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sarga - 57

pratibuddho muhurtena śokopahatacetanaḥ .
atha rājā daśarathaḥ sa cintām abhyapadyata .. 1..

rāmalakṣmaṇayoścaiva vivāsādvāsavopamam .
āviveśopasargastaṃ tamaḥ sūryamivāsuram .. 2..

sa rājā rajanīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ rāme pravrajite vanam .
ardharātre daśarathaḥ saṃsmaranduṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam .
kausalyāṃ putraśokārtāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 3..

yadācarati kalyāṇi śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham .
tadeva labhate bhadre kartā karmajamātmanaḥ .. 4..

guru lāghavamarthānāmārambhe karmaṇāṃ phalam .
doṣaṃ vā yo na jānāti sa bāla iti hocyate .. 5..

kaścidāmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśāṃśca niṣiñcati .
puṣpaṃ dṛṣṭvā phale gṛdhnuḥ sa śocati phalāgame .. 6..

so.ahamāmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśāṃśca nyaṣecayam .
rāmaṃ phalāgame tyaktvā paścācchocāmi durmatiḥ .. 7..

labdhaśabdena kausalye kumāreṇa dhanuṣmatā .
kumāraḥ śabdavedhīti mayā pāpamidaṃ kṛtam .
tadidaṃ me.anusamprāptaṃ devi duḥkhaṃ svayaṃ kṛtam .. 8..

saṃmohādiha bālena yathā syādbhakṣitaṃ viṣam .
evaṃ mamāpyavijñātaṃ śabdavedhyamayaṃ phalam .. 9..

devyanūḍhā tvamabhavo yuvarājo bhavāmyaham .
tataḥ prāvṛḍanuprāptā madakāmavivardhinī .. 10..

upāsyahi rasānbhaumāṃstaptvā ca jagadaṃśubhiḥ .
paretācaritāṃ bhīmāṃ ravirāviśate diśam .. 11..

uṣṇamantardadhe sadyaḥ snigdhā dadṛśire ghanāḥ .
tato jahṛṣire sarve bhekasāraṅgabarhiṇaḥ .. 12..

patitenāmbhasā channaḥ patamānena cāsakṛt .
ābabhau mattasāraṅgastoyarāśirivācalaḥ .. 13..

tasminnatisukhe kāle dhanuṣmāniṣumānrathī .
vyāyāma kṛtasaṅkalpaḥ sarayūmanvagāṃ nadīm .. 14..

nipāne mahiṣaṃ rātrau gajaṃ vābhyāgataṃ nadīm .
anyaṃ vā śvāpadaṃ kaṃ cijjighāṃsurajitendriyaḥ .. 15..

athāndhakāre tvaśrauṣaṃ jale kumbhasya paryataḥ .
acakṣurviṣaye ghoṣaṃ vāraṇasyeva nardataḥ .. 16..

tato.ahaṃ śaramuddhṛtya dīptamāśīviṣopamam .
amuñcaṃ niśitaṃ bāṇamahamāśīviṣopamam .. 17..

tatra vāguṣasi vyaktā prādurāsīdvanaukasaḥ .
hā heti patatastoye vāgabhūttatra mānuṣī .
kathamasmadvidhe śastraṃ nipatettu tapasvini .. 18..

praviviktāṃ nadīṃ rātrāvudāhāro.ahamāgataḥ .
iṣuṇābhihataḥ kena kasya vā kiṃ kṛtaṃ mayā .. 19..

ṛṣerhi nyasta daṇḍasya vane vanyena jīvataḥ .
kathaṃ nu śastreṇa vadho madvidhasya vidhīyate .. 20..

jaṭābhāradharasyaiva valkalājinavāsasaḥ .
ko vadhena mamārthī syātkiṃ vāsyāpakṛtaṃ mayā .. 21..

evaṃ niṣphalamārabdhaṃ kevalānarthasaṃhitam .
na kaścitsādhu manyeta yathaiva gurutalpagam .. 22..

nemaṃ tathānuśocāmi jīvitakṣayamātmanaḥ .
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ cobhāvanuśocāmi madvidhe .. 23..

tadetānmithunaṃ vṛddhaṃ cirakālabhṛtaṃ mayā .
mayi pañcatvamāpanne kāṃ vṛttiṃ vartayiṣyati .. 24..

vṛddhau ca mātāpitarāvahaṃ caikeṣuṇā hataḥ .
kena sma nihatāḥ sarve subālenākṛtātmanā .. 25..

taṃ giraṃ karuṇāṃ śrutvā mama dharmānukāṅkṣiṇaḥ .
karābhyāṃ saśaraṃ cāpaṃ vyathitasyāpatadbhuvi .. 26..

taṃ deśamahamāgamya dīnasattvaḥ sudurmanāḥ .
apaśyamiṣuṇā tīre sarayvāstāpasaṃ hatam .. 27..

sa māmudvīkṣya netrābhyāṃ trastamasvasthacetasaṃ .
ityuvāca vacaḥ krūraṃ didhakṣanniva tejasā .. 28..

kiṃ tavāpakṛtaṃ rājanvane nivasatā mayā .
jihīrṣiurambho gurvartha.m yadaha.m tā.ditastvayā .. 29..

ekena khalu bāṇena marmaṇyabhihate mayi .
dvāvandhau nihatau vṛddhau mātā janayitā ca me .. 30..

tau nūnaṃ durbalāvandhau matpratīkṣau pipāsitau .
ciramāśākṛtāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ kaṣṭāṃ sandhārayiṣyataḥ .. 31..

na nūnaṃ tapaso vāsti phalayogaḥ śrutasya vā .
pitā yanmāṃ na jānāti śayānaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi .. 32..

jānannapi ca kiṃ kuryādaśaktiraparikramaḥ .
bhidyamānamivāśaktastrātumanyo nago nagam .. 33..

pitustvameva me gatvā śīghramācakṣva rāghava .
na tvāmanudahetkruddho vanaṃ vahnirivaidhitaḥ .. 34..

iyamekapadī rājanyato me piturāśramaḥ .
taṃ prasādaya gatvā tvaṃ na tvāṃ sa kupitaḥ śapet .. 35..

viśalyaṃ kuru māṃ rājanmarma me niśitaḥ śaraḥ .
ruṇaddhi mṛdu sotsedhaṃ tīramamburayo yathā .. 36..

na dvijātirahaṃ rājanmā bhūtte manaso vyathā .
śūdrāyāmasmi vaiśyena jāto janapadādhipa .. 37..

itīva vadataḥ kṛcchrādbāṇābhihatamarmaṇaḥ .
tasya tvānamyamānasya taṃ bāṇamahamuddharam .. 38..

jalārdragātraṃ tu vilapya kṛcchān
marmavraṇaṃ santatamucchasantam .
tataḥ sarayvāṃ tamahaṃ śayānaṃ
samīkṣya bhadre subhṛśaṃ viṣaṇṇaḥ .. 39..




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