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sarga - 67

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .
avākṣirāstathābhūto vākyametaduvāca ha .. 1..

śūdrayonyāṃ prasūto.asmi tapa ugraṃ samāsthitaḥ .
devatvaṃ prārthaye rāma saśarīro mahāyaśaḥ .. 2..

na mithyāhaṃ vade rājandevalokajigīṣayā .
śūdraṃ māṃ viddhi kākutstha śambūkaṃ nāma nāmataḥ .. 3..

bhāṣatastasya śūdrasya khaḍgaṃ suruciraprabham .
niṣkṛṣya kośādvimalaṃ śiraściccheda rāghavaḥ .. 4..

tasminmuhūrte bālo.asau jīvena samayujyata .. 5..

tato.agastyāśramapadaṃ rāmaḥ kamalalocanaḥ .
sa gatvā vinayenaiva taṃ natvā mumude sukhī .. 6..

so.abhivādya mahātmānaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā .
ātithyaṃ paramaṃ prāpya niṣasāda narādhipaḥ .. 7..

tamuvāca mahātejāḥ kumbhayonirmahātapāḥ .
svāgataṃ te naraśreṣṭha diṣṭyā prāpto.asi rāghava .. 8..

tvaṃ me bahumato rāma guṇairbahubhiruttamaiḥ .
atithiḥ pūjanīyaśca māma rājanhṛdi sthitaḥ .. 9..

surā hi kathayanti tvāmāgataṃ śūdraghātinam .
brāhmaṇasya tu dharmeṇa tvayā jīvāpitaḥ sutaḥ .. 10..

uṣyatāṃ ceha rajanīṃ sakāśe mama rāghava .
prabhāte puṣpakeṇa tvaṃ gantā svapurameva hi .. 11..

idaṃ cābharaṇaṃ saumya nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā .
divyaṃ divyena vapuṣā dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā .
pratigṛhṇīṣva kākutstha matpriyaṃ kuru rāghava .. 12..

dattasya hi punardānaṃ sumahatphalamucyate .
tasmātpradāsye vidhivattatpratīccha nararṣabha .. 13..

tadrāmaḥ pratijagrāha munestasya mahātmanaḥ .
divyamābharaṇaṃ citraṃ pradīptamiva bhāskaram .. 14..

pratigṛhya tato rāmastadābharaṇamuttamam .
āgamaṃ tasya divyasya praṣṭumevopacakrame .. 15..

atyadbhutamidaṃ brahmanvapuṣā yuktamuttamam .
kathaṃ bhagavatā prāptaṃ kuto vā kena vāhṛtam .. 16..

kutūhalatayā brahmanpṛcchāmi tvāṃ mahāyaśaḥ .
āścaryāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ hi nidhiḥ paramako bhavān .. 17..

evaṃ bruvati kākutsthe munirvākyamathābravīt .
śṛṇu rāma yathāvṛttaṃ purā tretāyuge gate .. 18..




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