.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 42

tatropaviṣṭaṃ rājānamupāsante vicakṣaṇāḥ .
kathānāṃ bahurūpāṇāṃ hāsya kārāḥ samantataḥ .. 1..

vijayo madhumattaśca kāśyapaḥ piṅgalaḥ kuśaḥ .
surājiḥ kāliyo bhadro dantavakraḥ samāgadhaḥ .. 2..

ete kathā bahuvidhā parihāsasamanvitāḥ .
kathayanti sma saṃhṛṣṭā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ .. 3..

tataḥ kathāyāṃ kasyāṃ cidrāghavaḥ samabhāṣata .
kāḥ kathā nagare bhadra vartante viṣayeṣu ca .. 4..

māmāśritāni kānyāhuḥ paurajānapadā janāḥ .
kiṃ ca sītāṃ samāśritya bharataṃ kiṃ nu lakṣmaṇam .. 5..

kiṃ nu śatrughnamāśritya kaikeyīṃ mātaraṃ ca me .
vaktavyatāṃ ca rājāno nave rājye vrajanti hi .. 6..

evamukte tu rāmeṇa bhadraḥ prāñjalirabravīt .
sthitāḥ kathāḥ śubhā rājanvartante puravāsinām .. 7..

ayaṃ tu vijayaḥ saumya daśagrīvavadhāśritaḥ .
bhūyiṣṭhaṃ svapure pauraiḥ kathyate puruṣarṣabha .. 8..

evamuktastu bhadreṇa rāghavo vākyamabravīt .
kathayasva yathā tathyaṃ sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ .. 9..

śubhāśubhāni vākyāni yānyāhuḥ puravāsinaḥ .
śrutvedānīṃ śubhaṃ kuryāṃ na kuryāmaśubhāni ca .. 10..

kathayasva ca visrabdho nirbhayo vigatajvaraḥ .
kathayante yathā paurā janā janapadeṣu ca .. 11..

rāghaveṇaivamuktastu bhadraḥ suruciraṃ vacaḥ .
pratyuvāca mahābāhuṃ prāñjaliḥ susamāhitaḥ .. 12..

śṛṇu rājanyathā paurāḥ kathayanti śubhāśubham .
catvarāpaṇarathyāsu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca .. 13..

duṣkaraṃ kṛtavānrāmaḥ samudre setubandhanam .
akṛtaṃ pūrvakaiḥ kaiściddevairapi sadānavaiḥ .. 14..

rāvaṇaśca durādharṣo hataḥ sabalavāhanaḥ .
vānarāśca vaśaṃ nītā ṛṣkāśca saha rākṣasaiḥ .. 15..

hatvā ca rāvaṇaṃ yuddhe sītāmāhṛtya rāghavaḥ .
amarṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā svaveśma punarānayat .. 16..

kīdṛśaṃ hṛdaye tasya sītāsambhogajaṃ sukham .
aṅkamāropya hi purā rāvaṇena balāddhṛtām .. 17..

laṅkāmapi punarnītāmaśokavanikāṃ gatām .
rakṣasāṃ vaśamāpannāṃ kathaṃ rāmo na kutsate .. 18..

asmākamapi dāreṣu sahanīyaṃ bhaviṣyati .
yathā hi kurute rājā prajā tamanuvartate .. 19..

evaṃ bahuvidhā vāco vadanti puravāsinaḥ .
nagareṣu ca sarveṣu rājañjanapadeṣu ca .. 20..

tasyaitadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā rāghavaḥ paramārtavat .
uvāca sarvānsuhṛdaḥ kathametannivedyatām .. 21..

sarve tu śirasā bhūmāvabhivādya praṇamya ca .
pratyūcū rāghavaṃ dīnamevametanna saṃśayaḥ .. 22..

śrutvā tu vākyaṃ kākutsthaḥ sarveṣāṃ samudīritam .
visarjayāmāsa tadā sarvāṃstāñśatrutāpanaḥ .. 23..




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