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sarga - 116
śirasyañjalimādāya kaikeyīnandivardhanaḥ .
babhāṣe bharato jyeṣṭhaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam .. 1..
pūjitā māmikā mātā dattaṃ rājyamidaṃ mama .
taddadāmi punastubhyaṃ yathā tvamadadā mama .. 2..
dhuramekākinā nyastāmṛṣabheṇa balīyasā .
kiśoravadguruṃ bhāraṃ na voḍhumahamutsahe .. 3..
vārivegena mahatā bhinnaḥ seturiva kṣaran .
durbandhanamidaṃ manye rājyacchidramasaṃvṛtam .. 4..
gatiṃ khara ivāśvasya haṃsasyeva ca vāyasaḥ .
nānvetumutsahe deva tava mārgamarindama .. 5..
yathā ca ropito vṛkṣo jātaścāntarniveśane .
mahāṃśca sudurāroho mahāskandhaḥ praśākhavān .. 6..
śīryeta puṣpito bhūtvā na phalāni pradarśayet .
tasya nānubhavedarthaṃ yasya hetoḥ sa ropyate .. 7..
eṣopamā mahābāho tvamarthaṃ vettumarhasi .
yadyasmānmanujendra tvaṃ bhaktānbhṛtyānna śādhi hi .. 8..
jagadadyābhiṣiktaṃ tvāmanupaśyatu sarvataḥ .
pratapantamivādityaṃ madhyāhne dīptatejasaṃ .. 9..
tūryasaṅghātanirghoṣaiḥ kāñcīnūpuranisvanaiḥ .
madhurairgītaśabdaiśca pratibudhyasva śeṣva ca .. 10..
yāvadāvartate cakraṃ yāvatī ca vasundharā .
tāvattvamiha sarvasya svāmitvamabhivartaya .. 11..
bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaḥ parapurañjayaḥ .
tatheti pratijagrāha niṣasādāsane śubhe .. 12..
tataḥ śatrughnavacanānnipuṇāḥ śmaśruvardhakāḥ .
sukhahastāḥ suśīghrāśca rāghavaṃ paryupāsata .. 13..
pūrvaṃ tu bharate snāte lakṣmaṇe ca mahābale .
sugrīve vānarendre ca rākṣasendre vibhīṣaṇe .. 14..
viśodhitajaṭaḥ snātaścitramālyānulepanaḥ .
mahārhavasanopetastasthau tatra śriyā jvalan .. 15..
pratikarma ca rāmasya kārayāmāsa vīryavān .
lakṣmaṇasya ca lakṣmīvānikṣvākukulavardhanaḥ .. 16..
pratikarma ca sītāyāḥ sarvā daśarathastriyaḥ .
ātmanaiva tadā cakrurmanasvinyo manoharam .. 17..
tato rāghavapatnīnāṃ sarvāsāmeva śobhanam .
cakāra yatnātkausalyā prahṛṣṭā putravatsalā .. 18..
tataḥ śatrughnavacanātsumantro nāma sārathiḥ .
yojayitvābhicakrāma rathaṃ sarvāṅgaśobhanam .. 19..
arkamaṇḍalasaṅkāśaṃ divyaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathaṃ sthitam .
āruroha mahābāhū rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ .. 20..
ayodhyāyāṃ tu sacivā rājño daśarathasya ye .
purohitaṃ puraskṛtya mantrayāmāsurarthavat .. 21..
mantrayanrāmavṛddhyarthaṃ vṛttyarthaṃ nagarasya ca .
sarvamevābhiṣekārthaṃ jayārhasya mahātmanaḥ .
kartumarhatha rāmasya yadyanmaṅgalapūrvakam .. 22..
iti te mantriṇaḥ sarve sandiśya tu purohitam .
nagarānniryayustūrṇaṃ rāmadarśanabuddhayaḥ .. 23..
hariyuktaṃ sahasrākṣo rathamindra ivānaghaḥ .
prayayau rathamāsthāya rāmo nagaramuttamam .. 24..
jagrāha bharato raśmīñśatrughnaśchatramādade .
lakṣmaṇo vyajanaṃ tasya mūrdhni samparyavījayat .. 25..
śvetaṃ ca vālavyajanaṃ sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ .
aparaṃ candrasaṅkāśaṃ rākṣasendro vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 26..
ṛṣisaṅghairtadākāśe devaiśca samarudgaṇaiḥ .
stūyamānasya rāmasya śuśruve madhuradhvaniḥ .. 27..
tataḥ śatruñjayaṃ nāma kuñjaraṃ parvatopamam .
āruroha mahātejāḥ sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ .. 28..
navanāgasahasrāṇi yayurāsthāya vānarāḥ .
mānuṣaṃ vigrahaṃ kṛtvā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ .. 29..
śaṅkhaśabdapraṇādaiśca dundubhīnāṃ ca nisvanaiḥ .
prayayū puruṣavyāghrastāṃ purīṃ harmyamālinīm .. 30..
dadṛśuste samāyāntaṃ rāghavaṃ sapuraḥsaram .
virājamānaṃ vapuṣā rathenātirathaṃ tadā .. 31..
te vardhayitvā kākutsthaṃ rāmeṇa pratinanditāḥ .
anujagmurmahātmānaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritam .. 32..
amātyairbrāhmaṇaiścaiva tathā prakṛtibhirvṛtaḥ .
śriyā viruruce rāmo nakṣatrairiva candramāḥ .. 33..
sa purogāmibhistūryaistālasvastikapāṇibhiḥ .
pravyāharadbhirmuditairmaṅgalāni yayau vṛtaḥ .. 34..
akṣataṃ jātarūpaṃ ca gāvaḥ kanyāstathā dvijāḥ .
narā modakahastāśca rāmasya purato yayuḥ .. 35..
sakhyaṃ ca rāmaḥ sugrīve prabhāvaṃ cānilātmaje .
vānarāṇāṃ ca tatkarma vyācacakṣe.atha mantriṇām .
śrutvā ca vismayaṃ jagmurayodhyāpuravāsinaḥ .. 36..
dyutimānetadākhyāya rāmo vānarasaṃvṛtaḥ .
hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇāmayodhyāṃ praviveśa ha .. 37..
tato hyabhyucchrayanpaurāḥ patākāste gṛhe gṛhe .
aikṣvākādhyuṣitaṃ ramyamāsasāda piturgṛham .. 38..
piturbhavanamāsādya praviśya ca mahātmanaḥ .
kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīṃ cābhyavādayat .. 39..
athābravīdrājaputro bharataṃ dharmiṇāṃ varam .
athopahitayā vācā madhuraṃ raghunandanaḥ .. 40..
yacca madbhavanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sāśokavanikaṃ mahat .
muktāvaidūryasaṅkīrṇaṃ sugrīvasya nivedaya .. 41..
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bharataḥ satyavikramaḥ .
pāṇau gṛhītvā sugrīvaṃ praviveśa tamālayam .. 42..
tatastailapradīpāṃśca paryaṅkāstaraṇāni ca .
gṛhītvā viviśuḥ kṣipraṃ śatrughnena pracoditāḥ .. 43..
uvāca ca mahātejāḥ sugrīvaṃ rāghavānujaḥ .
abhiṣekāya rāmasya dūtānājñāpaya prabho .. 44..
sauvarṇānvānarendrāṇāṃ caturṇāṃ caturo ghaṭān .
dadau kṣipraṃ sa sugrīvaḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitān .. 45..
yathā pratyūṣasamaye caturṇāṃ sāgarāmbhasām .
pūrṇairghaṭaiḥ pratīkṣadhvaṃ tathā kuruta vānarāḥ .. 46..
evamuktā mahātmāno vānarā vāraṇopamāḥ .
utpeturgaganaṃ śīghraṃ garuḍā iva śīghragāḥ .. 47..
jāmbavāṃśca hanūmāṃśca vegadarśī ca vānaraḥ .
ṛṣabhaścaiva kalaśāñjalapūrṇānathānayan .
nadīśatānāṃ pañcānāṃ jale kumbhairupāharan .. 48..
pūrvātsamudrātkalaśaṃ jalapūrṇamathānayat .
suṣeṇaḥ sattvasampannaḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitam .. 49..
ṛṣabho dakṣiṇāttūrṇaṃ samudrājjalamāharat .. 50..
raktacandanakarpūraiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ kāñcanaṃ ghaṭam .
gavayaḥ paścimāttoyamājahāra mahārṇavāt .. 51..
ratnakumbhena mahatā śītaṃ mārutavikramaḥ .
uttarācca jalaṃ śīghraṃ garuḍānilavikramaḥ .. 52..
abhiṣekāya rāmasya śatrughnaḥ sacivaiḥ saha .
purohitāya śreṣṭhāya suhṛdbhyaś ca nyavedayat .. 53..
tataḥ sa prayato vṛddho vasiṣṭho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha .
rāmaṃ ratnamayo pīṭhe sahasītaṃ nyaveśayat .. 54..
vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca jābāliratha kāśyapaḥ .
kātyāyanaḥ suyajñaśca gautamo vijayastathā .. 55..
abhyaṣiñcannaravyāghraṃ prasannena sugandhinā .
salilena sahasrākṣaṃ vasavo vāsavaṃ yathā .. 56..
ṛtvigbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ pūrvaṃ kanyābhirmantribhistathā .
yodhaiścaivābhyaṣiñcaṃste samprahṛṣṭāḥ sanaigamaiḥ .. 57..
sarvauṣadhirasaiścāpi daivatairnabhasi sthitaiḥ .
caturhirlokapālaiśca sarvairdevaiśca saṅgataiḥ .. 58..
chatraṃ tasya ca jagrāha śatrughnaḥ pāṇḍuraṃ śubham .
śvetaṃ ca vālavyajanaṃ sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ .
aparaṃ candrasaṅkāśaṃ rākṣasendro vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 59..
mālāṃ jvalantīṃ vapuṣā kāñcanīṃ śatapuṣkarām .
rāghavāya dadau vāyurvāsavena pracoditaḥ .. 60..
sarvaratnasamāyuktaṃ maṇiratnavibhūṣitam .
muktāhāraṃ narendrāya dadau śakrapracoditaḥ .. 61..
prajagurdevagandharvā nanṛtuścāpsaro gaṇāḥ .
abhiṣeke tadarhasya tadā rāmasya dhīmataḥ .. 62..
bhūmiḥ sasyavatī caiva phalavantaśca pādapāḥ .
gandhavanti ca puṣpāṇi babhūvū rāghavotsave .. 63..
sahasraśatamaśvānāṃ dhenūnāṃ ca gavāṃ tathā .
dadau śataṃ vṛṣānpūrvaṃ dvijebhyo manujarṣabhaḥ .. 64..
triṃśatkoṭīrhiraṇyasya brāhmaṇebhyo dadau punaḥ .
nānābharaṇavastrāṇi mahārhāṇi ca rāghavaḥ .. 65..
arkaraśmipratīkāśāṃ kāñcanīṃ maṇivigrahām .
sugrīvāya srajaṃ divyāṃ prāyacchanmanujarṣabhaḥ .. 66..
vaidūryamaṇicitre ca vajraratnavibhūṣite .
vāliputrāya dhṛtimānaṅgadāyāṅgade dadau .. 67..
maṇipravarajuṣṭaṃ ca muktāhāramanuttamam .
sītāyai pradadau rāmaścandraraśmisamaprabham .. 68..
araje vāsasī divye śubhānyābharaṇāni ca .
avekṣamāṇā vaidehī pradadau vāyusūnave .. 69..
avamucyātmanaḥ kaṇṭhāddhāraṃ janakanandinī .
avaikṣata harīnsarvānbhartāraṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 70..
tāmiṅgitajñaḥ samprekṣya babhāṣe janakātmajām .
pradehi subhage hāraṃ yasya tuṣṭāsi bhāmini .. 71..
pauruṣaṃ vikramo buddhiryasminnetāni nityadā .
dadau sā vāyuputrāya taṃ hāramasitekṣaṇā .. 72..
hanūmāṃstena hāreṇa śuśubhe vānararṣabhaḥ .
candrāṃśucayagaureṇa śvetābhreṇa yathācalaḥ .. 73..
tato dvivida maindābhyāṃ nīlāya ca parantapaḥ .
sarvānkāmaguṇānvīkṣya pradadau vasudhādhipaḥ .. 74..
sarvavānaravṛddhāśca ye cānye vānareśvarāḥ .
vāsobhirbhūṣaṇaiścaiva yathārhaṃ pratipūjitāḥ .. 75..
yathārhaṃ pūjitāḥ sarve kāmai ratnaiśca puṣkalair .
prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve jagmureva yathāgatam .. 76..
rāghavaḥ paramodāraḥ śaśāsa parayā mudā .
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo dharmajñaṃ dharmavatsalaḥ .. 77..
ātiṣṭha dharmajña mayā sahemāṃ
gāṃ pūrvarājādhyuṣitāṃ balena .
tulyaṃ mayā tvaṃ pitṛbhirdhṛtā yā
tāṃ yauvarājye dhuramudvahasva .. 78..
sarvātmanā paryanunīyamāno
yadā na saumitrirupaiti yogam .
niyujyamāno bhuvi yauvarājye
tato.abhyaṣiñcadbharataṃ mahātmā .. 79..
rāghavaścāpi dharmātmā prāpya rājyamanuttamam .
īje bahuvidhairyajñaiḥ sasuhṛdbhrātṛbāndhavaḥ .. 80..
pauṇḍarīkāśvamedhābhyāṃ vājapeyena cāsakṛt .
anyaiśca vividhairyajñairayajatpārthivarṣabhaḥ .. 81..
rājyaṃ daśasahasrāṇi prāpya varṣāṇi rāghavaḥ .
śatāśvamedhānājahre sadaśvānbhūridakṣiṇān .. 82..
ājānulambibāhuśca mahāskandhaḥ pratāpavān .
lakṣmaṇānucaro rāmaḥ pṛthivīmanvapālayat .. 83..
na paryadevanvidhavā na ca vyālakṛtaṃ bhayam .
na vyādhijaṃ bhayaṃ vāpi rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati .. 84..
nirdasyurabhavalloko nānarthaḥ kaṃ cidaspṛśat .
na ca sma vṛddhā bālānāṃ pretakāryāṇi kurvate .. 85..
sarvaṃ muditamevāsītsarvo dharmaparo.abhavat .
rāmamevānupaśyanto nābhyahiṃsanparasparam .. 86..
āsanvarṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasriṇaḥ .
nirāmayā viśokāśca rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati .. 87..
nityapuṣpā nityaphalāstaravaḥ skandhavistṛtāḥ .
kālavarṣī ca parjanyaḥ sukhasparśaśca mārutaḥ .. 88..
svakarmasu pravartante tuṣṭhāḥ svaireva karmabhiḥ .
āsanprajā dharmaparā rāme śāsati nānṛtāḥ .. 89..
sarve lakṣaṇasampannāḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ .
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi rāmo rājyamakārayat .. 90..
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