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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 88
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dīrghakāloṣitas tasmin girau girivanapriyaḥ
videhyāḥ priyamākāṅkṣan svaṃ ca cittaṃ vilobhayan
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atha dāśarathiś citraṃ citrakūṭam adarśayat
bhāryām amarasaṃkāśaḥ śacīm iva puraṃdaraḥ
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na rājyād bhraṃśanaṃ bhadre na suhṛdbhir vinābhavaḥ
mano me bādhate dṛṣṭvā ramaṇīyam imaṃ girim
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paśyemam acalaṃ bhadre nānādvijagaṇāyutam
śikharaiḥ kham ivodviddhair dhātumadbhir vibhūṣitam
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ke cid rajatasaṃkāśāḥ ke cit kṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ
pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāś ca ke cin maṇivaraprabhāḥ
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puṣyārkaketukābhāś ca ke cij jyotī rasaprabhāḥ
virājante 'calendrasya deśā dhātuvibhūṣitāḥ
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nānāmṛgagaṇadvīpitarakṣvṛkṣagaṇair vṛtaḥ
aduṣṭair bhāty ayaṃ śailo bahupakṣisamākulaḥ
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āmrajambvasanair lodhraiḥ priyālaiḥ panasair dhavaiḥ
aṅkolair bhavyatiniśair bilvatindukaveṇubhiḥ
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kāśmaryariṣṭavaraṇair madhūkais tilakais tathā
badaryāmalakair nīpair vetradhanvanabījakaiḥ
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puṣpavadbhiḥ phalopetaiś chāyāvadbhir manoramaiḥ
evamādibhir ākīrṇaḥ śriyaṃ puṣyaty ayaṃ giriḥ
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śailaprastheṣu ramyeṣu paśyemān kāmaharṣaṇān
kinnarān dvaṃdvaśo bhadre ramamāṇān manasvinaḥ
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śākhāvasaktān khaḍgāṃś ca pravarāṇy ambarāṇi ca
paśya vidyādharastrīṇāṃ krīḍed deśān manoramān
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jalaprapātair udbhedair niṣyandaiś ca kva cit kva cit
sravadbhir bhāty ayaṃ śailaḥ sravan mada iva dvipaḥ
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guhāsamīraṇo gandhān nānāpuṣpabhavān vahan
ghrāṇatarpaṇam abhyetya kaṃ naraṃ na praharṣayet
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yadīha śarado 'nekās tvayā sārdham anindite
lakṣmaṇena ca vatsyāmi na māṃ śokaḥ pradhakṣyati
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bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānādvijagaṇāyute
vicitraśikhare hy asmin ratavān asmi bhāmini
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anena vanavāsena mayā prāptaṃ phaladvayam
pituś cānṛṇatā dharme bharatasya priyaṃ tathā
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vaidehi ramase kac cic citrakūṭe mayā saha
paśyantī vividhān bhāvān manovākkāyasaṃyatān
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idam evāmṛtaṃ prāhū rājñāṃ rājarṣayaḥ pare
vanavāsaṃ bhavārthāya pretya me prapitāmahāḥ
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śilāḥ śailasya śobhante viśālāḥ śataśo 'bhitaḥ
bahulā bahulair varṇair nīlapītasitāruṇaiḥ
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niśi bhānty acalendrasya hutāśanaśikhā iva
oṣadhyaḥ svaprabhā lakṣmyā bhrājamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ
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ke cit kṣayanibhā deśāḥ ke cid udyānasaṃnibhāḥ
ke cid ekaśilā bhānti parvatasyāsya bhāmini
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bhittveva vasudhāṃ bhāti citrakūṭaḥ samutthitaḥ
citrakūṭasya kūṭo 'sau dṛśyate sarvataḥ śivaḥ
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kuṣṭhapuṃnāgatagarabhūrjapatrottaracchadān
kāmināṃ svāstarān paśya kuśeśayadalāyutān
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mṛditāś cāpaviddhāś ca dṛśyante kamalasrajaḥ
kāmibhir vanite paśya phalāni vividhāni ca
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vasvaukasārāṃ nalinīm atyetīvottarān kurūn
parvataś citrakūṭo 'sau bahumūlaphalodakaḥ
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imaṃ tu kālaṃ vanite vijahrivāṃs; tvayā ca sīte saha lakṣmaṇena ca
ratiṃ prapatsye kuladharmavardhinīṃ; satāṃ pathi svair niyamaiḥ paraiḥ sthitaḥ
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