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sa praviśyāśramapadaṃ lakṣmaṇo rāghavānujaḥ .
agastyaśiṣyamāsādya vākyametaduvāca ha .. 1..

rājā daśaratho nāma jyeṣṭhastasya suto balī .
rāmaḥ prāpto muniṃ draṣṭuṃ bhāryayā saha sītayā .. 2..

lakṣmaṇo nāma tasyāhaṃ bhrātā tvavarajo hitaḥ .
anukūlaśca bhaktaśca yadi te śrotramāgataḥ .. 3..

te vayaṃ vanamatyugraṃ praviṣṭāḥ pitṛśāsanāt .
draṣṭumicchāmahe sarve bhagavantaṃ nivedyatām .. 4..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya tapodhanaḥ .
tathetyuktvāgniśaraṇaṃ praviveśa niveditum .. 5..

sa praviśya muni śreṣṭhaṃ tapasā duṣpradharṣaṇam .
kṛtāñjaliruvācedaṃ rāmāgamanamañjasā .. 6..

putrau daśarathasyemau rāmo lakṣmaṇa eva ca .
praviṣṭāvāśramapadaṃ sītayā saha bhāryayā .. 7..

draṣṭuṃ bhavantamāyātau śuśrūṣārthamarindamau .
yadatrānantaraṃ tattvamājñāpayitumarhasi .. 8..

tataḥ śiṣyādupaśrutya prāptaṃ rāmaṃ salakṣmaṇam .
vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 9..

diṣṭyā rāmaścirasyādya draṣṭuṃ māṃ samupāgataḥ .
manasā kāṅkṣitaṃ hyasya mayāpyāgamanaṃ prati .. 10..

gamyatāṃ satkṛto rāmaḥ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
praveśyatāṃ samīpaṃ me kiṃ cāsau na praveśitaḥ .. 11..

evamuktastu muninā dharmajñena mahātmanā .
abhivādyābravīcchiṣyastatheti niyatāñjaliḥ .. 12..

tato niṣkramya sambhrāntaḥ śiṣyo lakṣmaṇamabravīt .
kvāsau rāmo muniṃ draṣṭumetu praviśatu svayam .. 13..

tato gatvāśramapadaṃ śiṣyeṇa sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
darśayāmāsa kākutsthaṃ sītāṃ ca janakātmajām .. 14..

taṃ śiṣyaḥ praśritaṃ vākyamagastyavacanaṃ bruvan .
prāveśayadyathānyāyaṃ satkārārthaṃ susatkṛtam .. 15..

praviveśa tato rāmaḥ sītayā sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
praśāntahariṇākīrṇamāśramaṃ hyavalokayan .. 16..

sa tatra brahmaṇaḥ sthānamagneḥ sthānaṃ tathaiva ca .
viṣṇoḥ sthānaṃ mahendrasya sthānaṃ caiva vivasvataḥ .. 17..

somasthānaṃ bhagasthānaṃ sthānaṃ kauberameva ca .
dhāturvidhātuḥ sthānaṃ ca vāyoḥ sthānaṃ tathaiva ca .. 18..

tataḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto munirapyabhiniṣpatat .
taṃ dadarśāgrato rāmo munīnāṃ dīptatejasaṃ .
abravīdvacanaṃ vīro lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam .. 19..

eṣa lakṣmaṇa niṣkrāmatyagastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ .
audāryeṇāvagacchāmi nidhānaṃ tapasām imam .. 20..

evamuktvā mahābāhuragastyaṃ sūryavarcasaṃ .
jagrāha paramaprītastasya pādau parantapaḥ .. 21..

abhivādya tu dharmātmā tasthau rāmaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ .
sītayā saha vaidehyā tadā rāma salakṣmaṇaḥ .. 22..

pratigṛhya ca kākutsthamarcayitvāsanodakaiḥ .
kuśalapraśnamuktvā ca āsyatāmiti so.abravīt .. 23..

agniṃ hutvā pradāyārghyamatithiṃ pratipūjya ca .
vānaprasthena dharmeṇa sa teṣāṃ bhojanaṃ dadau .. 24..

prathamaṃ copaviśyātha dharmajño munipuṅgavaḥ .
uvāca rāmamāsīnaṃ prāñjaliṃ dharmakovidam .. 25..

anyathā khalu kākutstha tapasvī samudācaran .
duḥsākṣīva pare loke svāni māṃsāni bhakṣayet .. 26..

rājā sarvasya lokasya dharmacārī mahārathaḥ .
pūjanīyaśca mānyaśca bhavānprāptaḥ priyātithiḥ .. 27..

evamuktvā phalairmūlaiḥ puṣpaiścānyaiśca rāghavam .
pūjayitvā yathākāmaṃ punareva tato.abravīt .. 28..

idaṃ divyaṃ mahaccāpaṃ hemavajravibhūṣitam .
vaiṣṇavaṃ puruṣavyāghra nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā .. 29..

amoghaḥ sūryasaṅkāśo brahmadattaḥ śarottamaḥ .
datto mama mahendreṇa tūṇī cākṣayasāyakau .. 30..

sampūrṇau niśitairbāṇairjvaladbhiriva pāvakaiḥ .
mahārājata kośo.ayamasirhemavibhūṣitaḥ .. 31..

anena dhanuṣā rāma hatvā saṅkhye mahāsurān .
ājahāra śriyaṃ dīptāṃ purā viṣṇurdivaukasām .. 32..

taddhanustau ca tūṇīrau śaraṃ khaḍgaṃ ca mānada .
jayāya pratigṛhṇīṣva vajraṃ vajradharo yathā .. 33..

evamuktvā mahātejāḥ samastaṃ tadvarāyudham .
dattvā rāmāya bhagavānagastyaḥ punarabravīt .. 34..

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