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sarga - 53

mama tvaśvā nivṛttasya na prāvartanta vartmani .
uṣṇamaśru vimuñcanto rāme samprasthite vanam .. 1..

ubhābhyāṃ rājaputrābhyāmatha kṛtvāhamajñalim .
prasthito rathamāsthāya tadduḥkhamapi dhārayan .. 2..

guheva sārdhaṃ tatraiva sthito.asmi divasānbahūn .
āśayā yadi māṃ rāmaḥ punaḥ śabdāpayediti .. 3..

viṣaye te mahārāja rāmavyasanakarśitāḥ .
api vṛkṣāḥ parimlānaḥ sapuṣpāṅkurakorakāḥ .. 4..

na ca sarpanti sattvāni vyālā na prasaranti ca .
rāmaśokābhibhūtaṃ tanniṣkūjamabhavadvanam .. 5..

līnapuṣkarapatrāśca narendra kaluṣodakāḥ .
santaptapadmāḥ padminyo līnamīnavihaṅgamāḥ .. 6..

jalajāni ca puṣpāṇi mālyāni sthalajāni ca .
nādya bhāntyalpagandhīni phalāni ca yathā puram .. 7..

praviśantamayodhyāṃ māṃ na kaś cidabhinandati .
narā rāmamapaśyanto niḥśvasanti muhurmuhuḥ .. 8..

harmyairvimānaiḥ prāsādairavekṣya rathamāgatam .
hāhākārakṛtā nāryo rāmādarśanakarśitāḥ .. 9..

āyatairvimalairnetrairaśruvegapariplutaiḥ .
anyonyamabhivīkṣante vyaktamārtatarāḥ striyaḥ .. 10..

nāmitrāṇāṃ na mitrāṇāmudāsīnajanasya ca .
ahamārtatayā kaṃ cidviśeṣaṃ nopalakṣaye .. 11..

aprahṛṣṭamanuṣyā ca dīnanāgaturaṅgamā .
ārtasvaraparimlānā viniḥśvasitaniḥsvanā .. 12..

nirānandā mahārāja rāmapravrājanātulā .
kausalyā putra hīneva ayodhyā pratibhāti mā .. 13..

sūtasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vācā paramadīnayā .
bāṣpopahatayā rājā taṃ sūtamidamabravīt .. 14..

kaikeyyā viniyuktena pāpābhijanabhāvayā .
mayā na mantrakuśalairvṛddhaiḥ saha samarthitam .. 15..

na suhṛdbhirna cāmātyairmantrayitvā na naigamaiḥ .
mayāyamarthaḥ saṃmohātstrīhetoḥ sahasā kṛtaḥ .. 16..

bhavitavyatayā nūnamidaṃ vā vyasanaṃ mahat .
kulasyāsya vināśāya prāptaṃ sūta yadṛcchayā .. 17..

sūta yadyasti te kiṃ cinmayāpi sukṛtaṃ kṛtam .
tvaṃ prāpayāśu māṃ rāmaṃ prāṇāḥ santvarayanti mām .. 18..

yadyadyāpi mamaivājñā nivartayatu rāghavam .
na śakṣyāmi vinā rāma muhūrtamapi jīvitum .. 19..

atha vāpi mahābāhurgato dūraṃ bhaviṣyati .
māmeva rathamāropya śīghraṃ rāmāya darśaya .. 20..

vṛttadaṃṣṭro maheṣvāsaḥ kvāsau lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ .
yadi jīvāmi sādhvenaṃ paśyeyaṃ saha sītayā .. 21..

lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhumāmuktamaṇikuṇḍalam .
rāmaṃ yadi na paśyāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam .. 22..

ato nu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yo.ahamikṣvākunandanam .
imāmavasthāmāpanno neha paśyāmi rāghavam .. 23..

hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvinī .
na māṃ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇamanāthavat .
dustaro jīvatā devi mayāyaṃ śokasāgaraḥ .. 24..

aśobhanaṃ yo.ahamihādya rāghavaṃ
didṛkṣamāṇo na labhe salakṣmaṇam .
itīva rājā vilapanmahāyaśāḥ
papāta tūrṇaṃ śayane sa mūrchitaḥ .. 25..

iti vilapati pārthive pranaṣṭe
karuṇataraṃ dviguṇaṃ ca rāmahetoḥ .
vacanamanuniśamya tasya devī
bhayamagamatpunareva rāmamātā .. 26..




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