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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 63
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tato dvādaśame varṣe śatrughno rāmapālitām
ayodhyāṃ cakame gantum alpabhṛtyabalānugaḥ
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mantriṇo balamukhyāṃś ca nivartya ca purodhasaṃ
jagāma rathamukhyena hayayuktena bhāsvatā
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sa gatvā gaṇitān vāsān saptāṣṭau raghunandanaḥ
ayodhyām agamat tūrṇaṃ rāghavotsukadarśanaḥ
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sa praviśya purīṃ ramyāṃ śrīmān ikṣvākunandanaḥ
praviveśa mahābāhur yatra rāmo mahādyutiḥ
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so 'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ jvalantam iva tejasā
uvāca prāñjalir bhūtvā rāmaṃ satyaparākramam
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yad ājñaptaṃ mahārāja sarvaṃ tat kṛtavān aham
hataḥ sa lavaṇaḥ pāpaḥ purī sā ca niveśitā
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dvādaśaṃ ca gataṃ varṣaṃ tvāṃ vinā raghunandana
notsaheyam ahaṃ vastuṃ tvayā virahito nṛpa
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sa me prasādaṃ kākutstha kuruṣvāmitavikrama
mātṛhīno yathā vatsas tvāṃ vinā pravasāmy aham
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evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ śatrughnaṃ pariṣvajyedam abravīt
mā viṣādaṃ kṛthā vīra naitat kṣatriya ceṣṭitam
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nāvasīdanti rājāno vipravāseṣu rāghava
prajāś ca paripālyā hi kṣatradharmeṇa rāghava
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kāle kāle ca māṃ vīra ayodhyām avalokitum
āgaccha tvaṃ naraśreṣṭha gantāsi ca puraṃ tava
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mamāpi tvaṃ sudayitaḥ prāṇair api na saṃśayaḥ
avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca rājyasya paripālanam
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tasmāt tvaṃ vasa kākutstha pañcarātraṃ mayā saha
ūrdhvaṃ gantāsi madhurāṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ
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rāmasyaitad vacaḥ śrutvā dharmayuktaṃ mano'nugam
śatrughno dīnayā vācā bāḍham ity eva cābravīt
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sa pañcarātraṃ kākutstho rāghavasya yathājñayā
uṣya tatra maheṣvāso gamanāyopacakrame
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āmantrya tu mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam
bharataṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva mahāratham upāruhat
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dūraṃ tābhyām anugato lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā
bharatena ca śatrughno jagāmāśu purīṃ tadā
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