bahūnbahuvidho janaḥ .. 30..

gajakanyāgajāścaiva hemakakṣyāḥ patākinaḥ .
jīmūtā iva gharmānte saghoṣāḥ sampratasthire .. 31..

vividhānyapi yānāni mahāni ca laghūni ca .
prayayuḥ sumahārhāṇi pādaireva padātayaḥ .. 32..

atha yānapravekaistu kausalyāpramukhāḥ striyaḥ .
rāmadarśanakāṅkṣiṇyaḥ prayayurmuditāstadā .. 33..

sa cārkataruṇābhāsāṃ niyuktāṃ śibikāṃ śubhām .
āsthāya prayayau śrīmānbharataḥ saparicchadaḥ .. 34..

sā prayātā mahāsenā gajavājirathākulā .
dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāvṛtya mahāmegha ivotthitaḥ .
vanāni tu vyatikramya juṣṭāni mṛgapakṣibhiḥ .. 35..

sā samprahṛṣṭadvipavājiyodhā
vitrāsayantī mṛgapakṣisaṅghān .
mahadvanaṃ tatpravigāhamānā
rarāja senā bharatasya tatra .. 36..




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