.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 6

rāmastu sahito bhrātrā sītayā ca parantapaḥ .
sutīkṣṇasyāśramapadaṃ jagāma saha tairdvijaiḥ .. 1..

sa gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ nadīstīrtva bahūdakāḥ .
dadarśa vipulaṃ śailaṃ mahāmeghamivonnatam .. 2..

tatastadikṣvākuvarau satataṃ vividhairdrumaiḥ .
kānanaṃ tau viviśatuḥ sītayā saha rāghavau .. 3..

praviṣṭastu vanaṃ ghoraṃ bahupuṣpaphaladrumam .
dadarśāśramamekānte cīramālāpariṣkṛtam .. 4..

tatra tāpasamāsīnaṃ malapaṅkajaṭādharam .
rāmaḥ sutīkṣṇaṃ vidhivattapovṛddhamabhāṣata .. 5..

rāmo.ahamasmi bhagavanbhavantaṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ .
tanmābhivada dharmajña maharṣe satyavikrama .. 6..

sa nirīkṣya tato vīraṃ rāmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam .
samāśliṣya ca bāhubhyāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 7..

svāgataṃ khalu te vīra rāma dharmabhṛtāṃ vara .
āśramo.ayaṃ tvayākrāntaḥ sanātha iva sāmpratam .. 8..

pratīkṣamāṇastvāmeva nārohe.ahaṃ mahāyaśaḥ .
devalokamito vīra dehaṃ tyaktvā mahītale .. 9..

citrakūṭamupādāya rājyabhraṣṭo.asi me śrutaḥ .
ihopayātaḥ kākutstho devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ .
sarvā.Nllokāñjitānāha mama puṇyena karmaṇā .. 10..

teṣu devarṣijuṣṭeṣu jiteṣu tapasā mayā .
matprasādātsabhāryastvaṃ viharasva salakṣmaṇaḥ .. 11..

tamugratapasaṃ dīptaṃ maharṣiṃ satyavādinam .
pratyuvācātmavānrāmo brahmāṇamiva vāsavaḥ .. 12..

ahamevāhariṣyāmi svayaṃ lokānmahāmune .
āvāsaṃ tvahamicchāmi pradiṣṭamiha kānane .. 13..

bhavānsarvatra kuśalaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ .
ākhyātaḥ śarabhaṅgena gautamena mahātmanā .. 14..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa maharṣirlokaviśrutaḥ .
abravīnmadhuraṃ vākyaṃ harṣeṇa mahatāplutaḥ .. 15..

ayamevāśramo rāma guṇavānramyatām iha .
ṛṣisaṅghānucaritaḥ sadā mūlaphalairyutaḥ .. 16..

imamāśramamāgamya mṛgasaṅghā mahāyaśāḥ .
aṭitvā pratigacchanti lobhayitvākutobhayāḥ .. 17..

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya maharṣerlakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ .
uvāca vacanaṃ dhīro vikṛṣya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ .. 18..

tānahaṃ sumahābhāga mṛgasaṅghānsamāgatān .
hanyāṃ niśitadhāreṇa śareṇāśanivarcasā .. 19..

bhavāṃstatrābhiṣajyeta kiṃ syātkṛcchrataraṃ tataḥ .
etasminnāśrame vāsaṃ ciraṃ tu na samarthaye .. 20..

tamevamuktvā varadaṃ rāmaḥ sandhyāmupāgamat .
anvāsya paścimāṃ sandhyāṃ tatra vāsamakalpayat .. 21..

tataḥ śubhaṃ tāpasabhojyamannaṃ
svayaṃ sutīkṣṇaḥ puruṣarṣabhābhyām .
tābhyāṃ susatkṛtya dadau mahātmā
sandhyānivṛttau rajanīṃ samīkṣya .. 22..




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