.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 45

tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ lakṣmaṇo dīnacetanaḥ .
sumantramabravīdvākyaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā .. 1..

sārathe turagāñśīghraṃ yojayasva rathottame .
svāstīrṇaṃ rājabhavanātsītāyāścāsanaṃ śubham .. 2..

sītā hi rājabhavanādāśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇām .
mayā netā maharṣīṇāṃ śīghramānīyatāṃ rathaḥ .. 3..

sumantrastu tathetyuktvā yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ .
rathaṃ suruciraprakhyaṃ svāstīrṇaṃ sukhaśayyayā .. 4..

ādāyovāca saumitriṃ mitrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanam .
ratho.ayaṃ samanuprāpto yatkāryaṃ kriyatāṃ prabho .. 5..

evamuktaḥ sumantreṇa rājaveśma sa lakṣmaṇaḥ .
praviśya sītāmāsādya vyājahāra nararṣabhaḥ .. 6..

gaṅgātīre mayā devi munīnāmāśrame śubhe .
śīghraṃ gatvopaneyāsi śāsanātpārthivasya naḥ .. 7..

evamuktā tu vaidehī lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā .
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe gamanaṃ cābhyarocayat .. 8..

vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca .
gṛhītvā tāni vaidehī gamanāyopacakrame .. 9..

imāni munipatnīnāṃ dāsyāmyābharaṇānyaham .
saumitristu tathetyuktvā rathamāropya maithilīm .
prayayau śīghraturago rāmasyājñām anusmaran .. 10..

abravīcca tadā sītā lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam .
aśubhāni bahūnyadya paśyāmi raghunandana .. 11..

nayanaṃ me sphuratyadya gātrotkampaśca jāyate .
hṛdayaṃ caiva saumitre asvasthamiva lakṣaye .. 12..

autsukyaṃ paramaṃ cāpi adhṛtiśca parā mama .
śūnyāmiva ca paśyāmi pṛthivīṃ pṛthulocana .. 13..

api svasti bhavettasya bhrātuste bhrātṛbhiḥ saha .
śvaśrūṇāṃ caiva me vīra sarvāsāmaviśeṣataḥ .. 14..

pure janapade caiva kuśalaṃ prāṇinām api .
ityañjalikṛtā sītā devatā abhyayācata .. 15..

lakṣmaṇo.arthaṃ tu taṃ śrutvā śirasā vandya maithilīm .
śivamityabravīddhṛṣṭo hṛdayena viśuṣyatā .. 16..

tato vāsamupāgamya gomatītīra āśrame .
prabhāte punarutthāya saumitriḥ sūtamabravīt .. 17..

yojayasva rathaṃ śīghramadya bhāgīrathī jalam .
śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi tryambakaḥ parvate yathā .. 18..

so.aśvānvicārayitvāśu rathe yuktvā manojavān .
ārohasveti vaidehīṃ sūtaḥ prāñjalirabravīt .. 19..

sā tu sūtasya vacanādāruroha rathottamam .
sītā saumitriṇā sārdhaṃ sumitreṇa ca dhīmatā .. 20..

athārdhadivasaṃ gatvā bhāgīrathyā jalāśayam .
nirīkṣya lakṣmaṇo dīnaḥ praruroda mahāsvanam .. 21..

sītā tu paramāyattā dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇamāturam .
uvāca vākyaṃ dharmajña kimidaṃ rudyate tvayā .. 22..

jāhvanī tīramāsādya cirābhilaṣitaṃ mama .
harṣakāle kimarthaṃ māṃ viṣādayasi lakṣmaṇa .. 23..

nityaṃ tvaṃ rāmapādeṣu vartase puruṣarṣabha .
kaccidvinā kṛtastena dvirātre śokamāgataḥ .. 24..

mamāpi dayito rāmo jīvitenāpi lakṣmaṇa .
na cāhamevaṃ śocāmi maivaṃ tvaṃ bāliśo bhava .. 25..

tārayasva ca māṃ gaṅgāṃ darśayasva ca tāpasān .
tato dhanāni vāsāṃsi dāsyāmyābharaṇāni ca .. 26..

tataḥ kṛtvā maharṣīṇāṃ yathārhamabhivādanam .
tatra caikāṃ niśāmuṣya yāsyāmastāṃ purīṃ punaḥ .. 27..

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā pramṛjya nayane śubhe .
titīrṣurlakṣmaṇo gaṅgāṃ śubhāṃ nāvamupāharat .. 28..




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