.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 7

rāmastu sahasaumitriḥ sutīkṣṇenābhipūjitaḥ .
pariṇamya niśāṃ tatra prabhāte pratyabudhyata .. 1..

utthāya tu yathākālaṃ rāghavaḥ saha sītayā .
upāspṛśatsuśītena jalenotpalagandhinā .. 2..

atha te.agniṃ surāṃścaiva vaidehī rāmalakṣmaṇau .
kālyaṃ vidhivadabhyarcya tapasviśaraṇe vane .. 3..

udayanntaṃ dinakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vigatakalmaṣāḥ .
sutīkṣṇamabhigamyedaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabruvan .. 4..

sukhoṣitāḥ sma bhagavaṃstvayā pūjyena pūjitāḥ .
āpṛcchāmaḥ prayāsyāmo munayastvarayanti naḥ .. 5..

tvarāmahe vayaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṛtsnamāśramamaṇḍalam .
ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām .. 6..

abhyanujñātumicchāmaḥ sahaibhirmunipuṅgavaiḥ .
dharmanityaistapodāntairviśikhairiva pāvakaiḥ .. 7..

aviṣahyātapo yāvatsūryo nātivirājite .
amārgeṇāgatāṃ lakṣmīṃ prāpyevānvayavarjitaḥ .. 8..

tāvadicchāmahe gantumityuktvā caraṇau muneḥ .
vavande sahasaumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ .. 9..

tau saṃspṛśantau caraṇāvutthāpya munipuṅgavaḥ .
gāḍhamāliṅgya sasnehamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 10..

ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānaṃ rāma saumitriṇā saha .
sītayā cānayā sārdhaṃ chāyayevānuvṛttayā .. 11..

paśyāśramapadaṃ ramyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām .
eṣāṃ tapasvināṃ vīra tapasā bhāvitātmanām .. 12..

suprājyaphalamūlāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca .
praśāntamṛgayūthāni śāntapakṣigaṇāni ca .. 13..

phullapaṅkajaṣaḍāni prasannasalilāni ca .
kāraṇḍavavikīrṇāni taṭākāni sarāṃsi ca .. 14..

drakṣyase dṛṣṭiramyāṇi giriprasravaṇāni ca .
ramaṇīyānyaraṇyāni mayūrābhirutāni ca .. 15..

gamyatāṃ vatsa saumitre bhavānapi ca gacchatu .
āgantavyaṃ ca te dṛṣṭvā punarevāśramaṃ mama .. 16..

evamuktastathetyuktvā kākutsthaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
pradakṣiṇaṃ muniṃ kṛtā prasthātumupacakrame .. 17..

tataḥ śubhatare tūṇī dhanuṣī cāyatekṣaṇā .
dadau sītā tayorbhrātroḥ khaḍgau ca vimalau tataḥ .. 18..

ābadhya ca śubhe tūṇī cāpe cādāya sasvane .
niṣkrāntāvāśramādgantumubhau tau rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 19..




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