Padma Purana · Chapter 5.54

śeṣa uvāca/
gataḥ prātaḥkriyāṃ kartuṃ samidhastatkriyārhakāḥ /
ānetuṃ jānakīsūnurvṛto munisutairlavaḥ

dadarśa tatra yajñāśvaṃ svarṇapatreṇa cihnitam /
kuṃkumāgarukastūrī divyagaṃdhena vāsitam

vilokya jātakutuko muniputrānuvāca saḥ /
arvā kasya manovegaḥ prāpto daivānmadāśramam

āgacchaṃtu mayā sārdhaṃ prekṣaṃtāṃ mā bhayaṃ kṛthāḥ /
ityuktvā sa lavastūrṇaṃ vāhasya nikaṭe gataḥ

sa rarāja samīpastho vāhasya raghuvaṃśajaḥ /
dhanurbāṇadharaḥ skaṃdhe jayaṃta iva durjayaḥ

gatvā munisutaiḥ sārdhaṃ vācayāmāsa patrakam /
bhālasthitaṃ spaṣṭavarṇarājirājitamuttamam

vivasvato mahānvaṃśaḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ /
yatra kopi parābādhī na paradravyalaṃpaṭaḥ

sūryavaṃśadhvajo dhanvī dhanurdīkṣā gururguruḥ /
yaṃ devāḥ sāmarāḥ sarve namaṃti maṇimaulibhiḥ

tasyātmajo vīra baladarpahārī raghūdvahaḥ /
rāmacaṃdro mahābhāgaḥ sarvaśūraśiromaṇiḥ

tanmātā kośalanṛpaputrīratnasamudbhavā /
tasyāḥ kukṣibhavaṃ ratnaṃ rāmaḥ śatrukṣayaṃkaraḥ

karoti hayamedhaṃ sa brāhmaṇena suśikṣitaḥ /
rāvaṇābhidhavipreṃdra vadhapāpāpanuttaye

mocitastena vāhānāṃ mukhyo'sau yājñiko hayaḥ /
mahābalaparīvāro parikhābhiḥ surakṣitaḥ

tadrakṣako'sti madbhrātā śatrughno lavaṇāṃtakaḥ /
hastyaśvarathapādātasaṃghasenāsamanvitaḥ

yasya rājña iti śreṣṭho māno jāyetsvakānmadāt /
śūrā vayaṃ dhanurdhāri śreṣṭhā vayamihotkaṭāḥ

te gṛhṇaṃtu balādvāhaṃ ratnamālāvibhūṣitam /
manovegaṃ kāmajavaṃ sarvagatyādhibhāsvaram

tato mocayitā bhrātā śatrughno līlayā haṭhāt /
śarāsanavinirmukta vatsadaṃtakṛtavyathāt

ye kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyakanyakāyāṃ /
jātāśca satkṣetrakuleṣu satsu /
gṛhṇaṃtu te tadviparītadehā /
namaṃtu rājyaṃ raghave nivedya

iti saṃvācya kupito lavaḥ śastradhanurdharaḥ /
uvāca muniputrāṃstānroṣagadgadabhāṣitaḥ

paśyata kṣiprametasya dhṛṣṭatvaṃ kṣatriyasya vai /
lilekha yo bhālapatre svapratāpabalaṃ nṛpaḥ

ko'sau rāmaḥ kaḥ śatrughnaḥ kīṭāḥ svalpabalāśritāḥ /
kṣatriyāṇāṃ kule jātā ete na vayamuttamāḥ

etasya vīrasūrmātā jānakī na kuśaprasūḥ /
yā ratnaṃ kuśasaṃjñaṃ tu dadhārāgnimivāraṇiḥ

idānīṃ kṣatriyatvādi darśayiṣyāmi sarvataḥ /
yadi kṣatriyabhūreṣa bhaviṣyati ca śatruhā

gṛhīṣyati mayā baddhaṃ vāhaṃ yajñakriyocitam /
nocetkṣatratvamunmucya kuśasya caraṇārcakaḥ

adhunā maddhanurmuktaiḥ śaraiḥ supto bhaviṣyati /
anye ye ca mahāvīrā raṇamaṃḍalabhūṣaṇāḥ

ityādivākyamuccārya lavo jagrāha taṃ hayam /
tṛṇīkṛtya nṛpānsarvāṃścāpabāṇadharo varaḥ

tadā munisutāḥ procurlavaṃ hayajihīrṣakam /
ayodhyānṛpatī rāmo mahābalaparākramaḥ

tasya vāhaṃ na gṛhṇāti śakro'pi svabaloddhataḥ /
mā gṛhāṇa śṛṇuṣvedaṃ madvākyaṃ hitasaṃyutam

ityuktaṃ sa śrutau dhṛtvā jagāda sa dvijātmajān /
yūyaṃ balaṃ na jānītha kṣatriyāṇāṃ dvijottamāḥ

kṣatriyā vīryaśauṃḍīryā dvijā bhojanaśālinaḥ /
tasmādyūyaṃ gṛhe gatvā bhuṃjaṃtu jananī hṛtam

ityuktāste'bhavaṃstūṣṇīṃ prekṣaṃtastatparākramam /
lavasya muniputrāste saṃtasthurdūrato bahiḥ

evaṃ vyatikare vṛtte sevakāstasya bhūpateḥ /
āyātāstaṃ hayaṃ baddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā procustadā lavam

babaṃdha ko hayamaho ruṣṭaḥ kasya ca dharmarāṭ /
ko bāṇavrajamadhyasthaḥ prāpsyate paramāṃ vyathām

tadā lavo jagādāśu mayā baddho'śva uttamaḥ /
yo mocayati tasyāśu ruṣṭo bhrātā kuśo mahān

yamaḥ kariṣyati kimu hyāgato'pi svayaṃ prabhuḥ /
natvā gamiṣyati kṣipraṃ śaravṛṣṭyā sutoṣitaḥ

śeṣa uvāca/
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya bāloyamiti tebruvan /
samāgatā mocayituṃ hayaṃ baddhaṃ tu ye hareḥ

tānvaimocayituṃ prāptāñchatrughnasya ca sevakān /
kodaṃḍaṃ karayordhṛtvā kṣuraprānsamamūmucat

te chinnabāhavaḥ śokācchatrughnaṃ pratisaṃgatāḥ /
pṛṣṭāste jagaduḥ sarve lavātsvabhujakṛṃtanam

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe lavena hayabaṃdhanaṃnāma catuḥpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ