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sarga - 44

viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā viśvāmitramathābravīt .. 1..

atyadbhutamidaṃ brahmankathitaṃ paramaṃ tvayā .
gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sāgarasya ca pūraṇam .. 2..

tasya sā śarvarī sarvā saha saumitriṇā tadā .
jagāma cintayānasya viśvāmitrakathāṃ śubhām .. 3..

tataḥ prabhāte vimale viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim .
uvāca rāghavo vākyaṃ kṛtāhnikamarindamaḥ .. 4..

gatā bhagavatī rātriḥ śrotavyaṃ paramaṃ śrutam .
kṣaṇabhūteva sā rātriḥ saṃvṛtteyaṃ mahātapaḥ .
imāṃ cintayataḥ sarvāṃ nikhilena kathāṃ tava .. 5..

tarāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ puṇyāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm .
naureṣā hi sukhāstīrṇā ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām .
bhagavantamiha prāptaṃ jñātvā tvaritamāgatā .. 6..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ .
santāraṃ kārayāmāsa sarṣisaṅghaḥ sarāghavaḥ .. 7..

uttaraṃ tīramāsādya sampūjyarṣigaṇaṃ tatha .
gaṅgākūle niviṣṭāste viśālāṃ dadṛśuḥ purīm .. 8..

tato munivarastūrṇaṃ jagāma saharāghavaḥ .
viśālāṃ nagarīṃ ramyāṃ divyāṃ svargopamāṃ tadā .. 9..

atha rāmo mahāprājño viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim .
papraccha prāñjalirbhūtvā viśālāmuttamāṃ purīm .. 10..

kataro rājavaṃśo.ayaṃ viśālāyāṃ mahāmune .
śrotumicchāmi bhadraṃ te paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 11..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmasya munipuṅgavaḥ .
ākhyātuṃ tatsamārebhe viśālasya purātanam .. 12..

śrūyatāṃ rāma śakrasya kathāṃ kathayataḥ śubhām .
asmindeśe hi yadvṛttaṃ śṛṇu tattvena rāghava .. 13..

pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge rāma diteḥ putrā mahābalāḥ .
aditeśca mahābhāgā vīryavantaḥ sudhārmikāḥ .. 14..

tatasteṣāṃ naraśreṣṭha buddhirāsīnmahātmanām .
amarā nirjarāścaiva kathaṃ syāma nirāmayāḥ .. 15..

teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ rāma buddhirāsīdvipaścitām .
kṣīrodamathanaṃ kṛtvā rasaṃ prāpsyāma tatra vai .. 16..

tato niścitya mathanaṃ yoktraṃ kṛtvā ca vāsukim .
manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthuramitaujasaḥ .. 17..

atha dhanvantarirnāma apsarāśca suvarcasaḥ .
apsu nirmathanādeva rasāttasmādvarastriyaḥ .
utpeturmanujaśreṣṭha tasmādapsaraso.abhavan .. 18..

ṣaṣṭiḥ koṭyo.abhavaṃstāsāmapsarāṇāṃ suvarcasām .
asaṅkhyeyāstu kākutstha yāstāsāṃ paricārikāḥ .. 19..

na tāḥ sma pratigṛhṇanti sarve te devadānavāḥ .
apratigrahaṇāccaiva tena sādhāraṇāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 20..

varuṇasya tataḥ kanyā vāruṇī raghunandana .
utpapāta mahābhāgā mārgamāṇā parigraham .. 21..

diteḥ putrā na tāṃ rāma jagṛhurvaruṇātmajām .
aditestu sutā vīra jagṛhustāmaninditām .. 22..

asurāstena daiteyāḥ surāstenāditeḥ sutāḥ .
hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditāścāsanvāruṇī grahaṇātsurāḥ .. 23..

uccaiḥśravā hayaśreṣṭho maṇiratnaṃ ca kaustubham .
udatiṣṭhannaraśreṣṭha tathaivāmṛtamuttamam .. 24..

atha tasya kṛte rāma mahānāsītkulakṣayaḥ .
aditestu tataḥ putrā diteḥ putrāṇa sūdayan .. 25..

aditerātmajā vīrā diteḥ putrānnijaghnire .
tasminghore mahāyuddhe daiteyādityayorbhṛśam .. 26..

nihatya ditiputrāṃstu rājyaṃ prāpya purandaraḥ .
śaśāsa mudito lokānsarṣisaṅghānsacāraṇān .. 27..




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