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sarga - 16
sa dadarśāsane rāmo niṣaṇṇaṃ pitaraṃ śubhe .
kaikeyīsahitaṃ dīnaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā .. 1..
sa pituścaraṇau pūrvamabhivādya vinītavat .
tato vavande caraṇau kaikeyyāḥ susamāhitaḥ .. 2..
rāmetyuktvā ca vacanaṃ vāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ .
śaśāka nṛpatirdīno nekṣituṃ nābhibhāṣitum .. 3..
tadapūrvaṃ narapaterdṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ bhayāvaham .
rāmo.api bhayamāpannaḥ padā spṛṣṭveva pannagam .. 4..
indriyairaprahṛṣṭaistaṃ śokasantāpakarśitam .
niḥśvasantaṃ mahārājaṃ vyathitākulacetasaṃ .. 5..
ūrmi mālinamakṣobhyaṃ kṣubhyantamiva sāgaram .
upaplutamivādityamuktānṛtamṛṣiṃ yathā .. 6..
acintyakalpaṃ hi pitustaṃ śokamupadhārayan .
babhūva saṃrabdhataraḥ samudra iva parvaṇi .. 7..
cintayāmāsa ca tadā rāmaḥ pitṛhite rataḥ .
kiṃsvidadyaiva nṛpatirna māṃ pratyabhinandati .. 8..
anyadā māṃ pitā dṛṣṭvā kupito.api prasīdati .
tasya māmadya samprekṣya kimāyāsaḥ pravartate .. 9..
sa dīna iva śokārto viṣaṇṇavadanadyutiḥ .
kaikeyīmabhivādyaiva rāmo vacanamabravīt .. 10..
kaccinmayā nāparādhamajñānādyena me pitā .
kupitastanmamācakṣva tvaṃ caivainaṃ prasādaya .. 11..
vivarṇavadano dīno na hi māmabhibhāṣate .
śārīro mānaso vāpi kaccidenaṃ na bādhate .
santāpo vābhitāpo vā durlabhaṃ hi sadā sukham .. 12..
kaccinna kiṃ cidbharate kumāre priyadarśane .
śatrughne vā mahāsattve mātṝṇāṃ vā mamāśubham .. 13..
atoṣayanmahārājamakurvanvā piturvacaḥ .
muhūrtamapi neccheyaṃ jīvituṃ kupite nṛpe .. 14..
yatomūlaṃ naraḥ paśyetprādurbhāvamihātmanaḥ .
kathaṃ tasminna varteta pratyakṣe sati daivate .. 15..
kaccitte paruṣaṃ kiṃ cidabhimānātpitā mama .
ukto bhavatyā kopena yatrāsya lulitaṃ manaḥ .. 16..
etadācakṣva me devi tattvena paripṛcchataḥ .
kiṃnimittamapūrvo.ayaṃ vikāro manujādhipe .. 17..
ahaṃ hi vacanādrājñaḥ pateyamapi pāvake .
bhakṣayeyaṃ viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ majjeyamapi cārṇave .
niyukto guruṇā pitrā nṛpeṇa ca hitena ca .. 18..
tadbrūhi vacanaṃ devi rājño yadabhikāṅkṣitam .
kariṣye pratijāne ca rāmo dvirnābhibhāṣate .. 19..
tamārjavasamāyuktamanāryā satyavādinam .
uvāca rāmaṃ kaikeyī vacanaṃ bhṛśadāruṇam .. 20..
purā devāsure yuddhe pitrā te mama rāghava .
rakṣitena varau dattau saśalyena mahāraṇe .. 21..
tatra me yācito rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam .
gamanaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye tava cādyaiva rāghava .. 22..
yadi satyapratijñaṃ tvaṃ pitaraṃ kartumicchasi .
ātmānaṃ ca narareṣṭha mama vākyamidaṃ śṛṇu .. 23..
sa nideśe pitustiṣṭha yathā tena pratiśrutam .
tvayāraṇyaṃ praveṣṭavyaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca .. 24..
sapta sapta ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ .
abhiṣekamimaṃ tyaktvā jaṭācīradharo vasa .. 25..
bharataḥ kosalapure praśāstu vasudhāmimām .
nānāratnasamākīrṇaṃ savājirathakuñjarām .. 26..
tadapriyamamitraghno vacanaṃ maraṇopamam .
śrutvā na vivyathe rāmaḥ kaikeyīṃ cedamabravīt .. 27..
evamastu gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ vastumahaṃ tvataḥ .
jaṭācīradharo rājñaḥ pratijñāmanupālayan .. 28..
idaṃ tu jñātumicchāmi kimarthaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ .
nābhinandati durdharṣo yathāpuramarindamaḥ .. 29..
manyurna ca tvayā kāryo devi brūhi tavāgrataḥ .
yāsyāmi bhava suprītā vanaṃ cīrajaṭādharaḥ .. 30..
hitena guruṇā pitrā kṛtajñena nṛpeṇa ca .
niyujyamāno viśrabdhaṃ kiṃ na kuryādahaṃ priyam .. 31..
alīkaṃ mānasaṃ tvekaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahatīva me .
svayaṃ yannāha māṃ rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam .. 32..
ahaṃ hi sītāṃ rājyaṃ ca prāṇāniṣṭāndhanāni ca .
hṛṣṭo bhrātre svayaṃ dadyāṃ bharatāyāpracoditaḥ .. 33..
kiṃ punarmanujendreṇa svayaṃ pitrā pracoditaḥ .
tava ca priyakāmārthaṃ pratijñāmanupālayan .. 34..
tadāśvāsaya hīmaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ nvidaṃ yanmahīpatiḥ .
vasudhāsaktanayano mandamaśrūṇi muñcati .. 35..
gacchantu caivānayituṃ dūtāḥ śīghrajavairhayaiḥ .
bharataṃ mātulakulādadyaiva nṛpaśāsanāt .. 36..
daṇḍakāraṇyameṣo.ahamito gacchāmi satvaraḥ .
avicārya piturvākyaṃ samāvastuṃ caturdaśa .. 37..
sā hṛṣṭā tasya tadvākyaṃ śrutvā rāmasya kaikayī .
prasthānaṃ śraddadhānā hi tvarayāmāsa rāghavam .. 38..
evaṃ bhavatu yāsyanti dūtāḥ śīghrajavairhayaiḥ .
bharataṃ mātulakulādupāvartayituṃ narāḥ .. 39..
tava tvahaṃ kṣamaṃ manye notsukasya vilambanam .
rāma tasmāditaḥ śīghraṃ vanaṃ tvaṃ gantumarhasi .. 40..
vrīḍānvitaḥ svayaṃ yacca nṛpastvāṃ nābhibhāṣate .
naitatkiṃ cinnaraśreṣṭha manyureṣo.apanīyatām .. 41..
yāvattvaṃ na vanaṃ yātaḥ purādasmādabhitvaran .
pitā tāvanna te rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate.api vā .. 42..
dhikkaṣṭamiti niḥśvasya rājā śokapariplutaḥ .
mūrchito nyapatattasminparyaṅke hemabhūṣite .. 43..
rāmo.apyutthāpya rājānaṃ kaikeyyābhipracoditaḥ .
kaśayevāhato vājī vanaṃ gantuṃ kṛtatvaraḥ .. 44..
tadapriyamanāryāyā vacanaṃ dāruṇodaram .
śrutvā gatavyatho rāmaḥ kaikeyīṃ vākyamabravīt .. 45..
nāhamarthaparo devi lokamāvastumutsahe .
viddhi māmṛṣibhistulyaṃ kevalaṃ dharmamāsthitam .. 46..
yadatrabhavataḥ kiṃ cicchakyaṃ kartuṃ priyaṃ mayā .
prāṇānapi parityajya sarvathā kṛtameva tat .. 47..
na hyato dharmacaraṇaṃ kiṃ cidasti mahattaram .
yathā pitari śuśrūṣā tasya vā vacanakriyā .. 48..
anukto.apyatrabhavatā bhavatyā vacanādaham .
vane vatsyāmi vijane varṣāṇīha caturdaśa .. 49..
na nūnaṃ mayi kaikeyi kiṃ cidāśaṃsase guṇam .
yadrājānamavocastvaṃ mameśvaratarā satī .. 50..
yāvanmātaramāpṛcche sītāṃ cānunayāmyaham .
tato.adyaiva gamiṣyāmi daṇḍakānāṃ mahadvanam .. 51..
bharataḥ pālayedrājyaṃ śuśrūṣecca pituryathā .
tahā bhavatyā kartavyaṃ sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .. 52..
sa rāmasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ duḥkhahataḥ pitā .
śokādaśaknuvanbāṣpaṃ praruroda mahāsvanam .. 53..
vanditvā caraṇau rāmo visaṃjñasya pitustadā .
kaikeyyāścāpyanāryāyā niṣpapāta mahādyutiḥ .. 54..
sa rāmaḥ pitaraṃ kṛtvā kaikeyīṃ ca pradakṣiṇam .
niṣkramyāntaḥpurāttasmātsvaṃ dadarśa suhṛjjanam .. 55..
taṃ bāṣpaparipūrṇākṣaḥ pṛṣṭhato.anujagāma ha .
lakṣmaṇaḥ paramakruddhaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ .. 56..
ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā rāmaḥ pradakṣiṇam .
śanairjagāma sāpekṣo dṛṣṭiṃ tatrāvicālayan .. 57..
na cāsya mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ rājyanāśo.apakarṣati .
lokakāntasya kāntatvaṃ śītaraśmeriva kṣapā .. 58..
na vanaṃ gantukāmasya tyajataśca vasundharām .
sarvalokātigasyeva lakṣyate cittavikriyā .. 59..
dhārayanmanasā duḥkhamindriyāṇi nigṛhya ca .
praviveśātmavānveśma māturapriyaśaṃsivān .. 60..
praviśya veśmātibhṛśaṃ mudānvitaṃ
samīkṣya tāṃ cārthavipattimāgatām .
na caiva rāmo.atra jagāma vikriyāṃ
suhṛjjanasyātmavipattiśaṅkayā .. 61..
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