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The Ramayana Book 2

Chapter 77

1 tataḥ samutthitaḥ kālyam āsthāya syandanottamam
prayayau bharataḥ śīghraṃ rāmadarśanakāṅkṣayā
2 agrataḥ prayayus tasya sarve mantripurodhasaḥ
adhiruhya hayair yuktān rathān sūryarathopamān
3 navanāgasahasrāṇi kalpitāni yathāvidhi
anvayur bharataṃ yāntam ikṣvāku kulanandanam
4 ṣaṣṭhī rathasahasrāṇi dhanvino vividhāyudhāḥ
anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam
5 śataṃ sahasrāṇy aśvānāṃ samārūḍhāni rāghavam
anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam
6 kaikeyī ca sumitrā ca kausalyā ca yaśasvinī
rāmānayanasaṃhṛṣṭā yayur yānena bhāsvatā
7 prayātāś cāryasaṃghātā rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ salakṣmaṇam
tasyaiva ca kathāś citrāḥ kurvāṇā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
8 meghaśyāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ sthirasattvaṃ dṛḍhavratam
kadā drakṣyāmahe rāmaṃ jagataḥ śokanāśanam
9 dṛṣṭa eva hi naḥ śokam apaneṣyati rāghavaḥ
tamaḥ sarvasya lokasya samudyann iva bhāskaraḥ
10 ity evaṃ kathayantas te saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
pariṣvajānāś cānyonyaṃ yayur nāgarikās tadā
11 ye ca tatrāpare sarve saṃmatā ye ca naigamāḥ
rāmaṃ prati yayur hṛṣṭāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayas tadā
12 maṇi kārāś ca ye ke cit kumbhakārāś ca śobhanāḥ
sūtrakarmakṛtaś caiva ye ca śastropajīvinaḥ
13 māyūrakāḥ krākacikā rocakā vedhakās tathā
dantakārāḥ sudhākārās tathā gandhopajīvinaḥ
14 suvarṇakārāḥ prakhyātās tathā kambaladhāvakāḥ
snāpakācchādakā vaidyā dhūpakāḥ śauṇḍikās tathā
15 rajakās tunnavāyāś ca grāmaghoṣamahattarāḥ
śailūṣāś ca saha strībhir yānti kaivartakās tathā
16 samāhitā vedavido brāhmaṇā vṛttasaṃmatāḥ
gorathair bharataṃ yāntam anujagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ
17 suveṣāḥ śuddhavasanās tāmramṛṣṭānulepanāḥ
sarve te vividhair yānaiḥ śanair bharatam anvayuḥ
18 prahṛṣṭamuditā senā sānvayāt kaikayīsutam
vyavatiṣṭhata sā senā bharatasyānuyāyinī
19 nirīkṣyānugatāṃ senāṃ tāṃ ca gaṅgāṃ śivodakām
bharataḥ sacivān sarvān abravīd vākyakovidaḥ
20 niveśayata me sainyam abhiprāyeṇa sarvaśaḥ
viśrāntaḥ pratariṣyāmaḥ śva idānīṃ mahānadīm
21 dātuṃ ca tāvad icchāmi svar gatasya mahīpateḥ
aurdhvadeha nimittārtham avatīryodakaṃ nadīm
22 tasyaivaṃ bruvato 'mātyās tathety uktvā samāhitāḥ
nyaveśayaṃs tāṃś chandena svena svena pṛthakpṛthak
23 niveśya gaṅgām anu tāṃ mahānadīṃ; camūṃ vidhānaiḥ paribarha śobhinīm
uvāsa rāmasya tadā mahātmano; vicintayāno bharato nivartanam

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