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sarga - 42

anugamya nivṛttānāṃ rāmaṃ nagaravāsinām .
udgatānīva sattvāni babhūvuramanasvinām .. 1..

svaṃ svaṃ nilayamāgamya putradāraiḥ samāvṛtāḥ .
aśrūṇi mumucuḥ sarve bāṣpeṇa pihitānanāḥ .. 2..

na cāhṛṣyanna cāmodanvaṇijo na prasārayan .
na cāśobhanta paṇyāni nāpacangṛhamedhinaḥ .. 3..

naṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā nābhyanandanvipulaṃ vā dhanāgamam .
putraṃ prathamajaṃ labdhvā jananī nābhyanandata .. 4..

gṛhe gṛhe rudantyaśca bhartāraṃ gṛhamāgatam .
vyagarhayanto duḥkhārtā vāgbhistotrairiva dvipān .. 5..

kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhaiḥ kāryaṃ kiṃ dāraiḥ kiṃ dhanena vā .
putrairvā kiṃ sukhairvāpi ye na paśyanti rāghavam .. 6..

ekaḥ satpuruṣo loke lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā .
yo.anugacchati kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ paricaranvane .. 7..

āpagāḥ kṛtapuṇyāstāḥ padminyaśca sarāṃsi ca .
yeṣu snāsyati kākutstho vigāhya salilaṃ śuci .. 8..

śobhayiṣyanti kākutsthamaṭavyo ramyakānanāḥ .
āpagāśca mahānūpāḥ sānumantaśca parvatāḥ .. 9..

kānanaṃ vāpi śailaṃ vā yaṃ rāmo.abhigamiṣyati .
priyātithimiva prāptaṃ nainaṃ śakṣyantyanarcitum .. 10..

vicitrakusumāpīḍā bahumañjaridhāriṇaḥ .
akāle cāpi mukhyāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca .
darśayiṣyantyanukrośādgirayo rāmamāgatam .. 11..

vidarśayanto vividhānbhūyaścitrāṃśca nirjharān .
pādapāḥ parvatāgreṣu ramayiṣyanti rāghavam .. 12..

yatra rāmo bhayaṃ nātra nāsti tatra parābhavaḥ .
sa hi śūro mahābāhuḥ putro daśarathasya ca .. 13..

purā bhavati no dūrādanugacchāma rāghavam .
pādacchāyā sukhā bhartustādṛśasya mahātmanaḥ .
sa hi nātho janasyāsya sa gatiḥ sa parāyaṇam .. 14..

vayaṃ paricariṣyāmaḥ sītāṃ yūyaṃ tu rāghavam .
iti paurastriyo bhartṝnduḥkhārtāstattadabruvan .. 15..

yuṣmākaṃ rāghavo.araṇye yogakṣemaṃ vidhāsyati .
sītā nārījanasyāsya yogakṣemaṃ kariṣyati .. 16..

ko nvanenāpratītena sotkaṇṭhitajanena ca .
samprīyetāmanojñena vāsena hṛtacetasā .. 17..

kaikeyyā yadi cedrājyaṃ syādadharmyamanāthavat .
na hi no jīvitenārthaḥ kutaḥ putraiḥ kuto dhanaiḥ .. 18..

yayā putraśca bhartā ca tyaktāvaiśvaryakāraṇāt .
kaṃ sā pariharedanyaṃ kaikeyī kulapāṃsanī .. 19..

kaikeyyā na vayaṃ rājye bhṛtakā nivasemahi .
jīvantyā jātu jīvantyaḥ putrairapi śapāmahe .. 20..

yā putraṃ pārthivendrasya pravāsayati nirghṛṇā .
kastāṃ prāpya sukhaṃ jīvedadharmyāṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm .. 21..

na hi pravrajite rāme jīviṣyati mahīpatiḥ .
mṛte daśarathe vyaktaṃ vilopastadanantaram .. 22..

te viṣaṃ pibatāloḍya kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ sudurgatāḥ .
rāghavaṃ vānugacchadhvamaśrutiṃ vāpi gacchata .. 23..

mithyā pravrājito rāmaḥ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
bharate saṃniṣṛṣṭāḥ smaḥ saunike paśavo yathā .. 24..

tāstathā vilapantyastu nagare nāgarastriyaḥ .
cukruśurbhṛśasantaptā mṛtyoriva bhayāgame .. 25..

tathā striyo rāmanimittamāturā
yathā sute bhrātari vā vivāsite .
vilapya dīnā rurudurvicetasaḥ
sutairhi tāsām adhiko hi so.abhavat .. 26..




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