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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 73
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tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha caturdaśe
sametya rājakartāro bharataṃ vākyam abruvan
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gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ yo no gurutaro guruḥ
rāmaṃ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam
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tvam adya bhava no rājā rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ
saṃgatyā nāparādhnoti rājyam etad anāyakam
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ābhiṣecanikaṃ sarvam idam ādāya rāghava
pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaś ca nṛpātmaja
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rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmān nararṣabha
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ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam
bharatas taṃ janaṃ sarvaṃ pratyuvāca dhṛtavrataḥ
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jyeṣṭhasya rājatā nityam ucitā hi kulasya naḥ
naivaṃ bhavanto māṃ vaktum arhanti kuśalā janāḥ
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rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ
ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca
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yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅgamahābalā
ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt
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ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvam etad upaskṛtam
puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetor vanaṃ prati
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tatraiva taṃ naravyāghram abhiṣicya puraskṛtam
āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāham ivādhvarāt
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na sakāmā kariṣyāmi svam imāṃ mātṛgandhinīm
vane vatsyāmy ahaṃ durge rāmo rājā bhaviṣyati
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kriyatāṃ śilpibhiḥ panthāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca
rakṣiṇaś cānusaṃyāntu pathi durgavicārakāḥ
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evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ rāmahetor nṛpātmajam
pratyuvāca janaḥ sarvaḥ śrīmadvākyam anuttamam
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evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīr upatiṣṭhatām
yas tvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātum icchasi
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anuttamaṃ tad vacanaṃ nṛpātmaja; prabhāṣitaṃ saṃśravaṇe niśamya ca
praharṣajās taṃ prati bāṣpabindavo; nipetur āryānananetrasaṃbhavāḥ
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ūcus te vacanam idaṃ niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ; sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyātaśokāḥ
panthānaṃ naravarabhaktimāñ janaś ca; vyādiṣṭas tava vacanāc ca śilpivargaḥ
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