.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 74

tacchrutvā bhāṣitaṃ tasya rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .
dvāḥsthaḥ kumārāvāhūya rāghavāya nyavedayat .. 1..

dṛṣṭvā tu rāghavaḥ prāptau priyau bharatalakṣmaṇau .
pariṣvajya tato rāmo vākyametaduvāca ha .. 2..

kṛtaṃ mayā yathātathyaṃ dvijakāryamanuttamam .
dharmasetumato bhūyaḥ kartumicchāmi rāghavau .. 3..

yuvābhyāmātmabhūtābhyāṃ rājasūyamanuttamam .
sahito yaṣṭumicchāmi tatra dharmo hi śāśvataḥ .. 4..

iṣṭvā tu rājasūyena mitraḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ .
suhutena suyajñena varuṇatvamupāgamat .. 5..

somaśca rājasūyena iṣṭvā dharmeṇa dharmavit .
prāptaśca sarvalokānāṃ kīrtiṃ sthānaṃ ca śāśvatam .. 6..

asminnahani yacchreyaścintyatāṃ tanmayā saha .
hitaṃ cāyati yuktaṃ ca prayatau vaktumarhatha .. 7..

śrutā tu rāghavasyaitadvākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .
bharataḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha .. 8..

tvayi dharmaḥ paraḥ sādho tvayi sarvā vasundharā .
pratiṣṭhitā mahābāho yaśaścāmitavikrama .. 9..

mahīpālāśca sarve tvāṃ prajāpatimivāmarāḥ .
nirīkṣante mahātmāno lokanāthaṃ yathā vayam .. 10..

prajāśca pitṛvadrājanpaśyanti tvāṃ mahābala .
pṛthivyāṃ gatibhūto.asi prāṇināmapi rāghava .. 11..

sa tvamevaṃvidhaṃ yajñamāhartāsi kathaṃ nṛpa .
pṛthivyāṃ rājavaṃśānāṃ vināśo yatra dṛśyate .. 12..

pṛthivyāṃ ye ca puruṣā rājanpauruṣamāgatāḥ .
sarveṣāṃ bhavitā tatra kṣayaḥ sarvāntakopamaḥ .. 13..

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla guṇairatulavikrama .
pṛthivīṃ nārhase hantuṃ vaśe hi tava vartate .. 14..

bharatasya tu tadvākyaṃ śrutvāmṛtamayaṃ yathā .
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ .. 15..

uvāca ca śubhāṃ vāṇīṃ kaikeyyā nandivardhanam .
prīto.asmi parituṣṭo.asmi tavādya vacanena hi .. 16..

idaṃ vacanamaklībaṃ tvayā dharmasamāhitam .
vyāhṛtaṃ puruṣavyāghra pṛthivyāḥ paripālanam .. 17..

eṣa tasmādabhiprāyādrājasūyātkratūttamān .
nivartayāmi dharmajña tava suvyāhṛtena vai .. 18..

prajānāṃ pālanaṃ dharmo rājñāṃ yajñena saṃmitaḥ .
tasmācchṛṇomi te vākyaṃ sādhūktaṃ susamāhitam .. 19..




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