Chapter 100

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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ bhuktvā sa viprarṣirvāṃchayā rāmamaṃdire |
dattāśīrnirgataḥ paścādāmaṃtrya raghunaṃdanam || 1 ||
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atha yāte munau tasmindurvāsasi tadaṃtikāt |
lakṣmaṇaḥ khaṅgamādāya rāmadevamuvāca ha || 2 ||
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etatkhaṅgaṃ gṛhītvāśu māṃ prabho vinipātaya |
yena te syādṛtaṃ vākyaṃ pratijñātaṃ ca yatpurā || 3 ||
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tato rāmaścirātsmṛtvā tāṃ pratijñāṃ svayaṃ kṛtām |
vadhārthaṃ saṃpraviṣṭasya samīpe puruṣasya ca || 4 ||
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tato'ticiṃtayāmāsa vyākulenāṃtarātmanā |
bāṣpavyākulanetraśca niḥṣvasanpannago yathā || 5 ||
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taṃ dīnavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥṣvasaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ |
bhūyaḥ provāca saumitrirvinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ || 6 ||
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eṣa eva paro dharmo bhūpatīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
yathātmīyaṃ vacastathyaṃ kriyate nirvikalpitam || 7 ||
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tasmāttvayā prabho proktaṃ svayameva mamāgrataḥ |
tasyaiva devadūtasya tāranādena kopataḥ || 9 ||
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yo'trāgacchati saumitre mama dūtasya saṃnidhau |
taṃ ceddhanmi svahastena nāhaṃ tasmātsupāpakṛt || 9 ||
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tadahaṃ cāgatastāta bhayāddurvāsaso muneḥ |
niṣiddho'pi tvayātīva tasmācchīghraṃ tu ghātaya || 10 ||
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tataḥ saṃmaṃtrya suciraṃ maṃtribhiḥ sahito nṛpaḥ |
brāhmaṇairdharmaśāstrajñaistathānyairvedapāragaiḥ || 11 ||
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provāca lakṣmaṇaṃ paścādvinayāvanataṃ sthitam |
vāṣpaklinnamukho rāmo gadgadaṃ niḥśvasanmuhuḥ || 12 ||
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vraja lakṣmaṇa muktastvaṃ mayā deśātaraṃ drutam |
tyāgo vātha vadho vātha sādhūnāmubhayaṃ samam || 13 ||
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na mayā darśanaṃ bhūyastava kāryaṃ kathaṃcana |
na sthātavyaṃ ca deśe'pi yadi me vāṃchasi priyam || 14 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā praṇipatya tataḥ param |
niryayau nagarāttasmāttatkṣaṇādeva lakṣmaṇaḥ || 15 ||
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akṛtvāpi samālāpaṃ kenacinnijamaṃdire |
mātrā vā bhāryayā vātha sutena suhṛdāthavā || 16 ||
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tato'sau sarayūṃ gatvā'vagāhyātha ca tajjalam |
śucirbhūtvā niviṣṭotha tattīre vijane śubhe || 17 ||
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padmāsanaṃ vidhāyātha nyasyātmānaṃ tathātmani |
brahmadvāreṇa taṃ paścāttejorūpaṃ vyasarjayat || 18 ||
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atha tadrāghavo dṛṣṭvā mahattejo viyadgatam |
vismayena samāyukto'cintayatkimidaṃ tataḥ || 19 ||
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atha martye parityakte tejasā tena tatkṣaṇāt |
vaiṣṇavena turīyeṇa bhāgena dvijasattamāḥ || 20 ||
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papāta bhūtale kāyaṃ kāṣṭhaloṣṭopamaṃ drutam |
lakṣmaṇasya gataśrīkaṃ sarayvāḥ puline śubhe || 21 ||
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tatastu rāghavaḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇaṃ gatajīvitam |
patitaṃ saritastīre vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ || 22 ||
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svayaṃ gatvā tamuddeśaṃ sāmātyaḥ sasuhṛjjanaḥ |
lakṣmaṇaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā karuṇaṃ paryadevayat || 23 ||
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hā vatsa māṃ parityajya kiṃ tvaṃ saṃprasthito divam |
prāṇeṣṭaṃ bhrātaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sadā tava mate sthitam || 24 ||
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tasminnapi mahāraṇye gacchamānaḥ purādaham ||| |
api saṃdhāryamāṇena anuyātastvayā tadā || 25 ||
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saṃprāpte'pi kabaṃdhākhye rākṣase balavattare |
tvayā rātrimukhe ghore sabhāryo'haṃ prarakṣitaḥ || 26 ||
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yenendrajiddhato yuddhe tādṛgrūpo niśācaraḥ |
sa eṣa patitaḥ śete gatāsurdharaṇītale || 97 ||
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yena śūrpaṇakhā dhvastā rākṣasī sā ca dāruṇā |
līlayāpi mamādeśātsoyamevaṃvidhaḥ sthitaḥ || 28 ||
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yadbāhubalamāśritya mayā dhvastā niśācarāḥ |
so'yaṃ nipatitaḥ śete mama bhrātā hyanāthavat ||| || 29 ||
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hā vatsa kva gato māṃ tvaṃ vimucya bhrātaraṃ nijam |
jyeṣṭhaṃ prāṇasamaṃ kiṃ te sneho'dya vigataḥ kvacit || 30 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ bahuvidhānkṛtvā pralāpānraghunandanaḥ |
mātṛbhiḥ sahito dīnaḥ śokena mahatānvitaḥ || 31 ||
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tataste maṃtriṇastasya procustaṃ vīkṣya duḥkhitam || |
vilapaṃtaṃ raghuśreṣṭhaṃ strījanena samanvitam || 32 ||
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maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ |
mā śokaṃ kuru rājendra yathānyaḥ prākṛtaḥ sthitaḥ |
kuruṣva ca yathedaṃ syātsāṃprataṃ caurdhvadaihikam || 33 ||
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naṣṭaṃ mṛtamatītaṃ ca ye śocanti kubuddhayaḥ |
dhīrāṇāṃ tu purā rājannaṣṭaṃ naṣṭaṃ mṛtaṃ mṛtam || 34 ||
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evaṃ te mantriṇaḥ procya tatastasya kalevaram |
lakṣmaṇasya vilapyauccaiścandanośīrakuṃkumaiḥ || 35 ||
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karpūrāgurumiśraiśca tathānyaiḥ susugandhibhiḥ |
pariveṣṭya śubhairvastraiḥ puṣpaiḥ saṃbhūṣya śobhanaiḥ || 36 ||
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candanāgurukāṣṭhaiśca citiṃ kṛtvā suvistarām |
nyadadhustasya tadgātraṃ tatra dakṣiṇadiṅmukham || 37 ||
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etasminnaṃtare jātaṃ tatrāścaryaṃ dvijottamāḥ |
tanme nigadataḥ sarvaṃ śṛṇvaṃtu sakalaṃ dvijāḥ || 38 ||
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yāvatteṃ'taḥ samāropya citāṃ tasya kalevaram |
prayacchaṃti havirvāhaṃ tāvannaṣṭaṃ kalevaram || 39 ||
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etasminnaṃtare vāṇī nirgatā gaganāṃgaṇāt |
nādayaṃtī diśaḥ sarvāḥ puṣpavarṣādanaṃtaram || 40 ||
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rāmarāma mahābāho mā tvaṃ śokaparo bhava |
na cāsya yujyate vahnirdātuṃ caiva kathaṃcana || 41 ||
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brahmajñānaprayuktasya saṃnyastasya viśeṣataḥ |
agnidānaṃ na yuktaṃ syātsarveṣāmapi yoginām || 42 ||
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tavāyaṃ bāṃdhavo rāma brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ gataḥ |
brahmadvāreṇa cātmānaṃ niṣkramya sumahāyaśāḥ || 43 ||
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atha te maṃtriṇaḥ procustacchrutvā'kāśagaṃ vacaḥ |
aśocyo yaṃ mahārāja saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gataḥ |
lakṣmaṇo gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ tasmātsvabhavane vibho || 44 ||
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cintyantāṃ rājakāryāṇi tathā yaccaurdhvadaihikam |
kuru snehocitaṃ tasya pṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇasattamān || 45 ||
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rāma uvāca |
nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ gamiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇena vinā'dhunā |
prāṇānatra vihāsyāmi yathā tena mahātmanā || 46 ||
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eṣa putro mayā dattaḥ kuśākhyo mama saṃmataḥ |
yuṣmabhyaṃ kriyatāṃ rājye madīye yadi rocate || 47 ||
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evamuktvā tato rāmo gantukāmo divālayam |
cintayāmāsa bhūyo'pi smṛtvā mitraṃ vibhīṣaṇam || 48 ||
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mayā tasya tadā dattaṃ laṃkāyāṃ rājyamakṣayam |
bahubhaktipratuṣṭena yāvaccandrārkatārakāḥ || 49 ||
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atikrūratarā jātī rākṣasānāṃ yataḥ smṛtā |
viśeṣādvarapuṣṭānāṃ jāyate'tra dharātale || 50 ||
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taccedrākṣasabhāvena sa mahātmā vibhīṣaṇaḥ |
kariṣyati suraiḥ sārdhaṃ virodhaṃ rāvaṇo yathā || 51 ||
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taṃ devāḥ sūdayiṣyaṃti upāyaiḥ sāmapūrvakaiḥ |
trailokyakaṇṭako yadvattasya bhrātā daśānanaḥ || 52 ||
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tato me syānmṛṣā vāṇī tasmādgatvā tadaṃtikam |
śikṣāṃ dadāmi tasyāhaṃ yathā devānna dūṣayet || 53 ||
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tathā me paramaṃ mitraṃ dvitīyaṃ vānaraḥ sthitaḥ |
sugrīvākhyo mahābhāgo jāṃbavāṃśca tathā'paraḥ || 54 ||
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sabhṛtyo vāyuputraśca vāliputrasamanvitaḥ |
kumudākhyaśca tāraśca tathānye'pi ca vānarāḥ || 55 ||
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tasmāttānapi saṃbhāṣya sarvānsaṃmaṃtrya sādaram |
tato gacchāmi devānāṃ kṛtakṛtyo gṛhaṃ prati || 56 ||
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evaṃ saṃcintya suciraṃ samāhūya ca puṣpakam |
tatrāruhya yayau tūrṇaṃ kiṣkindhākhyāṃ purīṃ prati || 57 ||
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atha te vānarā dṛṣṭvā proddyotaṃ puṣpakodbhavam |
vijñāya rāghavaṃ prāptaṃ satvaraṃ sammukhā yayuḥ || 58 ||
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tataḥ praṇamya te dūrājjānubhyāmavaniṃ gatāḥ |
jayeti śabdamādāya muhurmuhuritastataḥ || 59 ||
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tatastenaiva saṃyuktāḥ kiṣkindhāṃ tāṃ mahāpurīm |
viviśuḥ satpatākābhiḥ samaṃtātsamalaṃkṛtām || 60 ||
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athottīrya vimānāgryātsugrīvabhavane śubhe |
praviveśa drutaṃ rāmaḥ sarvataḥ suvibhūṣite || 61 ||
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tatra rāmaṃ niviṣṭaṃ te viśrāṃtaṃ vīkṣya vānarāḥ |
arghyādibhiśca saṃpūjya papracchustadanantaram || 62 ||
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vānarā ūcuḥ |
tejasā tvaṃ vinirmukto dṛśyase raghunandana |
kṛśo'syatīva codvignaḥ kaccitkṣemaṃ gṛhe tava || 63 ||
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kāye vā'nugato nityaṃ tathā te lakṣmaṇo'nujaḥ |
na dṛśyate samīpasthaḥ kimadya tava rāghava || 64 ||
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tathā prāṇasamā'bhīṣṭā sītā tava prabho |
dṛśyate kiṃ na pārśvasthā etannaḥ kautukaṃ param || 65 ||
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sūta uvāca |
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ niḥśvasya rāghavaḥ |
vāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇo bhūtvā sarvaṃ teṣāṃ nyavedayat || 66 ||
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atha sītā parityaktā tathā bhrātā sa lakṣmaṇaḥ |
yadarthaṃ tatra saṃprāptaḥ svayameva dvijottamāḥ || 67 ||
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tacchrutvā vānarāḥ sarve sugrīvapramukhāstataḥ |
ruruduste suduḥkhārtāḥ samāliṃgya tataḥ param || 68 ||
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evaṃ ciraṃ pralapyoccaistataḥ procū raghūttamam |
ādeśo dīyatāṃ rājanyo'smābhiriha sidhyati || 69 ||
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dhanyā vayaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe yeṣāṃ tvaṃ raghusattama |
īdṛksnehasamāyuktaḥ samāgacchasi maṃdire || 70 ||
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rāma uvāca |
uṣitvā rajanīmekāṃ sugrīva tava maṃdire |
prātarlaṃkāṃ gamiṣyāmi yatrāste sa vibhīṣaṇaḥ || 71 ||
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pradhānāmātyayuktena tvayāpi kapisattama |
āgaṃtavyaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ vibhīṣaṇagṛhaṃ prati || 72 ||
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