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sarga - 34

rāmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā muniveṣadharaṃ ca tam .
samīkṣya saha bhāryābhī rājā vigatacetanaḥ .. 1..

nainaṃ duḥkhena santaptaḥ pratyavaikṣata rāghavam .
na cainamabhisamprekṣya pratyabhāṣata durmanāḥ .. 2..

sa muhūrtamivāsaṃjño duḥkhitaśca mahīpatiḥ .
vilalāpa mahābāhū rāmamevānucintayan .. 3..

manye khalu mayā pūrvaṃ vivatsā bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ .
prāṇino hiṃsitā vāpi tasmādidamupasthitam .. 4..

na tvevānāgate kāle dehāccyavati jīvitam .
kaikeyyā kliśyamānasya mṛtyurmama na vidyate .. 5..

yo.ahaṃ pāvakasaṅkāśaṃ paśyāmi purataḥ sthitam .
vihāya vasane sūkṣme tāpasācchādamātmajam .. 6..

ekasyāḥ khalu kaikeyyāḥ kṛte.ayaṃ kliśyate janaḥ .
svārthe prayatamānāyāḥ saṃśritya nikṛtiṃ tvimām .. 7..

evamuktvā tu vacanaṃ bāṣpeṇa pihitekṣṇaha .
rāmeti sakṛdevoktvā vyāhartuṃ na śaśāka ha .. 8..

saṃjñāṃ tu pratilabhyaiva muhūrtātsa mahīpatiḥ .
netrābhyāmaśrupūrṇābhyāṃ sumantramidamabravīt .. 9..

aupavāhyaṃ rathaṃ yuktvā tvamāyāhi hayottamaiḥ .
prāpayainaṃ mahābhāgamito janapadātparam .. 10..

evaṃ manye guṇavatāṃ guṇānāṃ phalamucyate .
pitrā mātrā ca yatsādhurvīro nirvāsyate vanam .. 11..

rājño vacanamājñāya sumantraḥ śīghravikramaḥ .
yojayitvāyayau tatra rathamaśvairalaṅkṛtam .. 12..

taṃ rathaṃ rājaputrāya sūtaḥ kanakabhūṣitam .
ācacakṣe.añjaliṃ kṛtvā yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ .. 13..

rājā satvaramāhūya vyāpṛtaṃ vittasañcaye .
uvāca deśakālajño niścitaṃ sarvataḥ śuci .. 14..

vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi ca .
varṣāṇyetāni saṅkhyāya vaidehyāḥ kṣipramānaya .. 15..

narendreṇaivamuktastu gatvā kośagṛhaṃ tataḥ .
prāyacchatsarvamāhṛtya sītāyai kṣiprameva tat .. 16..

sā sujātā sujātāni vaidehī prasthitā vanam .
bhūṣayāmāsa gātrāṇi tairvicitrairvibhūṣaṇaiḥ .. 17..

vyarājayata vaidehī veśma tatsuvibhūṣitā .
udyato.aṃśumataḥ kāle khaṃ prabheva vivasvataḥ .. 18..

tāṃ bhujābhyāṃ pariṣvajya śvaśrūrvacanamabravīt .
anācarantīṃ kṛpaṇaṃ mūdhnyupāghrāya maithilīm .. 19..

asatyaḥ sarvaloke.asminsatataṃ satkṛtāḥ priyaiḥ .
bhartāraṃ nānumanyante vinipātagataṃ striyaḥ .. 20..

sa tvayā nāvamantavyaḥ putraḥ pravrājito mama .
tava daivatamastveṣa nirdhanaḥ sadhano.api vā .. 21..

vijñāya vacanaṃ sītā tasyā dharmārthasaṃhitam .
kṛtāñjaliruvācedaṃ śvaśrūmabhimukhe sthitā .. 22..

kariṣye sarvamevāhamāryā yadanuśāsti mām .
abhijñāsmi yathā bharturvartitavyaṃ śrutaṃ ca me .. 23..

na māmasajjanenāryā samānayitumarhati .
dharmādvicalituṃ nāhamalaṃ candrādiva prabhā .. 24..

nātantrī vādyate vīṇā nācakro vartate rathaḥ .
nāpatiḥ sukhamedhate yā syādapi śatātmajā .. 25..

mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ mātā mitaṃ sutaḥ .
amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet .. 26..

sāhamevaṅgatā śreṣṭhā śrutadharmaparāvarā .
ārye kimavamanyeyaṃ strīṇāṃ bhartā hi daivatam .. 27..

sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā kausalyā hṛdayaṅgamam .
śuddhasattvā mumocāśru sahasā duḥkhaharṣajam .. 28..

tāṃ prāñjalirabhikramya mātṛmadhye.atisatkṛtām .
rāmaḥ paramadharmajño mātaraṃ vākyamabravīt .. 29..

amba mā duḥkhitā bhūstvaṃ paśya tvaṃ pitaraṃ mama .
kṣayo hi vanavāsasya kṣiprameva bhaviṣyati .. 30..

suptāyāste gamiṣyanti navavarṣāṇi pañca ca .
sā samagramiha prāptaṃ māṃ drakṣyasi suhṛdvṛtam .. 31..

etāvadabhinītārthamuktvā sa jananīṃ vacaḥ .
trayaḥ śataśatārdhā hi dadarśāvekṣya mātaraḥ .. 32..

tāścāpi sa tathaivārtā mātṝrdaśarathātmajaḥ .
dharmayuktamidaṃ vākyaṃ nijagāda kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 33..

saṃvāsātparuṣaṃ kiṃ cidajñānādvāpi yatkṛtam .
tanme samanujānīta sarvāścāmantrayāmi vaḥ .. 34..

jajñe.atha tāsāṃ saṃnādaḥ krauñcīnāmiva niḥsvanaḥ .
mānavendrasya bhāryāṇāmevaṃ vadati rāghave .. 35..

murajapaṇavameghaghoṣavad
daśarathaveśma babhūva yatpurā .
vilapita paridevanākulaṃ
vyasanagataṃ tadabhūtsuduḥkhitam .. 36..




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