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sarga - 115

śrutvā tu paramānandaṃ bharataḥ satyavikramaḥ .
hṛṣṭamājñāpayāmāsa śatrughnaṃ paravīrahā .. 1..

daivatāni ca sarvāṇi caityāni nagarasya ca .
sugandhamālyairvāditrairarcantu śucayo narāḥ .. 2..

rājadārāstathāmātyāḥ sainyāḥ senāgaṇāṅganāḥ .
abhiniryāntu rāmasya draṣṭuṃ śaśinibhaṃ mukham .. 3..

bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā śatrughnaḥ paravīrahā .
viṣṭīranekasāhasrīścodayāmāsa vīryavān .. 4..

samīkuruta nimnāni viṣamāṇi samāni ca .
sthānāni ca nirasyantāṃ nandigrāmāditaḥ param .. 5..

siñcantu pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ himaśītena vāriṇā .
tato.abhyavakiraṃstvanye lājaiḥ puṣpaiśca sarvataḥ .. 6..

samucchritapatākāstu rathyāḥ puravarottame .
śobhayantu ca veśmāni sūryasyodayanaṃ prati .. 7..

sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiśca sugandhaiḥ pañcavarṇakaiḥ .
rājamārgamasambādhaṃ kirantu śataśo narāḥ .. 8..

mattairnāgasahasraiśca śātakumbhavibhūṣitaḥ .
apare hemakakṣyābhiḥ sagajābhiḥ kareṇubhiḥ .
niryayustvarayā yuktā rathaiśca sumahārathāḥ .. 9..

tato yānānyupārūḍhāḥ sarvā daśarathastriyaḥ .
kausalyāṃ pramukhe kṛtvā sumitrāṃ cāpi niryayuḥ .. 10..

aśvānāṃ khuraśabdena rathanemisvanena ca .
śaṅkhadundubhinādena sañcacāleva medinī .. 11..

kṛtsnaṃ ca nagaraṃ tattu nandigrāmamupāgamat .
dvijātimukhyairdharmātmā śreṇīmukhyaiḥ sanaigamaiḥ .. 12..

mālyamodaka hastaiśca mantribhirbharato vṛtaḥ .
śaṅkhabherīninādaiśca bandibhiścābhivanditaḥ .. 13..

āryapādau gṛhītvā tu śirasā dharmakovidaḥ .
pāṇḍuraṃ chatramādāya śuklamālyopaśobhitam .. 14..

śukle ca vālavyajane rājārhe hemabhūṣite .
upavāsakṛśo dīnaścīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraḥ .. 15..

bhrāturāgamanaṃ śrutvā tatpūrvaṃ harṣamāgataḥ .
pratyudyayau tadā rāmaṃ mahātmā sacivaiḥ saha .. 16..

samīkṣya bharato vākyamuvāca pavanātmajam .
kaccinna khalu kāpeyī sevyate calacittatā .
na hi paśyāmi kākutsthaṃ rāmamāryaṃ parantapam .. 17..

athaivamukte vacane hanūmānidamabravīt .
arthaṃ vijñāpayanneva bharataṃ satyavikramam .. 18..

sadā phalānkusumitānvṛkṣānprāpya madhusravān .
bharadvājaprasādena mattabhramaranāditān .. 19..

tasya caiṣa varo datto vāsavena parantapa .
sasainyasya tadātithyaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvaguṇānvitam .. 20..

nisvanaḥ śrūyate bhīmaḥ prahṛṣṭānāṃ vanaukasām .
manye vānarasenā sā nadīṃ tarati gomatīm .. 21..

rajovarṣaṃ samudbhūtaṃ paśya vālukinīṃ prati .
manye sālavanaṃ ramyaṃ lolayanti plavaṅgamāḥ .. 22..

tadetaddṛśyate dūrādvimalaṃ candrasaṃnibham .
vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ divyaṃ manasā brahmanirmitam .. 23..

rāvaṇaṃ bāndhavaiḥ sārdhaṃ hatvā labdhaṃ mahātmanā .
dhanadasya prasādena divyametanmanojavam .. 24..

etasminbhrātarau vīrau vaidehyā saha rāghavau .
sugrīvaśca mahātejā rākṣasendro vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 25..

tato harṣasamudbhūto nisvano divamaspṛśat .
strībālayuvavṛddhānāṃ rāmo.ayamiti kīrtitaḥ .. 26..

rathakuñjaravājibhyaste.avatīrya mahīṃ gatāḥ .
dadṛśustaṃ vimānasthaṃ narāḥ somamivāmbare .. 27..

prāñjalirbharato bhūtvā prahṛṣṭo rāghavonmukhaḥ .
svāgatena yathārthena tato rāmamapūjayat .. 28..

manasā brahmaṇā sṛṣṭe vimāne lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ .
rarāja pṛthudīrghākṣo vajrapāṇirivāparaḥ .. 29..

tato vimānāgragataṃ bharato bhrātaraṃ tadā .
vavande praṇato rāmaṃ merusthamiva bhāskaram .. 30..

āropito vimānaṃ tadbharataḥ satyavikramaḥ .
rāmamāsādya muditaḥ punarevābhyavādayat .. 31..

taṃ samutthāpya kākutsthaścirasyākṣipathaṃ gatam .
aṅke bharatamāropya muditaḥ pariṣaṣvaje .. 32..

tato lakṣmaṇamāsādya vaidehīṃ ca parantapaḥ .
abhyavādayata prīto bharato nāma cābravīt .. 33..

sugrīvaṃ kaikayī putro jāmbavantaṃ tathāṅgadam .
maindaṃ ca dvividaṃ nīlamṛṣabhaṃ caiva sasvaje .. 34..

te kṛtvā mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ vānarāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .
kuśalaṃ paryapṛṣhanta prahṛṣṭā bharataṃ tadā .. 35..

vibhīṣaṇaṃ ca bharataḥ sāntvayanvākyamabravīt .
diṣṭyā tvayā sahāyena kṛtaṃ karma suduṣkaram .. 36..

śatrughnaśca tadā rāmamabhivādya salakṣmaṇam .
sītāyāścaraṇau paścādvavande vinayānvitaḥ .. 37..

rāmo mātaramāsādya viṣaṇṇaṃ śokakarśitām .
jagrāha praṇataḥ pādau mano mātuḥ prasādayan .. 38..

abhivādya sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīṃ ca yaśasvinīm .
sa mātṝśca tadā sarvāḥ purohitamupāgamat .. 39..

svāgataṃ te mahābāho kausalyānandavardhana .
iti prāñjalayaḥ sarve nāgarā rāmamabruvan .. 40..

tanyañjalisahasrāṇi pragṛhītāni nāgaraiḥ .
ākośānīva padmāni dadarśa bharatāgrajaḥ .. 41..

pāduke te tu rāmasya gṛhītvā bharataḥ svayam .
caraṇābhyāṃ narendrasya yojayāmāsa dharmavit .. 42..

abravīcca tadā rāmaṃ bharataḥ sa kṛtāñjaliḥ .
etatte rakṣitaṃ rājanrājyaṃ niryātitaṃ mayā .. 43..

adya janma kṛtārthaṃ me saṃvṛttaśca manorathaḥ .
yastvāṃ paśyāmi rājānamayodhyāṃ punarāgatam .. 44..

avekṣatāṃ bhavānkośaṃ koṣṭhāgāraṃ puraṃ balam .
bhavatastejasā sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ daśaguṇaṃ mayā .. 45..

tathā bruvāṇaṃ bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ bhrātṛvatsalam .
mumucurvānarā bāṣpaṃ rākṣasaśca vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 46..

tataḥ praharṣādbharatamaṅkamāropya rāghavaḥ .
yayau tena vimānena sasainyo bharatāśramam .. 47..

bharatāśramamāsādya sasainyo rāghavastadā .
avatīrya vimānāgrādavatasthe mahītale .. 48..

abravīcca tadā rāmastadvimānamanuttamam .
vaha vaiśravaṇaṃ devamanujānāmi gamyatām .. 49..

tato rāmābhyanujñātaṃ tadvimānamanuttamam .
uttarāṃ diśamuddiśya jagāma dhanadālayam .. 50..

purohitasyātmasamasya rāghavo
bṛhaspateḥ śakra ivāmarādhīaph .
nipīḍya pādau pṛthagāsane śubhe
sahaiva tenopaviveśa vīryavān .. 51..

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