Sarga 43 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
tatropaviṣṭaṃ rājānamupāsante vicakṣaṇāḥ | kathānāṃ bahurūpāṇāṃ hāsyakārāḥ samantataḥ || 7.43.1 ||
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vijayo madhumattaśca kāśyapo maṅgalaḥ kuṭaḥ | surājaḥ kāliyo bhadro dantavakraḥ sumāgadhaḥ || 7.43.2 ||
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ete kathā bahuvidhāḥ parihāsasamanvitāḥ | kathayanti sma saṃhṛṣṭā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ || 7.43.3 ||
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tataḥ kathāyāṃ kasyāñcidrāghavaḥ samabhāṣata | kāḥ kathā nagare bhadra vartante viṣayeṣu ca || 7.43.4 ||
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māmāśritāni kānyāhuḥ paurajānapadā janāḥ | kiṃ ca sītāṃ samāśritya bharataṃ kiṃ ca lakṣmaṇam || 7.43.5 ||
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kiṃ nu śatrughnamuddiśya kaikayīṃ kiṃ nu mātaram | vaktavyatāṃ ca rājāno vare rājye vrajanti ca || 7.43.6 ||
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evamukte tu rāmeṇa bhadraḥ prāñjalirabravīt | sthitāḥ kathā śubhāḥ rājanvartante puravāsinām || 7.43.7 ||
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amuṃ tu vijayaṃ saumya daśagrīvavadhārjitam | bhūyiṣṭhaṃ svapure pauraiḥ kathyante puruṣarṣabha || 7.43.8 ||
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evamuktastu bhadreṇa rāghavo vākyamabravīt | kathayasva yathātattvaṃ sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ || 7.43.9 ||
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śubhāśubhāni vākyāni yānyāhuḥ puravāsinaḥ | śrutvedānīṃ śubhaṃ kuryāṃ nakuryāmaśubhāni ca || 7.43.10 ||
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kathayasva ca visrabdho nirbhayaṃ vigatajvaraḥ | kathayanti yathā paurāḥ pāpā janapadeṣu ca || 7.43.11 ||
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rāghaveṇaivamuktastu bhadraḥ suruciraṃ vacaḥ | pratyuvāca mahābāhuṃ prāñjaliḥ susamāhitaḥ || 7.43.12 ||
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śṛṇu rājanyathā paurāḥ kathayanti śubhāśubham | catvarāpaṇarathyāsu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca || 7.43.13 ||
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duṣkaraṃ kṛtavānrāmaḥ samudre setubandhanam | aśrutaṃ pūrvakaiḥ kaiściddevairapi sadānavaiḥ || 7.43.14 ||
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rāvaṇaśca durādharṣo hataḥ sabalavāhanaḥ | vānarāśca vaśaṃ nītā ṛkṣāśca saha rākṣasaiḥ || 7.43.15 ||
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hatvā ca rāvaṇaṃ saṅkhye sītāmāhṛtya rāghavaḥ | amarṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā svaveśma punarānayat || 7.43.16 ||
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kīdṛśaṃ hṛdaye tasya sītāsambhogajaṃ sukham | aṅkamāropya tu purā rāvaṇena balāddhṛtām || 7.43.17 ||
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laṅkāmapi purā nītāmaśokavanikāṃ gatām | rakṣasāṃ vaśamāpannāṃ kathaṃ rāmo na kutsate || 7.43.18 ||
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asmākamapi dāreṣu sahanīyaṃ bhaviṣyati | yathā hi kurute rājā prajā tamanuvartate || 7.43.19 ||
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evaṃ bahuvidhā vāco vadanti puravāsinaḥ | nagareṣu ca sarveṣu rājañjanapadeṣu ca || 7.43.20 ||
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tasyaivaṃ bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā rāghavaḥ paramārtavat | uvāca suhṛdaḥ sarvānkathametadbravītha mām || 7.43.21 ||
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sarve tu śirasā bhūmāvabhivādya praṇamya ca | pratyūcū rāghavaṃ dīnamevametanna saṃśayaḥ || 7.43.22 ||
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śrutvā tu vākyaṃ kākutsthaḥ sarveṣāṃ samudīritam | visarjayāmāsa tadā vayasyāñchatrusūdanaḥ || 7.43.23 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe tricatvāriṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 43 ||
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