.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 33

mahāmātravacaḥ śrutvā rāmo daśarathaṃ tadā .
anvabhāṣata vākyaṃ tu vinayajño vinītavat .. 1..

tyaktabhogasya me rājanvane vanyena jīvataḥ .
kiṃ kāryamanuyātreṇa tyaktasaṅgasya sarvataḥ .. 2..

yo hi dattvā dvipaśreṣṭhaṃ kakṣyāyāṃ kurute manaḥ .
rajjusnehena kiṃ tasya tyajataḥ kuñjarottamam .. 3..

tathā mama satāṃ śreṣṭha kiṃ dhvajinyā jagatpate .
sarvāṇyevānujānāmi cīrāṇyevānayantu me .. 4..

khanitrapiṭake cobhe mamānayata gacchataḥ .
caturdaśa vane vāsaṃ varṣāṇi vasato mama .. 5..

atha cīrāṇi kaikeyī svayamāhṛtya rāghavam .
uvāca paridhatsveti janaughe nirapatrapā .. 6..

sa cīre puruṣavyāghraḥ kaikeyyāḥ pratigṛhya te .
sūkṣmavastramavakṣipya munivastrāṇyavasta ha .. 7..

lakṣmaṇaścāpi tatraiva vihāya vasane śubhe .
tāpasācchādane caiva jagrāha pituragrataḥ .. 8..

athātmaparidhānārthaṃ sītā kauśeyavāsinī .
samīkṣya cīraṃ santrastā pṛṣatī vāgurām iva .. 9..

sā vyapatrapamāṇeva pratigṛhya ca durmanāḥ .
gandharvarājapratimaṃ bhartāramidamabravīt .
kathaṃ nu cīraṃ badhnanti munayo vanavāsinaḥ .. 10..

kṛtvā kaṇṭhe ca sā cīramekamādāya pāṇinā .
tasthau hyakuṣalā tatra vrīḍitā janakātmaja .. 11..

tasyāstatkṣipramāgamya rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .
cīraṃ babandha sītāyāḥ kauśeyasyopari svayam .. 12..

tasyāṃ cīraṃ vasānāyāṃ nāthavatyāmanāthavat .
pracukrośa janaḥ sarvo dhiktvāṃ daśarathaṃ tviti .. 13..

sa niḥśvasyoṣṇamaikṣvākastāṃ bhāryāmidamabravīt .
kaikeyi kuśacīreṇa na sītā gantumarhati .. 14..

nanu paryāptametatte pāpe rāmavivāsanam .
kimebhiḥ kṛpaṇairbhūyaḥ pātakairapi te kṛtaiḥ .. 15..

evaṃ bruvantaṃ pitaraṃ rāmaḥ samprasthito vanam .
avākṣirasamāsīnamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 16..

iyaṃ dhārmika kausalyā mama mātā yaśasvinī .
vṛddhā cākṣudraśīlā ca na ca tvāṃ devagarhite .. 17..

mayā vihīnāṃ varada prapannāṃ śokasāgaram .
adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanāṃ bhūyaḥ saṃmantumarhasi .. 18..

imāṃ mahendropamajātagarbhiṇīṃ
tathā vidhātuṃ janamīṃ mamārhasi .
yathā vanasthe mayi śokakarśitā
na jīvitaṃ nyasya yamakṣayaṃ vrajet .. 19..




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