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hatvā tu taṃ bhīmabalaṃ virādhaṃ rākṣasaṃ vane .
tataḥ sītāṃ pariṣvajya samāśvāsya ca vīryavān .
abravīllakṣmaṇāṃ rāmo bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ .. 1..

kaṣṭaṃ vanamidaṃ durgaṃ na ca smo vanagocarāḥ .
abhigacchāmahe śīghraṃ śarabhaṅgaṃ tapodhanam .. 2..

āśramaṃ śarabhaṅgasya rāghavo.abhijagāma ha .. 3..

tasya devaprabhāvasya tapasā bhāvitātmanaḥ .
samīpe śarabhaṅgasya dadarśa mahadadbhutam .. 4..

vibhrājamānaṃ vapuṣā sūryavaiśvānaropamam .
asaṃspṛśantaṃ vasudhāṃ dadarśa vibudheśvaram .. 5..

suprabhābharaṇaṃ devaṃ virajo.ambaradhāriṇam .
tadvidhaireva bahubhiḥ pūjyamānaṃ mahātmabhiḥ .. 6..

haribhirvājibhiryuktamantarikṣagataṃ ratham .
dadarśādūratastasya taruṇādityasaṃnibham .. 7..

pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhyaṃ candramaṇḍalasaṃnibham .
apaśyadvimalaṃ chatraṃ citramālyopaśobhitam .. 8..

cāmaravyajane cāgrye rukmadaṇḍe mahādhane .
gṛhīte vananārībhyāṃ dhūyamāne ca mūrdhani .. 9..

gandharvāmarasiddhāśca bahavaḥ paramarṣayaḥ .
antarikṣagataṃ devaṃ vāgbhiragryābhirīḍire .. 10..

dṛṣṭvā śatakratuṃ tatra rāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt .
ye hayāḥ puruhūtasya purā śakrasya naḥ śrutāḥ .
antarikṣagatā divyāsta ime harayo dhruvam .. 11..

ime ca puruṣavyāghra ye tiṣṭhantyabhito ratham .
śataṃ śataṃ kuṇḍalino yuvānaḥ khaḍgapāṇayaḥ .. 12..

urodeśeṣu sarveṣāṃ hārā jvalanasaṃnibhāḥ .
rūpaṃ bibhrati saumitre pañcaviṃśativārṣikam .. 13..

etaddhi kila devānāṃ vayo bhavati nityadā .
yatheme puruṣavyāghrā dṛśyante priyadarśanāḥ .. 14..

ihaiva saha vaidehyā muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha lakṣmaṇa .
yāvajjanāmyahaṃ vyaktaṃ ka eṣa dyutimānrathe .. 15..

tamevamuktvā saumitrimihaiva sthīyatām iti .
abhicakrāma kākutsthaḥ śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ prati .. 16..

tataḥ samabhigacchantaṃ prekṣya rāmaṃ śacīpatiḥ .
śarabhaṅgamanujñāpya vibudhānidamabravīt .. 17..

ihopayātyasau rāmo yāvanmāṃ nābhibhāṣate .
niṣṭhāṃ nayata tāvattu tato māṃ draṣṭumarhati .. 18..

jitavantaṃ kṛtārthaṃ ca draṣṭāhamacirādimam .
karma hyanena kartavyaṃ mahadanyaiḥ suduṣkaram .. 19..

iti vajrī tamāmantrya mānayitvā ca tāpasaṃ .
rathena hariyuktena yayau divamarindamaḥ .. 20..

prayāte tu sahasrākṣe rāghavaḥ saparicchadaḥ .
agnihotramupāsīnaṃ śarabhaṅgamupāgamat .. 21..

tasya pādau ca saṅgṛhya rāmaḥ sītā ca lakṣmaṇaḥ .
niṣedustadanujñātā labdhavāsā nimantritāḥ .. 22..

tataḥ śakropayānaṃ tu paryapṛcchatsa rāghavaḥ .
śarabhaṅgaśca tatsarvaṃ rāghavāya nyavedayat .. 23..

māmeṣa varado rāma brahmalokaṃ ninīṣati .
jitamugreṇa tapasā duṣprāpamakṛtātmabhiḥ .. 24..

ahaṃ jñātvā naravyāghra vartamānamadūrataḥ .
brahmalokaṃ na gacchāmi tvāmadṛṣṭvā priyātithim .. 25..

samāgamya gamiṣyāmi tridivaṃ devasevitam .
akṣayā naraśārdūla jitā lokā mayā śubhāḥ .
brāhmyāśca nākapṛṣṭhyāśca pratigṛhṇīṣva māmakān .. 26..

evamukto naravyāghraḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ .
ṛṣiṇā śarabhaṅgena rāghavo vākyamabravīt .. 27..

ahamevāhariṣyāmi sarvā.Nllokānmahāmune .
āvāsaṃ tvahamicchāmi pradiṣṭamiha kānane .. 28..

rāghaveṇaivamuktastu śakratulyabalena vai .
śarabhaṅgo mahāprājñaḥ punarevābravīdvacaḥ .. 29..

sutīkṣṇamabhigaccha tvaṃ śucau deśe tapasvinam .
ramaṇīye vanoddeśe sa te vāsaṃ vidhāsyati .. 30..

eṣa panthā naravyāghra muhūrtaṃ paśya tāta mām .
yāvajjahāmi gātrāṇi jīrṇaṃ tvacamivoragaḥ .. 31..

tato.agniṃ sa samādhāya hutvā cājyena mantravit .
śarabhaṅgo mahātejāḥ praviveśa hutāśanam .. 32..

tasya romāṇi keśāṃśca dadāhāgnirmahātmanaḥ .
jīrṇaṃ tvacaṃ tathāsthīni yacca māṃsaṃ ca śoṇitam .. 33..

sa ca pāvakasaṅkāśaḥ kumāraḥ samapadyata .
utthāyāgnicayāttasmāccharabhaṅgo vyarocata .. 34..

sa lokānāhitāgnīnāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām .
devānāṃ ca vyatikramya brahmalokaṃ vyarohata .. 35..

sa puṇyakarmā bhuvane dvijarṣabhaḥ
pitāmahaṃ sānucaraṃ dadarśa ha .
pitāmahaścāpi samīkṣya taṃ dvijaṃ
nananda susvāgatamityuvāca ha .. 36..




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