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sarga - 18

tathā tu vilapantīṃ tāṃ kausalyāṃ rāmamātaram .
uvāca lakṣmaṇo dīnastatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ .. 1..

na rocate mamāpyetadārye yadrāghavo vanam .
tyaktvā rājyaśriyaṃ gacchetstriyā vākyavaśaṃ gataḥ .. 2..

viparītaśca vṛddhaśca viṣayaiśca pradharṣitaḥ .
nṛpaḥ kimiva na brūyāccodyamānaḥ samanmathaḥ .. 3..

nāsyāparādhaṃ paśyāmi nāpi doṣaṃ tathā vidham .
yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrādvanavāsāya rāghavaḥ .. 4..

na taṃ paśyāmyahaṃ loke parokṣamapi yo naraḥ .
amitro.api nirasto.api yo.asya doṣamudāharet .. 5..

devakalpamṛjuṃ dāntaṃ ripūṇām api vatsalam .
avekṣamāṇaḥ ko dharmaṃ tyajetputramakāraṇāt .. 6..

tadidaṃ vacanaṃ rājñaḥ punarbālyamupeyuṣaḥ .
putraḥ ko hṛdaye kuryādrājavṛttamanusmaran .. 7..

yāvadeva na jānāti kaścidarthamimaṃ naraḥ .
tāvadeva mayā sādhamātmasthaṃ kuru śāsanam .. 8..

mayā pārśve sadhanuṣā tava guptasya rāghava .
kaḥ samartho.adhikaṃ kartuṃ kṛtāntasyeva tiṣṭhataḥ .. 9..

nirmanuṣyāmimāṃ sarvāmayodhyāṃ manujarṣabha .
kariṣyāmi śaraistīkṣṇairyadi sthāsyati vipriye .. 10..

bharatasyātha pakṣyo vā yo vāsya hitamicchati .
sarvānetānvadhiṣyāmi mṛdurhi paribhūyate .. 11..

tvayā caiva mayā caiva kṛtvā vairamanuttamam .
kasya śaktiḥ śriyaṃ dātuṃ bharatāyāriśāsana .. 12..

anurakto.asmi bhāvena bhrātaraṃ devi tattvataḥ .
satyena dhanuṣā caiva datteneṣṭena te śape .. 13..

dīptamagnimaraṇyaṃ vā yadi rāmaḥ pravekṣyate .
praviṣṭaṃ tatra māṃ devi tvaṃ pūrvamavadhāraya .. 14..

harāmi vīryādduḥkhaṃ te tamaḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ .
devī paśyatu me vīryaṃ rāghavaścaiva paśyatu .. 15..

etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ .
uvāca rāmaṃ kausalyā rudantī śokalālasā .. 16..

bhrātuste vadataḥ putra lakṣmaṇasya śrutaṃ tvayā .
yadatrānantaraṃ tattvaṃ kuruṣva yadi rocate .. 17..

na cādharmyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sapatnyā mama bhāṣitam .
vihāya śokasantaptāṃ gantumarhasi māmitaḥ .. 18..

dharmajña yadi dharmiṣṭho dharmaṃ caritumicchasi .
śuśrūṣa māmihasthastvaṃ cara dharmamanuttamam .. 19..

śuśrūṣurjananīṃ putra svagṛhe niyato vasan .
pareṇa tapasā yuktaḥ kāśyapastridivaṃ gataḥ .. 20..

yathaiva rājā pūjyaste gauraveṇa tathā hyaham .
tvāṃ nāhamanujānāmi na gantavyamito vanam .. 21..

tvadviyogānna me kāryaṃ jīvitena sukhena vā .
tvayā saha mama śreyastṛṇānāmapi bhakṣaṇam .. 22..

yadi tvaṃ yāsyasi vanaṃ tyaktvā māṃ śokalālasām .
ahaṃ prāyamihāsiṣye na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum .. 23..

tatastvaṃ prāpsyase putra nirayaṃ lokaviśrutam .
brahmahatyāmivādharmātsamudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ .. 24..

vilapantīṃ tathā dīnāṃ kausalyāṃ jananīṃ tataḥ .
uvāca rāmo dharmātmā vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam .. 25..

nāsti śaktiḥ piturvākyaṃ samatikramituṃ mama .
prasādaye tvāṃ śirasā gantumicchāmyahaṃ vanam .. 26..

ṛṣiṇā ca piturvākyaṃ kurvatā vratacāriṇā .
gaurhatā jānatā dharmaṃ kaṇḍunāpi vipaścitā .. 27..

asmākaṃ ca kule pūrvaṃ sagarasyājñayā pituḥ .
khanadbhiḥ sāgarairbhūtimavāptaḥ sumahānvadhaḥ .. 28..

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa reṇukā jananī svayam .
kṛttā paraśunāraṇye piturvacanakāriṇā .. 29..

na khalvetanmayaikena kriyate pitṛśāsanam .
pūrvairayamabhipreto gato mārgo.anugamyate .. 30..

tadetattu mayā kāryaṃ kriyate bhuvi nānyathā .
piturhi vacanaṃ kurvanna kaścinnāma hīyate .. 31..

tāmevamuktvā jananīṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ punarabravīt .
tava lakṣmaṇa jānāmi mayi snehamanuttamam .
abhiprāyamavijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca .. 32..

dharmo hi paramo loke dharme satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .
dharmasaṃśritametacca piturvacanamuttamam .. 33..

saṃśrutya ca piturvākyaṃ māturvā brāhmaṇasya vā .
na kartavyaṃ vṛthā vīra dharmamāśritya tiṣṭhatā .. 34..

so.ahaṃ na śakṣyāmi piturniyogamativartitum .
piturhi vacanādvīra kaikeyyāhaṃ pracoditaḥ .. 35..

tadenāṃ visṛjānāryāṃ kṣatradharmāśritāṃ matim .
dharmamāśraya mā taikṣṇyaṃ madbuddhiranugamyatām .. 36..

tamevamuktvā sauhārdādbhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ .
uvāca bhūyaḥ kausalyāṃ prāñjaliḥ śirasānataḥ .. 37..

anumanyasva māṃ devi gamiṣyantamito vanam .
śāpitāsi mama prāṇaiḥ kuru svastyayanāni me .
tīrṇapratijñaśca vanātpunareṣyāmyahaṃ purīm .. 38..

yaśo hyahaṃ kevalarājyakāraṇān
na pṛṣṭhataḥ kartumalaṃ mahodayam .
adīrghakāle na tu devi jīvite
vṛṇe.avarāmadya mahīmadharmataḥ .. 39..

prasādayannaravṛṣabhaḥ sa mātaraṃ
parākramājjigamiṣureva daṇḍakān .
athānujaṃ bhṛśamanuśāsya darśanaṃ
cakāra tāṃ hṛdi jananīṃ pradakṣiṇam .. 40..




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