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sarga - 96

vasiṣṭhaḥ purataḥ kṛtvā dārāndaśarathasya ca .
abhicakrāma taṃ deśaṃ rāmadarśanatarṣitaḥ .. 1..

rājapatnyaśca gacchantyo mandaṃ mandākinīṃ prati .
dadṛśustatra tattīrthaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇasevitam .. 2..

kausalyā bāṣpapūrṇena mukhena pariśuṣyatā .
sumitrāmabravīddīnā yāścānyā rājayoṣitaḥ .. 3..

idaṃ teṣāmanāthānāṃ kliṣṭamakliṣṭa karmaṇām .
vane prākkevalaṃ tīrthaṃ ye te nirviṣayī kṛtāḥ .. 4..

itaḥ sumitre putraste sadā jalamatandritaḥ .
svayaṃ harati saumitrirmama putrasya kāraṇāt .. 5..

dakṣiṇāgreṣu darbheṣu sā dadarśa mahītale .
pituriṅgudipiṇyākaṃ nyastamāyatalocanā .. 6..

taṃ bhūmau piturārtena nyastaṃ rāmeṇa vīkṣya sā .
uvāca devī kausalyā sarvā daśarathastriyaḥ .. 7..

idamikṣvākunāthasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ .
rāghaveṇa piturdattaṃ paśyataitadyathāvidhi .. 8..

tasya devasamānasya pārthivasya mahātmanaḥ .
naitadaupayikaṃ manye bhuktabhogasya bhojanam .. 9..

caturantāṃ mahīṃ bhuktvā mahendra sadṛśo bhuvi .
kathamiṅgudipiṇyākaṃ sa bhuṅkte vasudhādhipaḥ .. 10..

ato duḥkhataraṃ loke na kiṃ citpratibhāti mā .
yatra rāmaḥ piturdadyādiṅgudīkṣodamṛddhimān .. 11..

rāmeṇeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ piturdattaṃ samīkṣya me .
kathaṃ duḥkhena hṛdayaṃ na sphoṭati sahasradhā .. 12..

evamārtāṃ sapatnyastā jagmurāśvāsya tāṃ tadā .
dadṛśuścāśrame rāmaṃ svargāccyutamivāmaram .. 13..

sarvabhogaiḥ parityaktaṃ rāma samprekṣya mātaraḥ .
ārtā mumucuraśrūṇi sasvaraṃ śokakarśitāḥ .. 14..

tāsāṃ rāmaḥ samutthāya jagrāha caraṇāñśubhān .
mātṝṇāṃ manujavyāghraḥ sarvāsāṃ satyasaṅgaraḥ .. 15..

tāḥ pāṇibhiḥ sukhasparśairmṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ śubhaiḥ .
pramamārjū rajaḥ pṛṣṭhādrāmasyāyatalocanāḥ .. 16..

saumitrirapi tāḥ sarvā mātṝhsamprekṣya duḥkhitaḥ .
abhyavādayatāsaktaṃ śanai rāmādanantaram .. 17..

yathā rāme tathā tasminsarvā vavṛtire striyaḥ .
vṛttiṃ daśarathājjāte lakṣmaṇe śubhalakṣaṇe .. 18..

sītāpi caraṇāṃstāsāmupasaṅgṛhya duḥkhitā .
śvaśrūṇāmaśrupūrṇākṣī sā babhūvāgrataḥ sthitā .. 19..

tāṃ pariṣvajya duḥkhārtāṃ mātā duhitaraṃ yathā .
vanavāsakṛśāṃ dīnāṃ kausalyā vākyamabravīt .. 20..

videharājasya sutā snuṣā daśarathasya ca .
rāmapatnī kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ samprāptā nirjane vane .. 21..

padmamātapasantaptaṃ parikliṣṭamivotpalam .
kāñcanaṃ rajasā dhvastaṃ kliṣṭaṃ candramivāmbudaiḥ .. 22..

mukhaṃ te prekṣya māṃ śoko dahatyagnirivāśrayam .
bhṛśaṃ manasi vaidehi vyasanāraṇisambhavaḥ .. 23..

bruvantyāmevamārtāyāṃ jananyāṃ bharatāgrajaḥ .
pādāvāsādya jagrāha vasiṣṭhasya sa rāghavaḥ .. 24..

purohitasyāgnisamasya tasya vai
bṛhaspaterindra ivāmarādhipaḥ .
pragṛhya pādau susamṛddhatejasaḥ
sahaiva tenopaviveśa rāghavaḥ .. 25..

tato jaghanyaṃ sahitaiḥ sa mantribhiḥ
purapradhānaiśca sahaiva sainikaiḥ .
janena dharmajñatamena dharmavān
upopaviṣṭo bharatastadāgrajam .. 26..

upopaviṣṭastu tadā sa vīryavāṃs
tapasviveṣeṇa samīkṣya rāghavam .
śriyā jvalantaṃ bharataḥ kṛtāñjalir
yathā mahendraḥ prayataḥ prajāpatim .. 27..

kimeṣa vākyaṃ bharato.adya rāghavaṃ
praṇamya satkṛtya ca sādhu vakṣyati .
itīva tasyāryajanasya tattvato
babhūva kautūhalamuttamaṃ tadā .. 28..

sa rāghavaḥ satyadhṛtiśca lakṣmaṇo
mahānubhāvo bharataśca dhārmikaḥ .
vṛtāḥ suhṛdbhiś ca virejuradhvare
yathā sadasyaiḥ sahitāstrayo.agnayaḥ .. 29..




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