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Ramayana · Chapter 2.003

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teṣām ajñalipadmāni pragṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ
pratigṛhyābravīd rājā tebhyaḥ priyahitaṃ vacaḥ

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aho 'smi paramaprītaḥ prabhāvaś cātulo mama
yan me jyeṣṭhaṃ priyaṃ putraṃ yauvarājyastham icchatha

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iti pratyarcya tān rājā brāhmaṇān idam abravīt
vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca teṣām evopaśṛṇvatām

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caitraḥ śrīmān ayaṃ māsaḥ puṇyaḥ puṣpitakānanaḥ
yauvarājyāya rāmasya sarvam evopakalpyatām

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kṛtam ity eva cābrūtām abhigamya jagatpatim
yathoktavacanaṃ prītau harṣayuktau dvijarṣabhau

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tataḥ sumantraṃ dyutimān rājā vacanam abravīt
rāmaḥ kṛtātmā bhavatā śīghram ānīyatām iti

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sa tatheti pratijñāya sumantro rājaśāsanāt
rāmaṃ tatrānayāṃ cakre rathena rathināṃ varam

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atha tatra samāsīnās tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam
prācyodīcyāḥ pratīcyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca bhūmipāḥ

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mlecchāś cāryāś ca ye cānye vanaśailāntavāsinaḥ
upāsāṃ cakrire sarve taṃ devā iva vāsavam

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teṣāṃ madhye sa rājarṣir marutām iva vāsavaḥ
prāsādastho rathagataṃ dadarśāyāntam ātmajam

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gandharvarājapratimaṃ loke vikhyātapauruṣam
dīrghabāhuṃ mahāsattvaṃ mattamātaṅgagāminam

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candrakāntānanaṃ rāmam atīva priyadarśanam
rūpaudāryaguṇaiḥ puṃsāṃ dṛṣṭicittāpahāriṇam

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gharmābhitaptāḥ parjanyaṃ hlādayantam iva prajāḥ
na tatarpa samāyāntaṃ paśyamāno narādhipaḥ

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avatārya sumantras taṃ rāghavaṃ syandanottamāt
pituḥ samīpaṃ gacchantaṃ prāñjaliḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nvagāt

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sa taṃ kailāsaśṛṅgābhaṃ prāsādaṃ narapuṃgavaḥ
āruroha nṛpaṃ draṣṭuṃ saha sūtena rāghavaḥ

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sa prāñjalir abhipretya praṇataḥ pitur antike
nāma svaṃ śrāvayan rāmo vavande caraṇau pituḥ

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taṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇataṃ pārśve kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ nṛpaḥ
gṛhyāñjalau samākṛṣya sasvaje priyam ātmajam

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tasmai cābhyudyataṃ śrīmān maṇikāñcanabhūṣitam
dideśa rājā ruciraṃ rāmāya paramāsanam

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tad āsanavaraṃ prāpya vyadīpayata rāghavaḥ
svayeva prabhayā merum udaye vimalo raviḥ

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tena vibhrājitā tatra sā sabhābhivyarocata
vimalagrahanakṣatrā śāradī dyaur ivendunā

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taṃ paśyamāno nṛpatis tutoṣa priyam ātmajam
alaṃkṛtam ivātmānam ādarśatalasaṃsthitam

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sa taṃ sasmitam ābhāṣya putraṃ putravatāṃ varaḥ
uvācedaṃ vaco rājā devendram iva kaśyapaḥ

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jyeṣṭhāyām asi me patnyāṃ sadṛśyāṃ sadṛśaḥ sutaḥ
utpannas tvaṃ guṇaśreṣṭho mama rāmātmajaḥ priyaḥ

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tvayā yataḥ prajāś cemāḥ svaguṇair anurañjitāḥ
tasmāt tvaṃ puṣyayogena yauvarājyam avāpnuhi

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kāmatas tvaṃ prakṛtyaiva vinīto guṇavān asi
guṇavaty api tu snehāt putra vakṣyāmi te hitam

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bhūyo vinayam āsthāya bhava nityaṃ jitendriyaḥ
kāmakrodhasamutthāni tyajethā vyasanāni ca

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parokṣayā vartamāno vṛttyā pratyakṣayā tathā
amātyaprabhṛtīḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtīś cānurañjaya

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tuṣṭānuraktaprakṛtir yaḥ pālayati medinīm
tasya nandanti mitrāṇi labdhvāmṛtam ivāmarāḥ
tasmāt putra tvam ātmānaṃ niyamyaiva samācara

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tac chrutvā suhṛdas tasya rāmasya priyakāriṇaḥ
tvaritāḥ śīghram abhyetya kausalyāyai nyavedayan

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sā hiraṇyaṃ ca gāś caiva ratnāni vividhāni ca
vyādideśa priyākhyebhyaḥ kausalyā pramadottamā

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athābhivādya rājānaṃ ratham āruhya rāghavaḥ
yayau svaṃ dyutimad veśma janaughaiḥ pratipūjitaḥ

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te cāpi paurā nṛpater vacas tac chrutvā tadā lābham iveṣṭam āpya
narendram āmantya gṛhāṇi gatvā devān samānarcur atīva hṛṣṭāḥ

Original text: Rāmāyaṇa · Edition: John Smith's Rāmāyaṇa-Page (last comparison: 2020-04-16) · Data entry Muneo Tokunaga · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0