.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 70

tau kabandhena taṃ mārgaṃ pampāyā darśitaṃ vane .
ātasthaturdiśaṃ gṛhya pratīcīṃ nṛvarātmajau .. 1..

tau śaileṣvācitānekānkṣaudrakalpaphaladrumān .
vīkṣantau jagmaturdraṣṭuṃ sugrīvaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 2..

kṛtvā ca śailapṛṣṭhe tu tau vāsaṃ raghunandanau .
pampāyāḥ paścimaṃ tīraṃ rāghavāvupatasthatuḥ .. 3..

tau puṣkariṇyāḥ pampāyāstīramāsādya paścimam .
apaśyatāṃ tatastatra śabaryā ramyamāśramam .. 4..

tau tamāśramamāsādya drumairbahubhirāvṛtam .
suramyamabhivīkṣantau śabarīmabhyupeyatuḥ .. 5..

tau tu dṛṣṭvā tadā siddhā samutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ .
pādau jagrāha rāmasya lakṣmaṇasya ca dhīmataḥ .. 6..

tāmuvāca tato rāmaḥ śramaṇīṃ saṃśitavratām .
kaccitte nirjitā vighnāḥ kaccitte vardhate tapaḥ .. 7..

kaccitte niyataḥ kopa āhāraś ca tapodhane .
kaccitte niyamāḥ prāptāḥ kaccitte manasaḥ sukham .
kaccitte guruśuśrūṣā saphalā cārubhāṣiṇi .. 8..

rāmeṇa tāpasī pṛṣṭhā sā siddhā siddhasaṃmatā .
śaśaṃsa śabarī vṛddhā rāmāya pratyupasthitā .. 9..

citrakūṭaṃ tvayi prāpte vimānairatulaprabhaiḥ .
itaste divamārūḍhā yānahaṃ paryacāriṣam .. 10..

taiścāhamuktā dharmajñairmahābhāgairmaharṣibhiḥ .
āgamiṣyati te rāmaḥ supuṇyamimamāśramam .. 11..

sa te pratigrahītavyaḥ saumitrisahito.atithiḥ .
taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā varā.Nllokānakṣayāṃstvaṃ gamiṣyasi .. 12..

mayā tu vividhaṃ vanyaṃ sañcitaṃ puruṣarṣabha .
tavārthe puruṣavyāghra pampāyāstīrasambhavam .. 13..

evamuktaḥ sa dharmātmā śabaryā śabarīm idam .
rāghavaḥ prāha vijñāne tāṃ nityamabahiṣkṛtām .. 14..

danoḥ sakāśāttattvena prabhāvaṃ te mahātmanaḥ .
śrutaṃ pratyakṣamicchāmi sandraṣṭuṃ yadi manyase .. 15..

etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmavaktrādviniḥsṛtam .
śabarī darśayāmāsa tāvubhau tadvanaṃ mahat .. 16..

paśya meghaghanaprakhyaṃ mṛgapakṣisamākulam .
mataṅgavanamityeva viśrutaṃ raghunandana .. 17..

iha te bhāvitātmāno guravo me mahādyute .
juhavāṃścakrire tīrthaṃ mantravanmantrapūjitam .. 18..

iyaṃ pratyaksthalī vedī yatra te me susatkṛtāḥ .
puṣpopahāraṃ kurvanti śramādudvepibhiḥ karaiḥ .. 19..

teṣāṃ tapaḥ prabhāvena paśyādyāpi raghūttama .
dyotayanti diśaḥ sarvāḥ śriyā vedyo.atulaprabhāḥ .. 20..

aśaknuvadbhistairgantumupavāsaśramālasaiḥ .
cintite.abhyāgatānpaśya sametānsapta sāgarān .. 21..

kṛtābhiṣekaistairnyastā valkalāḥ pādapeṣviha .
adyāpi na viśuṣyanti pradeśe raghunandana .. 22..

kṛtsnaṃ vanamidaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śrotavyaṃ ca śrutaṃ tvayā .
tadicchāmyabhyanujñātā tyaktumetatkalevaram .. 23..

teṣāmicchāmyahaṃ gantuṃ samīpaṃ bhāvitātmanām .
munīnāmāśraṃmo yeṣāmahaṃ ca paricāriṇī .. 24..

dharmiṣṭhaṃ tu vacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
anujānāmi gaccheti prahṛṣṭavadano.abravīt .. 25..

anujñātā tu rāmeṇa hutvātmānaṃ hutāśane .
jvalatpāvakasaṅkāśā svargameva jagāma sā .. 26..

yatra te sukṛtātmāno viharanti maharṣayaḥ .
tatpuṇyaṃ śabarīsthānaṃ jagāmātmasamādhinā .. 27..




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