.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 90

kasya cittvatha kālasya yudhājitkekayo nṛpaḥ .
svaguruṃ preṣayāmāsa rāghavāya mahātmane .. 1..

gārgyamaṅgirasaḥ putraṃ brahmarṣimamitaprabham .
daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi prītidānamanuttamam .. 2..

kambalāni ca ratnāni citravastramathottamam .
rāmāya pradadau rājā bahūnyābharaṇāni ca .. 3..

śrutvā tu rāghavo gārgyaṃ maharṣiṃ samupāgatam .
mātulasyāśvapatinaḥ priyaṃ dūtamupāgatam .. 4..

pratyudgamya ca kākutsthaḥ krośamātraṃ sahānugaḥ .
gārgyaṃ sampūjayāmāsa dhanaṃ tatpratigṛhya ca .. 5..

pṛṣṭvā ca prītidaṃ sarvaṃ kuśalaṃ mātulasya ca .
upaviṣṭaṃ mahābhāgaṃ rāmaḥ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame .. 6..

kimāha matulo vākyaṃ yadarthaṃ bhagavāniha .
prāpto vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭha sākṣādiva bṛhaspatiḥ .. 7..

rāmasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā brahmarṣiḥ kāryavistaram .
vaktumadbhutasaṅkāśaṃ rāghavāyopacakrame .. 8..

mātulaste mahābāho vākyamāha nararṣabha .
yudhājitprītisaṃyuktaṃ śrūyatāṃ yadi rocate .. 9..

ayaṃ gandharvaviṣayaḥ phalamūlopaśobhitaḥ .
sindhorubhayataḥ pārśve deśaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ .. 10..

taṃ ca rakṣanti gandharvāḥ sāyudhā yuddhakovidāḥ .
śailūṣasya sutā vīrāstisraḥ koṭyo mahābalāḥ .. 11..

tānvinirjitya kākutstha gandharvaviṣayaṃ śubham .
niveśaya mahābāho dve pure susamāhitaḥ .. 12..

anyasya na gatistatra deśaścāyaṃ suśobhanaḥ .
rocatāṃ te mahābāho nāhaṃ tvāmanṛtaṃ vade .. 13..

tacchrutvā rāghavaḥ prīto mararṣirmātulasya ca .
uvāca bāḍhamityevaṃ bharataṃ cānvavaikṣata .. 14..

so.abravīdrāghavaḥ prītaḥ prāñjalipragraho dvijam .
imau kumārau taṃ deśaṃ brahmarṣe vijayiṣyataḥ .. 15..

bharatasyātmajau vīrau takṣaḥ puṣkala eva ca .
mātulena suguptau tau dharmeṇa ca samāhitau .. 16..

bharataṃ cāgrataḥ kṛtvā kumārau sabalānugau .
nihatya gandharvasutāndve pure vibhajiṣyataḥ .. 17..

niveśya te puravare ātmājau saṃniveśya ca .
āgamiṣyati me bhūyaḥ sakāśamatidhārmikaḥ .. 18..

brahmarṣimevamuktvā tu bharataṃ sabalānugam .
ājñāpayāmāsa tadā kumārau cābhyaṣecayat .. 19..

nakṣatreṇa ca saumyena puraskṛtyāṅgiraḥ sutam .
bharataḥ saha sainyena kumārābhyāṃ ca niryayau .. 20..

sā senā śakrayukteva naragānniryayāvatha .
rāghavānugatā dūraṃ durādharṣā surāsuraiḥ .. 21..

māṃsāśīni ca sattvāni rakṣāṃsi sumahānti ca .
anujagmuśca bharataṃ rudhirasya pipāsayā .. 22..

bhūtagrāmāśca bahavo māṃsabhakṣāḥ sudāruṇāḥ .
gandharvaputramāṃsāni bhoktukāmāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 23..

siṃhavyāghrasṛgālānāṃ khecarāṇāṃ ca pakṣiṇām .
bahūni vai sahasrāṇi senāyā yayuragrataḥ .. 24..

adhyardhamāsamuṣitā pathi senā nirāmayā .
hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇā kekayaṃ samupāgamat .. 25..




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