Chapter I

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
atha sthitiprakaraṇādanantaramidaṃ śrṛṇu |
upaśamaprakaraṇaṃ jñātaṃ nirvāṇakāri yat || 1 ||
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śrīvālmīkiruvāca |
śarattārakitākāśastimitāyāṃ susaṃsadi |
kathayatyevamāhlādi vasiṣṭhe pāvanaṃ vacaḥ || 2 ||
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śravaṇārthitvamaunasthapārthive saṃsadantare |
nirvāta iva nispandakamale kamalākare || 3 ||
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vilāsinīṣu saṃśāntamadamohabalāsu ca |
śamamantaḥ prayāntīṣu cirapravrajitāsviva || 4 ||
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karāmbhoruhahaṃseṣu līneṣu śravaṇādiva |
muktaghurghuravādeṣu vāyaseṣu tarāviva || 5 ||
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nāsāgrapariviśrāntatarjanyaṅgulikoṭiṣu |
vicārayatsu vijñānakalāṃ tajjñeṣu rājasu || 6 ||
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rāme vikāsamāyāte prabhāta iva paṅkaje |
parityaktatamaḥ pīṭhe sūryodaya ivāmbare || 7 ||
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ākarṇayati vāsiṣṭhīrgiro daśarathe rasāt |
kalāpinīva jīmūtanirhrādānmuktavarṣaṇāt || 8 ||
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āhṛtya sarvabhogebhyo mano markaṭacañcalam |
śravaṇaṃ prati yatnena sāreṇa mantriṇi sthite || 9 ||
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vasiṣṭhoktyā parijñātasvātmanīndukalāmale |
lakṣmaṇe vilasallakṣye śikṣāvalavicakṣaṇe || 10 ||
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śatrughne śatrudalane cetasā pūrṇatāṃ gate |
alamānandamāyāte rākācandropame sthite || 11 ||
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sumitre mitratāṃ yāte mānase duḥkhaśīlite |
vikāsihṛdaye jāte tatkāla iva paṃkaje || 12 ||
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tatrastheṣu tathānyeṣu tadā muniṣu rājasu |
sudhautacittaratneṣu prollasatsviva cetasā || 13 ||
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udabhūtpūrayannāśāḥ kalpābhraravamāṃsalaḥ |
atha madhyāhnaśaṃkhānāmabdhighoṣasamaḥ svanaḥ || 14 ||
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mahatā tena śabdena tirodhānaṃ munergiraḥ |
yayarjaladanādena kokiladhvanayo yathā || 15 ||
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munirantarayāṃcakre svāṃ vācamatha saṃsadi |
jitasāro guṇaḥ kena mahatā samudīryate || 16 ||
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muhūrtamātraṃ viśramya śrutvā madhyāhnaniḥsvanam |
ghane kolāhale śānte rāmaṃ muniruvāca ha || 17 ||
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rāmādyatanametāvadāhṇikaṃ kathitaṃ mayā |
prātaranyattu vakṣyāmo vaktavyamarimardana || 18 ||
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idaṃ niyatitaḥ prāptaṃ kartavyaṃ tadvijanmanām |
madhyāhnamupapannaṃ yatkartavyaṃ nāvasīdati || 19 ||
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tvamapyuttiṣṭha subhaga samastācārasatkriyām |
ācarācāracaturasnānadānārcanādikām || 20 ||
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ityuktvā muniruttasthau samaṃ daśarathaḥ prabhuḥ |
sasadāḥ sendurāditya udayādritaṭādiva || 21 ||
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tayoruttiṣṭhato sarvā sabhotthātumakampata |
mandavātaparāmṛṣṭā nalinīvālilocanā || 22 ||
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uttasthau sāvataṃsotthabhṛṃgamaṇḍalamaṇḍitā |
kariseneva sandhyādrāvālolakarapuṣkarā || 23 ||
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parasparāṃgasaṃghaṭṭacūrṇitāṃgadamaṇḍalī |
ratnapūrṇāruṇāmbhodasandhyāsamayasūcanī || 24 ||
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pataduttaṃsavibhrāntabhṛṃgopahitaghuṃghumā |
mukuṭoddāmavidyotaśakracāpīkṛtāmvarā || 25 ||
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kāntālatāhastadalacārucāmaramaṃjarī |
vanalekheva vikṣubdhavaravāraṇamaṇḍalā || 26 ||
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kacatkaṭakabhāraktīkṛtānyonyatatāmbarā |
vātavyādhūtapuṣpeva mandāravanamālikā || 27 ||
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karpūrakaṇanīhāraracitāmalavāridā |
śarahiktaṭamāleva prasṛtāśeṣabhūmikā || 28 ||
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lolamaulimaṇiprāntapāṭalāmbarakoṭarā |
saṃdhyevāphullanīlālā kāryasaṃhārakāriṇī || 29 ||
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ratnāṃśusalilāpūramukhapadmanirantarā |
padminīvālivalitā nūpurāravasārasā || 30 ||
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saṃtatā sā sabhottasthau bhūbhṛcchatasamākulā |
bhūtasaṃtatisaṃbhrāntā sṛṣṭirnavamivoditā || 31 ||
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praṇamyātha nṛpaṃ bhūpā niryayurnṛpamandirāt |
śakracāpīkṛtā ratnairambudherivavīcayaḥ || 32 ||
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sumantro mantriṇaścaiva vasiṣṭhamatha bhūmipam |
praṇamya jagmuḥ snānāya rasavijñānakovidāḥ || 33 ||
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vāmadevādayaścānye viśvāmitrādayastathā |
vasiṣṭhaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā tasthurāvarjanonmukhāḥ || 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 śrīmānsarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ |
anuyātaḥ suraughena brahmalokamivābjajaḥ || 39 ||
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tasmātpradeśādrāmādīnpunardaśarathātmajān |
sarvānvisarjayāmāsa pādopānte natānasau || 40 ||
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nabhaścarāndharaṇicarānadhaścarānvisṛjya saṃstutaguṇagocarāṃśca tān |
yathākramaṃ svagṛhamudārasattvavāṃścakāra tāṃ dvijajanavāsarakriyām || 41 ||
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