.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 5

śarabhaṅge divaṃ prāpte munisaṅghāḥ samāgatāḥ .
abhyagacchanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ jvalitatejasaṃ .. 1..

vaikhānasā vālakhilyāḥ samprakṣālā marīcipāḥ .
aśmakuṭṭāśca bahavaḥ patrāhārāśca tāpasāḥ .. 2..

dantolūkhalinaścaiva tathaivonmajjakāḥ pare .
munayaḥ salilāhārā vāyubhakṣāstathāpare .. 3..

ākāśanilayāścaiva tathā sthaṇḍilaśāyinaḥ .
tathordhvavāsino dāntāstathārdrapaṭavāsasaḥ .. 4..

sajapāśca taponityāstathā pañcatapo.anvitāḥ .
sarve brāhmyā śriyā juṣṭā dṛḍhayogasamāhitāḥ .
śarabhaṅgāśrame rāmamabhijagmuśca tāpasāḥ .. 5..

abhigamya ca dharmajñā rāmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam .
ūcuḥ paramadharmajñamṛṣisaṅghāḥ samāhitāḥ .. 6..

tvamikṣvākukulasyāsya pṛthivyāśca mahārathaḥ .
pradhānaścāsi nāthaśca devānāṃ maghavāniva .. 7..

viśrutastriṣu lokeṣu yaśasā vikrameṇa ca .
pitṛvratatvaṃ satyaṃ ca tvayi dharmaśca puṣkalaḥ .. 8..

tvāmāsādya mahātmānaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmavatsalam .
arthitvānnātha vakṣyāmastacca naḥ kṣantumarhasi .. 9..

adhārmastu mahāṃstāta bhavettasya mahīpateḥ .
yo haredbaliṣaḍbhāgaṃ na ca rakṣati putravat .. 10..

yuñjānaḥ svāniva prāṇānprāṇairiṣṭānsutāniva .
nityayuktaḥ sadā rakṣansarvānviṣayavāsinaḥ .. 11..

prāpnoti śāśvatīṃ rāma kīrtiṃ sa bahuvārṣikīm .
brahmaṇaḥ sthānamāsādya tatra cāpi mahīyate .. 12..

yatkaroti paraṃ dharmaṃ munirmūlaphalāśanaḥ .
tatra rājñaścaturbhāgaḥ prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ .. 13..

so.ayaṃ brāhmaṇabhūyiṣṭho vānaprasthagaṇo mahān .
tvannātho.anāthavadrāma rākṣasairvadhyate bhṛśam .. 14..

ehi paśya śarīrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām .
hatānāṃ rākṣasairghorairbahūnāṃ bahudhā vane .. 15..

pampānadīnivāsānāmanumandākinīm api .
citrakūṭālayānāṃ ca kriyate kadanaṃ mahat .. 16..

evaṃ vayaṃ na mṛṣyāmo viprakāraṃ tapasvinam .
kriyamāṇaṃ vane ghoraṃ rakṣobhirbhīmakarmabhiḥ .. 17..

tatastvāṃ śaraṇārthaṃ ca śaraṇyaṃ samupasthitāḥ .
paripālaya no rāma vadhyamānānniśācaraiḥ .. 18..

etacchrutvā tu kākutsthastāpasānāṃ tapasvinām .
idaṃ provāca dharmātmā sarvāneva tapasvinaḥ .
naivamarhatha māṃ vaktumājñāpyo.ahaṃ tapasvinam .. 19..

bhavatāmarthasiddhyarthamāgato.ahaṃ yadṛcchayā .
tasya me.ayaṃ vane vāso bhaviṣyati mahāphalaḥ .
tapasvināṃ raṇe śatrūnhantumicchāmi rākṣasān .. 20..

dattvā varaṃ cāpi tapodhanānāṃ
dharme dhṛtātmā sahalakṣmaṇena .
tapodhanaiścāpi sahārya vṛttaḥ
sutīṣkṇamevābhijagāma vīraḥ .. 21..




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