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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 15
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vasatas tasya tu mukhaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ
śaradvyapāye hemanta ṛtur iṣṭaḥ pravartate
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sa kadā cit prabhātāyāṃ śarvaryāṃ raghunandanaḥ
prayayāv abhiṣekārthaṃ ramyaṃ godāvarīṃ nadīm
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prahvaḥ kalaśahastas taṃ sītayā saha vīryavān
pṛṣṭhato 'nuvrajan bhrātā saumitrir idam abravīt
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ayaṃ sa kālaḥ saṃprāptaḥ priyo yas te priyaṃvada
alaṃkṛta ivābhāti yena saṃvatsaraḥ śubhaḥ
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nīhāraparuṣo lokaḥ pṛṣhivī sasyamālinī
jalāny anupabhogyāni subhago havyavāhanaḥ
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navāgrayaṇa pūjābhir abhyarcya pitṛdevatāḥ
kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ kāle santo vigatakalmaṣāḥ
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prājyakāmā janapadāḥ saṃpannataragorasāḥ
vicaranti mahīpālā yātrārthaṃ vijigīṣavaḥ
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sevamāne dṛḍhaṃ sūrye diśam antakasevitām
vihīnatilakeva strī nottarā dik prakāśate
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prakṛtyā himakośāḍhyo dūrasūryaś ca sāmpratam
yathārthanāmā suvyaktaṃ himavān himavān giriḥ
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atyantasukhasaṃcārā madhyāhne sparśataḥ sukhāḥ
divasāḥ subhagādityāś chāyāsaliladurbhagāḥ
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mṛdusūryāḥ sanīhārāḥ paṭuśītāḥ samārutāḥ
śūnyāraṇyā himadhvastā divasā bhānti sāmpratam
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nivṛttākāśaśayanāḥ puṣyanītā himāruṇāḥ
śītā vṛddhatarāyāmās triyāmā yānti sāmpratam
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ravisaṃkrāntasaubhābyas tuṣārāruṇamaṇḍalaḥ
niḥśvāsāndha ivādarśaś candramā na prakāśate
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jyotsnā tuṣāramalinā paurṇamāsyāṃ na rājate
sīteva cātapa śyāmā lakṣyate na tu śobhate
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prakṛtyā śītalasparśo himaviddhaś ca sāmpratam
pravāti paścimo vāyuḥ kāle dviguṇaśītalaḥ
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bāṣpacchannān araṇyāni yavagodhūmavanti ca
śobhante 'bhyudite sūrye nadadbhiḥ krauñcasārasaiḥ
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kharjūrapuṣpākṛtibhiḥ śirobhiḥ pūrṇataṇḍulaiḥ
śobhante kiṃ cidālambāḥ śālayaḥ kanakaprabhāḥ
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mayūkhair upasarpadbhir himanīhārasaṃvṛtaiḥ
dūram abhyuditaḥ sūryaḥ śaśāṅka iva lakṣyate
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agrāhyavīryaḥ pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne sparśataḥ sukhaḥ
saṃraktaḥ kiṃ cid āpāṇḍur ātapaḥ śobhate kṣitau
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avaśyāyanipātena kiṃ cit praklinnaśādvalā
vanānāṃ śobhate bhūmir niviṣṭataruṇātapā
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avaśyāyatamonaddhā nīhāratamasāvṛtāḥ
prasuptā iva lakṣyante vipuṣpā vanarājayaḥ
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bāṣpasaṃchannasalilā rutavijñeyasārasāḥ
himārdravālukais tīraiḥ sarito bhānti sāmpratam
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tuṣārapatanāc caiva mṛdutvād bhāskarasya ca
śaityād agāgrastham api prāyeṇa rasavaj jalam
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jarājarjaritaiḥ parṇaiḥ śīrṇakesarakarṇikaiḥ
nālaśeṣā himadhvastā na bhānti kamalākarāḥ
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asmiṃs tu puruṣavyāghra kāle duḥkhasamanvitaḥ
tapaś carati dharmātmā tvadbhaktyā bharataḥ pure
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tyaktvā rājyaṃ ca mānaṃ ca bhogāṃś ca vividhān bahūn
tapasvī niyatāhāraḥ śete śīte mahītale
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so 'pi velām imāṃ nūnam abhiṣekārtham udyataḥ
vṛtaḥ prakṛtibhir nityaṃ prayāti sarayūṃ nadīm
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atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhaḥ sukumāro himārditaḥ
kathaṃ tv apararātreṣu sarayūm avagāhate
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padmapatrekṣaṇaḥ śyāmaḥ śrīmān nirudaro mahān
dharmajñaḥ satyavādī ca hrī niṣedho jitendriyaḥ
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priyābhibhāṣī madhuro dīrghabāhur ariṃdamaḥ
saṃtyajya vividhān saukhyān āryaṃ sarvātmanāśritaḥ
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jitaḥ svargas tava bhrātrā bharatena mahātmanā
vanastham api tāpasye yas tvām anuvidhīyate
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na pitryam anuvarntante mātṛkaṃ dvipadā iti
khyāto lokapravādo 'yaṃ bharatenānyathākṛtaḥ
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bhartā daśaratho yasyāḥ sādhuś ca bharataḥ sutaḥ
kathaṃ nu sāmbā kaikeyī tādṛśī krūradarśinī
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ity evaṃ lakṣmaṇe vākyaṃ snehād bruvati dharmike
parivādaṃ jananyās tam asahan rāghavo 'bravīt
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na te 'mbā madhyamā tāta garhitavyā kathaṃ cana
tām evekṣvākunāthasya bharatasya kathāṃ kuru
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niścitāpi hi me buddhir vanavāse dṛḍhavratā
bharatasnehasaṃtaptā bāliśī kriyate punaḥ
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ity evaṃ vilapaṃs tatra prāpya godāvarīṃ nadīm
cakre 'bhiṣekaṃ kākutsthaḥ sānujaḥ saha sītayā
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tarpayitvātha salilais te pitṝn daivatāni ca
stuvanti smoditaṃ sūryaṃ devatāś ca samāhitāḥ
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kṛtābhiṣekaḥ sa rarāja rāmaḥ; sītādvitīyaḥ saha lakṣmaṇena
kṛtābhiṣekas tv agarājaputryā; rudraḥ sanandir bhagavān iveśaḥ
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