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Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.59

2.59.1

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 59
atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prātar evāpare 'hani /
bandinaḥ paryupātiṣṭhaṃs tat pārthivaniveśanam

2.59.2

tataḥ śucisamācārāḥ paryupasthānakovidāḥ /
strīvarṣavarabhūyiṣṭhā upatasthur yathāpuram

2.59.3

haricandanasaṃpṛktam udakaṃ kāñcanair ghaṭaiḥ /
āninyuḥ snānaśikṣājñā yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi

2.59.4

maṅgalālambhanīyāni prāśanīyān upaskarān /
upaninyus tathāpy anyāḥ kumārībahulāḥ striyaḥ

2.59.5

atha yāḥ kosalendrasya śayanaṃ pratyanantarāḥ /
tāḥ striyas tu samāgamya bhartāraṃ pratyabodhayan

2.59.6

tā vepathuparītāś ca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ /
pratisrotas tṛṇāgrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ saṃcakampire

2.59.7

atha saṃvepamānānāṃ strīṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam /
yat tad āśaṅkitaṃ pāpaṃ tasya jajñe viniścayaḥ

2.59.8

tataḥ pracukruśur dīnāḥ sasvaraṃ tā varāṅganāḥ /
kareṇava ivāraṇye sthānapracyutayūthapāḥ

2.59.9

tāsām ākrandaśabdena sahasodgatacetane /
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca tyaktanidre babhūvatuḥ

2.59.10

kausalyā ca sumitrā ca dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam /
hā nātheti parikruśya petatur dharaṇītale

2.59.11

sā kosalendraduhitā veṣṭamānā mahītale /
na babhrāja rajodhvastā tāreva gaganacyutā

2.59.12

tat samuttrastasaṃbhrāntaṃ paryutsukajanākulam /
sarvatas tumulākrandaṃ paritāpārtabāndhavam

2.59.13

sadyo nipatitānandaṃ dīnaviklavadarśanam /
babhūva naradevasya sadma diṣṭāntam īyuṣaḥ

2.59.14

atītam ājñāya tu pārthivarṣabhaṃ yaśasvinaṃ saṃparivārya patnayaḥ /
bhṛśaṃ rudantyaḥ karuṇaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ pragṛhya bāhū vyalapann anāthavat

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