Sarga 38 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
evamāste mahābāhurahanyahani rāghavaḥ | praśāsatsarvakāryāṇi paurajānapadeṣu ca || 7.38.1 ||
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tataḥ katipayāhaḥsu vaidehaṃ mithilādhipam | rāghavaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha || 7.38.2 ||
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bhavānhi gatiravyagrā bhavatā pālitā vayam | bhavatastejasogreṇa rāvaṇo nihato mayā || 7.38.3 ||
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ikṣvākūṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ maithilānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | atulāḥ prītayo rājansambandhakapurogamāḥ || 7.38.4 ||
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tadbhavānsvapuraṃ yātu ratnānyādāya pārthiva | bharataśca sahāyārthaṃ pṛṣṭhataste 'nuyāsyati || 7.38.5 ||
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sa tatheti nṛpaḥ kṛtvā rāghavaṃ vākyamabravīt | prīto 'smi bhavato rājandarśanena nayena ca || 7.38.6 ||
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yānyetāni tu ratnāni madarthaṃ sañcitāni vai | duhitre tāni vai rājansarvāṇyeva dadāmi ca || 7.38.7 ||
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evamuktvā tu kākutsthaṃ janako hṛṣṭamānasaḥ | prayayau mithilāṃ śrīmāṃstamanujñāya rāghavam || 7.38.8 ||
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tataḥ prayāte janake kekayaṃ mātulaṃ prabhuḥ | rāghavaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha || 7.38.9 ||
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idaṃ rājyamahaṃ caiva bharataśca salakṣmaṇaḥ | āyattāstvaṃ hi no rājangatiśca puruṣarṣabha || 7.38.10 ||
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rājā hi vṛddhaḥ santāpaṃ tvadarthamupayāsyati | tasmādgamanamadyaiva rocate tava pārthiva || 7.38.11 ||
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lakṣmaṇenānuyātreṇa pṛṣṭhato 'nugamiṣyate | dhanamādāya vipulaṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca || 7.38.12 ||
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yudhājittu tathetyāha gamanaṃ prati rāghavam | ratnāni ca dhanaṃ caiva tvayyevākṣayyamastviti || 7.38.13 ||
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pradakṣiṇaṃ sa rājānaṃ kṛtvā kekayavardhanaḥ | rāmeṇa hi kṛtaḥ pūrvamabhivādya pradakṣiṇam || 7.38.14 ||
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lakṣmaṇena sahāyena prayātaḥ kekayeśvaraḥ | hate 'sure yathā vṛtre viṣṇunā saha vāsavaḥ || 7.38.15 ||
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taṃ visṛjya tato rāmo vayasyamakutobhayam | pratardanaṃ kāśipatiṃ pariṣvajyedamabravīt || 7.38.16 ||
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darśitā bhavatā prītirdarśitaṃ sauhṛdaṃ param | udyogaśca kṛto rājanbharatena tvayā saha || 7.38.17 ||
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tadbhavānadya kāśeya purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ vraja | ramaṇīyāṃ tvayā guptāṃ suprakāśāṃ sutoraṇām || 7.38.18 ||
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etāvaduktvā cotthāya kākutsthaḥ paramāsanāt | paryaṣvajata dharmātmā nirantaramurogatam || 7.38.19 ||
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visarjayāmāsa tadā kausalyānandavardhanaḥ | rāghaveṇābhyanujñātaḥ kāśīśo 'pyakutobhayaḥ | vārāṇasīṃ yayau tūrṇaṃ rāghaveṇa visarjitaḥ || 7.38.20 ||
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visṛjya taṃ kāśipatiṃ triśataṃ pṛthivīpatīn | prahasanrāghavo vākyamuvāca madhurākṣaram || 7.38.21 ||
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bhavatāṃ prītiravyagrā tejasā parirakṣitā | dharmaśca niyato nityaṃ satyaṃ ca bhavatāṃ sadā || 7.38.22 ||
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yuṣmākaṃ cānubhāvena tejasā ca mahātmanām | hato durātmā durbuddhī rāvaṇo rākṣasādhamaḥ || 7.38.23 ||
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hetumātramahaṃ tatra bhavatāṃ tejasā hataḥ | rāvaṇaḥ sagaṇo yuddhe saputrāmātyabāndhavaḥ || 7.38.24 ||
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bhavantaśca samānītā bharatena mahātmanā | śrutvā janakarājasya kānanāttanayāṃ hṛtām || 7.38.25 ||
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udyuktānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ pārthivānāṃ mahātmanām | kālo vyatītaḥ sumahāngamanaṃ rocayāmyataḥ || 7.38.26 ||
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pratyūcustaṃ ca rājāno harṣeṇa mahatā vṛtāḥ | diṣṭyāṃ tvaṃ vijayī rāma svarājye 'pi pratiṣṭhitaḥ || 7.38.27 ||
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diṣṭyā pratyāhṛtā sītā diṣṭyā śatruḥ parājitaḥ | eṣa naḥ paramaḥ kāma eṣā naḥ pītiruttamā || 7.38.28 ||
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yattvāṃ vijayinaṃ rāma paśyāmo hataśātravam || 7.38.29 ||
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etattvayyupapannaṃ ca yadasmāṃstvaṃ praśaṃsase | praśaṃsārha na jānīmaḥ praśaṃsāṃ vaktumīdṛśīm || 7.38.30 ||
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āpṛcchāmo gamiṣyāmo hṛdistho naḥ sadā bhavān | vartāmahe mahābāho prītyātra mahatā vṛtāḥ | bhavecca te mahārāja prītirasmāsu nityadā || 7.38.31 ||
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bāḍhamityeva rājāno harṣeṇa paramānvitāḥ | ucuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve rāghavaṃ gamanotsukāḥ || 7.38.32 ||
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pūjitāścaiva rāmeṇa jagmurdeśānsvakānsvakān || 7.38.33 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe 'ṣṭātriṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 38 ||
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