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sarga - 97

taṃ tu rāmaḥ samāśvāsya bhrātaraṃ guruvatsalam .
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame .. 1..

kimetadiccheyamahaṃ śrotuṃ pravyāhṛtaṃ tvayā .
yasmāttvamāgato deśamimaṃ cīrajaṭājinī .. 2..

yannimittamimaṃ deśaṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharaḥ .
hitvā rājyaṃ praviṣṭastvaṃ tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi .. 3..

ityuktaḥ kekayīputraḥ kākutsthena mahātmanā .
pragṛhya balavadbhūyaḥ prāñjalirvākyamabravīt .. 4..

āryaṃ tātaḥ parityajya kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram .
gataḥ svargaṃ mahābāhuḥ putraśokābhipīḍitaḥ .. 5..

striyā niyuktaḥ kaikeyyā mama mātrā parantapa .
cakāra sumahatpāpamidamātmayaśoharam .. 6..

sā rājyaphalamaprāpya vidhavā śokakarśitā .
patiṣyati mahāghore niraye jananī mama .. 7..

tasya me dāsabhūtasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .
abhiṣiñcasva cādyaiva rājyena maghavāniva .. 8..

imāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā vidhavā māturaśca yāḥ .
tvatsakāśamanuprāptāḥ prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 9..

tadānupūrvyā yuktaṃ ca yuktaṃ cātmani mānada .
rājyaṃ prāpnuhi dharmeṇa sakāmānsuhṛdaḥ kuru .. 10..

bhavatvavidhavā bhūmiḥ samagrā patinā tvayā .
śaśinā vimaleneva śāradī rajanī yathā .. 11..

ebhiśca sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ śirasā yācito mayā .
bhrātuḥ śiṣyasya dāsasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 12..

tadidaṃ śāśvataṃ pitryaṃ sarvaṃ sacivamaṇḍalam .
pūjitaṃ puruṣavyāghra nātikramitumutsahe .. 13..

evamuktvā mahābāhuḥ sabāṣpaḥ kekayīsutaḥ .
rāmasya śirasā pādau jagrāha bharataḥ punaḥ .. 14..

taṃ mattamiva mātaṅgaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ .
bhrātaraṃ bharataṃ rāmaḥ pariṣvajyedamabravīt .. 15..

kulīnaḥ sattvasampannastejasvī caritavrataḥ .
rājyahetoḥ kathaṃ pāpamācarettvadvidho janaḥ .. 16..

na doṣaṃ tvayi paśyāmi sūkṣmamapyari sūdana .
na cāpi jananīṃ bālyāttvaṃ vigarhitumarhasi .. 17..

yāvatpitari dharmajña gauravaṃ lokasatkṛte .
tāvaddharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha jananyām api gauravam .. 18..

etābhyāṃ dharmaśīlābhyāṃ vanaṃ gaccheti rāghava .
mātā pitṛbhyāmukto.ahaṃ kathamanyatsamācare .. 19..

tvayā rājyamayodhyāyāṃ prāptavyaṃ lokasatkṛtam .
vastavyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye mayā valkalavāsasā .. 20..

evaṃ kṛtvā mahārājo vibhāgaṃ lokasaṃnidhau .
vyādiśya ca mahātejā divaṃ daśaratho gataḥ .. 21..

sa ca pramāṇaṃ dharmātmā rājā lokagurustava .
pitrā dattaṃ yathābhāgamupabhoktuṃ tvamarhasi .. 22..

caturdaśa samāḥ saumya daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ .
upabhokṣye tvahaṃ dattaṃ bhāgaṃ pitrā mahātmanā .. 23..

yadabravīnmāṃ naralokasatkṛtaḥ
pitā mahātmā vibudhādhipopamaḥ .
tadeva manye paramātmano hitaṃ
na sarvalokeśvarabhāvamavyayam .. 24..




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