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sarga - 10

ājñāpya tu mahārājo rāghavasyābhiṣecanam .
priyārhāṃ priyamākhyātuṃ viveśāntaḥpuraṃ vaśī .. 1..

tāṃ tatra patitāṃ bhūmau śayānāmatathocitām .
pratapta iva duḥkhena so.apaśyajjagatīpatiḥ .. 2..

sa vṛddhastaruṇīṃ bhāryāṃ prāṇebhyo.api garīyasīm .
apāpaḥ pāpasaṅkalpāṃ dadarśa dharaṇītale .. 3..

kareṇumiva digdhena viddhāṃ mṛgayuṇā vane .
mahāgaja ivāraṇye snehātparimamarśa tām .. 4..

parimṛśya ca pāṇibhyāmabhisantrastacetanaḥ .
kāmī kamalapatrākṣīmuvāca vanitām idam .. 5..

na te.ahamabhijānāmi krodhamātmani saṃśritam .
devi kenābhiyuktāsi kena vāsi vimānitā .. 6..

yadidaṃ mama duḥkhāya śeṣe kalyāṇi pāṃsuṣu .
bhūmau śeṣe kimarthaṃ tvaṃ mayi kalyāṇa cetasi .
bhūtopahatacitteva mama cittapramāthinī .. 7..

santi me kuśalā vaidyā abhituṣṭāśca sarvaśaḥ .
sukhitāṃ tvāṃ kariṣyanti vyādhimācakṣva bhāmini .. 8..

kasya vā te priyaṃ kāryaṃ kena vā vipriyaṃ kṛtam .
kaḥ priyaṃ labhatāmadya ko vā sumahadapriyam .. 9..

avadhyo vadhyatāṃ ko vā vadhyaḥ ko vā vimucyatām .
daridraḥ ko bhavatvāḍhyo dravyavānvāpyakiñcanaḥ .. 10..

ahaṃ caiva madīyāśca sarve tava vaśānugāḥ .
na te kaṃ cidabhiprāyaṃ vyāhantumahamutsahe .. 11..

ātmano jīvitenāpi brūhi yanmanasecchasi .
yāvadāvartate cakraṃ tāvatī me vasundharā .. 12..

tathoktā sā samāśvastā vaktukāmā tadapriyam .
paripīḍayituṃ bhūyo bhartāramupacakrame .. 13..

nāsmi viprakṛtā deva kena cinna vimānitā .
abhiprāyastu me kaścittamicchāmi tvayā kṛtam .. 14..

pratijñāṃ pratijānīṣva yadi tvaṃ kartumicchasi .
atha tadvyāhariṣyāmi yadabhiprārthitaṃ mayā .. 15..

evamuktastayā rājā priyayā strīvaśaṃ gataḥ .
tāmuvāca mahātejāḥ kaikeyīmīṣadutsmitaḥ .. 16..

avalipte na jānāsi tvattaḥ priyataro mama .
manujo manujavyāghrādrāmādanyo na vidyate .. 17..

bhadre hṛdayamapyetadanumṛśśyoddharasva me .
etatsamīkṣya kaikeyi brūhi yatsādhu manyase .. 18..

balamātmani paśyantī na māṃ śaṅkitumarhasi .
kariṣyāmi tava prītiṃ sukṛtenāpi te śape .. 19..

tena vākyena saṃhṛṣṭā tamabhiprāyamātmanaḥ .
vyājahāra mahāghoramabhyāgatamivāntakam .. 20..

yathākrameṇa śapasi varaṃ mama dadāsi ca .
tacchṛṇvantu trayastriṃśaddevāḥ sendrapurogamāḥ .. 21..

candrādityau nabhaścaiva grahā rātryahanī diśaḥ .
jagacca pṛthivī caiva sagandharvā sarākṣasā .. 22..

niśācarāṇi bhūtāni gṛheṣu gṛhadevatāḥ .
yāni cānyāni bhūtāni jānīyurbhāṣitaṃ tava .. 23..

satyasandho mahātejā dharmajñaḥ susamāhitaḥ .
varaṃ mama dadātyeṣa tanme śṛṇvantu devatāḥ .. 24..

iti devī maheṣvāsaṃ parigṛhyābhiśasya ca .
tataḥ paramuvācedaṃ varadaṃ kāmamohitam .. 25..

varau yau me tvayā deva tadā dattau mahīpate .
tau tāvadahamadyaiva vakṣyāmi śṛṇu me vacaḥ .. 26..

abhiṣeka samārambho rāghavasyopakalpitaḥ .
anenaivābhiṣekeṇa bharato me.abhiṣicyatām .. 27..

nava pañca ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ .
cīrājinajaṭādhārī rāmo bhavatu tāpasaḥ .. 28..

bharato bhajatāmadya yauvarājyamakaṇṭakam .
adya caiva hi paśyeyaṃ prayāntaṃ rāghavaṃ vane .. 29..

tataḥ śrutvā mahārāja kaikeyyā dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ .
vyathito vilavaścaiva vyāghrīṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā mṛgaḥ .. 30..

asaṃvṛtāyāmāsīno jagatyāṃ dīrghamucchvasan .
aho dhigiti sāmarṣo vācamuktvā narādhipaḥ .
mohamāpedivānbhūyaḥ śokopahatacetanaḥ .. 31..

cireṇa tu nṛpaḥ saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya suduḥkhitaḥ .
kaikeyīmabravītkruddhaḥ pradahanniva cakṣuṣā .. 32..

nṛśaṃse duṣṭacāritre kulasyāsya vināśini .
kiṃ kṛtaṃ tava rāmeṇa pāpe pāpaṃ mayāpi vā .. 33..

sadā te jananī tulyāṃ vṛttiṃ vahati rāghavaḥ .
tasyaiva tvamanarthāya kiṃnimittamihodyatā .. 34..

tvaṃ mayātmavināśāya bhavanaṃ svaṃ praveśitā .
avijñānānnṛpasutā vyālī tīkṣṇaviṣā yathā .. 35..

jīvaloko yadā sarvo rāmasyeha guṇastavam .
aparādhaṃ kamuddiśya tyakṣyāmīṣṭamahaṃ sutam .. 36..

kausalyāṃ vā sumitrāṃ vā tyajeyamapi vā śriyam .
jīvitaṃ vātmano rāmaṃ na tveva pitṛvatsalam .. 37..

parā bhavati me prītirdṛṣṭvā tanayamagrajam .
apaśyatastu me rāmaṃ naṣṭā bhavati cetanā .. 38..

tiṣṭhelloko vinā sūryaṃ sasyaṃ vā salilaṃ vinā .
na tu rāmaṃ vinā dehe tiṣṭhettu mama jīvitam .. 39..

tadalaṃ tyajyatāmeṣa niścayaḥ pāpaniścaye .
api te caraṇau mūrdhnā spṛśāmyeṣa prasīda me .. 40..

sa bhūmipālo vilapannanāthavat
striyā gṛhīto dṛhaye.atimātratā .
papāta devyāścaraṇau prasāritāv
ubhāvasaṃspṛśya yathāturastathā .. 41..




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