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sarga - 36

tasmiṃstu puruṣavyāghre niṣkrāmati kṛtāñjalau .
ārtaśabdo hi sañjajñe strīṇāmantaḥpure mahān .. 1..

anāthasya janasyāsya durbalasya tapasvinaḥ .
yo gatiṃ śaraṇaṃ cāsītsa nāthaḥ kva nu gacchati .. 2..

na krudhyatyabhiśasto.api krodhanīyāni varjayan .
kruddhānprasādayansarvānsamaduḥkhaḥ kva gacchati .. 3..

kausalyāyāṃ mahātejā yathā mātari vartate .
tathā yo vartate.asmāsu mahātmā kva nu gacchati .. 4..

kaikeyyā kliśyamānena rājñā sañcodito vanam .
paritrātā janasyāsya jagataḥ kva nu gacchati .. 5..

aho niścetano rājā jīvalokasya sampriyam .
dharmyaṃ satyavrataṃ rāmaṃ vanavāso pravatsyati .. 6..

iti sarvā mahiṣyastā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ .
ruruduścaiva duḥkhārtāḥ sasvaraṃ ca vicukruśuḥ .. 7..

sa tamantaḥpure ghoramārtaśabdaṃ mahīpatiḥ .
putraśokābhisantaptaḥ śrutvā cāsītsuduḥkhitaḥ .. 8..

nāgnihotrāṇyahūyanta sūryaścāntaradhīyata .
vyasṛjankavalānnāgā gāvo vatsānna pāyayan .. 9..

triśaṅkurlohitāṅgaśca bṛhaspatibudhāvapi .
dāruṇāḥ somamabhyetya grahāḥ sarve vyavasthitāḥ .. 10..

nakṣatrāṇi gatārcīṃṣi grahāśca gatatejasaḥ .
viśākhāśca sadhūmāśca nabhasi pracakāśire .. 11..

akasmānnāgaraḥ sarvo jano dainyamupāgamat .
āhāre vā vihāre vā na kaścidakaronmanaḥ .. 12..

bāṣpaparyākulamukho rājamārgagato janaḥ .
na hṛṣṭo lakṣyate kaścitsarvaḥ śokaparāyaṇaḥ .. 13..

na vāti pavanaḥ śīto na śaśī saumyadarśanaḥ .
na sūryastapate lokaṃ sarvaṃ paryākulaṃ jagat .. 14..

anarthinaḥ sutāḥ strīṇāṃ bhartāro bhrātarastathā .
sarve sarvaṃ parityajya rāmamevānvacintayan .. 15..

ye tu rāmasya suhṛdaḥ sarve te mūḍhacetasaḥ .
śokabhāreṇa cākrāntāḥ śayanaṃ na juhustadā .. 16..

tatastvayodhyā rahitā mahātmanā
purandareṇeva mahī saparvatā .
cacāla ghoraṃ bhayabhārapīḍitā
sanāgayodhāśvagaṇā nanāda ca .. 17..




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