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sarga - 66

janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
dhanurdarśaya rāmāya iti hovāca pārthivam .. 1..

tataḥ sa rājā janakaḥ sacivānvyādideśa ha .
dhanurānīyatāṃ divyaṃ gandhamālyavibhūṣitam .. 2..

janakena samādiṣṭhāḥ sacivāḥ prāviśanpurīm .
taddhanuḥ purataḥ kṛtvā nirjagmuḥ pārthivājñayā .. 3..

nṛpāṃ śatāni pañcāśadvyāyatānāṃ mahātmanām .
mañjūṣāmaṣṭacakrāṃ tāṃ samūhaste kathaṃ cana .. 4..

tāmādāya tu mañjūṣāmāyatīṃ yatra taddhanuḥ .
suropamaṃ te janakamūcurnṛpati mantriṇaḥ .. 5..

idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ rājanpūjitaṃ sarvarājabhiḥ .
mithilādhipa rājendra darśanīyaṃ yadīcchasi .. 6..

teṣāṃ nṛpo vacaḥ śrutvā kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata .
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ tau cobhau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 7..

idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ brahmañjanakairabhipūjitam .
rājabhiśca mahāvīryairaśakyaṃ pūrituṃ tadā .. 8..

naitatsuragaṇāḥ sarve nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ .
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ .. 9..

kva gatirmānuṣāṇāṃ ca dhanuṣo.asya prapūraṇe .
āropaṇe samāyoge vepane tolane.api vā .. 10..

tadetaddhanuṣāṃ śreṣṭhamānītaṃ munipuṅgava .
darśayaitanmahābhāga anayo rājaputrayoḥ .. 11..

viśvāmitrastu dharmātmā śrutvā janakabhāṣitam .
vatsa rāma dhanuḥ paśya iti rāghavamabravīt .. 12..

maharṣervacanādrāmo yatra tiṣṭhati taddhanuḥ .
mañjūṣāṃ tāmapāvṛtya dṛṣṭvā dhanurathābravīt .. 13..

idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ brahmansaṃspṛśāmīha pāṇinā .
yatnavāṃśca bhaviṣyāmi tolane pūraṇe.api vā .. 14..

bāḍhamityeva taṃ rājā muniśca samabhāṣata .
līlayā sa dhanurmadhye jagrāha vacanānmuneḥ .. 15..

paśyatāṃ nṛṣahasrāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ raghunandanaḥ .
āropayatsa dharmātmā salīlamiva taddhanuḥ .. 16..

āropayitvā maurvīṃ ca pūrayāmāsa vīryavān .
tadbabhañja dhanurmadhye naraśreṣṭho mahāyaśāḥ .. 17..

tasya śabdo mahānāsīnnirghātasamaniḥsvanaḥ .
bhūmikampaśca sumahānparvatasyeva dīryataḥ .. 18..

nipetuśca narāḥ sarve tena śabdena mohitāḥ .
vrajayitvā munivaraṃ rājānaṃ tau ca rāghavau .. 19..

pratyāśvasto jane tasminrājā vigatasādhvasaḥ .
uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṃ vākyajño munipuṅgavam .. 20..

bhagavandṛṣṭavīryo me rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .
atyadbhutamacintyaṃ ca atarkitamidaṃ mayā .. 21..

janakānāṃ kule kīrtimāhariṣyati me sutā .
sītā bhartāramāsādya rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam .. 22..

mama satyā pratijñā ca vīryaśulketi kauśika .
sītā prāṇairbahumatā deyā rāmāya me sutā .. 23..

bhavato.anumate brahmañśīghraṃ gacchantu mantriṇaḥ .
mama kauśika bhadraṃ te ayodhyāṃ tvaritā rathaiḥ .. 24..

rājānaṃ praśritairvākyairānayantu puraṃ mama .
pradānaṃ vīryaśulkāḥ kathayantu ca sarvaśaḥ .. 25..

muniguptau ca kākutsthau kathayantu nṛpāya vai .
prīyamāṇaṃ tu rājānamānayantu suśīghragāḥ .. 26..

kauśikaśca tathetyāha rājā cābhāṣya mantriṇaḥ .
ayodhyāṃ preṣayāmāsa dharmātmā kṛtaśāsanāt .. 27..




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