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sarga - 65

tataḥ prabhāte vimale kṛtakarmā narādhipaḥ .
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānamājuhāva sarāghavam .. 1..

tamarcayitvā dharmātmā śāstradṛṣṭtena karmaṇā .
rāghavau ca mahātmānau tadā vākyamuvāca ha .. 2..

bhagavansvāgataṃ te.astu kiṃ karomi tavānagha .
bhavānājñāpayatu māmājñāpyo bhavatā hyaham .. 3..

evamuktaḥ sa dharmātmā janakena mahātmanā .
pratyuvāca munirvīraṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .. 4..

putrau daśarathasyemau kṣatriyau lokaviśrutau .
draṣṭukāmau dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ yadetattvayi tiṣṭhati .. 5..

etaddarśaya bhadraṃ te kṛtakāmau nṛpātmajau .
darśanādasya dhanuṣo yatheṣṭaṃ pratiyāsyataḥ .. 6..

evamuktastu janakaḥ pratyuvāca mahāmunim .
śrūyatāmasya dhanuṣo yadarthamiha tiṣṭhati .. 7..

devarāta iti khyāto nimeḥ ṣaṣṭho mahīpatiḥ .
nyāso.ayaṃ tasya bhagavanhaste datto mahātmanā .. 8..

dakṣayajñavadhe pūrvaṃ dhanurāyamya vīryavān .
rudrastu tridaśānroṣātsalilamidamabravīt .. 9..

yasmādbhāgārthino bhāgānnākalpayata me surāḥ .
varāṅgāni mahārhāṇi dhanuṣā śātayāmi vaḥ .. 10..

tato vimanasaḥ sarve devā vai munipuṅgava .
prasādayanti deveśaṃ teṣāṃ prīto.abhavadbhavaḥ .. 11..

prītiyuktaḥ sa sarveṣāṃ dadau teṣāṃ mahātmanām .. 12..

tadetaddevadevasya dhanūratnaṃ mahātmanaḥ .
nyāsabhūtaṃ tadā nyastamasmākaṃ pūrvake vibho .. 13..

atha me kṛṣataḥ kṣetraṃ lāṅgalādutthitā mama .
kṣetraṃ śodhayatā labdhvā nāmnā sīteti viśrutā .. 14..

bhūtalādutthitā sā tu vyavardhata mamātmajā .
vīryaśulketi me kanyā sthāpiteyamayonijā .. 15..

bhūtalādutthitāṃ tāṃ tu vardhamānāṃ mamātmajām .
varayāmāsurāgamya rājāno munipuṅgava .. 16..

teṣāṃ varayatāṃ kanyāṃ sarveṣāṃ pṛthivīkṣitām .
vīryaśulketi bhagavanna dadāmi sutām aham .. 17..

tataḥ sarve nṛpatayaḥ sametya munipuṅgava .
mithilāmabhyupāgamya vīryaṃ jijñāsavastadā .. 18..

teṣāṃ jijñāsamānānāṃ vīryaṃ dhanurupāhṛtam .
na śekurgrahaṇe tasya dhanuṣastolane.api vā .. 19..

teṣāṃ vīryavatāṃ vīryamalpaṃ jñātvā mahāmune .
pratyākhyātā nṛpatayastannibodha tapodhana .. 20..

tataḥ paramakopena rājāno munipuṅgava .
arundhanmithilāṃ sarve vīryasandehamāgatāḥ .. 21..

ātmānamavadhūtaṃ te vijñāya munipuṅgava .
roṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭāḥ pīḍayanmithilāṃ purīm .. 22..

tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe kṣayaṃ yātāni sarvaśaḥ .
sādhanāni munireṣṭha tato.ahaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ .. 23..

tato devagaṇānsarvāṃstapasāhaṃ prasādayam .
daduśca paramaprītāścaturaṅgabalaṃ surāḥ .. 24..

tato bhagnā nṛpatayo hanyamānā diśo yayuḥ .
avīryā vīryasandigdhā sāmātyāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ .. 25..

tadetanmuniśārdūla dhanuḥ paramabhāsvaram .
rāmalakṣmaṇayoścāpi darśayiṣyāmi suvrata .. 26..

yadyasya dhanuṣo rāmaḥ kuryādāropaṇaṃ mune .
sutāmayonijāṃ sītāṃ dadyāṃ dāśaratheraham .. 27..




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