.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 37

yāvattu niryatastasya rajorūpamadṛśyata .
naivekṣvākuvarastāvatsañjahārātmacakṣuṣī .. 1..

yāvadrājā priyaṃ putraṃ paśyatyatyantadhārmikam .
tāvadvyavardhatevāsya dharaṇyāṃ putradarśane .. 2..

na paśyati rajo.apyasya yadā rāmasya bhūmipaḥ .
tadārtaśca viṣaṇṇaśca papāta dharaṇītale .. 3..

tasya dakṣiṇamanvagātkausalyā bāhumaṅganā .
vāmaṃ cāsyānvagātpārśvaṃ kaikeyī bharatapriyā .. 4..

tāṃ nayena ca sampanno dharmeṇa nivayena ca .
uvāca rājā kaikeyīṃ samīkṣya vyathitendriyaḥ .. 5..

kaikeyi mā mamāṅgāni sprākṣīstvaṃ duṣṭacāriṇī .
na hi tvāṃ draṣṭumicchāmi na bhāryā na ca bāndhavī .. 6..

ye ca tvāmupajīvanti nāhaṃ teṣāṃ na te mama .
kevalārthaparāṃ hi tvāṃ tyaktadharmāṃ tyajāmyaham .. 7..

agṛhṇāṃ yacca te pāṇimagniṃ paryaṇayaṃ ca yat .
anujānāmi tatsarvamasmi.Nlloke paratra ca .. 8..

bharataścetpratītaḥ syādrājyaṃ prāpyedamavyayam .
yanme sa dadyātpitrarthaṃ mā mā taddattamāgamat .. 9..

atha reṇusamudhvastaṃ tamutthāpya narādhipam .
nyavartata tadā devī kausalyā śokakarśitā .. 10..

hatveva brāhmaṇaṃ kāmātspṛṣṭvāgnimiva pāṇinā .
anvatapyata dharmātmā putraṃ sañcintya tāpasaṃ .. 11..

nivṛtyaiva nivṛtyaiva sīdato rathavartmasu .
rājño nātibabhau rūpaṃ grastasyāṃśumato yathā .. 12..

vilalāpa ca duḥkhārtaḥ priyaṃ putramanusmaran .
nagarāntamanuprāptaṃ buddhvā putramathābravīt .. 13..

vāhanānāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vahatāṃ taṃ mamātmajam .
padāni pathi dṛśyante sa mahātmā na dṛśyate .. 14..

sa nūnaṃ kva cidevādya vṛkṣamūlamupāśritaḥ .
kāṣṭhaṃ vā yadi vāśmānamupadhāya śayiṣyate .. 15..

utthāsyati ca medinyāḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pāṃśuguṇṭhitaḥ .
viniḥśvasanprasravaṇātkareṇūnāmivarṣabhaḥ .. 16..

drakṣyanti nūnaṃ puruṣā dīrghabāhuṃ vanecarāḥ .
rāmamutthāya gacchantaṃ lokanāthamanāthavat .. 17..

sakāmā bhava kaikeyi vidhavā rājyamāvasa .
na hi taṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ vinā jīvitumutsahe .. 18..

ityevaṃ vilapanrājā janaughenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ .
apasnāta ivāriṣṭaṃ praviveśa purottamam .. 19..

śūnyacatvaraveśmāntāṃ saṃvṛtāpaṇadevatām .
klāntadurbaladuḥkhārtāṃ nātyākīrṇamahāpathām .. 20..

tāmavekṣya purīṃ sarvāṃ rāmamevānucintayan .
vilapanprāviśadrājā gṛhaṃ sūrya ivāmbudam .. 21..

mahāhradamivākṣobhyaṃ suparṇena hṛtoragam .
rāmeṇa rahitaṃ veśma vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca .. 22..

kausalyāyā gṛhaṃ śīghraṃ rāma māturnayantu mām .
iti bruvantaṃ rājānamanayandvāradarśitaḥ .. 23..

tatastatra praviṣṭasya kausalyāyā niveśanam .
adhiruhyāpi śayanaṃ babhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ .. 24..

tacca dṛṣṭvā mahārājo bhujamudyamya vīryavān .
uccaiḥ svareṇa cukrośa hā rāghava jahāsi mām .. 25..

sukhitā bata taṃ kālaṃ jīviṣyanti narottamāḥ .
pariṣvajanto ye rāmaṃ drakṣyanti punarāgatam .. 26..

na tvāṃ paśyāmi kausalye sādhu māṃ pāṇinā spṛśa .
rāmaṃ me.anugatā dṛṣṭiradyāpi na nivartate .. 27..

taṃ rāmamevānuvicintayantaṃ
samīkṣya devī śayane narendram .
upopaviśyādhikamārtarūpā
viniḥśvasantī vilalāpa kṛcchraṃ .. 28..




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