Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.77

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 77
tataḥ samutthitaḥ kālyam āsthāya syandanottamam /
prayayau bharataḥ śīghraṃ rāmadarśanakāṅkṣayā

agrataḥ prayayus tasya sarve mantripurodhasaḥ /
adhiruhya hayair yuktān rathān sūryarathopamān

navanāgasahasrāṇi kalpitāni yathāvidhi /
anvayur bharataṃ yāntam ikṣvākukulanandanam

ṣaṣṭhī rathasahasrāṇi dhanvino vividhāyudhāḥ /
anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam

śataṃ sahasrāṇy aśvānāṃ samārūḍhāni rāghavam /
anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam

kaikeyī ca sumitrā ca kausalyā ca yaśasvinī /
rāmānayanasaṃhṛṣṭā yayur yānena bhāsvatā

prayātāś cāryasaṃghātā rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ salakṣmaṇam /
tasyaiva ca kathāś citrāḥ kurvāṇā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ

meghaśyāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ sthirasattvaṃ dṛḍhavratam /
kadā drakṣyāmahe rāmaṃ jagataḥ śokanāśanam

dṛṣṭa eva hi naḥ śokam apaneṣyati rāghavaḥ /
tamaḥ sarvasya lokasya samudyann iva bhāskaraḥ

ity evaṃ kathayantas te samprahṛṣṭāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ /
pariṣvajānāś cānyonyaṃ yayur nāgarikās tadā

ye ca tatrāpare sarve saṃmatā ye ca naigamāḥ /
rāmaṃ prati yayur hṛṣṭāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayas tadā

maṇikārāś ca ye kecit kumbhakārāś ca śobhanāḥ /
sūtrakarmakṛtaś caiva ye ca śastropajīvinaḥ

māyūrakāḥ krākacikā rocakā vedhakās tathā /
dantakārāḥ sudhākārās tathā gandhopajīvinaḥ

suvarṇakārāḥ prakhyātās tathā kambaladhāvakāḥ /
snāpakācchādakā vaidyā dhūpakāḥ śauṇḍikās tathā

rajakās tunnavāyāś ca grāmaghoṣamahattarāḥ /
śailūṣāś ca saha strībhir yānti kaivartakās tathā

samāhitā vedavido brāhmaṇā vṛttasaṃmatāḥ /
gorathair bharataṃ yāntam anujagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ

suveṣāḥ śuddhavasanās tāmramṛṣṭānulepanāḥ /
sarve te vividhair yānaiḥ śanair bharatam anvayuḥ

prahṛṣṭamuditā senā sānvayāt kaikayīsutam /
vyavātiṣṭhata sā senā bharatasyānuyāyinī

nirīkṣyānugatāṃ senāṃ tāṃ ca gaṅgāṃ śivodakām /
bharataḥ sacivān sarvān abravīd vākyakovidaḥ

niveśayata me sainyam abhiprāyeṇa sarvaśaḥ /
viśrāntāḥ pratariṣyāmaḥ śva idānīṃ mahānadīm

dātuṃ ca tāvad icchāmi svar gatasya mahīpateḥ /
aurdhvadehanimittārtham avatīryodakaṃ nadīm

tasyaivaṃ bruvato 'mātyās tathety uktvā samāhitāḥ /
nyaveśayaṃs tāṃś chandena svena svena pṛthakpṛthak

niveśya gaṅgām anu tāṃ mahānadīṃ camūṃ vidhānaiḥ paribarhaśobhinīm /
uvāsa rāmasya tadā mahātmano vicintayāno bharato nivartanam