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sarga - 31

sa rāmapreṣitaḥ kṣipraṃ santāpakaluṣendriyaḥ .
praviśya nṛpatiṃ sūto niḥśvasantaṃ dadarśa ha .. 1..

ālokya tu mahāprājñaḥ paramākula cetasaṃ .
rāmamevānuśocantaṃ sūtaḥ prāñjalirāsadat .. 2..

ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghra dvāri tiṣṭhati te sutaḥ .
brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dattvā sarvaṃ caivopajīvinām .. 3..

sa tvā paśyatu bhadraṃ te rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ .
sarvānsuhṛda āpṛcchya tvāmidānīṃ didṛkṣate .. 4..

gamiṣyati mahāraṇyaṃ taṃ paśya jagatīpate .
vṛtaṃ rājaguṇaiḥ sarvairādityamiva raśmibhiḥ .. 5..

sa satyavādī dharmātmā gāmbhīryātsāgaropamaḥ .
ākāśa iva niṣpaṅko narendraḥ pratyuvāca tam .. 6..

sumantrānaya me dārānye ke cidiha māmakāḥ .
dāraiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvairdraṣṭumicchāmi rāghavam .. 7..

so.antaḥpuramatītyaiva striyastā vākyamabravīt .
āryo hvayati vo rājā gamyatāṃ tatra māciram .. 8..

evamuktāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ sumantreṇa nṛpājñayā .
pracakramustadbhavanaṃ bharturājñāya śāsanam .. 9..

ardhasaptaśatāstāstu pramadāstāmralocanāḥ .
kausalyāṃ parivāryātha śanairjagmurdhṛtavratāḥ .. 10..

āgateṣu ca dāreṣu samavekṣya mahīpatiḥ .
uvāca rājā taṃ sūtaṃ sumantrānaya me sutam .. 11..

sa sūto rāmamādāya lakṣmaṇaṃ maithilīṃ tadā .
jagāmābhimukhastūrṇaṃ sakāśaṃ jagatīpateḥ .. 12..

sa rājā putramāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrātkṛtāñjalim .
utpapātāsanāttūrṇamārtaḥ strījanasaṃvṛtaḥ .. 13..

so.abhidudrāva vegena rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśāṃ patiḥ .
tamasamprāpya duḥkhārtaḥ papāta bhuvi mūrchitaḥ .. 14..

taṃ rāmo.abhyapātatkṣipraṃ lakṣmaṇaśca mahārathaḥ .
visaṃjñamiva duḥkhena saśokaṃ nṛpatiṃ tadā .. 15..

strīsahasraninādaśca sañjajñe rājaveśmani .
hāhā rāmeti sahasā bhūṣaṇadhvanimūrchitaḥ .. 16..

taṃ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ tāvubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
paryaṅke sītayā sārdhaṃ rudantaḥ samaveśayan .. 17..

atha rāmo muhūrtena labdhasaṃjñaṃ mahīpatim .
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā śokārṇavapariplutam .. 18..

āpṛcche tvāṃ mahārāja sarveṣāmīśvaro.asi naḥ .
prasthitaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ paśya tvaṃ kuśalena mām .. 19..

lakṣmaṇaṃ cānujānīhi sītā cānveti māṃ vanam .
kāraṇairbahubhistathyairvāryamāṇau na cecchataḥ .. 20..

anujānīhi sarvānnaḥ śokamutsṛjya mānada .
lakṣmaṇaṃ māṃ ca sītāṃ ca prajāpatiriva prajāḥ .. 21..

pratīkṣamāṇamavyagramanujñāṃ jagatīpateḥ .
uvāca rarjā samprekṣya vanavāsāya rāghavam .. 22..

ahaṃ rāghava kaikeyyā varadānena mohitaḥ .
ayodhyāyāstvamevādya bhava rājā nigṛhya mām .. 23..

evamukto nṛpatinā rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .
pratyuvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā pitaraṃ vākyakovidaḥ .. 24..

bhavānvarṣasahasrāya pṛthivyā nṛpate patiḥ .
ahaṃ tvaraṇye vatsyāmi na me kāryaṃ tvayānṛtam .. 25..

śreyase vṛddhaye tāta punarāgamanāya ca .
gacchasvāriṣṭamavyagraḥ panthānamakutobhayam .. 26..

adya tvidānīṃ rajanīṃ putra mā gaccha sarvathā .
mātaraṃ māṃ ca sampaśyanvasemāmadya śarvarīm .
tarpitaḥ sarvakāmaistvaṃ śvaḥkāle sādhayiṣyasi .. 27..

atha rāmastathā śrutvā piturārtasya bhāṣitam .
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā dīno vacanamabravīt .. 28..

prāpsyāmi yānadya guṇānko me śvastānpradāsyati .
apakramaṇamevātaḥ sarvakāmairahaṃ vṛṇe .. 29..

iyaṃ sarāṣṭrā sajanā dhanadhānyasamākulā .
mayā visṛṣṭā vasudhā bharatāya pradīyatām .. 30..

apagacchatu te duḥkhaṃ mā bhūrbāṣpapariplutaḥ .
na hi kṣubhyati durdharṣaḥ samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ .. 31..

naivāhaṃ rājyamicchāmi na sukhaṃ na ca maithilīm .
tvāmahaṃ satyamicchāmi nānṛtaṃ puruṣarṣabha .. 32..

puraṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca mahī ca kevalā
mayā nisṛṣṭā bharatāya dīyatām .
ahaṃ nideśaṃ bhavato.anupālayan
vanaṃ gamiṣyāmi cirāya sevitum .. 33..

mayā nisṛṣṭāṃ bharato mahīmimāṃ
saśailakhaṇḍāṃ sapurāṃ sakānanām .
śivāṃ susīmāmanuśāstu kevalaṃ
tvayā yaduktaṃ nṛpate yathāstu tat .. 34..

na me tathā pārthiva dhīyate mano
mahatsu kāmeṣu na cātmanaḥ priye .
yathā nideśe tava śiṣṭasaṃmate
vyapaitu duḥkhaṃ tava matkṛte.anagha .. 35..

tadadya naivānagha rājyamavyayaṃ
na sarvakāmānna sukhaṃ na maithilīm .
na jīvitaṃ tvāmanṛtena yojayan
vṛṇīya satyaṃ vratamastu te tathā .. 36..

phalāni mūlāni ca bhakṣayanvane
girīṃśca paśyansaritaḥ sarāṃsi ca .
vanaṃ praviśyaiva vicitrapādapaṃ
sukhī bhaviṣyāmi tavāstu nirvṛtiḥ .. 37..




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