 | Book 3 Chapter 261
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | uktaṃ bhagavatā janma rāmādīnāṃ pṛthak pṛthak
prasthānakāraṇaṃ brahmañ śrotum icchāmi kathyatām
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| 2 | kathaṃ dāśarathī vīrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
prasthāpitau vanaṃ brahma maithilī ca yaśasvinī
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| 3 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 3 | jātaputro daśarathaḥ prītimān abhavan nṛpaḥ
kriyāratir dharmaparaḥ satataṃ vṛddhasevitā
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| 4 | krameṇa cāsya te putrā vyavardhanta mahaujasaḥ
vedeṣu sarahasyeṣu dhanurvede ca pāragāḥ
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| 5 | caritabrahmacaryās te kṛtadārāś ca pārthiva
yadā tadā daśarathaḥ prītimān abhavat sukhī
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| 6 | jyeṣṭho rāmo 'bhavat teṣāṃ ramayām āsa hi prajāḥ
manoharatayā dhīmān pitur hṛdayatoṣaṇaḥ
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| 7 | tataḥ sa rājā matimān matvātmānaṃ vayo 'dhikam
mantrayām āsa sacivair dharmajñaiś ca purohitaiḥ
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| 8 | abhiṣekāya rāmasya yauvarājyena bhārata
prāptakālaṃ ca te sarve menire mantrisattamāḥ
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| 9 | lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhuṃ mattamātaṅgagāminam
dīrghabāhuṃ mahoraskaṃ nīlakuñcitamūrdhajam
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| 10 | dīpyamānaṃ śriyā vīraṃ śakrād anavamaṃ bale
pāragaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ bṛhaspatisamaṃ matau
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| 11 | sarvānuraktaprakṛtiṃ sarvavidyāviśāradam
jitendriyam amitrāṇām api dṛṣṭimanoharam
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| 12 | niyantāram asādhūnāṃ goptāraṃ dharmacāriṇām
dhṛtimantam anādhṛṣyaṃ jetāram aparājitam
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| 13 | putraṃ rājā daśarathaḥ kausalyānandavardhanam
saṃdṛśya paramāṃ prītim agacchat kurunandana
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| 14 | cintayaṃś ca mahātejā guṇān rāmasya vīryavān
abhyabhāṣata bhadraṃ te prīyamāṇaḥ purohitam
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| 15 | adya puṣyo niśi brahman puṇyaṃ yogam upaiṣyati
saṃbhārāḥ saṃbhriyantāṃ me rāmaś copanimantryatām
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| 16 | iti tad rājavacanaṃ pratiśrutyātha mantharā
kaikeyīm abhigamyedaṃ kāle vacanam abravīt
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| 17 | adya kaikeyi daurbhāgyaṃ rājñā te khyāpitaṃ mahat
āśīviṣas tvāṃ saṃkruddhaś caṇḍo daśati durbhage
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| 18 | subhagā khalu kausalyā yasyāḥ putro 'bhiṣekṣyate
kuto hi tava saubhāgyaṃ yasyāḥ putro na rājyabhāk
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| 19 | sā tad vacanam ājñāya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
vedīvilagnamadhyeva bibhratī rūpam uttamam
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| 20 | vivikte patim āsādya hasantīva śucismitā
praṇayaṃ vyañjayantīva madhuraṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 21 | satyapratijña yan me tvaṃ kāmam ekaṃ nisṛṣṭavān
upākuruṣva tad rājaṃs tasmān mucyasva saṃkaṭāt
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| 22 | rājovāca
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| 22 | varaṃ dadāni te hanta tad gṛhāṇa yad icchasi
avadhyo vadhyatāṃ ko 'dya vadhyaḥ ko 'dya vimucyatām
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| 23 | dhanaṃ dadāni kasyādya hriyatāṃ kasya vā punaḥ
brāhmaṇasvād ihānyatra yat kiṃ cid vittam asti me
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| 24 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 24 | sā tad vacanam ājñāya parigṛhya narādhipam
ātmano balam ājñāya tata enam uvāca ha
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| 25 | ābhiṣecanikaṃ yat te rāmārtham upakalpitam
bharatas tad avāpnotu vanaṃ gacchatu rāghavaḥ
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| 26 | sa tad rājā vacaḥ śrutvā vipriyaṃ dāruṇodayam
duḥkhārto bharataśreṣṭha na kiṃ cid vyājahāra ha
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| 27 | tatas tathoktaṃ pitaraṃ rāmo vijñāya vīryavān
vanaṃ pratasthe dharmātmā rājā satyo bhavatv iti
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| 28 | tam anvagacchal lakṣmīvān dhanuṣmāṃl lakṣmaṇas tadā
sītā ca bhāryā bhadraṃ te vaidehī janakātmajā
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| 29 | tato vanaṃ gate rāme rājā daśarathas tadā
samayujyata dehasya kālaparyāyadharmaṇā
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| 30 | rāmaṃ tu gatam ājñāya rājānaṃ ca tathāgatam
ānāyya bharataṃ devī kaikeyī vākyam abravīt
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| 31 | gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ vanasthau rāmalakṣmaṇau
gṛhāṇa rājyaṃ vipulaṃ kṣemaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam
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| 32 | tām uvāca sa dharmātmā nṛśaṃsaṃ bata te kṛtam
patiṃ hatvā kulaṃ cedam utsādya dhanalubdhayā
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| 33 | ayaśaḥ pātayitvā me mūrdhni tvaṃ kulapāṃsane
sakāmā bhava me mātar ity uktvā praruroda ha
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| 34 | sa cāritraṃ viśodhyātha sarvaprakṛtisaṃnidhau
anvayād bhrātaraṃ rāmaṃ vinivartanalālasaḥ
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| 35 | kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīṃ ca suduḥkhitaḥ
agre prasthāpya yānaiḥ sa śatrughnasahito yayau
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| 36 | vasiṣṭhavāmadevābhyāṃ vipraiś cānyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ
paurajānapadaiḥ sārdhaṃ rāmānayanakāṅkṣayā
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| 37 | dadarśa citrakūṭasthaṃ sa rāmaṃ sahalakṣmaṇam
tāpasānām alaṃkāraṃ dhārayantaṃ dhanurdharam
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| 38 | visarjitaḥ sa rāmeṇa pitur vacanakāriṇā
nandigrāme 'karod rājyaṃ puraskṛtyāsya pāduke
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| 39 | rāmas tu punar āśaṅkya paurajānapadāgamam
praviveśa mahāraṇyaṃ śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ prati
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| 40 | satkṛtya śarabhaṅgaṃ sa daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ
nadīṃ godāvarīṃ ramyām āśritya nyavasat tadā
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| 41 | vasatas tasya rāmasya tataḥ śūrpaṇakhākṛtam
khareṇāsīn mahad vairaṃ janasthānanivāsinā
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| 42 | rakṣārthaṃ tāpasānāṃ ca rāghavo dharmavatsalaḥ
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi jaghāna bhuvi rakṣasām
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| 43 | dūṣaṇaṃ ca kharaṃ caiva nihatya sumahābalau
cakre kṣemaṃ punar dhīmān dharmāraṇyaṃ sa rāghavaḥ
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| 44 | hateṣu teṣu rakṣaḥsu tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā punaḥ
yayau nikṛttanāsoṣṭhī laṅkāṃ bhrātur niveśanam
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| 45 | tato rāvaṇam abhyetya rākṣasī duḥkhamūrchitā
papāta pādayor bhrātuḥ saṃśuṣkarudhirānanā
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| 46 | tāṃ tathā vikṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
utpapātāsanāt kruddho dantair dantān upaspṛśan
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| 47 | svān amātyān visṛjyātha vivikte tām uvāca saḥ
kenāsy evaṃ kṛtā bhadre mām acintyāvamanya ca
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| 48 | kaḥ śūlaṃ tīkṣṇam āsādya sarvagātrair niṣevate
kaḥ śirasy agnim ādāya viśvastaḥ svapate sukham
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| 49 | āśīviṣaṃ ghorataraṃ pādena spṛśatīha kaḥ
siṃhaṃ kesariṇaṃ kaś ca daṃṣṭrāsu spṛśya tiṣṭhati
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| 50 | ity evaṃ bruvatas tasya srotobhyas tejaso 'rciṣaḥ
niścerur dahyato rātrau vṛkṣasyeva svarandhrataḥ
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| 51 | tasya tat sarvam ācakhyau bhaginī rāmavikramam
kharadūṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ rākṣasānāṃ parābhavam
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| 52 | sa niścitya tataḥ kṛtyaṃ svasāram upasāntvya ca
ūrdhvam ācakrame rājā vidhāya nagare vidhim
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| 53 | trikūṭaṃ samatikramya kālaparvatam eva ca
dadarśa makarāvāsaṃ gambhīrodaṃ mahodadhim
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| 54 | tam atītyātha gokarṇam abhyagacchad daśānanaḥ
dayitaṃ sthānam avyagraṃ śūlapāṇer mahātmanaḥ
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| 55 | tatrābhyagacchan mārīcaṃ pūrvāmātyaṃ daśānanaḥ
purā rāmabhayād eva tāpasyaṃ samupāśritam
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