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sarga - 20

iti bruvati rāme tu lakṣmaṇo.adhaḥśirā muhuḥ .
śrutvā madhyaṃ jagāmeva manasā duḥkhaharṣayoḥ .. 1..

tadā tu baddhvā bhrukuṭīṃ bhruvormadhye nararṣabha .
niśaśvāsa mahāsarpo bilastha iva roṣitaḥ .. 2..

tasya duṣprativīkṣyaṃ tadbhrukuṭīsahitaṃ tadā .
babhau kruddhasya siṃhasya mukhasya sadṛśaṃ mukham .. 3..

agrahastaṃ vidhunvaṃstu hastī hastamivātmanaḥ .
tiryagūrdhvaṃ śarīre ca pātayitvā śirodharām .. 4..

agrākṣṇā vīkṣamāṇastu tiryagbhrātaramabravīt .
asthāne sambhramo yasya jāto vai sumahānayam .. 5..

dharmadoṣaprasaṅgena lokasyānatiśaṅkayā .
kathaṃ hyetadasambhrāntastvadvidho vaktumarhati .. 6..

yathā daivamaśauṇḍīraṃ śauṇḍīraḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ .
kiṃ nāma kṛpaṇaṃ daivamaśaktamabhiśaṃsasi .. 7..

pāpayostu kathaṃ nāma tayoḥ śaṅkā na vidyate .
santi dharmopadhāḥ ślakṣṇā dharmātmankiṃ na budhyase .. 8..

lokavidviṣṭamārabdhaṃ tvadanyasyābhiṣecanam .
yeneyamāgatā dvaidhaṃ tava buddhirmahīpate .
sa hi dharmo mama dveṣyaḥ prasaṅgādyasya muhyasi .. 9..

yadyapi pratipattiste daivī cāpi tayormatam .
tathāpyupekṣaṇīyaṃ te na me tadapi rocate .. 10..

viklavo vīryahīno yaḥ sa daivamanuvartate .
vīrāḥ sambhāvitātmāno na daivaṃ paryupāsate .. 11..

daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa yaḥ samarthaḥ prabādhitum .
na daivena vipannārthaḥ puruṣaḥ so.avasīdati .. 12..

drakṣyanti tvadya daivasya pauruṣaṃ puruṣasya ca .
daivamānuṣayoradya vyaktā vyaktirbhaviṣyati .. 13..

adya matpauruṣahataṃ daivaṃ drakṣyanti vai janāḥ .
yaddaivādāhataṃ te.adya dṛṣṭaṃ rājyābhiṣecanam .. 14..

atyaṅkuśamivoddāmaṃ gajaṃ madabaloddhatam .
pradhāvitamahaṃ daivaṃ pauruṣeṇa nivartaye .. 15..

lokapālāḥ samastāste nādya rāmābhiṣecanam .
na ca kṛtsnāstrayo lokā vihanyuḥ kiṃ punaḥ pitā .. 16..

yairvivāsastavāraṇye mitho rājansamarthitaḥ .
araṇye te vivatsyanti caturdaśa samāstathā .. 17..

ahaṃ tadāśāṃ chetsyāmi pitustasyāśca yā tava .
abhiṣekavighātena putrarājyāya vartate .. 18..

madbalena viruddhāya na syāddaivabalaṃ tathā .
prabhaviṣyati duḥkhāya yathograṃ pauruṣaṃ mama .. 19..

ūrdhvaṃ varṣasahasrānte prajāpālyamanantaram .
āryaputrāḥ kariṣyanti vanavāsaṃ gate tvayi .. 20..

pūrvarājarṣivṛttyā hi vanavāso vidhīyate .
prajā nikṣipya putreṣu putravatparipālane .. 21..

sa cedrājanyanekāgre rājyavibhramaśaṅkayā .
naivamicchasi dharmātmanrājyaṃ rāma tvamātmani .. 22..

pratijāne ca te vīra mā bhūvaṃ vīralokabhāk .
rājyaṃ ca tava rakṣeyamahaṃ veleva sāgaram .. 23..

maṅgalairabhiṣiñcasva tatra tvaṃ vyāpṛto bhava .
ahameko mahīpālānalaṃ vārayituṃ balāt .. 24..

na śobhārthāvimau bāhū na dhanurbhūṣaṇāya me .
nāsirābandhanārthāya na śarāḥ stambhahetavaḥ .. 25..

amitradamanārthaṃ me sarvametaccatuṣṭayam .
na cāhaṃ kāmaye.atyarthaṃ yaḥ syācchatrurmato mama .. 26..

asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa vidyuccalitavarcasā .
pragṛhītena vai śatruṃ vajriṇaṃ vā na kalpaye .. 27..

khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭairgahanā duścarā ca me .
hastyaśvanarahastoruśirobhirbhavitā mahī .. 28..

khaḍgadhārā hatā me.adya dīpyamānā ivādrayaḥ .
patiṣyanti dvipā bhūmau meghā iva savidyutaḥ .. 29..

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇe pragṛhītaśarāsane .
kathaṃ puruṣamānī syātpuruṣāṇāṃ mayi sthite .. 30..

bahubhiścaikamatyasyannekena ca bahūñjanān .
viniyokṣyāmyahaṃ bāṇānnṛvājigajamarmasu .. 31..

adya me.astraprabhāvasya prabhāvaḥ prabhaviṣyati .
rājñaścāprabhutāṃ kartuṃ prabhutvaṃ ca tava prabho .. 32..

adya candanasārasya keyūrāmokṣaṇasya ca .
vasūnāṃ ca vimokṣasya suhṛdāṃ pālanasya ca .. 33..

anurūpāvimau bāhū rāma karma kariṣyataḥ .
abhiṣecanavighnasya kartṝṇāṃ te nivāraṇe .. 34..

bravīhi ko.adyaiva mayā viyujyatāṃ
tavāsuhṛtprāṇayaśaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ .
yathā taveyaṃ vasudhā vaśe bhavet
tathaiva māṃ śādhi tavāsmi kiṅkaraḥ .. 35..

vimṛjya bāṣpaṃ parisāntvya cāsakṛt
sa lakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ .
uvāca pitrye vacane vyavasthitaṃ
nibodha māmeṣa hi saumya satpathaḥ .. 36..




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