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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 7
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rāmas tu sahasaumitriḥ sutīkṣṇenābhipūjitaḥ
pariṇamya niśāṃ tatra prabhāte pratyabudhyata
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utthāya tu yathākālaṃ rāghavaḥ saha sītayā
upāspṛśat suśītena jalenotpalagandhinā
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atha te 'gniṃ surāṃś caiva vaidehī rāmalakṣmaṇau
kālyaṃ vidhivad abhyarcya tapasviśaraṇe vane
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udayanntaṃ dinakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vigatakalmaṣāḥ
sutīkṣṇam abhigamyedaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abruvan
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sukhoṣitāḥ sma bhagavaṃs tvayā pūjyena pūjitāḥ
āpṛcchāmaḥ prayāsyāmo munayas tvarayanti naḥ
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tvarāmahe vayaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṛtsnam āśramamaṇḍalam
ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām
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abhyanujñātum icchāmaḥ sahaibhir munipuṅgavaiḥ
dharmanityais tapodāntair viśikhair iva pāvakaiḥ
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aviṣahyātapo yāvat sūryo nātivirājite
amārgeṇāgatāṃ lakṣmīṃ prāpyevānvayavarjitaḥ
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tāvad icchāmahe gantum ity uktvā caraṇau muneḥ
vavande sahasaumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ
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tau saṃspṛśantau caraṇāv utthāpya munipuṃgavaḥ
gāḍham āliṅgya sasneham idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānaṃ rāma saumitriṇā saha
sītayā cānayā sārdhaṃ chāyayevānuvṛttayā
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paśyāśramapadaṃ ramyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām
eṣāṃ tapasvināṃ vīra tapasā bhāvitātmanām
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suprājyaphalamūlāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca
praśāntamṛgayūthāni śāntapakṣigaṇāni ca
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phullapaṅkajaṣaḍāni prasannasalilāni ca
kāraṇḍavavikīrṇāni taṭākāni sarāṃsi ca
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drakṣyase dṛṣṭiramyāṇi giriprasravaṇāni ca
ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni mayūrābhirutāni ca
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gamyatāṃ vatsa saumitre bhavān api ca gacchatu
āgantavyaṃ ca te dṛṣṭvā punar evāśramaṃ mama
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evam uktas tathety uktvā kākutsthaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
pradakṣiṇaṃ muniṃ kṛtā prasthātum upacakrame
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tataḥ śubhatare tūṇī dhanuṣī cāyatekṣaṇā
dadau sītā tayor bhrātroḥ khaḍgau ca vimalau tataḥ
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ābadhya ca śubhe tūṇī cāpe cādāya sasvane
niṣkrāntāv āśramād gantum ubhau tau rāmalakṣmaṇau
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