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sarga - 47

sa taṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāsādya sandhyāmanvāsya paścimām .
rāmo ramayatāṃ śreṣṭha iti hovāca lakṣmaṇam .. 1..

adyeyaṃ prathamā rātriryātā janapadādbahiḥ .
yā sumantreṇa rahitā tāṃ notkaṇṭhitumarhasi .. 2..

jāgartavyamatandribhyāmadya prabhṛti rātriṣu .
yogakṣemo hi sītāyā vartate lakṣmaṇāvayoḥ .. 3..

rātriṃ kathaṃ cidevemāṃ saumitre vartayāmahe .
upāvartāmahe bhūmāvāstīrya svayamārjitaiḥ .. 4..

sa tu saṃviśya medinyāṃ mahārhaśayanocitaḥ .
imāḥ saumitraye rāmo vyājahāra kathāḥ śubhāḥ .. 5..

dhruvamadya mahārājo duḥkhaṃ svapiti lakṣmaṇa .
kṛtakāmā tu kaikeyī tuṣṭā bhavitumarhati .. 6..

sā hi devī mahārājaṃ kaikeyī rājyakāraṇāt .
api na cyāvayetprāṇāndṛṣṭvā bharatamāgatam .. 7..

anāthaścaiva vṛddhaśca mayā caiva vinākṛtaḥ .
kiṃ kariṣyati kāmātmā kaikeyyā vaśamāgataḥ .. 8..

idaṃ vyasanamālokya rājñaś ca mativibhramam .
kāma evārdhadharmābhyāṃ garīyāniti me matiḥ .. 9..

ko hyavidvānapi pumānpramadāyāḥ kṛte tyajet .
chandānuvartinaṃ putraṃ tāto māmiva lakṣmaṇa .. 10..

sukhī bata sabhāryaśca bharataḥ kekayīsutaḥ .
muditānkosalāneko yo bhokṣyatyadhirājavat .. 11..

sa hi sarvasya rājyasya mukhamekaṃ bhaviṣyati .
tāte ca vayasātīte mayi cāraṇyamāśrite .. 12..

arthadharmau parityajya yaḥ kāmamanuvartate .
evamāpadyate kṣipraṃ rājā daśaratho yathā .. 13..

manye daśarathāntāya mama pravrājanāya ca .
kaikeyī saumya samprāptā rājyāya bharatasya ca .. 14..

apīdānīṃ na kaikeyī saubhāgyamadamohitā .
kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca samprabādheta matkṛte .. 15..

mā sma matkāraṇāddevī sumitrā duḥkhamāvaset .
ayodhyāmita eva tvaṃ kāle praviśa lakṣmaṇa .. 16..

ahameko gamiṣyāmi sītayā saha daṇḍakān .
anāthāyā hi nāthastvaṃ kausalyāyā bhaviṣyasi .. 17..

kṣudrakarmā hi kaikeyī dveṣādanyāyyamācaret .
paridadyā hi dharmajñe bharate mama mātaram .. 18..

nūnaṃ jātyantare kasmiṃḥ striyaḥ putrairviyojitāḥ .
jananyā mama saumitre tadapyetadupasthitam .. 19..

mayā hi cirapuṣṭena duḥkhasaṃvardhitena ca .
viprāyujyata kausalyā phalakāle dhigastu mām .. 20..

mā sma sīmantinī kā cijjanayetputramīdṛśam .
saumitre yo.ahamambāyā dadmi śokamanantakam .. 21..

manye prītiviśiṣṭā sā matto lakṣmaṇasārikā .
yasyāstacchrūyate vākyaṃ śuka pādamarerdaśa .. 22..

śocantyāścālpabhāgyāyā na kiṃ cidupakurvatā .
purtreṇa kimaputrāyā mayā kāryamarindama .. 23..

alpabhāgyā hi me mātā kausalyā rahitā mayā .
śete paramaduḥkhārtā patitā śokasāgare .. 24..

eko hyahamayodhyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāpi lakṣmaṇa .
tareyamiṣubhiḥ kruddho nanu vīryamakāraṇam .. 25..

adharmabhaya bhītaśca paralokasya cānagha .
tena lakṣmaṇa nādyāhamātmānamabhiṣecaye .. 26..

etadanyacca karuṇaṃ vilapya vijane bahu .
aśrupūrṇamukho rāmo niśi tūṣṇīmupāviśat .. 27..

vilapyoparataṃ rāmaṃ gatārciṣamivānalam .
samudramiva nirvegamāśvāsayata lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 28..

dhruvamadya purī rāma ayodhyā yudhināṃ vara .
niṣprabhā tvayi niṣkrānte gatacandreva śarvarī .. 29..

naitadaupayikaṃ rāma yadidaṃ paritapyase .
viṣādayasi sītāṃ ca māṃ caiva puruṣarṣabha .. 30..

na ca sītā tvayā hīnā na cāhamapi rāghava .
muhūrtamapi jīvāvo jalānmatsyāvivoddhṛtau .. 31..

na hi tātaṃ na śatrughnaṃ na sumitrāṃ parantapa .
draṣṭumiccheyamadyāhaṃ svargaṃ vāpi tvayā vinā .. 32..

sa lakṣmaṇasyottama puṣkalaṃ vaco
niśamya caivaṃ vanavāsamādarāt .
samāḥ samastā vidadhe parantapaḥ
prapadya dharmaṃ sucirāya rāghavaḥ .. 33..

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