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agrataḥ prayayau rāmaḥ sītā madhye sumadhyamā .
pṛṣṭhatastu dhanuṣpāṇirlakṣmaṇo.anujagāma ha .. 1..

tau paśyamānau vividhāñśailaprasthānvanāni ca .
nadīśca vividhā ramyā jagmatuḥ saha sītayā .. 2..

sārasāṃścakravākāṃśca nadīpulinacāriṇaḥ .
sarāṃsi ca sapadmāni yutāni jalajaiḥ khagaiḥ .. 3..

yūthabaddhāṃśca pṛṣatānmadonmattānviṣāṇinaḥ .
mahiṣāṃśca varāhāṃśca gajāṃśca drumavairiṇaḥ .. 4..

te gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare .
dadṛśuḥ sahitā ramyaṃ taṭākaṃ yojanāyatam .. 5..

padmapuṣkarasambādhaṃ gajayūthairalaṅkṛtam .
sārasairhaṃsakādambaiḥ saṅkulaṃ jalacāribhiḥ .. 6..

prasannasalile ramyatasminsarasi śuśruve .
gītavāditranirghoṣo na tu kaścana dṛśyate .. 7..

tataḥ kautūhalādrāmo lakṣmaṇaśca mahārathaḥ .
muniṃ dharmabhṛtaṃ nāma praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame .. 8..

idamatyadbhutaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ no mahāmune .
kautūhalaṃ mahajjātaṃ kimidaṃ sādhu kathyatām .. 9..

tenaivamukto dharmātmā rāghaveṇa munistadā .
prabhāvaṃ sarasaḥ kṛtsnamākhyātumupacakrame .. 10..

idaṃ pañcāpsaro nāma taṭākaṃ sārvakālikam .
nirmitaṃ tapasā rāma muninā māṇḍakarṇinā .. 11..

sa hi tepe tapastīvraṃ māṇḍakarṇirmahāmuniḥ .
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi vāyubhakṣo jalāśraya .. 12..

tataḥ pravyathitāḥ sarve devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ .
abruvanvacanaṃ sarve paraspara samāgatāḥ .
asmakaṃ kasya citsthānameṣa prārthayate muniḥ .. 13..

tataḥ kartuṃ tapovighnaṃ sarvairdevairniyojitāḥ .
pradhānāpsarasaḥ pañcavidyuccalitavarcasaḥ .. 14..

apsarobhistatastābhirmunirdṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ .
nīto madanavaśyatvaṃ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhaye .. 15..

tāścaivāpsarasaḥ pañcamuneḥ patnītvamāgatāḥ .
taṭāke nirmitaṃ tāsāmasminnantarhitaṃ gṛham .. 16..

tatraivāpsarasaḥ pañcanivasantyo yathāsukham .
ramayanti tapoyogānmuniṃ yauvanamāsthitam .. 17..

tāsāṃ saṅkrīḍamānānāmeṣa vāditraniḥsvanaḥ .
śrūyate bhūṣaṇonmiśro gītaśabdo manoharaḥ .. 18..

āścaryamiti tasyaitadvacanaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ .
rāghavaḥ pratijagrāha saha bhrātrā mahāyaśāḥ .. 19..

evaṃ kathayamānasya dadarśāśramamaṇḍalam .
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamāvṛtam .. 20..

praviśya saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca rāghavaḥ .
tadā tasminsa kākutsthaḥ śrīmatyāśramamaṇḍale .. 21..

uṣitvā susukhaṃ tatra pūrjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ .
jagāma cāśramāṃsteṣāṃ paryāyeṇa tapasvinām .. 22..

yeṣāmuṣitavānpūrvaṃ sakāśe sa mahāstravit .
kva citparidaśānmāsānekaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kva cit .. 23..

kva cicca caturo māsānpañcaṣaṭcāparānkva cit .
aparatrādhikānmāsānadhyardhamadhikaṃ kva cit .. 24..

trīnmāsānaṣṭamāsāṃśca rāghavo nyavasatsukham .
tathā saṃvasatastasya munīnāmāśrameṣu vai .
ramataścānukulyena yayuḥ saṃvatsarā daśa .. 25..

parisṛtya ca dharmajño rāghavaḥ saha sītayā .
sutīkṣṇasyāśramaṃ śrīmānpunarevājagāma ha .. 26..

sa tamāśramamāgamya munibhiḥ pratipūjitaḥ .
tatrāpi nyavasadrāmaḥ kaṃ citkālamarindamaḥ .. 27..

athāśramastho vinayātkadā cittaṃ mahāmunim .
upāsīnaḥ sa kākutsthaḥ sutīkṣṇamidamabravīt .. 28..

asminnaraṇye bhagavannagastyo munisattamaḥ .
vasatīti mayā nityaṃ kathāḥ kathayatāṃ śrutam .. 29..

na tu jānāmi taṃ deśaṃ vanasyāsya mahattayā .
kutrāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ maharṣestasya dhīmataḥ .. 30..

prasādāttatra bhavataḥ sānujaḥ saha sītayā .
agastyamabhigaccheyamabhivādayituṃ munim .. 31..

manoratho mahāneṣa hṛdi samparivartate .
yadahaṃ taṃ munivaraṃ śuśrūṣeyamapi svayam .. 32..

iti rāmasya sa muniḥ śrutvā dharmātmano vacaḥ .
sutīkṣṇaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prīto daśarathātmajam .. 33..

ahamapyetadeva tvāṃ vaktukāmaḥ salakṣmaṇam .
agastyamabhigaccheti sītayā saha rāghava .. 34..

diṣṭyā tvidānīmarthe.asminsvayameva bravīṣi mām .
ahamākhyāsi te vatsa yatrāgastyo mahāmuniḥ .. 35..

yojanānyāśramāttāta yāhi catvāri vai tataḥ .
dakṣiṇena mahāñśrīmānagastyabhrāturāśramaḥ .. 36..

sthalaprāye vanoddeśe pippalīvanaśobhite .
bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānāśakuninādite .. 37..

padminyo vividhāstatra prasannasalilāḥ śivāḥ .
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāścakravākopaśobhitāḥ .. 38..

tatraikāṃ rajanīmuṣya prabhāte rāma gamyatām .
dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāsthāya vanakhaṇḍasya pārśvataḥ .. 39..

tatrāgastyāśramapadaṃ gatvā yojanamantaram .
ramaṇīye vanoddeśe bahupādapa saṃvṛte .
raṃsyate tatra vaidehī lakṣmaṇaśca tvayā saha .. 40..

sa hi ramyo vanoddeśo bahupādapasaṅkulaḥ .
yadi buddhiḥ kṛtā draṣṭumagastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim .
adyaiva gamane buddhiṃ rocayasva mahāyaśaḥ .. 41..

iti rāmo muneḥ śrutvā saha bhrātrābhivādya ca .
pratasthe.agastyamuddiśya sānujaḥ saha sītayā .. 42..

paśyanvanāni citrāṇi parvapāṃścābhrasaṃnibhān .
sarāṃsi saritaścaiva pathi mārgavaśānugāḥ .. 43..

sutīkṣṇenopadiṣṭena gatvā tena pathā sukham .
idaṃ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇamabravīt .. 44..

etadevāśramapadaṃ nūnaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ .
agastyasya munerbhrāturdṛśyate puṇyakarmaṇaḥ .. 45..

yathā hīme vanasyāsya jñātāḥ pathi sahasraśaḥ .
saṃnatāḥ phalabhareṇa puṣpabhāreṇa ca drumāḥ .. 46..

pippalīnāṃ ca pakvānāṃ vanādasmādupāgataḥ .
gandho.ayaṃ pavanotkṣiptaḥ sahasā kaṭukodayaḥ .. 47..

tatra tatra ca dṛśyante saṅkṣiptāḥ kāṣṭhasañcayāḥ .
lūnāśca pathi dṛśyante darbhā vaidūryavarcasaḥ .. 48..

etacca vanamadhyasthaṃ kṛṣṇābhraśikharopamam .
pāvakasyāśramasthasya dhūmāgraṃ sampradṛśyate .. 49..

vivikteṣu ca tīrtheṣu kṛtasnānā dvijātayaḥ .
puṣpopahāraṃ kurvanti kusumaiḥ svayamārjitaiḥ .. 50..

tatsutīkṣṇasya vacanaṃ yathā saumya mayā śrutam .
agastyasyāśramo bhrāturnūnameṣa bhaviṣyati .. 51..

nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .
yasya bhrātrā kṛteyaṃ dikṣaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā .. 52..

ihaikadā kila krūro vātāpirapi celvalaḥ .
bhrātarau sahitāvāstāṃ brāhmaṇaghnau mahāsurau .. 53..

dhārayanbrāhmaṇaṃ rūpamilvalaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ vadan .
āmantrayati viprānsa śrāddhamuddiśya nirghṛṇaḥ .. 54..

bhrātaraṃ saṃskṛtaṃ bhrātā tatastaṃ meṣarūpiṇam .
tāndvijānbhojayāmāsa śrāddhadṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. 55..

tato bhuktavatāṃ teṣāṃ viprāṇāmilvalo.abravīt .
vātāpe niṣkramasveti svareṇa mahatā vadan .. 56..

tato bhrāturvacaḥ śrutvā vātāpirmeṣavannadan .
bhittvā bhitvā śarīrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ viniṣpatat .. 57..

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi tairevaṃ kāmarūpibhiḥ .
vināśitāni saṃhatya nityaśaḥ piśitāśanaiḥ .. 58..

agastyena tadā devaiḥ prārthitena maharṣiṇā .
anubhūya kila śrāddhe bhakṣitaḥ sa mahāsuraḥ .. 59..

tataḥ sampannamityuktvā dattvā hastāvasecanam .
bhrātaraṃ niṣkramasveti ilvalaḥ so.abhyabhāṣata .. 60..

taṃ tathā bhāṣamāṇaṃ tu bhrātaraṃ vipraghātinam .
abravītprahasandhīmānagastyo munisattamaḥ .. 61..

kuto niṣkramituṃ śaktirmayā jīrṇasya rakṣasaḥ .
bhrātuste meṣa rūpasya gatasya yamasādanam .. 62..

atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhrāturnidhanasaṃśritam .
pradharṣayitumārebhe muniṃ krodhānniśācaraḥ .. 63..

so.abhyadravaddvijendraṃ taṃ muninā dīptatejasā .
cakṣuṣānalakalpena nirdagdho nidhanaṃ gataḥ .. 64..

tasyāyamāśramo bhrātustaṭākavanaśobhitaḥ .
viprānukampayā yena karmedaṃ duṣkaraṃ kṛtam .. 65..

evaṃ kathayamānasya tasya saumitriṇā saha .
rāmasyāstaṃ gataḥ sūryaḥ sandhyākālo.abhyavartata .. 66..

upāsya paścimāṃ sandhyāṃ saha bhrātrā yathāvidhi .
praviveśāśramapadaṃ tamṛṣiṃ cābhyavādayan .. 67..

samyakpratigṛhītastu muninā tena rāghavaḥ .
nyavasattāṃ niśāmekāṃ prāśya mūlaphalāni ca .. 68..

tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ vimale sūryamaṇḍale .
bhrātaraṃ tamagastyasya āmantrayata rāghavaḥ .. 69..

abhivādaye tvā bhagavansukhamadhyuṣito niśām .
āmantraye tvāṃ gacchāmi guruṃ te draṣṭumagrajam .. 70..

gamyatāmiti tenokto jagāma raghunandanaḥ .
yathoddiṣṭena mārgeṇa vanaṃ taccāvalokayan .. 71..

nīvārānpanasāṃstālāṃstimiśānvañjulāndhavān .
ciribilvānmadhūkāṃśca bilvānapi ca tindukān .. 72..

puṣpitānpuṣpitāgrābhirlatābhiranuveṣṭitān .
dadarśa rāmaḥ śataśastatra kāntārapādapān .. 73..

hastihastairvimṛditānvānarairupaśobhitān .
mattaiḥ śakunisaṅghaiśca śataśaḥ pratināditān .. 74..

tato.abravītsamīpasthaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ .
pṛṣṭhato.anugataṃ vīraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam .. 75..

snigdhapatrā yathā vṛkṣā yathā kṣāntā mṛgadvijāḥ .
āśramo nātidūrastho maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .. 76..

agastya iti vikhyāto loke svenaiva karmaṇā .
āśramo dṛśyate tasya pariśrānta śramāpahaḥ .. 77..

prājyadhūmākulavanaścīramālāpariṣkṛtaḥ .
praśāntamṛgayūthaśca nānāśakunināditaḥ .. 78..

nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .
dakṣiṇā dikkṛtā yena śaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā .. 79..

tasyedamāśramapadaṃ prabhāvādyasya rākṣasaiḥ .
digiyaṃ dakṣiṇā trāsāddṛśyate nopabhujyate .. 80..

yadā prabhṛti cākrāntā digiyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇā .
tadā prabhṛti nirvairāḥ praśāntā rajanīcarāḥ .. 81..

nāmnā ceyaṃ bhagavato dakṣiṇā dikpradakṣiṇā .
prathitā triṣu lokeṣu durdharṣā krūrakarmabhiḥ .. 82..

mārgaṃ niroddhuṃ satataṃ bhāskarasyācalottamaḥ .
sandeśaṃ pālayaṃstasya vindhyaśaulo na vardhate .. 83..

ayaṃ dīrghāyuṣastasya loke viśrutakarmaṇaḥ .
agastyasyāśramaḥ śrīmānvinītamṛgasevitaḥ .. 84..

eṣa lokārcitaḥ sādhurhite nityaṃ rataḥ satām .
asmānadhigatāneṣa śreyasā yojayiṣyati .. 85..

ārādhayiṣyāmyatrāhamagastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim .
śeṣaṃ ca vanavāsasya saumya vatsyāmyahaṃ prabho .. 86..

atra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ .
agastyaṃ niyatāhāraṃ satataṃ paryupāsate .. 87..

nātra jīvenmṛṣāvādī krūro vā yadi vā śaṭhaḥ .
nṛśaṃsaḥ kāma vṛtto vā munireṣa tathāvidhaḥ .. 88..

atra devāśca yakṣāśca nāgāśca patagaiḥ saha .
vasanti niyatāhāro dharmamārādhayiṣṇavaḥ .. 89..

atra siddhā mahātmāno vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaiḥ .
tyaktvā dehānnavairdehaiḥ svaryātāḥ paramarṣayaḥ .. 90..

yakṣatvamamaratvaṃ ca rājyāni vividhāni ca .
atra devāḥ prayacchanti bhūtairārādhitāḥ śubhaiḥ .. 91..

āgatāḥ smāśramapadaṃ saumitre praviśāgrataḥ .
nivedayeha māṃ prāptamṛṣaye saha sītayā .. 92..

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