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sarga - 70

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ janakaḥ pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ .
śrotumarhasi bhadraṃ te kulaṃ naḥ kīrtitaṃ param .. 1..

pradāne hi muniśreṣṭha kulaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ .
vaktavyaṃ kulajātena tannibodha mahāmune .. 2..

rājābhūttriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ svena karmaṇā .
nimiḥ paramadharmātmā sarvasattvavatāṃ varaḥ .. 3..

tasya putro mithirnāma janako mithi putrakaḥ .
prathamo janako nāma janakādapyudāvasuḥ .. 4..

udāvasostu dharmātmā jāto vai nandivardhanaḥ .
nandivardhana putrastu suketurnāma nāmataḥ .. 5..

suketorapi dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ .
devarātasya rājarṣerbṛhadratha iti śrutaḥ .. 6..

bṛhadrathasya śūro.abhūnmahāvīraḥ pratāpavān .
mahāvīrasya dhṛtimānsudhṛtiḥ satyavikramaḥ .. 7..

sudhṛterapi dharmātmā dhṛṣṭaketuḥ sudhārmikaḥ .
dhṛṣṭaketostu rājarṣerharyaśva iti viśrutaḥ .. 8..

haryaśvasya maruḥ putro maroḥ putraḥ pratīndhakaḥ .
pratīndhakasya dharmātmā rājā kīrtirathaḥ sutaḥ .. 9..

putraḥ kīrtirathasyāpi devamīḍha iti smṛtaḥ .
devamīḍhasya vibudho vibudhasya mahīdhrakaḥ .. 10..

mahīdhrakasuto rājā kīrtirāto mahābalaḥ .
kīrtirātasya rājarṣermahāromā vyajāyata .. 11..

mahāroṃṇastu dharmātmā svarṇaromā vyajāyata .
svarṇaroṃṇastu rājarṣerhrasvaromā vyajāyata .. 12..

tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ .
jyeṣṭho.ahamanujo bhrātā mama vīraḥ kuśadhvajaḥ .. 13..

māṃ tu jyeṣṭhaṃ pitā rājye so.abhiṣicya narādhipaḥ .
kuśadhvajaṃ samāveśya bhāraṃ mayi vanaṃ gataḥ .. 14..

vṛddhe pitari svaryāte dharmeṇa dhuramāvaham .
bhrātaraṃ devasaṅkāśaṃ snehātpaśyankuśadhvajam .. 15..

kasya cittvatha kālasya sāṅkāśyādagamatpurāt .
sudhanvā vīryavānrājā mithilāmavarodhakaḥ .. 16..

sa ca me preṣayāmāsa śaivaṃ dhanuranuttamam .
sītā kanyā ca padmākṣī mahyaṃ vai dīyatām iti .. 17..

tasyāpradānādbrahmarṣe yuddhamāsīnmayā saha .
sa hato.abhimukho rājā sudhanvā tu mayā raṇe .. 18..

nihatya taṃ muniśreṣṭha sudhanvānaṃ narādhipam .
sāṅkāśye bhrātaraṃ śūramabhyaṣiñcaṃ kuśadhvajam .. 19..

kanīyāneṣa me bhrātā ahaṃ jyeṣṭho mahāmune .
dadāmi paramaprīto vadhvau te munipuṅgava .. 20..

sītāṃ rāmāya bhadraṃ te ūrmilāṃ lakṣmaṇāya ca .
vīryaśulkāṃ mama sutāṃ sītāṃ surasutopamām .. 21..

dvitīyāmūrmilāṃ caiva trirvadāmi na saṃśayaḥ .
dadāmi paramaprīto vadhvau te raghunandana .. 22..

rāmalakṣmaṇayo rājangodānaṃ kārayasva ha .
pitṛkāryaṃ ca bhadraṃ te tato vaivāhikaṃ kuru .. 23..

maghā hyadya mahābāho tṛtīye divase prabho .
phalgunyāmuttare rājaṃstasminvaivāhikaṃ kuru .
rāmalakṣmaṇayorarthe dānaṃ kāryaṃ sukhodayam .. 24..




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