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sarga - 51

kathayitvā suduḥkhārtaḥ sumantreṇa ciraṃ saha .
rāme dakṣiṇa kūlasthe jagāma svagṛhaṃ guhaḥ .. 1..

anujñātaḥ sumantro.atha yojayitvā hayottamān .
ayodhyāmeva nagarīṃ prayayau gāḍhadurmanāḥ .. 2..

sa vanāni sugandhīni saritaśca sarāṃsi ca .
paśyannatiyayau śīghraṃ grāmāṇi nagarāṇi ca .. 3..

tataḥ sāyāhnasamaye tṛtīye.ahani sārathiḥ .
ayodhyāṃ samanuprāpya nirānandāṃ dadarśa ha .. 4..

sa śūnyāmiva niḥśabdāṃ dṛṣṭvā paramadurmanāḥ .
sumantraścintayāmāsa śokavegasamāhataḥ .. 5..

kaccinna sagajā sāśvā sajanā sajanādhipā .
rāma santāpaduḥkhena dagdhā śokāgninā purī .
iti cintāparaḥ sūtastvaritaḥ praviveśa ha .. 6..

sumantramabhiyāntaṃ taṃ śataśo.atha sahasraśaḥ .
kva rāma iti pṛcchantaḥ sūtamabhyadravannarāḥ .. 7..

teṣāṃ śaśaṃsa gaṅgāyāmahamāpṛcchya rāghavam .
anujñāto nivṛtto.asmi dhārmikeṇa mahātmanā .. 8..

te tīrṇā iti vijñāya bāṣpapūrṇamukhā janāḥ .
aho dhigiti niḥśvasya hā rāmeti ca cukruśuḥ .. 9..

śuśrāva ca vacasteṣāṃ vṛndaṃ vṛndaṃ ca tiṣṭhatām .
hatāḥ sma khalu ye neha paśyāma iti rāghavam .. 10..

dānayajñavivāheṣu samājeṣu mahatsu ca .
na drakṣyāmaḥ punarjātu dhārmikaṃ rāmamantarā .. 11..

kiṃ samarthaṃ janasyāsya kiṃ priyaṃ kiṃ sukhāvaham .
iti rāmeṇa nagaraṃ pitṛvatparipālitam .. 12..

vātāyanagatānāṃ ca strīṇāmanvantarāpaṇam .
rāmaśokābhitaptānāṃ śuśrāva paridevanam .. 13..

sa rājamārgamadhyena sumantraḥ pihitānanaḥ .
yatra rājā daśarathastadevopayayau gṛham .. 14..

so.avatīrya rathācchīghraṃ rājaveśma praviśya ca .
kakṣyāḥ saptābhicakrāma mahājanasamākulāḥ .. 15..

tato daśarathastrīṇāṃ prāsādebhyastatastataḥ .
rāmaśokābhitaptānāṃ mandaṃ śuśrāva jalpitam .. 16..

saha rāmeṇa niryāto vinā rāmamihāgataḥ .
sūtaḥ kiṃ nāma kausalyāṃ śocantīṃ prativakṣyati .. 17..

yathā ca manye durjīvamevaṃ na sukaraṃ dhruvam .
ācchidya putre niryāte kausalyā yatra jīvati .. 18..

satya rūpaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ rājñaḥ strīṇāṃ niśāmayan .
pradīptamiva śokena viveśa sahasā gṛham .. 19..

sa praviśyāṣṭamīṃ kakṣyāṃ rājānaṃ dīnamātulam .
putraśokaparidyūnamapaśyatpāṇḍare gṛhe .. 20..

abhigamya tamāsīnaṃ narendramabhivādya ca .
sumantro rāmavacanaṃ yathoktaṃ pratyavedayat .. 21..

sa tūṣṇīmeva tacchrutvā rājā vibhrānta cetanaḥ .
mūrchito nyapatadbhūmau rāmaśokābhipīḍitaḥ .. 22..

tato.antaḥpuramāviddhaṃ mūrchite pṛthivīpatau .
uddhṛtya bāhū cukrośa nṛpatau patite kṣitau .. 23..

sumitrayā tu sahitā kausalyā patitaṃ patim .
utthāpayāmāsa tadā vacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 24..

imaṃ tasya mahābhāga dūtaṃ duṣkarakāriṇaḥ .
vanavāsādanuprāptaṃ kasmānna pratibhāṣase .. 25..

adyemamanayaṃ kṛtvā vyapatrapasi rāghava .
uttiṣṭha sukṛtaṃ te.astu śoke na syātsahāyatā .. 26..

deva yasyā bhayādrāmaṃ nānupṛcchasi sārathim .
neha tiṣṭhati kaikeyī viśrabdhaṃ pratibhāṣyatām .. 27..

sā tathoktvā mahārājaṃ kausalyā śokalālasā .
dharaṇyāṃ nipapātāśu bāṣpaviplutabhāṣiṇī .. 28..

evaṃ vilapatīṃ dṛṣṭvā kausalyāṃ patitāṃ bhuvi .
patiṃ cāvekṣya tāḥ sarvāḥ sasvaraṃ ruruduḥ striyaḥ .. 29..

tatastamantaḥpuranādamutthitaṃ
samīkṣya vṛddhāstaruṇāśca mānavāḥ .
striyaśca sarvā ruruduḥ samantataḥ
puraṃ tadāsītpunareva saṅkulam .. 30..




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