.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 63

tato dvādaśame varṣe śatrughno rāmapālitām .
ayodhyāṃ cakame gantumalpabhṛtyabalānugaḥ .. 1..

mantriṇo balamukhyāṃśca nivartya ca purodhasaṃ .
jagāma rathamukhyena hayayuktena bhāsvatā .. 2..

sa gatvā gaṇitānvāsānsaptāṣṭau raghunandanaḥ .
ayodhyāmagamattūrṇaṃ rāghavotsukadarśanaḥ .. 3..

sa praviśya purīṃ ramyāṃ śrīmānikṣvākunandanaḥ .
praviveśa mahābāhuryatra rāmo mahādyutiḥ .. 4..

so.abhivādya mahātmānaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā .
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā rāmaṃ satyaparākramam .. 5..

yadājñaptaṃ mahārāja sarvaṃ tatkṛtavānaham .
hataḥ sa lavaṇaḥ pāpaḥ purī sā ca niveśitā .. 6..

dvādaśaṃ ca gataṃ varṣaṃ tvāṃ vinā raghunandana .
notsaheyamahaṃ vastuṃ tvayā virahito nṛpa .. 7..

sa me prasādaṃ kākutstha kuruṣvāmitavikrama .
mātṛhīno yathā vatsastvāṃ vinā pravasāmyaham .. 8..

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ śatrughnaṃ pariṣvajyedamabravīt .
mā viṣādaṃ kṛthā vīra naitatkṣatriya ceṣṭitam .. 9..

nāvasīdanti rājāno vipravāseṣu rāghava .
prajāśca paripālyā hi kṣatradharmeṇa rāghava .. 10..

kāle kāle ca māṃ vīra ayodhyām avalokitum .
āgaccha tvaṃ naraśreṣṭha gantāsi ca puraṃ tava .. 11..

mamāpi tvaṃ sudayitaḥ prāṇairapi na saṃśayaḥ .
avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca rājyasya paripālanam .. 12..

tasmāttvaṃ vasa kākutstha pañcarātraṃ mayā saha .
ūrdhvaṃ gantāsi madhurāṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ .. 13..

rāmasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā dharmayuktaṃ mano.anugam .
śatrughno dīnayā vācā bāḍhamityeva cābravīt .. 14..

sa pañcarātraṃ kākutstho rāghavasya yathājñayā .
uṣya tatra maheṣvāso gamanāyopacakrame .. 15..

āmantrya tu mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam .
bharataṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva mahārathamupāruhat .. 16..

dūraṃ tābhyāmanugato lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā .
bharatena ca śatrughno jagāmāśu purīṃ tadā .. 17..




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