.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 12

rāma prīto.asmi bhadraṃ te parituṣṭo.asmi lakṣmaṇa .
abhivādayituṃ yanmāṃ prāptau sthaḥ saha sītayā .. 1..

adhvaśrameṇa vāṃ khedo bādhate pracuraśramaḥ .
vyaktamutkaṇṭhate cāpi maithilī janakātmajā .. 2..

eṣā hi sukumārī ca duḥkhaiśca na vimānitā .
prājyadoṣaṃ vanaṃ praptā bhartṛsnehapracoditā .. 3..

yathaiṣā ramate rāma iha sītā tathā kuru .
duṣkaraṃ kṛtavatyeṣā vane tvāmanugacchatī .. 4..

eṣā hi prakṛtiḥ strīṇāmāsṛṣṭe raghunandana .
samasthamanurajyante viṣamasthaṃ tyajanti ca .. 5..

śatahradānāṃ lolatvaṃ śastrāṇāṃ tīkṣṇatāṃ tathā .
garuḍānilayoḥ śaighryamanugacchanti yoṣitaḥ .. 6..

iyaṃ tu bhavato bhāryā doṣairetairvivarjitāḥ .
ślāghyā ca vyapadeśyā ca yathā devī hyarundhatī .. 7..

alaṅkṛto.ayaṃ deśaśca yatra saumitriṇā saha .
vaidehyā cānayā rāma vatsyasi tvamarindama .. 8..

evamuktastu muninā rāghavaḥ saṃyatāñjaliḥ .
uvāca praśritaṃ vākyamṛṣiṃ dīptamivānalam .. 9..

dhanyo.asmyanugṛhīto.asmi yasya me munipuṅgavaḥ .
guṇaiḥ sabhrātṛbhāryasya varadaḥ parituṣyati .. 10..

kiṃ tu vyādiśa me deśaṃ sodakaṃ bahukānanam .
yatrāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā vaseyaṃ nirataḥ sukham .. 11..

tato.abravīnmuni śreṣṭhaḥ śrutvā rāmasya bhāṣitam .
dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ dharmātmā dhīro dhīrataraṃ vacaḥ .. 12..

ito dviyojane tāta bahumūlaphalodakaḥ .
deśo bahumṛgaḥ śrīmānpañcavaṭyabhiviśrutaḥ .. 13..

tatra gatvāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā saumitriṇā saha .
ramasva tvaṃ piturvākyaṃ yathoktamanupālayan .. 14..

vidito hyeṣa vṛttānto mama sarvastavānagha .
tapasaśca prabhāvena snehāddaśarathasya ca .. 15..

hṛdayasthaśca te chando vijñātastapasā mayā .
iha vāsaṃ pratijñāya mayā saha tapovane .. 16..

ataśca tvāmahaṃ brūmi gaccha pañcavaṭīm iti .
sa hi ramyo vanoddeśo maithilī tatra raṃsyate .. 17..

sa deśaḥ ślāghanīyaśca nātidūre ca rāghava .
godāvaryāḥ samīpe ca maithilī tatra raṃsyate .. 18..

prājyamūlaphalaiścaiva nānādvija gaṇairyutaḥ .
viviktaśca mahābāho puṇyo ramyastathaiva ca .. 19..

bhavānapi sadāraśca śaktaśca parirakṣaṇe .
api cātra vasanrāmastāpasānpālayiṣyasi .. 20..

etadālakṣyate vīra madhukānāṃ mahadvanam .
uttareṇāsya gantavyaṃ nyagrodhamabhigacchatā .. 21..

tataḥ sthalamupāruhya parvatasyāvidūrataḥ .
khyātaḥ pañcavaṭītyeva nityapuṣpitakānanaḥ .. 22..

agastyenaivamuktastu rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha .
sātkṛtyāmantrayāmāsa tamṛṣiṃ satyavādinam .. 23..

tau tu tenābhyanujñātau kṛtapādābhivandanau .
tadāśramātpañcavaṭīṃ jagmatuḥ saha sītayā .. 24..

gṛhītacāpau tu narādhipātmajau
viṣaktatūṇī samareṣvakātarau .
yathopadiṣṭena pathā maharṣiṇā
prajagmatuḥ pañcavaṭīṃ samāhitau .. 25..




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