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Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.50

2.50.1

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 50
atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyām avasuptam anantaram /
prabodhayāmāsa śanair lakṣmaṇaṃ raghunandanaḥ

2.50.2

saumitre śṛṇu vanyānāṃ valgu vyāharatāṃ svanam /
sampratiṣṭhāmahe kālaḥ prasthānasya paraṃtapa

2.50.3

sa suptaḥ samaye bhrātrā lakṣmaṇaḥ pratibodhitaḥ /
jahau nidrāṃ ca tandrīṃ ca prasaktaṃ ca pathi śramam

2.50.4

tata utthāya te sarve spṛṣṭvā nadyāḥ śivaṃ jalam /
panthānam ṛṣiṇoddiṣṭaṃ citrakūṭasya taṃ yayuḥ

2.50.5

tataḥ samprasthitaḥ kāle rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha /
sītāṃ kamalapattrākṣīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt

2.50.6

ādīptān iva vaidehi sarvataḥ puṣpitān nagān /
svaiḥ puṣpaiḥ kiṃśukān paśya mālinaḥ śiśirātyaye

2.50.7

paśya bhallātakān phullān narair anupasevitān /
phalapattrair avanatān nūnaṃ śakṣyāmi jīvitum

2.50.8

paśya droṇapramāṇāni lambamānāni lakṣmaṇa /
madhūni madhukārībhiḥ saṃbhṛtāni nage nage

2.50.9

eṣa krośati natyūhas taṃ śikhī pratikūjati /
ramaṇīye vanoddeśe puṣpasaṃstarasaṃkaṭe

2.50.10

mātaṃgayūthānusṛtaṃ pakṣisaṃghānunāditam /
citrakūṭam imaṃ paśya pravṛddhaśikharaṃ girim

2.50.11

tatas tau pādacāreṇa gacchantau saha sītayā /
ramyam āsedatuḥ śailaṃ citrakūṭaṃ manoramam

2.50.12

taṃ tu parvatam āsādya nānāpakṣigaṇāyutam /
ayaṃ vāso bhavet tāvad atra saumya ramemahi

2.50.13

lakṣmaṇānaya dārūṇi dṛḍhāni ca varāṇi ca /
kuruṣvāvasathaṃ saumya vāse me 'bhirataṃ manaḥ

2.50.14

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saumitrir vividhān drumān /
ājahāra tataś cakre parṇaśālām ariṃdamaḥ

2.50.15

śuśrūṣamāṇam ekāgram idaṃ vacanam abravīt /
aiṇeyaṃ māṃsam āhṛtya śālāṃ yakṣyāmahe vayam

2.50.16

sa lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛṣṇamṛgaṃ hatvā medhyaṃ pratāpavān /
atha cikṣepa saumitriḥ samiddhe jātavedasi

2.50.17

taṃ tu pakvaṃ samājñāya niṣṭaptaṃ chinnaśoṇitam /
lakṣmaṇaḥ puruṣavyāghram atha rāghavam abravīt

2.50.18

ayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ samāptāṅgaḥ śṛtaḥ kṛṣṇamṛgo yathā /
devatā devasaṃkāśa yajasva kuśalo hy asi

2.50.19

rāmaḥ snātvā tu niyato guṇavāñ japyakovidaḥ /
pāpasaṃśamanaṃ rāmaś cakāra balim uttamam

2.50.20

tāṃ vṛkṣaparṇacchadanāṃ manojñāṃ yathāpradeśaṃ sukṛtāṃ nivātām /
vāsāya sarve viviśuḥ sametāḥ sabhāṃ yathā devagaṇāḥ sudharmām

2.50.21

anekanānāmṛgapakṣisaṃkule vicitrapuṣpastabakair drumair yute /
vanottame vyālamṛgānunādite tathā vijahruḥ susukhaṃ jitendriyāḥ

2.50.22

suramyam āsādya tu citrakūṭaṃ nadīṃ ca tāṃ mālyavatīṃ sutīrthām /
nananda hṛṣṭo mṛgapakṣijuṣṭāṃ jahau ca duḥkhaṃ puravipravāsāt

Original text: Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 · Edition: T.R. Krishnacarya: The Valmiki Ramayana - According to Southern recension, 1905 (Repr. Delhi : Sri Satguru Publications, 1982) · Data entry Oliver Hellwig · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0