Chapter 1

sthitiprakaraṇaṃ samāptam |
prathamaḥ sargaḥ |
atha sthitiprakaraṇādanantaramidaṃ śṛṇu |
upaśāntiprakaraṇaṃ jñātaṃ nirvāṇakāri yat || 1 ||
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vālmīkiḥ |
śarattārakitākāśastimitāyāṃ susaṃsadi |
kathayatyevamāhlādi vasiṣṭhe pāvanaṃ vacaḥ || 2 ||
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śravaṇārthaṃ ca maunasthapārthive saṃsadantare |
nivāta iva nisspandakamale kamalākare || 3 ||
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vilāsinīṣu saṃśāntamadamohabalāsu ca |
śamamantaḥ prayāntīṣu cirapravrājitāsviva || 4 ||
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karāmbhoruhahaṃseṣu līneṣu śravaṇādiva |
mūkaghurghuraghaṇṭeṣu cāmareṣu lipāviva || 5 ||
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nāsāgrapariviśrāntatarjanyaṅgulikoṭiṣu |
vicārayatsu vijñānakalāṃ tajjñeṣu rājasu || 6 ||
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rāme vikāsamāyāte prabhāta iva paṅkaje |
parityaktatamaḥpīṭhe sūryodaya ivāmbare || 7 ||
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ākarṇayati vāsiṣṭhīrgiro daśarathe rasāt |
kalāpinīva jīmūtanirhrādamuruvarṣaṇam || 8 ||
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āhṛtya sarvabhogebhyo mano markaṭacañcalam |
śravaṇaṃ prati yatnena bharate mantriṇi sthite || 9 ||
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vasiṣṭhoktyā parijñāte svātmanīndukalāmale |
lakṣmaṇe vilasallakṣye śikṣābalavilakṣaṇe || 10 ||
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śatrughne śatrudalane cetasā pūrṇatāṃ gate |
alamānandamāyāte rākācandropame sthite || 11 ||
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sumantre mitratāṃ yāte manasīndvaṃśuśītale |
vikāsihṛdaye jāte tatkāla iva paṅkaje || 12 ||
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tatrastheṣu tathānyeṣu tadā muniṣu rājasu |
ādhautacittaratneṣu procchvasatsviva cetasā || 13 ||
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udabhūtpūrayannāśāḥ kalpābhraravamāṃsalaḥ |
atha madhyāhnaśaṅkhānāmabdhighoṣasamaḥ svanaḥ || 14 ||
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mahatā tena śabdena tirodhānaṃ munergiraḥ |
yayurjaladanādena kokiladhvanayo yathā || 15 ||
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munirantarayāṃ cakre svāṃ vācamatha saṃsadi |
jitasāro guṇaḥ kena mahatā samudīryate || 16 ||
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muhūrtamātramatha taṃ śrutvā madhyāhnanissvanam |
ghane kolāhale śānte rāmaṃ muniruvāca ha || 17 ||
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rāmādyatanametāvadāhnikaṃ kathitaṃ mayā |
prātaranyatpravakṣyāmi vaktavyamarimardana || 18 ||
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idaṃ niyatitaḥ prāptaṃ kartavyaṃ yaddvijanmanām |
madhyāhnasavanaṃ tannaḥ kāryamāryāvasīdati || 19 ||
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tvamapyuttiṣṭha subhaga samastāṃ savanakriyām |
ācarācāracatura snānadānārcanādikām || 20 ||
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ityuktvā muniruttasthau samaṃ daśarathena saḥ |
saṃsadaḥ sendurāditya udayādritaṭādiva || 21 ||
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tayorutthitayoḥ sarvā sabhotthātumakampata |
mandavātaparāmṛṣṭā nalinīvālilocanā || 22 ||
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uttasthau sāvataṃsotthabhṛṅgamaṇḍalamaṇḍitā |
kariseneva vindhyādrāvālolakarapuṣkarā || 23 ||
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parasparāṃsasaṅghaṭṭacūrṇitāṅgadamaṇḍalā |
ratnacūrṇāruṇāmbhodasandhyāsamayasūcinī || 24 ||
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pataduttaṃsavibhrāntabhṛṅgopāhitaghuṅghumā |
mukuṭoddāmavidyotaśakracāpīkṛtāmbarā || 25 ||
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kāntālatāhastadalacalaccāmaramañjarī |
vanalekheva vikṣubdhavaravāraṇamaṇḍalā || 26 ||
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kacatkaṭakaratnāśrikṛṣṭānyo'nyātatāmbarā |
vātavyādhūtapuṣpeva mandāravanamālikā || 27 ||
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kastūrīkaṇanīhāraracitāmalavāridā |
śaraddiktaṭamāleva prasṛtāśeṣabhūmipā || 28 ||
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lolamaulimaṇivrātapāṭalāmbarakoṭarā |
sandhyevākulalolābjakāryasaṃhārakāriṇī || 29 ||
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ratnāṃśusalilāpūrā mukhapadmanirantarā |
padminīvālivalitā nūpurārāvasārasā || 30 ||
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santatā sā sabhottasthau bhūbhṛcchatasamākulā |
bhūtasantatisampūrṇā sṛṣṭirnavamivoditā || 31 ||
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praṇamyātha nṛpaṃ bhūpā niryayurnṛpamandirāt |
śakracāpīkṛtā ratnairambhodheriva vīcayaḥ || 32 ||
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sāmantā mantriṇaścaiva vasiṣṭhamatha bhūmipam |
praṇamya jagmuḥ snānāya nayavijñānakovidāḥ || 33 ||
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vāmadevādayaścānye viśvāmitrādayastathā |
vasiṣṭhaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā tasthurāmajjanonmukhāḥ || 34 ||
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rājā daśarathastatra pūjayitvā munivrajam |
tadvisṛṣṭo jagāmātha svakāryārthamarindamaḥ || 35 ||
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vanaṃ vanāspadā jagmurvyoma vyomanivāsinaḥ |
nagaraṃ nāgarāścaiva prātarāgamanāya te || 36 ||
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mahīpativasiṣṭhābhyāṃ praṇayātprārthitaḥ prabhuḥ |
vasiṣṭhasadmani niśāṃ viśvāmitro'tyavāhayat || 37 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ saha viprendraiḥ pārthivairmunibhistathā |
upāsyamāno rāmādyaiḥ sarvairdaśarathātmajaiḥ || 38 ||
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jagāma svāśramaṃ śrīmān sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ |
anuyātaḥ suraughena brahmalokamivābjajaḥ || 39 ||
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tasmātpradeśād rāmādīnmunirdaśarathātmajān |
sarvānvisarjayāmāsa pādopānte natānasau || 40 ||
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nabhaścarānavanicarāñjalecarānvisarjya sa stutaguṇagocarāṃścarān |
yathākramaṃ svagṛha udārasanmunau cakāra tā dvijajanavāsarakriyāḥ || 41 ||
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