.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 70

tadadbhutatamaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvāgastyasya rāghavaḥ .
gauravādvismayāccaiva bhūyaḥ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame .. 1..

bhagavaṃstadvanaṃ ghoraṃ tapastapyati yatra saḥ .
śveto vaidarbhako rājā kathaṃ tadamṛgadvijam .. 2..

niḥsattvaṃ ca vanaṃ jātaṃ śūnyaṃ manujavarjitam .
tapaścartuṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ .. 3..

rāmasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitam .
vākyaṃ paramatejasvī vaktumevopacakrame .. 4..

purā kṛtayuge rāma manurdaṇḍadharaḥ prabhuḥ .
tasya putro mahānāsīdikṣvākuḥ kulavardhanaḥ .. 5..

taṃ putraṃ pūrvake rājye nikṣipya bhuvi durjayam .
pṛthivyāṃ rājavaṃśānāṃ bhava kartetyuvāca ha .. 6..

tatheti ca pratijñātaṃ pituḥ putreṇa rāghava .
tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo manuḥ punaruvāca ha .. 7..

prīto.asmi paramodārakartā cāsi na saṃśayaḥ .
daṇḍena ca prajā rakṣa mā ca daṇḍamakāraṇe .. 8..

aparādhiṣu yo daṇḍaḥ pātyate mānaveṣu vai .
sa daṇḍo vidhivanmuktaḥ svargaṃ nayati pārthivam .. 9..

tasmāddaṇḍe mahābāho yatnavānbhava putraka .
dharmo hi paramo loke kurvataste bhaviṣyati .. 10..

iti taṃ bahu sandiśya manuḥ putraṃ samādhinā .
jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭo brahmalokamanuttamam .. 11..

prayāte tridive tasminnikṣvākuramitaprabhaḥ .
janayiṣye kathaṃ putrāniti cintāparo.abhavat .. 12..

karmabhirbahurūpaiśca taistairmanusutaḥ sutān .
janayāmāsa dharmātmā śataṃ devasutopamān .. 13..

teṣāmavarajastāta sarveṣāṃ raghunandana .
mūḍhaścākṛtividyaśca na śuśrūṣati pūrvajān .. 14..

nāma tasya ca daṇḍeti pitā cakre.alpatejasaḥ .
avaśyaṃ daṇḍapatanaṃ śarīre.asya bhaviṣyati .. 15..

sa paśyamānastaṃ doṣaṃ ghoraṃ putrasya rāghava .
vindhhhya śaivalayormadhye rājyaṃ prādādarindama .. 16..

sa daṇḍastatra rājābhūdramye parvatarodhasi .
puraṃ cāpratimaṃ rāma nyaveśayadanuttamam .. 17..

purasya cākaronnāma madhumantamiti prabho .
purohitaṃ cośanasaṃ varayāmāsa suvratam .. 18..

evaṃ sa rājā tadrājyaṃ kārayatsapurohitaḥ .
prahṛṣṭamanujākīrṇaṃ devarājyaṃ yathā divi .. 19..




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