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sarga - 56

evamuktvā tu kākutsthaṃ praśasya ca punaḥ punaḥ .
punarevāparaṃ vākyamuvāca raghunandanaḥ .. 1..

imānyaśvasahasrāṇi catvāri puruṣarṣabha .
rathānāṃ ca sahasre dve gajānāṃ śatameva ca .. 2..

antarāpaṇavīthyaśca nānāpaṇyopaśobhitāḥ .
anugacchantu śatrughna tathaiva naṭanartakāḥ .. 3..

hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya ayutaṃ puruṣarṣabha .
gṛhītvā gaccha śatrughna paryāptadhanavāhanaḥ .. 4..

balaṃ ca subhṛtaṃ vīra hṛṣṭapuṣṭamanuttamam .
sambhāṣya sampradānena rañjayasva narottama .. 5..

na hyarthāstatra tiṣṭhanti na dārā na ca bāndhavāḥ .
suprīto bhṛtyavargastu yatra tiṣṭhati rāghava .. 6..

ato hṛṣṭajanākīrṇāṃ prasthāpya mahatīṃ camūm .
eka eva dhanuṣpānistadgaccha tvaṃ madhorvanam .. 7..

yathā tvāṃ na prajānāti gacchantaṃ yuddhakāṅkṣiṇam .
lavaṇastu madhoḥ putrastathā gaccheraśaṅkitaḥ .. 8..

na tasya mṛtyuranyo.asti kaściddhi puruṣarṣabha .
darśanaṃ yo.abhigaccheta sa vadhyo lavaṇena hi .. 9..

sa grīṣme vyapayāte tu varṣarātra upasthite .
hanyāstvaṃ lavaṇaṃ saumya sa hi kālo.asya durmateḥ .. 10..

maharṣīṃstu puraskṛtya prayāntu tava sainikāḥ .
yathā grīṣmāvaśeṣeṇa tareyurjāhnavījalam .. 11..

tataḥ sthāpya balaṃ sarvaṃ nadītīre samāhitaḥ .
agrato dhanuṣā sārdhaṃ gaccha tvaṃ laghuvikrama .. 12..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa śatrughnastānmahābalān .
senāmukhyānsamānīya tato vākyamuvāca ha .. 13..

ete vo gaṇitā vāsā yatra yatra nivatsyatha .
sthātavyaṃ cāvirodhena yathā bādhā na kasya cit .. 14..

tathā tāṃstu samājñāpya niryāpya ca mahadbalam .
kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaukeyīṃ cābhyavādayat .. 15..

rāmaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca .
rāṇeṇa cābhyanujñātaḥ śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ .. 16..

lakṣmaṇaṃ bharataṃ caiva praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ .
purodhasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca śatrughnaḥ prayatātmavān .
pradakṣiṇamatho kṛtvā nirjagāma mahābalaḥ .. 17..




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