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sarga - 12

putraśokārditaṃ pāpā visaṃjñaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi .
viveṣṭamānamudīkṣya saikṣvākamidamabravīt .. 1..

pāpaṃ kṛtveva kimidaṃ mama saṃśrutya saṃśravam .
śeṣe kṣititale sannaḥ sthityāṃ sthātuṃ tvamarhasi .. 2..

āhuḥ satyaṃ hi paramaṃ dharmaṃ dharmavido janāḥ .
satyamāśritya hi mayā tvaṃ ca dharmaṃ pracoditaḥ .. 3..

saṃśrutya śaibyaḥ śyenāya svāṃ tanuṃ jagatīpatiḥ .
pradāya pakṣiṇo rājañjagāma gatimuttamām .. 4..

tatha hyalarkastejasvī brāhmaṇe vedapārage .
yācamāne svake netre uddhṛtyāvimanā dadau .. 5..

saritāṃ tu patiḥ svalpāṃ maryādāṃ satyamanvitaḥ .
satyānurodhātsamaye velāṃ khāṃ nātivartate .. 6..

samayaṃ ca mamāryemaṃ yadi tvaṃ na kariṣyasi .
agrataste parityaktā parityakṣyāmi jīvitam .. 7..

evaṃ pracodito rājā kaikeyyā nirviśaṅkayā .
nāśakatpāśamunmoktuṃ balirindrakṛtaṃ yathā .. 8..

udbhrāntahṛdayaścāpi vivarṇavanado.abhavat .
sa dhuryo vai parispandanyugacakrāntaraṃ yathā .. 9..

vihvalābhyāṃ ca netrābhyāmapaśyanniva bhūmipaḥ .
kṛcchrāddhairyeṇa saṃstabhya kaikeyīmidamabravīt .. 10..

yaste mantrakṛtaḥ pāṇiragnau pāpe mayā dhṛtaḥ .
taṃ tyajāmi svajaṃ caiva tava putraṃ saha tvayā .. 11..

tataḥ pāpasamācārā kaikeyī pārthivaṃ punaḥ .
uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ vākyajñā roṣamūrchitā .. 12..

kimidaṃ bhāṣase rājanvākyaṃ gararujopamam .
ānāyayitumakliṣṭaṃ putraṃ rāmamihārhasi .. 13..

sthāpya rājye mama sutaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ vanecaram .
niḥsapatnāṃ ca māṃ kṛtvā kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyasi .. 14..

sa nunna iva tīkṣeṇa pratodena hayottamaḥ .
rājā pradocito.abhīkṣṇaṃ kaikeyīmidamabravīt .. 15..

dharmabandhena baddho.asmi naṣṭā ca mama cetanā .
jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ priyaṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi dhārmikam .. 16..

iti rājño vacaḥ śrutvā kaikeyī tadanantaram .
svayamevābravītsūtaṃ gaccha tvaṃ rāmamānaya .. 17..

tataḥ sa rājā taṃ sūtaṃ sannaharṣaḥ sutaṃ prati .
śokāraktekṣaṇaḥ śrīmānudvīkṣyovāca dhārmikaḥ .. 18..

sumantraḥ karuṇaṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā dīnaṃ ca pārthivam .
pragṛhītāñjaliḥ kiṃ cittasmāddeśādapākraman .. 19..

yadā vaktuṃ svayaṃ dainyānna śaśāka mahīpatiḥ .
tadā sumantraṃ mantrajñā kaikeyī pratyuvāca ha .. 20..

sumantra rāmaṃ drakṣyāmi śīghramānaya sundaram .
sa manyamānaḥ kalyāṇaṃ hṛdayena nananda ca .. 21..

sumantraścintayāmāsa tvaritaṃ coditastayā .
vyaktaṃ rāmo.abhiṣekārthamihāyāsyati dharmavit .. 22..

iti sūto matiṃ kṛtvā harṣeṇa mahatā punaḥ .
nirjagāma mahātejā rāghavasya didṛkṣayā .. 23..

tataḥ purastātsahasā vinirgato
mahīpatīndvāragatānvilokayan .
dadarśa paurānvividhānmahādhanān
upasthitāndvāramupetya viṣṭhitān .. 24..




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