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sarga - 21

taṃ samīkṣya tvavahitaṃ piturnirdeśapālane .
kausalyā bāṣpasaṃruddhā vaco dharmiṣṭhamabravīt .. 1..

adṛṣṭaduḥkho dharmātmā sarvabhūtapriyaṃvadaḥ .
mayi jāto daśarathātkathamuñchena vartayet .. 2..

yasya bhṛtyāśca dāsāśca mṛṣṭānyannāni bhuñjate .
kathaṃ sa bhokṣyate nātho vane mūlaphalānyayam .. 3..

ka etacchraddadhecchrutvā kasya vā na bhavedbhayam .
guṇavāndayito rājño rāghavo yadvivāsyate .. 4..

tvayā vihīnāmiha māṃ śokāgniratulo mahān .
pradhakṣyati yathā kakṣaṃ citrabhānurhimātyaye .. 5..

kathaṃ hi dhenuḥ svaṃ vatsaṃ gacchantaṃ nānugacchati .
ahaṃ tvānugamiṣyāmi yatra putra gamiṣyasi .. 6..

tathā nigaditaṃ mātrā tadvākyaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ .
śrutvā rāmo.abravīdvākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām .. 7..

kaikeyyā vañcito rājā mayi cāraṇyamāśrite .
bhavatyā ca parityakto na nūnaṃ vartayiṣyati .. 8..

bhartuḥ kila parityāgo nṛśaṃsaḥ kevalaṃ striyāḥ .
sa bhavatyā na kartavyo manasāpi vigarhitaḥ .. 9..

yāvajjīvati kākutsthaḥ pitā me jagatīpatiḥ .
śuśrūṣā kriyatāṃ tāvatsa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .. 10..

evamuktā tu rāmeṇa kausalyā śubha darśanā .
tathetyuvāca suprītā rāmamakliṣṭakāriṇam .. 11..

evamuktastu vacanaṃ rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .
bhūyastāmabravīdvākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām .. 12..

mayā caiva bhavatyā ca kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ pituḥ .
rājā bhartā guruḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ .. 13..

imāni tu mahāraṇye vihṛtya nava pañca ca .
varṣāṇi paramaprītaḥ sthāsyāmi vacane tava .. 14..

evamuktā priyaṃ putraṃ bāṣpapūrṇānanā tadā .
uvāca paramārtā tu kausalyā putravatsalā .. 15..

āsāṃ rāma sapatnīnāṃ vastuṃ madhye na me kṣamam .
naya māmapi kākutstha vanaṃ vanyaṃ mṛgīṃ yathā .
yadi te gamane buddhiḥ kṛtā piturapekṣayā .. 16..

tāṃ tathā rudatīṃ rāmo rudanvacanamabravīt .
jīvantyā hi striyā bhartā daivataṃ prabhureva ca .
bhavatyā mama caivādya rājā prabhavati prabhuḥ .. 17..

bharataścāpi dharmātmā sarvabhūtapriyaṃvadaḥ .
bhavatīmanuvarteta sa hi dharmarataḥ sadā .. 18..

yathā mayi tu niṣkrānte putraśokena pārthivaḥ .
śramaṃ nāvāpnuyātkiṃ cidapramattā tathā kuru .. 19..

vratopavāsaniratā yā nārī paramottamā .
bhartāraṃ nānuvarteta sā ca pāpagatirbhavet .. 20..

śuśrūṣameva kurvīta bhartuḥ priyahite ratā .
eṣa dharmaḥ purā dṛṣṭo loke vede śrutaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 21..

pūjyāste matkṛte devi brāhmaṇāścaiva suvratāḥ .
evaṃ kālaṃ pratīkṣasva mamāgamanakāṅkṣiṇī .. 22..

prāpsyase paramaṃ kāmaṃ mayi pratyāgate sati .
yadi dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho dhārayiṣyati jīvitam .. 23..

evamuktā tu rāmeṇa bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇā .
kausalyā putraśokārtā rāmaṃ vacanamabravīt .
gaccha putra tvamekāgro bhadraṃ te.astu sadā vibho .. 24..

tathā hi rāmaṃ vanavāsaniścitaṃ
samīkṣya devī parameṇa cetasā .
uvāca rāmaṃ śubhalakṣaṇaṃ vaco
babhūva ca svastyayanābhikāṅkṣiṇī .. 25..




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