.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 40

anuraktā mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparakramam .
anujagmuḥ prayāntaṃ taṃ vanavāsāya mānavāḥ .. 1..

nivartite.api ca balātsuhṛdvarge ca rājini .
naiva te saṃnyavartanta rāmasyānugatā ratham .. 2..

ayodhyānilayānāṃ hi puruṣāṇāṃ mahāyaśāḥ .
babhūva guṇasampannaḥ pūrṇacandra iva priyaḥ .. 3..

sa yācyamānaḥ kākutsthaḥ svābhiḥ prakṛtibhistadā .
kurvāṇaḥ pitaraṃ satyaṃ vanamevānvapadyata .. 4..

avekṣamāṇaḥ sasnehaṃ cakṣuṣā prapibanniva .
uvāca rāmaḥ snehena tāḥ prajāḥ svāḥ prajā iva .. 5..

yā prītirbahumānaśca mayyayodhyānivāsinām .
matpriyārthaṃ viśeṣeṇa bharate sā niveśyatām .. 6..

sa hi kalyāṇa cāritraḥ kaikeyyānandavardhanaḥ .
kariṣyati yathāvadvaḥ priyāṇi ca hitāni ca .. 7..

jñānavṛddho vayobālo mṛdurvīryaguṇānvitaḥ .
anurūpaḥ sa vo bhartā bhaviṣyati bhayāpahaḥ .. 8..

sa hi rājaguṇairyukto yuvarājaḥ samīkṣitaḥ .
api cāpi mayā śiṣṭaiḥ kāryaṃ vo bhartṛśāsanam .. 9..

na ca tapyedyathā cāsau vanavāsaṃ gate mayi .
mahārājastathā kāryo mama priyacikīrṣayā .. 10..

yathā yathā dāśarathirdharmamevāsthito.abhavat .
tathā tathā prakṛtayo rāmaṃ patimakāmayan .. 11..

bāṣpeṇa pihitaṃ dīnaṃ rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha .
cakarṣeva guṇairbaddhvā janaṃ punarivāsanam .. 12..

te dvijāstrividhaṃ vṛddhā jñānena vayasaujasā .
vayaḥprakampaśiraso dūrādūcuridaṃ vacaḥ .. 13..

vahanto javanā rāmaṃ bho bho jātyāsturaṅgamāḥ .
nivartadhvaṃ na gantavyaṃ hitā bhavata bhartari .
upavāhyastu vo bhartā nāpavāhyaḥ purādvanam .. 14..

evamārtapralāpāṃstānvṛddhānpralapato dvijān .
avekṣya sahasā rāmo rathādavatatāra ha .. 15..

padbhyāmeva jagāmātha sasītaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
saṃnikṛṣṭapadanyāso rāmo vanaparāyaṇaḥ .. 16..

dvijātīṃstu padātīṃstānrāmaścāritravatsalaḥ .
na śaśāka ghṛṇācakṣuḥ parimoktuṃ rathena saḥ .. 17..

gacchantameva taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ sambhrāntamānasāḥ .
ūcuḥ paramasantaptā rāmaṃ vākyamidaṃ dvijāḥ .. 18..

brāhmaṇyaṃ kṛtsnametattvāṃ brahmaṇyamanugacchati .
dvijaskandhādhirūḍhāstvāmagnayo.apyanuyāntyamī .. 19..

vājapeyasamutthāni chatrāṇyetāni paśya naḥ .
pṛṣṭhato.anuprayātāni haṃsāniva jalātyaye .. 20..

anavāptātapatrasya raśmisantāpitasya te .
ebhiśchāyāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ svaiśchatrairvājapeyikaiḥ .. 21..

yā hi naḥ satataṃ buddhirvedamantrānusāriṇī .
tvatkṛte sā kṛtā vatsa vanavāsānusāriṇī .. 22..

hṛdayeṣvavatiṣṭhante vedā ye naḥ paraṃ dhanam .
vatsyantyapi gṛheṣveva dārāścāritrarakṣitāḥ .. 23..

na punarniścayaḥ kāryastvadgatau sukṛtā matiḥ .
tvayi dharmavyapekṣe tu kiṃ syāddharmamavekṣitum .. 24..

yācito no nivartasva haṃsaśuklaśiroruhaiḥ .
śirobhirnibhṛtācāra mahīpatanapāṃśulaiḥ .. 25..

bahūnāṃ vitatā yajñā dvijānāṃ ya ihāgatāḥ .
teṣāṃ samāptirāyattā tava vatsa nivartane .. 26..

bhaktimanti hi bhūtāni jaṅgamājaṅgamāni ca .
yācamāneṣu teṣu tvaṃ bhaktiṃ bhakteṣu darśaya .. 27..

anugantumaśaktāstvāṃ mūlairuddhṛtavegibhiḥ .
unnatā vāyuvegena vikrośantīva pādapāḥ .. 28..

niśceṣṭāhārasañcārā vṛkṣaikasthānaviṣṭhitāḥ .
pakṣiṇo.api prayācante sarvabhūtānukampinam .. 29..

evaṃ vikrośatāṃ teṣāṃ dvijātīnāṃ nivartane .
dadṛśe tamasā tatra vārayantīva rāghavam .. 30..




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