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sarga - 17

nirvṛtte tu kratau tasminhayamedhe mahātmanaḥ .
pratigṛhya surā bhāgānpratijagmuryathāgatam .. 1..

samāptadīkṣāniyamaḥ patnīgaṇasamanvitaḥ .
praviveśa purīṃ rājā sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ .. 2..

yathārhaṃ pūjitāstena rājñā vai pṛthivīśvarāḥ .
muditāḥ prayayurdeśānpraṇamya munipuṅgavam .. 3..

gateṣu pṛthivīśeṣu rājā daśarathaḥ punaḥ .
praviveśa purīṃ śrīmānpuraskṛtya dvijottamān .. 4..

śāntayā prayayau sārdhamṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ supūjitaḥ .
anvīyamāno rājñātha sānuyātreṇa dhīmatā .. 5..

kausalyājanayadrāmaṃ divyalakṣaṇasaṃyutam .
viṣṇorardhaṃ mahābhāgaṃ putramikṣvākunandanam .. 6..

kausalyā śuśubhe tena putreṇāmitatejasā .
yathā vareṇa devānāmaditirvajrapāṇinā .. 7..

bharato nāma kaikeyyāṃ jajñe satyaparākramaḥ .
sākṣādviṣṇoścaturbhāgaḥ sarvaiḥ samudito guṇaiḥ .. 8..

atha lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau sumitrājanayatsutau .
vīrau sarvāstrakuśalau viṣṇorardhasamanvitau .. 9..

rājñaḥ putrā mahātmānaścatvāro jajñire pṛthak .
guṇavanto.anurūpāśca rucyā proṣṭhapadopamāḥ .. 10..

atītyaikādaśāhaṃ tu nāma karma tathākarot .
jyeṣṭhaṃ rāmaṃ mahātmānaṃ bharataṃ kaikayīsutam .. 11..

saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇamiti śatrughnamaparaṃ tathā .
vasiṣṭhaḥ paramaprīto nāmāni kṛtavāṃstadā .
teṣāṃ janmakriyādīni sarvakarmāṇyakārayat .. 12..

teṣāṃ keturiva jyeṣṭho rāmo ratikaraḥ pituḥ .
babhūva bhūyo bhūtānāṃ svayambhūriva saṃmataḥ .. 13..

sarve vedavidaḥ śūrāḥ sarve lokahite ratāḥ .
sarve jñānopasampannāḥ sarve samuditā guṇaiḥ .. 14..

teṣāmapi mahātejā rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ .
bālyātprabhṛti susnigdho lakṣmaṇo lakṣmivardhanaḥ .. 15..

rāmasya lokarāmasya bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya nityaśaḥ .
sarvapriyakarastasya rāmasyāpi śarīrataḥ .. 16..

lakṣmaṇo lakṣmisampanno bahiḥprāṇa ivāparaḥ .
na ca tena vinā nidrāṃ labhate puruṣottamaḥ .
mṛṣṭamannamupānītamaśnāti na hi taṃ vinā .. 17..

yadā hi hayamārūḍho mṛgayāṃ yāti rāghavaḥ .
tadainaṃ pṛṣṭhato.abhyeti sadhanuḥ paripālayan .. 18..

bharatasyāpi śatrughno lakṣmaṇāvarajo hi saḥ .
prāṇaiḥ priyataro nityaṃ tasya cāsīttathā priyaḥ .. 19..

sa caturbhirmahābhāgaiḥ putrairdaśarathaḥ priyaiḥ .
babhūva paramaprīto devairiva pitāmahaḥ .. 20..

te yadā jñānasampannāḥ sarve samuditā guṇaiḥ .
hrīmantaḥ kīrtimantaśca sarvajñā dīrghadarśinaḥ .. 21..

atha rājā daśarathasteṣāṃ dārakriyāṃ prati .
cintayāmāsa dharmātmā sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ .. 22..

tasya cintayamānasya mantrimadhye mahātmanaḥ .
abhyāgacchanmahātejo viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .. 23..

sa rājño darśanākāṅkṣī dvārādhyakṣānuvāca ha .
śīghramākhyāta māṃ prāptaṃ kauśikaṃ gādhinaḥ sutam .. 24..

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya rājaveśma pradudruvuḥ .
sambhrāntamanasaḥ sarve tena vākyena coditāḥ .. 25..

te gatvā rājabhavanaṃ viśvāmitramṛṣiṃ tadā .
prāptamāvedayāmāsurnṛpāyekṣvākave tadā .. 26..

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sapurodhāḥ samāhitaḥ .
pratyujjagāma saṃhṛṣṭo brahmāṇamiva vāsavaḥ .. 27..

sa dṛṣṭvā jvalitaṃ dīptyā tāpasaṃ saṃśitavratam .
prahṛṣṭavadano rājā tato.arghyamupahārayat .. 28..

sa rājñaḥ pratigṛhyārghyaṃ śāstradṛṣṭtena karmaṇā .
kuśalaṃ cāvyayaṃ caiva paryapṛcchannarādhipam .. 29..

vasiṣṭhaṃ ca samāgamya kuśalaṃ munipuṅgavaḥ .
ṛṣīṃśca tānyathā nyāyaṃ mahābhāgānuvāca ha .. 30..

te sarve hṛṣṭamanasastasya rājño niveśanam .
viviśuḥ pūjitāstatra niṣeduśca yathārthataḥ .. 31..

atha hṛṣṭamanā rājā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim .
uvāca paramodāro hṛṣṭastamabhipūjayan .. 32..

yathāmṛtasya samprāptiryathā varṣamanūdake .
yathā sadṛśadāreṣu putrajanmāprajasya ca .
pranaṣṭasya yathā lābho yathā harṣo mahodaye .
tathaivāgamanaṃ manye svāgataṃ te mahāmune .. 33..

kaṃ ca te paramaṃ kāmaṃ karomi kimu harṣitaḥ .
pātrabhūto.asi me vipra diṣṭyā prāpto.asi dhārmika .
adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam .. 34..

pūrvaṃ rājarṣiśabdena tapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ .
brahmarṣitvamanuprāptaḥ pūjyo.asi bahudhā mayā .. 35..

tadadbhutamidaṃ vipra pavitraṃ paramaṃ mama .
śubhakṣetragataścāhaṃ tava sandarśanātprabho .. 36..

brūhi yatprārthitaṃ tubhyaṃ kāryamāgamanaṃ prati .
icchāmyanugṛhīto.ahaṃ tvadarthaparivṛddhaye .. 37..

kāryasya na vimarśaṃ ca gantumarhasi kauśika .
kartā cāhamaśeṣeṇa daivataṃ hi bhavānmama .. 38..

iti hṛdayasukhaṃ niśamya vākyaṃ
śrutisukhamātmavatā vinītamuktam .
prathitaguṇayaśā guṇairviśiṣṭaḥ
parama ṛṣiḥ paramaṃ jagāma harṣam .. 39..




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