Ramayana · Chapter 7.070

tad adbhutatamaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvāgastyasya rāghavaḥ
gauravād vismayāc caiva bhūyaḥ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame

bhagavaṃs tad vanaṃ ghoraṃ tapas tapyati yatra saḥ
śveto vaidarbhako rājā kathaṃ tad amṛgadvijam

niḥsattvaṃ ca vanaṃ jātaṃ śūnyaṃ manujavarjitam
tapaś cartuṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ

rāmasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitam
vākyaṃ paramatejasvī vaktum evopacakrame

purā kṛtayuge rāma manur daṇḍadharaḥ prabhuḥ
tasya putro mahān āsīd ikṣvākuḥ kulavardhanaḥ

taṃ putraṃ pūrvake rājye nikṣipya bhuvi durjayam
pṛthivyāṃ rājavaṃśānāṃ bhava kartety uvāca ha

tatheti ca pratijñātaṃ pituḥ putreṇa rāghava
tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo manuḥ punar uvāca ha

prīto 'smi paramodārakartā cāsi na saṃśayaḥ
daṇḍena ca prajā rakṣa mā ca daṇḍam akāraṇe

aparādhiṣu yo daṇḍaḥ pātyate mānaveṣu vai
sa daṇḍo vidhivan muktaḥ svargaṃ nayati pārthivam

tasmād daṇḍe mahābāho yatnavān bhava putraka
dharmo hi paramo loke kurvatas te bhaviṣyati

iti taṃ bahu saṃdiśya manuḥ putraṃ samādhinā
jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭo brahmalokam anuttamam

prayāte tridive tasminn ikṣvākur amitaprabhaḥ
janayiṣye kathaṃ putrān iti cintāparo 'bhavat

karmabhir bahurūpaiś ca tais tair manusutaḥ sutān
janayām āsa dharmātmā śataṃ devasutopamān

teṣām avarajas tāta sarveṣāṃ raghunandana
mūḍhaś cākṛtividyaś ca na śuśrūṣati pūrvajān

nāma tasya ca daṇḍeti pitā cakre 'lpatejasaḥ
avaśyaṃ daṇḍapatanaṃ śarīre 'sya bhaviṣyati

sa paśyamānas taṃ doṣaṃ ghoraṃ putrasya rāghava
vindhyaśaivalayor madhye rājyaṃ prādād ariṃdama

sa daṇḍas tatra rājābhūd ramye parvatarodhasi
puraṃ cāpratimaṃ rāma nyaveśayad anuttamam

purasya cākaron nāma madhumantam iti prabho
purohitaṃ cośanasaṃ varayām āsa suvratam

evaṃ sa rājā tad rājyaṃ kārayat sapurohitaḥ
prahṛṣṭamanujākīrṇaṃ devarājyaṃ yathā divi