Chapter CXCVI

śrīvālmīkiruvāca |
evamuktvā mahābuddhe rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ |
muhūrtamātraṃ viśramya tūṣṇīṃ sthitvā pare pade || 1 ||
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paramāṃ tṛptimāpanno viśrāntaḥ paramātmani |
muniṃ punarapṛcchattaṃ jānannapi hi līlayā || 2 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
bhagavansaṃśayāmbhodaśaratkāla munīśvara |
idānīṃ saṃśayo'yaṃ me jāto manasi pelavaḥ || 3 ||
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evametanmahājñānaṃ saṃsārārṇavatāraṇam |
samastameva vāgjālaṃ samatītyāvatiṣṭhate || 4 ||
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yadidaṃ kila sadbrahma svasaṃvinmātraniścayam |
tadavācyaṃ kila girāṃ mahatāmapi mānada || 5 ||
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evaṃ sthite paraṃ jñeyaṃ sarvasaṃkalpanojjhitam |
svasaṃvitturyatanmātralabhyaṃ durgamatāṃ gatam || 6 ||
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pratiyogivyavacchedasaṃkhyābhedaiṣiṇāṃ kila |
kathaṃ śāstrapadaistucchaiḥ savikalpairavāpyate || 7 ||
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vikalpasāraśabdādyairjñāna śāstrairna labhyate |
tatkimarthamanarthāya guruśāstrādi kalpitam || 8 ||
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guruśāstrādivijñāne kāraṇaṃ vāstyakāraṇam |
tadatra niścayaṃ brahmanbrūhi me vadatāṃ vara || 9 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
evametanmahābāho na śāstraṃ jñānakāraṇam |
nānāśabdamayaṃ śāstramanāma ca paraṃ padam || 10 ||
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tathāpi rāghavaśreṣṭha yathaitaddhetutāṃ gatam |
śāstrādyuttamabodhasya tatsamāsena me śrṛṇu || 11 ||
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santi kvacidvaivadhikāḥ kīrakāściradurbhagāḥ |
duḥkhenābhyāgatāḥ śoṣaṃ grīṣmeṇeva jaraddrumāḥ || 12 ||
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dāridryeṇa durantena kanthāsaṃsthānakāriṇā |
dīnānanāśayāḥ padmā nirgateneva vāriṇā || 13 ||
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daurgatyaparitaptāste jīvitārthamacintayan |
jaṭharasya kayā yuktyā vayaṃ kurmaḥ prapūraṇam || 14 ||
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iti saṃcintya vidhinā dināntena dinaṃ prati |
dārubhāreṇa jīvāmo vikrīteneti saṃsthitāḥ || 15 ||
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iti saṃcintya te jagmurdārvarthaṃ vipināntaram |
yayaivājīvyate yuktyā saivāpadi virājate || 16 ||
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iti te pratyahaṃ gatvā kānanaṃ bhavacāriṇaḥ |
dārūṇyānīya vikrīya cakrurdehasya dhāraṇam || 17 ||
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yatprayānti vanāntaṃ te tasminsantyakhilāni hi |
guptāguptāni ratnāni dārūṇi kanakāni ca || 18 ||
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teṣāṃ bhārabhṛtāṃ madhyātkecitkatipayairvanāt |
jātarūpāṇi ratnāni tāni saṃprāpnuvanti hi || 19 ||
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keciccandanadārūṇi kecitpuṣpāṇi mānada |
kecitphalāni vikrīya jīvanti cirakīrakāḥ || 20 ||
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kecitsarvamanāsādya durdārūṇyeva durdhiyaḥ |
nītvā vikrīya jīvanti vanavīthyupajīvinaḥ || 21 ||
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dārvarthamudyatāḥ sarve te saṃprāpya mahāvanam |
kecitprāpya sthitāḥ sarve jhaṭityevaṃ gatajvaram || 22 ||
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iti yāvadajasraṃ te sevante tanmahāvanam |
pradeśāttāvadekasmātprāptaścintāmaṇirmaṇiḥ || 23 ||
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tasmāccintāmaṇeḥ prāptāḥ samagrā vibhavaśriyaḥ |
paramaṃ sukhamāyātāstatra te saṃsthitāḥ sukham || 24 ||
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dārvarthamudyatāḥ santaḥ prāpya sarvārthadaṃ maṇim |
sukhaṃ tiṣṭhanti nirdvandvā divi devavarā iva || 25 ||
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sarvārthasāraparipūrṇatayā tayā te kāṣṭhodyamādhigatasanmaṇayo mahāntaḥ |
tiṣṭhanti śāntabhayamohaviṣādaduḥkhamānandamantharadhiyaḥ samatāmupetāḥ || 26 ||
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