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sarga - 6

puryāṃ tasyāmayodhyāyāṃ vedavitsarvasaṅgrahaḥ .
dīrghadarśī mahātejāḥ paurajānapadapriyaḥ .. 1..

ikṣvākūṇāmatiratho yajvā dharmarato vaśī .
maharṣikalpo rājarṣistriṣu lokṛṣu viśrutaḥ .. 2..

balavānnihatāmitro mitravānvijitendriyaḥ .
dhanaiśca sañcayaiścānyaiḥ śakravaiśravaṇopamaḥ .. 3..

yathā manurmahātejā lokasya parirakṣitā .
tathā daśaratho rājā vasañjagadapālayat .. 4..

tena satyābhisandhena trivargamanutiṣṭhatā .
pālitā sā purī śreṣṭhendreṇa ivāmarāvatī .. 5..

tasminpuravare hṛṣṭā dharmātmanā bahu śrutāḥ .
narāstuṣṭādhanaiḥ svaiḥ svairalubdhāḥ satyavādinaḥ .. 6..

nālpasaṃnicayaḥ kaścidāsīttasminpurottame .
kuṭumbī yo hyasiddhārtho.agavāśvadhanadhānyavān .. 7..

kāmī vā na kadaryo vā nṛśaṃsaḥ puruṣaḥ kva cit .
draṣṭuṃ śakyamayodhyāyāṃ nāvidvānna ca nāstikaḥ .. 8..

sarve narāśca nāryaśca dharmaśīlāḥ susaṃyatāḥ .
muditāḥ śīlavṛttābhyāṃ maharṣaya ivāmalāḥ .. 9..

nākuṇḍalī nāmukuṭī nāsragvī nālpabhogavān .
nāmṛṣṭo nānuliptāṅgo nāsugandhaś ca vidyate .. 10..

nāmṛṣṭabhojī nādātā nāpyanaṅgadaniṣkadhṛk .
nāhastābharaṇo vāpi dṛśyate nāpyanātmavān .. 11..

nānāhitāgnirnāyajvā vipro nāpyasahasradaḥ .
kaścidāsīdayodhyāyāṃ na ca nirvṛttasaṅkaraḥ .. 12..

svakarmaniratā nityaṃ brāhmaṇā vijitendriyāḥ .
dānādhyayanaśīlāśca saṃyatāś ca pratigrahe .. 13..

na nāstiko nānṛtako na kaścidabahuśrutaḥ .
nāsūyako na cāśakto nāvidvānvidyate tadā .. 14..

na dīnaḥ kṣiptacitto vā vyathito vāpi kaś cana .
kaścinnaro vā nārī vā nāśrīmānnāpyarūpavān .
draṣṭuṃ śakyamayodhyāyāṃ nāpi rājanyabhaktimān .. 15..

varṇeṣvagryacaturtheṣu devatātithipūjakāḥ .
dīrghāyuṣo narāḥ sarve dharmaṃ satyaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ .. 16..

kṣatraṃ brahmamukhaṃ cāsīdvaiśyāḥ kṣatramanuvratāḥ .
śūdrāḥ svadharmaniratāstrīnvarṇānupacāriṇaḥ .. 17..

sā tenekṣvākunāthena purī suparirakṣitā .
yathā purastānmanunā mānavendreṇa dhīmatā .. 18..

yodhānāmagnikalpānāṃ peśalānāmamarṣiṇām .
sampūrṇākṛtavidyānāṃ guhākesariṇām iva .. 19..

kāmbojaviṣaye jātairbāhlīkaiśca hayottamaiḥ .
vanāyujairnadījaiśca pūrṇāharihayopamaiḥ .. 20..

vindhyaparvapajairmattaiḥ pūrṇā haimavatairapi .
madānvitairatibalairmātaṅgaiḥ parvatopamaiḥ .. 21..

añjanādapi niṣkrāntairvāmanādapi ca dvipaiḥ .
bhadramandrairbhadramṛgairmṛgamandraiśca sā purī .. 22..

nityamattaiḥ sadā pūrṇā nāgairacalasaṃnibhaiḥ .
sā yojane ca dve bhūyaḥ satyanāmā prakāśate .. 23..

tāṃ satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhatoraṇārgalām
gṛhairvicitrairupaśobhitāṃ śivām .
purīmayodhyāṃ nṛsahasrasaṅkulāṃ
śaśāsa vai śakrasamo mahīpatiḥ .. 24..




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