Ramayana · Chapter 7.090

kasya cit tv atha kālasya yudhājit kekayo nṛpaḥ
svaguruṃ preṣayām āsa rāghavāya mahātmane

gārgyam aṅgirasaḥ putraṃ brahmarṣim amitaprabham
daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi prītidānam anuttamam

kambalāni ca ratnāni citravastram athottamam
rāmāya pradadau rājā bahūny ābharaṇāni ca

śrutvā tu rāghavo gārgyaṃ maharṣiṃ samupāgatam
mātulasyāśvapatinaḥ priyaṃ dūtam upāgatam

pratyudgamya ca kākutsthaḥ krośamātraṃ sahānugaḥ
gārgyaṃ saṃpūjayām āsa dhanaṃ tat pratigṛhya ca

pṛṣṭvā ca prītidaṃ sarvaṃ kuśalaṃ mātulasya ca
upaviṣṭaṃ mahābhāgaṃ rāmaḥ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame

kim āha matulo vākyaṃ yadarthaṃ bhagavān iha
prāpto vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭha sākṣād iva bṛhaspatiḥ

rāmasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā brahmarṣiḥ kāryavistaram
vaktum adbhutasaṃkāśaṃ rāghavāyopacakrame

mātulas te mahābāho vākyam āha nararṣabha
yudhājit prītisaṃyuktaṃ śrūyatāṃ yadi rocate

ayaṃ gandharvaviṣayaḥ phalamūlopaśobhitaḥ
sindhor ubhayataḥ pārśve deśaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ

taṃ ca rakṣanti gandharvāḥ sāyudhā yuddhakovidāḥ
śailūṣasya sutā vīrās tisraḥ koṭyo mahābalāḥ

tān vinirjitya kākutstha gandharvaviṣayaṃ śubham
niveśaya mahābāho dve pure susamāhitaḥ

anyasya na gatis tatra deśaś cāyaṃ suśobhanaḥ
rocatāṃ te mahābāho nāhaṃ tvām anṛtaṃ vade

tac chrutvā rāghavaḥ prīto maharṣer mātulasya ca
uvāca bāḍham ity evaṃ bharataṃ cānvavaikṣata

so 'bravīd rāghavaḥ prītaḥ prāñjalipragraho dvijam
imau kumārau taṃ deśaṃ brahmarṣe vijayiṣyataḥ

bharatasyātmajau vīrau takṣaḥ puṣkala eva ca
mātulena suguptau tau dharmeṇa ca samāhitau

bharataṃ cāgrataḥ kṛtvā kumārau sabalānugau
nihatya gandharvasutān dve pure vibhajiṣyataḥ

niveśya te puravare ātmājau saṃniveśya ca
āgamiṣyati me bhūyaḥ sakāśam atidhārmikaḥ

brahmarṣim evam uktvā tu bharataṃ sabalānugam
ājñāpayām āsa tadā kumārau cābhyaṣecayat

nakṣatreṇa ca saumyena puraskṛtyāṅgiraḥ sutam
bharataḥ saha sainyena kumārābhyāṃ ca niryayau

sā senā śakrayukteva naragān niryayāv atha
rāghavānugatā dūraṃ durādharṣā surāsuraiḥ

māṃsāśīni ca sattvāni rakṣāṃsi sumahānti ca
anujagmuś ca bharataṃ rudhirasya pipāsayā

bhūtagrāmāś ca bahavo māṃsabhakṣāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
gandharvaputramāṃsāni bhoktukāmāḥ sahasraśaḥ

siṃhavyāghrasṛgālānāṃ khecarāṇāṃ ca pakṣiṇām
bahūni vai sahasrāṇi senāyā yayur agrataḥ

adhyardhamāsam uṣitā pathi senā nirāmayā
hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇā kekayaṃ samupāgamat