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sarga - 103

vasiṣṭhastu tadā rāmamuktvā rājapurohitaḥ .
abravīddharmasaṃyuktaṃ punarevāparaṃ vacaḥ .. 1..

puruṣasyeha jātasya bhavanti guravastrayaḥ .
ācāryaścaiva kākutstha pitā mātā ca rāghava .. 2..

pitā hyenaṃ janayati puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha .
prajñāṃ dadāti cācāryastasmātsa gururucyate .. 3..

sa te.ahaṃ piturācāryastava caiva parantapa .
mama tvaṃ vacanaṃ kurvannātivarteḥ satāṃ gatim .. 4..

imā hi te pariṣadaḥ śreṇayaśca samāgatāḥ .
eṣu tāta carandharmaṃ nātivarteḥ satāṃ gatim .. 5..

vṛddhāyā dharmaśīlāyā māturnārhasyavartitum .
asyāstu vacanaṃ kurvannātivarteḥ satāṃ gatim .. 6..

bharatasya vacaḥ kurvanyācamānasya rāghava .
ātmānaṃ nātivartestvaṃ satyadharmaparākrama .. 7..

evaṃ madhuramuktastu guruṇā rāghavaḥ svayam .
pratyuvāca samāsīnaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ .. 8..

yanmātāpitarau vṛttaṃ tanaye kurutaḥ sadā .
na supratikaraṃ tattu mātrā pitrā ca yatkṛtam .. 9..

yathāśakti pradānena snāpanācchādanena ca .
nityaṃ ca priyavādena tathā saṃvardhanena ca .. 10..

sa hi rājā janayitā pitā daśaratho mama .
ājñātaṃ yanmayā tasya na tanmithyā bhaviṣyati .. 11..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa bharataḥ pratyanantaram .
uvāca paramodāraḥ sūtaṃ paramadurmanāḥ .. 12..

iha me sthaṇḍile śīghraṃ kuśānāstara sārathe .
āryaṃ pratyupavekṣyāmi yāvanme na prasīdati .. 13..

anāhāro nirāloko dhanahīno yathā dvijaḥ .
śeṣye purastācchālāyā yāvanna pratiyāsyati .. 14..

sa tu rāmamavekṣantaṃ sumantraṃ prekṣya durmanāḥ .
kuśottaramupasthāpya bhūmāvevāstaratsvayam .. 15..

tamuvāca mahātejā rāmo rājarṣisattamāḥ .
kiṃ māṃ bharata kurvāṇaṃ tāta pratyupavekṣyasi .. 16..

brāhmaṇo hyekapārśvena narānroddhumihārhati .
na tu mūrdhāvasiktānāṃ vidhiḥ pratyupaveśane .. 17..

uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla hitvaitaddāruṇaṃ vratam .
puravaryāmitaḥ kṣipramayodhyāṃ yāhi rāghava .. 18..

āsīnastveva bharataḥ paurajānapadaṃ janam .
uvāca sarvataḥ prekṣya kimāryaṃ nānuśāsatha .. 19..

te tamūcurmahātmānaṃ paurajānapadā janāḥ .
kākutsthamabhijānīmaḥ samyagvadati rāghavaḥ .. 20..

eṣo.api hi mahābhāgaḥ piturvacasi tiṣṭhati .
ata eva na śaktāḥ smo vyāvartayitumañjasā .. 21..

teṣāmājñāya vacanaṃ rāmo vacanamabravīt .
evaṃ nibodha vacanaṃ suhṛdāṃ dharmacakṣuṣām .. 22..

etaccaivobhayaṃ śrutvā samyaksampaśya rāghava .
uttiṣṭha tvaṃ mahābāho māṃ ca spṛśa tathodakam .. 23..

athotthāya jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā bharato vākyamabravīt .
śṛṇvantu me pariṣado mantriṇaḥ śreṇayastathā .. 24..

na yāce pitaraṃ rājyaṃ nānuśāsāmi mātaram .
āryaṃ paramadharmajñamabhijānāmi rāghavam .. 25..

yadi tvavaśyaṃ vastavyaṃ kartavyaṃ ca piturvacaḥ .
ahameva nivatsyāmi caturdaśa vane samāḥ .. 26..

dharmātmā tasya tathyena bhrāturvākyena vismitaḥ .
uvāca rāmaḥ samprekṣya paurajānapadaṃ janam .. 27..

vikrītamāhitaṃ krītaṃ yatpitrā jīvatā mama .
na tallopayituṃ śakyaṃ mayā vā bharatena vā .. 28..

upadhirna mayā kāryo vanavāse jugupsitaḥ .
yuktamuktaṃ ca kaikeyyā pitrā me sukṛtaṃ kṛtam .. 29..

jānāmi bharataṃ kṣāntaṃ gurusatkārakāriṇam .
sarvamevātra kalyāṇaṃ satyasandhe mahātmani .. 30..

anena dharmaśīlena vanātpratyāgataḥ punaḥ .
bhrātrā saha bhaviṣyāmi pṛthivyāḥ patiruttamaḥ .. 31..

vṛto rājā hi kaikeyyā mayā tadvacanaṃ kṛtam .
anṛtānmocayānena pitaraṃ taṃ mahīpatim .. 32..




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