Sarga 72

taṃ śayānaṃ naravyāghraṃ nidrā nābhyāgamattadā | cintayantamanekārthaṃ rāmagītamanuttamam || 7.72.1 ||

tasya śabdaṃ sumadhuraṃ tantrīlayasamanvitam | śrutvā rātrirjagāmāśu śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ || 7.72.2 ||

tasyāṃ niśāyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ kṛtvā paurvāhṇikaṃ kramam | uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṃ śatrughno munipuṅgavam || 7.72.3 ||

bhagavandraṣṭumicchāmi rāghavaṃ raghunandanam | tvayā 'nujñātumicchāmi sahaibhiḥ saṃśitavrataiḥ || 7.72.4 ||

ityevaṃvādinaṃ taṃ tu śatrughnaṃ śatrutāpanam | vālmīkiḥ sampariṣvajya visasarja ca rāghavam || 7.72.5 ||

so 'bhivādya muniśreṣṭhaṃ rathamāruhya suprabham | ayodhyāmagamattūrṇaṃ rāghavotsukadarśanaḥ || 7.72.6 ||

sa praviṣṭaḥ purīṃ ramyāṃ śrīmānikṣvākunandanaḥ | praviveśa mahābāhuryatra rāmo mahādyutiḥ || 7.72.7 ||

sa rāmaṃ mantrimadhyasthaṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanam | paśyannamaramadhyasthaṃ sahasranayanaṃ yathā || 7.72.8 ||

so 'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā | uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam || 7.72.9 ||

yadājñaptaṃ mahārāja sarvaṃ tatkṛtavānaham | hataḥ sa lavaṇaḥ pāpaḥ purī cāsya niveśitā || 7.72.10 ||

dvādaśaite gatā varṣāstvāṃ vinā raghunandana | notsaheyamahaṃ vastuṃ tvayā virahito nṛpa || 7.72.11 ||

sa me prasādaṃ kākutstha kuruṣvāmitavikrama | mātṛhīno yathā vatso na ciraṃ pravasāmyaham || 7.72.12 ||

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ śatrughnaṃ pariṣvajyedamabravīt | mā viṣādaṃ kṛthāḥ śūra naitatkṣatriyaceṣṭitam || 7.72.13 ||

nāvasīdanti rājāno vipravāseṣu rāghava | prajā naḥ paripālyā hi kṣatradharmeṇa rāghava || 7.72.14 ||

kāle kāle tu māṃ vīra ayodhyāmavalokitum | āgaccha tvaṃ naraśreṣṭha gantāsi ca puraṃ tava || 7.72.15 ||

mamāpi tvaṃ sudayitaḥ prāṇairapi na saṃśayaḥ | avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca rājyasya paripālanam || 7.72.16 ||

tasmāttvaṃ vasa kākutstha saptarātramihāvasa | ūrdhvaṃ gantāsi madhurāṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ || 7.72.17 ||

rāmasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā dharmayuktaṃ manogatam | śatrughno dīnayā vācā bāḍhamityeva cābravīt || 7.72.18 ||

saptarātraṃ ca kākutstho rāghavasya yathājñayā | uṣya tatra maheṣvāso gamanāyopacakrame || 7.72.19 ||

āmantrya tu mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam | bharataṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva mahārathamupāruhat || 7.72.20 ||

dūramābhyāmanugato lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā | bharatena ca śatrughno jagāmāśu puraṃ tataḥ || 7.72.21 ||

ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe dvisaptatitamaḥ sargaḥ || 72 ||