Sarga 88 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
tāṃ kathāmilasambaddhāṃ rāmeṇa samudīritām | lakṣmaṇo bharataścaiva śrutvā paramavismitau || 7.88.1 ||
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tau rāmaṃ prāñjalī bhūtvā tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ | vistaraṃ tasya bhāvasya tadā papracchatuḥ punaḥ || 7.88.2 ||
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kathaṃ sa rājā strībhūto vartayāmāsa durgatiḥ | puruṣaḥ sa yadā bhūtaḥ kāṃ vṛttiṃ vartayatyasau || 7.88.3 ||
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tayostadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitam | kathayāmāsa kākutsthastasya rājño yathāgatam || 7.88.4 ||
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tameva prathamaṃ māsaṃ strībhūtā lokasundarī | tābhiḥ parivṛtā strībhirye ca pūrvapadānugāḥ || 7.88.5 ||
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tatkānanaṃ vigāhvāśu vijahre lokasundarī | drumagulmalatākīrṇaṃ padbhyāṃ padmadalekṣaṇā || 7.88.6 ||
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vāhanāni ca sarvāṇi sā tyaktvā vai samantataḥ | parvatābhogavivare tasminreme ilā tadā || 7.88.7 ||
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atha tasminvanoddeśe parvatasyāvidūrataḥ | saraḥ suruciraprakhyaṃ nānāpakṣigaṇairyutam || 7.88.8 ||
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dadarśa sā tvilā tasminbudhaṃ somasutaṃ tadā | jvalantaṃ svena vapuṣā pūrṇasomamivoditam || 7.88.9 ||
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tapantaṃ ca tapastīvramambhomadhye durāsadam | yaśaskaraṃ kāmakaraṃ kāruṇye paryavasthitam || 7.88.10 ||
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sā taṃ jalāśayaṃ sarvaṃ kṣobhayāmāsa vismitā | sahagaiḥ pūrvapuruṣaiḥ strībhūtai raghunandana || 7.88.11 ||
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budhastu tāṃ samīkṣyaiva kāmabāṇavaśaṃ gataḥ | nopalebhe tadā ' 'tmānaṃ sañcacāla tadā ' 'mbhasi || 7.88.12 ||
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ilāṃ nirīkṣamāṇastu trailokyābhyadhikāṃ śubhām | cintāṃ samabhyatikrāmat kā nviyaṃ devatādhikā || 7.88.13 ||
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na devīṣu na nāgīṣu nāsurīṣvapsaraḥsu ca | dṛṣṭapūrvā mayā kācidrūpeṇānena śobhitā || 7.88.14 ||
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sadṛśīyaṃ mama bhavedyadi nānyaparigrahaḥ | iti buddhiṃ samāsthāya jalātkūlamupāgamat || 7.88.15 ||
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āśramaṃ samupāgamya tatastāḥ pramadottamāḥ | śabdāpayata dharmātmā tāścainaṃ ca vavandire || 7.88.16 ||
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sa tāḥ papraccha dharmātmā kasyaiṣā lokasundarī | kimarthamāgatā caiva sarvamākhyāta mā ciram || 7.88.17 ||
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śubhaṃ tu tasya tadvākyaṃ madhuraṃ madhurākṣaram | śrutvā striyaśca tāḥ sarvā ūcurmadhurayā girā || 7.88.18 ||
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asmākameṣā suśroṇī prabhutve vartate sadā | apatiḥ kānanānteṣu sahāsmābhiścaratyasau || 7.88.19 ||
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tadvākyamavyaktapadaṃ tāsāṃ strīṇāṃ niśamya ca | vidyāmāvartanīṃ puṇyāmāvartayata sa dvijaḥ || 7.88.20 ||
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so 'rthaṃ viditvā sakalaṃ tasya rājño yathāgatam | sarvā eva striyastāśca babhāṣe munipuṅgavaḥ || 7.88.21 ||
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atra kimpuruṣīrbhūtvā śailarodhasi vatsyatha | āvāsastu girāvasmiñchīghrameva vidhīyatām || 7.88.22 ||
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mūlapatraphalaiḥ sarvā vartayiṣyatha nityadā | striyaḥ kimpuruṣānnāma bharta'nsamupalapsyatha || 7.88.23 ||
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tāḥ śrutvā somaputrasya vācaṃ kimpuruṣīkṛtāḥ | upāsāñcakrire śailaṃ vadhvastā bahulāstadā || 7.88.24 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe 'ṣṭāśītitamaḥ sargaḥ || 88 ||
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