.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 100

āśvāsayantaṃ bharataṃ jābālirbrāhmaṇottamaḥ .
uvāca rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmāpetamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 1..

sādhu rāghava mā bhūtte buddhirevaṃ nirarthakā .
prākṛtasya narasyeva ārya buddhestapasvinaḥ .. 2..

kaḥ kasya puruṣo bandhuḥ kimāpyaṃ kasya kena cit .
yadeko jāyate jantureka eva vinaśyati .. 3..

tasmānmātā pitā ceti rāma sajjeta yo naraḥ .
unmatta iva sa jñeyo nāsti kāciddhi kasya cit .. 4..

yathā grāmāntaraṃ gacchannaraḥ kaś citkva cidvaset .
utsṛjya ca tamāvāsaṃ pratiṣṭhetāpare.ahani .. 5..

evameva manuṣyāṇāṃ pitā mātā gṛhaṃ vasu .
āvāsamātraṃ kākutstha sajjante nātra sajjanāḥ .. 6..

pitryaṃ rājyaṃ samutsṛjya sa nārhati narottama .
āsthātuṃ kāpathaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣamaṃ bahukaṇṭakam .. 7..

samṛddhāyāmayodhyāyāmātmānamabhiṣecaya .
ekaveṇīdharā hi tvāṃ nagarī sampratīkṣate .. 8..

rājabhogānanubhavanmahārhānpārthivātmaja .
vihara tvamayodhyāyāṃ yathā śakrastriviṣṭape .. 9..

na te kaściddaśarataḥstvaṃ ca tasya na kaś cana .
anyo rājā tvamanyaśca tasmātkuru yaducyate .. 10..

gataḥ sa nṛpatistatra gantavyaṃ yatra tena vai .
pravṛttireṣā martyānāṃ tvaṃ tu mithyā vihanyase .. 11..

arthadharmaparā ye ye tāṃstāñśocāmi netarān .
te hi duḥkhamiha prāpya vināśaṃ pretya bhejire .. 12..

aṣṭakā pitṛdaivatyamityayaṃ prasṛto janaḥ .
annasyopadravaṃ paśya mṛto hi kimaśiṣyati .. 13..

yadi bhuktamihānyena dehamanyasya gacchati .
dadyātpravasataḥ śrāddhaṃ na tatpathyaśanaṃ bhavet .. 14..

dānasaṃvananā hyete granthā medhāvibhiḥ kṛtāḥ .
yajasva dehi dīkṣasva tapastapyasva santyaja .. 15..

sa nāsti paramityeva kuru buddhiṃ mahāmate .
pratyakṣaṃ yattadātiṣṭha parokṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kuru .. 16..

satāṃ buddhiṃ puraskṛtya sarvalokanidarśinīm .
rājyaṃ tvaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva bharatena prasāditaḥ .. 17..




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