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sarga - 71

divaṃ tu tasyāṃ yātāyāṃ śabaryāṃ svena karmaṇā .
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā cintayāmāsa rāghavaḥ .. 1..

cintayitvā tu dharmātmā prabhāvaṃ taṃ mahātmanām .
hitakāriṇamekāgraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavo.abravīt .. 2..

dṛṣṭo.ayamāśramaḥ saumya bahvāścaryaḥ kṛtātmanām .
viśvastamṛgaśārdūlo nānāvihagasevitaḥ .. 3..

saptānāṃ ca samudrāṇāmeṣu tīrtheṣu lakṣmaṇa .
upaspṛṣṭaṃ ca vidhivatpitaraścāpi tarpitāḥ .. 4..

pranaṣṭamaśubhaṃ yattatkalyāṇaṃ samupasthitam .
tena tvetatprahṛṣṭaṃ me mano lakṣmaṇa samprati .. 5..

hṛdaye hi naravyāghra śubhamāvirbhaviṣyati .
tadāgaccha gamiṣyāvaḥ pampāṃ tāṃ priyadarśanām .. 6..

ṛśyamūko giriryatra nātidūre prakāśate .
yasminvasati dharmātmā sugrīvo.aṃśumataḥ sutaḥ .
nityaṃ vālibhayāttrastaścaturbhiḥ saha vānaraiḥ .. 7..

abhitvare ca taṃ draṣṭuṃ sugrīvaṃ vānararṣabham .
tadadhīnaṃ hi me saumya sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇam .. 8..

iti bruvāṇaṃ taṃ rāmaṃ saumitriridamabravīt .
gacchāvastvaritaṃ tatra mamāpi tvarate manaḥ .. 9..

āśramāttu tatastasmānniṣkramya sa viśāṃ patiḥ .
ājagāma tataḥ pampāṃ lakṣmaṇena sahābhibhūḥ .. 10..

samīkṣamāṇaḥ puṣpāḍhyaṃ sarvato vipuladrumam .
koyaṣṭibhiścārjunakaiḥ śatapatraiśca kīcakaiḥ .
etaiścānyaiśca vividhairnāditaṃ tadvanaṃ mahat .. 11..

sa rāmo vidhivānvṛkṣānsarāṃsi vividhāni ca .
paśyankāmābhisantapto jagāma paramaṃ hradam .. 12..

sa tāmāsādya vai rāmo dūrādudakavāhinīm .
mataṅgasarasaṃ nāma hradaṃ samavagāhata .. 13..

sa tu śokasamāviṣṭo rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .
viveśa nalinīṃ pampāṃ paṅkajaiśca samāvṛtām .. 14..

tilakāśokapuṃnāgabakuloddāla kāśinīm .
ramyopavanasambādhāṃ padmasampīḍitodakām .. 15..

sphaṭikopamatoyāḍhyāṃ ślakṣṇavālukasantatām .
matsyakacchapasambādhāṃ tīrasthadrumaśobhitām .. 16..

sakhībhiriva yuktābhirlatābhiranuveṣṭitām .
kiṃnaroragagandharvayakṣarākṣasasevitām .
nānādrumalatākīrṇāṃ śītavārinidhiṃ śubhām .. 17..

padmaiḥ saugandhikaistāmrāṃ śuklāṃ kumudamaṇḍalaiḥ .
nīlāṃ kuvalayoddhātairbahuvarṇāṃ kuthām iva .. 18..

aravindotpalavatīṃ padmasaugandhikāyutām .
puṣpitāmravaṇopetāṃ barhiṇodghuṣṭanāditām .. 19..

sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ pampāṃ rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha .
vilalāpa ca tejasvī kāmāddaśarathātmajaḥ .. 20..

tilakairbījapūraiśca vaṭaiḥ śukladrumaistathā .
puṣpitaiḥ karavīraiśca puṃnāgaiśca supuṣpitaiḥ .. 21..

mālatīkundagulmaiśca bhaṇḍīrairniculaistathā .
aśokaiḥ saptaparṇaiśca ketakairatimuktakaiḥ .
anyaiśca vividhairvṛkṣaiḥ pramadevopaśobhitām .. 22..

asyāstīre tu pūrvoktaḥ parvato dhātumaṇḍitaḥ .
ṛśyamūka iti khyātaścitrapuṣpitakānanaḥ .. 23..

harirṛkṣarajo nāmnaḥ putrastasya mahātmanaḥ .
adhyāste taṃ mahāvīryaḥ sugrīva iti viśrutaḥ .. 24..

sugrīvamabhigaccha tvaṃ vānarendraṃ nararṣabha .
ityuvāca punarvākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavikramam .. 25..

tato mahadvartma ca dūrasaṅkramaṃ
krameṇa gatvā pravilokayanvanam .
dadarśa pampāṃ śubhadarśa kānanām
anekanānāvidhapakṣisaṅkulām .. 26..





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