.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 66

nāradasya tu tadvākyaṃ śrutvāmṛtamayaṃ yathā .
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe lakṣmaṇaṃ cedamabravīt .. 1..

gaccha saumya dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ samāśvāsaya lakṣmaṇa .
bālasya ca śarīraṃ tattailadroṇyāṃ nidhāpaya .. 2..

gandhaiśca paramodāraistailaiśca susugandhibhiḥ .
yathā na kṣīyate bālastathā saumya vidhīyatām .. 3..

yathā śarīre bālasya guptasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .
vipattiḥ paribhedo vā bhavenna ca tathā kuru .. 4..

tathā sandiśya kākutstho lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam .
manasā puṣpakaṃ dadhyāvāgaccheti mahāyaśāḥ .. 5..

iṅgitaṃ sa tu vijñāya puṣpako hemabhūṣitaḥ .
ājagāma muhūrtena sampīpaṃ rāghavasya vai .. 6..

so.abravītpraṇato bhūtvā ayamasmi narādhipa .
vaśyastava mahābāho kiṅkaraḥ samupasthitaḥ .. 7..

bhāṣitaṃ ruciraṃ śrutvā puṣpakasya narādhipaḥ .
abhivādya maharṣīstānvimānaṃ so.adhyarohata .. 8..

dhanurgṛhītvā tūṇīṃ ca khagdaṃ ca ruciraprabham .
nikṣipya nagare vīrau saumitribharatāvubhau .. 9..

prāyātpratīcīṃ sa marūnvicinvaṃśca samantataḥ .
uttarāmagamacchrīmāndiśaṃ himavadāvṛtam .. 10..

apaśyamānastatrāpi svalpamapyatha duṣkṛtam .
pūrvāmapi diśaṃ sarvāmathāpaśyannarādhipaḥ .. 11..

dakṣiṇāṃ diśamākrāmattato rājarṣinandanaḥ .
śaivalasyottare pārśve dadarśa sumahatsaraḥ .. 12..

tasminsarasi tapyantaṃ tāpasaṃ sumahattapaḥ .
dadarśa rāghavaḥ śrīmā.Nllambamānamadho mukham .. 13..

athainaṃ samupāgamya tapyantaṃ tapa uttamam .
uvāca rāghavo vākyaṃ dhanyastvamasi suvrata .. 14..

kasyāṃ yonyāṃ tapovṛddhavartase dṛḍhavikrama .
kautūhalāttvāṃ pṛcchāmi rāmo dāśarathirhyaham .. 15..

manīṣitaste ko nvarthaḥ svargalābho varāśrayaḥ .
yamaśritya tapastaptaṃ śrotumicchāmi tāpasa .. 16..

brāhmaṇo vāsi bhadraṃ te kṣatriyo vāsi durjayaḥ .
vaiśyo vā yadi vā śūdraḥ satyametadbravīhi me .. 17..




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