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sarga - 61

śunaḥśepaṃ naraśreṣṭha gṛhītvā tu mahāyaśāḥ .
vyaśrāmyatpuṣkare rājā madhyāhne raghunandana .. 1..

tasya viśramamāṇasya śunaḥśepo mahāyaśāḥ .
puṣkaraṃ śreṣṭhamāgamya viśvāmitraṃ dadarśa ha .. 2..

viṣaṇṇavadano dīnastṛṣṇayā ca śrameṇa ca .
papātāṅke mune rāma vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha .. 3..

na me.asti mātā na pitā jñātayo bāndhavāḥ kutaḥ .
trātumarhasi māṃ saumya dharmeṇa munipuṅgava .. 4..

trātā tvaṃ hi muniśreṣṭha sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ hi bhāvanaḥ .
rājā ca kṛtakāryaḥ syādahaṃ dīrghāyuravyayaḥ .. 5..

svargalokamupāśnīyāṃ tapastaptvā hyanuttamam .
sa me nātho hyanāthasya bhava bhavyena cetasā .
piteva putraṃ dharmātmaṃstrātumarhasi kilbiṣāt .. 6..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ .
sāntvayitvā bahuvidhaṃ putrānidamuvāca ha .. 7..

yatkṛte pitaraḥ putrāñjanayanti śubhārthinaḥ .
paralokahitārthāya tasya kālo.ayamāgataḥ .. 8..

ayaṃ munisuto bālo mattaḥ śaraṇamicchati .
asya jīvitamātreṇa priyaṃ kuruta putrakāḥ .. 9..

sarve sukṛtakarmāṇaḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ .
paśubhūtā narendrasya tṛptimagneḥ prayacchata .. 10..

nāthavāṃśca śunaḥśepo yajñaścāvighnato bhavet .
devatāstarpitāśca syurmama cāpi kṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. 11..

munestu vacanaṃ śrutvā madhuṣyandādayaḥ sutāḥ .
sābhimānaṃ naraśreṣṭha salīlamidamabruvan .. 12..

kathamātmasutānhitvā trāyase.anyasutaṃ vibho .
akāryamiva paśyāmaḥ śvamāṃsamiva bhojane .. 13..

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ munipuṅgavaḥ .
krodhasaṃraktanayano vyāhartumupacakrame .. 14..

niḥsādhvasamidaṃ proktaṃ dharmādapi vigarhitam .
atikramya tu madvākyaṃ dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam .. 15..

śvamāṃsabhojinaḥ sarve vāsiṣṭhā iva jātiṣu .
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu pṛthivyām anuvatsyatha .. 16..

kṛtvā śāpasamāyuktānputrānmunivarastadā .
śunaḥśepamuvācārtaṃ kṛtvā rakṣāṃ nirāmayām .. 17..

pavitrapāśairāsakto raktamālyānulepanaḥ .
vaiṣṇavaṃ yūpamāsādya vāgbhiragnimudāhara .. 18..

ime tu gāthe dve divye gāyethā muniputraka .
ambarīṣasya yajñe.asmiṃstataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi .. 19..

śunaḥśepo gṛhītvā te dve gāthe susamāhitaḥ .
tvarayā rājasiṃhaṃ tamambarīṣamuvāca ha .. 20..

rājasiṃha mahāsattva śīghraṃ gacchāvahe sadaḥ .
nivartayasva rājendra dīkṣāṃ ca samupāhara .. 21..

tadvākyamṛṣiputrasya śrutvā harṣaṃ samutsukaḥ .
jagāma nṛpatiḥ śīghraṃ yajñavāṭamatandritaḥ .. 22..

sadasyānumate rājā pavitrakṛtalakṣaṇam .
paśuṃ raktāmbaraṃ kṛtvā yūpe taṃ samabandhayat .. 23..

sa baddho vāgbhiragryābhirabhituṣṭāva vai surau .
indramindrānujaṃ caiva yathāvanmuniputrakaḥ .. 24..

tataḥ prītaḥ sahasrākṣo rahasyastutitarpitaḥ .
dīrghamāyustadā prādācchunaḥśepāya rāghava .. 25..

sa ca rājā naraśreṣṭha yajñasya ca samāptavān .
phalaṃ bahuguṇaṃ rāma sahasrākṣaprasādajam .. 26..

viśvāmitro.api dharmātmā bhūyastepe mahātapāḥ .
puṣkareṣu naraśreṣṭha daśavarṣaśatāni ca .. 27..




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