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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 97
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visṛjya lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ
purodhasaṃ mantriṇaś ca naigamāṃś cedam abravīt
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adya rājye 'bhiṣekṣyāmi bharataṃ dharmavatsalam
ayodhyāyāṃ patiṃ vīraṃ tato yāsyāmy ahaṃ vanam
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praveśayata saṃbhārān mā bhūt kālātyayo yathā
adyaivāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇena gatāṃ gatim
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tac chrutvā rāghaveṇoktaṃ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo bhṛśam
mūrdhabhiḥ praṇatā bhūmau gatasattvā ivābhavan
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bharataś ca visaṃjño 'bhūc chrutvā rāmasya bhāṣitam
rājyaṃ vigarhayām āsa rāghavaṃ cedam abravīt
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satyena hi śape rājan svargaloke na caiva hi
na kāmaye yathā rājyaṃ tvāṃ vinā raghunandana
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imau kuśīlavau rājann abhiṣiñca narādhipa
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīram uttareṣu tathā lavam
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śatrughnasya tu gacchantu dūtās tvaritavikramāḥ
idaṃ gamanam asmākaṃ svargāyākhyāntu māciram
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tac chrutvā bharatenoktaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpi hy adho mukhān
paurān duḥkhena saṃtaptān vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt
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vatsa rāma imāḥ paśya dharaṇīṃ prakṛtīr gatāḥ
jñātvaiṣām īpsitaṃ kāryaṃ mā caiṣāṃ vipriyaṃ kṛthāḥ
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vasiṣṭhasya tu vākyena utthāpya prakṛtījanam
kiṃ karomīti kākutsthaḥ sarvān vacanam abravīt
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tataḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo rāmaṃ vacanam abruvan
gacchantam anugacchāmo yato rāma gamiṣyasi
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eṣā naḥ paramā prītir eṣa dharmaḥ paro mataḥ
hṛdgatā naḥ sadā tuṣṭis tavānugamane dṛḍhā
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paureṣu yadi te prītir yadi sneho hy anuttamaḥ
saputradārāḥ kākutstha samaṃ gacchāma satpatham
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tapovanaṃ vā durgaṃ vā nadīm ambhonidhiṃ tathā
vayaṃ te yadi na tyājyāḥ sarvān no naya īśvara
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sa teṣāṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā kṛtāntaṃ ca nirīkṣyaca
paurāṇāṃ dṛḍhabhaktiṃ ca bāḍham ity eva so 'bravīt
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evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā tasminn ahani rāghavaḥ
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīram uttareṣu tathā lavam
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abhiṣiñcan mahātmānāv ubhāv eva kuśīlavau
rathānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi trīṇi nāgāyutāni ca
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daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi ekaikasya dhanaṃ dadau
bahuratnau bahudhanau hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtau
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abhiṣicya tu tau vīrau prasthāpya svapure tathā
dūtān saṃpreṣayām āsa śatrughnāya mahātmane
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