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sarga - 97

visṛjya lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ .
purodhasaṃ mantriṇaśca naigamāṃścedamabravīt .. 1..

adya rājye.abhiṣekṣyāmi bharataṃ dharmavatsalam .
ayodhyāyāṃ patiṃ vīraṃ tato yāsyāmyahaṃ vanam .. 2..

praveśayata sambhārānmā bhūtkālātyayo yathā .
adyaivāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇena gatāṃ gatim .. 3..

tacchrutvā rāghaveṇoktaṃ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo bhṛśam .
mūrdhabhiḥ praṇatā bhūmau gatasattvā ivābhavan .. 4..

bharataśca visaṃjño.abhūcchrutvā rāmasya bhāṣitam .
rājyaṃ vigarhayāmāsa rāghavaṃ cedamabravīt .. 5..

satyena hi śape rājansvargaloke na caiva hi .
na kāmaye yathā rājyaṃ tvāṃ vinā raghunandana .. 6..

imau kuśīlavau rājannabhiṣiñca narādhipa .
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīramuttareṣu tathā lavam .. 7..

śatrughnasya tu gacchantu dūtāstvaritavikramāḥ .
idaṃ gamanamasmākaṃ svargāyākhyāntu māciram .. 8..

tacchrutvā bharatenoktaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpi hyadho mukhān .
paurānduḥkhena santaptānvasiṣṭho vākyamabravīt .. 9..

vatsa rāma imāḥ paśya dharaṇīṃ prakṛtīrgatāḥ .
jñātvaiṣāmīpsitaṃ kāryaṃ mā caiṣāṃ vipriyaṃ kṛthāḥ .. 10..

vasiṣṭhasya tu vākyena utthāpya prakṛtījanam .
kiṃ karomīti kākutsthaḥ sarvānvacanamabravīt .. 11..

tataḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo rāmaṃ vacanamabruvan .
gacchantamanugacchāmo yato rāma gamiṣyasi .. 12..

eṣā naḥ paramā prītireṣa dharmaḥ paro mataḥ .
hṛdgatā naḥ sadā tuṣṭistavānugamane dṛḍhā .. 13..

paureṣu yadi te prītiryadi sneho hyanuttamaḥ .
saputradārāḥ kākutstha samaṃ gacchāma satpatham .. 14..

tapovanaṃ vā durgaṃ vā nadīmambhonidhiṃ tathā .
vayaṃ te yadi na tyājyāḥ sarvānno naya īśvara .. 15..

sa teṣāṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā kṛtāntaṃ ca nirīkṣyaca .
paurāṇāṃ dṛḍhabhaktiṃ ca bāḍhamityeva so.abravīt .. 16..

evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā tasminnahani rāghavaḥ .
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīramuttareṣu tathā lavam .. 17..

abhiṣiñcanmahātmānāvubhāveva kuśīlavau .
rathānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi trīṇi nāgāyutāni ca .. 18..

daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi ekaikasya dhanaṃ dadau .
bahuratnau bahudhanau hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtau .. 19..

abhiṣicya tu tau vīrau prasthāpya svapure tathā .
dūtānsampreṣayāmāsa śatrughnāya mahātmane .. 20..




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