Ramayana · Chapter 6.116

śirasy añjalim ādāya kaikeyīnandivardhanaḥ
babhāṣe bharato jyeṣṭhaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam

pūjitā māmikā mātā dattaṃ rājyam idaṃ mama
tad dadāmi punas tubhyaṃ yathā tvam adadā mama

dhuram ekākinā nyastām ṛṣabheṇa balīyasā
kiśoravad guruṃ bhāraṃ na voḍhum aham utsahe

vārivegena mahatā bhinnaḥ setur iva kṣaran
durbandhanam idaṃ manye rājyacchidram asaṃvṛtam

gatiṃ khara ivāśvasya haṃsasyeva ca vāyasaḥ
nānvetum utsahe deva tava mārgam ariṃdama

yathā ca ropito vṛkṣo jātaś cāntarniveśane
mahāṃś ca sudurāroho mahāskandhaḥ praśākhavān

śīryeta puṣpito bhūtvā na phalāni pradarśayet
tasya nānubhaved arthaṃ yasya hetoḥ sa ropyate

eṣopamā mahābāho tvam arthaṃ vettum arhasi
yady asmān manujendra tvaṃ bhaktān bhṛtyān na śādhi hi

jagad adyābhiṣiktaṃ tvām anupaśyatu sarvataḥ
pratapantam ivādityaṃ madhyāhne dīptatejasaṃ

tūryasaṃghātanirghoṣaiḥ kāñcīnūpuranisvanaiḥ
madhurair gītaśabdaiś ca pratibudhyasva śeṣva ca

yāvad āvartate cakraṃ yāvatī ca vasuṃdharā
tāvat tvam iha sarvasya svāmitvam abhivartaya

bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
tatheti pratijagrāha niṣasādāsane śubhe

tataḥ śatrughnavacanān nipuṇāḥ śmaśruvardhakāḥ
sukhahastāḥ suśīghrāś ca rāghavaṃ paryupāsata

pūrvaṃ tu bharate snāte lakṣmaṇe ca mahābale
sugrīve vānarendre ca rākṣasendre vibhīṣaṇe

viśodhitajaṭaḥ snātaś citramālyānulepanaḥ
mahārhavasanopetas tasthau tatra śriyā jvalan

pratikarma ca rāmasya kārayām āsa vīryavān
lakṣmaṇasya ca lakṣmīvān ikṣvākukulavardhanaḥ

pratikarma ca sītāyāḥ sarvā daśarathastriyaḥ
ātmanaiva tadā cakrur manasvinyo manoharam

tato rāghavapatnīnāṃ sarvāsām eva śobhanam
cakāra yatnāt kausalyā prahṛṣṭā putravatsalā

tataḥ śatrughnavacanāt sumantro nāma sārathiḥ
yojayitvābhicakrāma rathaṃ sarvāṅgaśobhanam

arkamaṇḍalasaṃkāśaṃ divyaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathaṃ sthitam
āruroha mahābāhū rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ

ayodhyāyāṃ tu sacivā rājño daśarathasya ye
purohitaṃ puraskṛtya mantrayām āsur arthavat

mantrayan rāmavṛddhyarthaṃ vṛttyarthaṃ nagarasya ca
sarvam evābhiṣekārthaṃ jayārhasya mahātmanaḥ
kartum arhatha rāmasya yad yan maṅgalapūrvakam

iti te mantriṇaḥ sarve saṃdiśya tu purohitam
nagarān niryayus tūrṇaṃ rāmadarśanabuddhayaḥ

hariyuktaṃ sahasrākṣo ratham indra ivānaghaḥ
prayayau ratham āsthāya rāmo nagaram uttamam

jagrāha bharato raśmīñ śatrughnaś chatram ādade
lakṣmaṇo vyajanaṃ tasya mūrdhni saṃparyavījayat

śvetaṃ ca vālavyajanaṃ sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ
aparaṃ candrasaṃkāśaṃ rākṣasendro vibhīṣaṇaḥ

ṛṣisaṃghair tadākāśe devaiś ca samarudgaṇaiḥ
stūyamānasya rāmasya śuśruve madhuradhvaniḥ

tataḥ śatruṃjayaṃ nāma kuñjaraṃ parvatopamam
āruroha mahātejāḥ sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ

navanāgasahasrāṇi yayur āsthāya vānarāḥ
mānuṣaṃ vigrahaṃ kṛtvā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ

śaṅkhaśabdapraṇādaiś ca dundubhīnāṃ ca nisvanaiḥ
prayayū puruṣavyāghras tāṃ purīṃ harmyamālinīm

dadṛśus te samāyāntaṃ rāghavaṃ sapuraḥsaram
virājamānaṃ vapuṣā rathenātirathaṃ tadā

te vardhayitvā kākutsthaṃ rāmeṇa pratinanditāḥ
anujagmur mahātmānaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritam

amātyair brāhmaṇaiś caiva tathā prakṛtibhir vṛtaḥ
śriyā viruruce rāmo nakṣatrair iva candramāḥ

sa purogāmibhis tūryais tālasvastikapāṇibhiḥ
pravyāharadbhir muditair maṅgalāni yayau vṛtaḥ

akṣataṃ jātarūpaṃ ca gāvaḥ kanyās tathā dvijāḥ
narā modakahastāś ca rāmasya purato yayuḥ

sakhyaṃ ca rāmaḥ sugrīve prabhāvaṃ cānilātmaje
vānarāṇāṃ ca tat karma vyācacakṣe 'tha mantriṇām
śrutvā ca vismayaṃ jagmur ayodhyāpuravāsinaḥ

dyutimān etad ākhyāya rāmo vānarasaṃvṛtaḥ
hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇām ayodhyāṃ praviveśa ha

tato hy abhyucchrayan paurāḥ patākās te gṛhe gṛhe
aikṣvākādhyuṣitaṃ ramyam āsasāda pitur gṛham

pitur bhavanam āsādya praviśya ca mahātmanaḥ
kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīṃ cābhyavādayat

athābravīd rājaputro bharataṃ dharmiṇāṃ varam
athopahitayā vācā madhuraṃ raghunandanaḥ

yac ca madbhavanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sāśokavanikaṃ mahat
muktāvaidūryasaṃkīrṇaṃ sugrīvasya nivedaya

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bharataḥ satyavikramaḥ
pāṇau gṛhītvā sugrīvaṃ praviveśa tam ālayam

tatas tailapradīpāṃś ca paryaṅkāstaraṇāni ca
gṛhītvā viviśuḥ kṣipraṃ śatrughnena pracoditāḥ

uvāca ca mahātejāḥ sugrīvaṃ rāghavānujaḥ
abhiṣekāya rāmasya dūtān ājñāpaya prabho

sauvarṇān vānarendrāṇāṃ caturṇāṃ caturo ghaṭān
dadau kṣipraṃ sa sugrīvaḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitān

yathā pratyūṣasamaye caturṇāṃ sāgarāmbhasām
pūrṇair ghaṭaiḥ pratīkṣadhvaṃ tathā kuruta vānarāḥ

evam uktā mahātmāno vānarā vāraṇopamāḥ
utpetur gaganaṃ śīghraṃ garuḍā iva śīghragāḥ

jāmbavāṃś ca hanūmāṃś ca vegadarśī ca vānaraḥ
ṛṣabhaś caiva kalaśāñ jalapūrṇān athānayan
nadīśatānāṃ pañcānāṃ jale kumbhair upāharan

pūrvāt samudrāt kalaśaṃ jalapūrṇam athānayat
suṣeṇaḥ sattvasaṃpannaḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitam

ṛṣabho dakṣiṇāt tūrṇaṃ samudrāj jalam āharat

raktacandanakarpūraiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ kāñcanaṃ ghaṭam
gavayaḥ paścimāt toyam ājahāra mahārṇavāt

ratnakumbhena mahatā śītaṃ mārutavikramaḥ
uttarāc ca jalaṃ śīghraṃ garuḍānilavikramaḥ

abhiṣekāya rāmasya śatrughnaḥ sacivaiḥ saha
purohitāya śreṣṭhāya suhṛdbhyaś ca nyavedayat

tataḥ sa prayato vṛddho vasiṣṭho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha
rāmaṃ ratnamayo pīṭhe sahasītaṃ nyaveśayat

vasiṣṭho vāmadevaś ca jābālir atha kāśyapaḥ
kātyāyanaḥ suyajñaś ca gautamo vijayas tathā

abhyaṣiñcan naravyāghraṃ prasannena sugandhinā
salilena sahasrākṣaṃ vasavo vāsavaṃ yathā

ṛtvigbhir brāhmaṇaiḥ pūrvaṃ kanyābhir mantribhis tathā
yodhaiś caivābhyaṣiñcaṃs te saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ sanaigamaiḥ

sarvauṣadhirasaiś cāpi daivatair nabhasi sthitaiḥ
caturhir lokapālaiś ca sarvair devaiś ca saṃgataiḥ

chatraṃ tasya ca jagrāha śatrughnaḥ pāṇḍuraṃ śubham
śvetaṃ ca vālavyajanaṃ sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ
aparaṃ candrasaṃkāśaṃ rākṣasendro vibhīṣaṇaḥ

mālāṃ jvalantīṃ vapuṣā kāñcanīṃ śatapuṣkarām
rāghavāya dadau vāyur vāsavena pracoditaḥ

sarvaratnasamāyuktaṃ maṇiratnavibhūṣitam
muktāhāraṃ narendrāya dadau śakrapracoditaḥ

prajagur devagandharvā nanṛtuś cāpsaro gaṇāḥ
abhiṣeke tad arhasya tadā rāmasya dhīmataḥ

bhūmiḥ sasyavatī caiva phalavantaś ca pādapāḥ
gandhavanti ca puṣpāṇi babhūvū rāghavotsave

sahasraśatam aśvānāṃ dhenūnāṃ ca gavāṃ tathā
dadau śataṃ vṛṣān pūrvaṃ dvijebhyo manujarṣabhaḥ

triṃśatkoṭīr hiraṇyasya brāhmaṇebhyo dadau punaḥ
nānābharaṇavastrāṇi mahārhāṇi ca rāghavaḥ

arkaraśmipratīkāśāṃ kāñcanīṃ maṇivigrahām
sugrīvāya srajaṃ divyāṃ prāyacchan manujarṣabhaḥ

vaidūryamaṇicitre ca vajraratnavibhūṣite
vāliputrāya dhṛtimān aṅgadāyāṅgade dadau

maṇipravarajuṣṭaṃ ca muktāhāram anuttamam
sītāyai pradadau rāmaś candraraśmisamaprabham

araje vāsasī divye śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca
avekṣamāṇā vaidehī pradadau vāyusūnave

avamucyātmanaḥ kaṇṭhād dhāraṃ janakanandinī
avaikṣata harīn sarvān bhartāraṃ ca muhur muhuḥ

tām iṅgitajñaḥ saṃprekṣya babhāṣe janakātmajām
pradehi subhage hāraṃ yasya tuṣṭāsi bhāmini

pauruṣaṃ vikramo buddhir yasminn etāni nityadā
dadau sā vāyuputrāya taṃ hāram asitekṣaṇā

hanūmāṃs tena hāreṇa śuśubhe vānararṣabhaḥ
candrāṃśucayagaureṇa śvetābhreṇa yathācalaḥ

tato dvivida maindābhyāṃ nīlāya ca paraṃtapaḥ
sarvān kāmaguṇān vīkṣya pradadau vasudhādhipaḥ

sarvavānaravṛddhāś ca ye cānye vānareśvarāḥ
vāsobhir bhūṣaṇaiś caiva yathārhaṃ pratipūjitāḥ

yathārhaṃ pūjitāḥ sarve kāmai ratnaiś ca puṣkalair
prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve jagmur eva yathāgatam

rāghavaḥ paramodāraḥ śaśāsa parayā mudā
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo dharmajñaṃ dharmavatsalaḥ

ātiṣṭha dharmajña mayā sahemāṃ gāṃ pūrvarājādhyuṣitāṃ balena
tulyaṃ mayā tvaṃ pitṛbhir dhṛtā yā tāṃ yauvarājye dhuram udvahasva

sarvātmanā paryanunīyamāno yadā na saumitrir upaiti yogam
niyujyamāno bhuvi yauvarājye tato 'bhyaṣiñcad bharataṃ mahātmā

rāghavaś cāpi dharmātmā prāpya rājyam anuttamam
īje bahuvidhair yajñaiḥ sasuhṛdbhrātṛbāndhavaḥ

pauṇḍarīkāśvamedhābhyāṃ vājapeyena cāsakṛt
anyaiś ca vividhair yajñair ayajat pārthivarṣabhaḥ

rājyaṃ daśasahasrāṇi prāpya varṣāṇi rāghavaḥ
śatāśvamedhān ājahre sadaśvān bhūridakṣiṇān

ājānulambibāhuś ca mahāskandhaḥ pratāpavān
lakṣmaṇānucaro rāmaḥ pṛthivīm anvapālayat

na paryadevan vidhavā na ca vyālakṛtaṃ bhayam
na vyādhijaṃ bhayaṃ vāpi rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati

nirdasyur abhaval loko nānarthaḥ kaṃ cid aspṛśat
na ca sma vṛddhā bālānāṃ pretakāryāṇi kurvate

sarvaṃ muditam evāsīt sarvo dharmaparo 'bhavat
rāmam evānupaśyanto nābhyahiṃsan parasparam

āsan varṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasriṇaḥ
nirāmayā viśokāś ca rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati

nityapuṣpā nityaphalās taravaḥ skandhavistṛtāḥ
kālavarṣī ca parjanyaḥ sukhasparśaś ca mārutaḥ

svakarmasu pravartante tuṣṭhāḥ svair eva karmabhiḥ
āsan prajā dharmaparā rāme śāsati nānṛtāḥ

sarve lakṣaṇasaṃpannāḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi rāmo rājyam akārayat