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tadajñānānmahatpāpaṃ kṛtvā saṅkulitendriyaḥ .
ekastvacintayaṃ buddhyā kathaṃ nu sukṛtaṃ bhavet .. 1..
tatastaṃ ghaṭamādaya pūrṇaṃ paramavāriṇā .
āśramaṃ tamahaṃ prāpya yathākhyātapathaṃ gataḥ .. 2..
tatrāhaṃ durbalāvandhau vṛddhāvapariṇāyakau .
apaśyaṃ tasya pitarau lūnapakṣāviva dvijau .. 3..
tannimittābhirāsīnau kathābhiraparikramau .
tāmāśāṃ matkṛte hīnāvudāsīnāvanāthavat .. 4..
padaśabdaṃ tu me śrutvā munirvākyamabhāṣata .
kiṃ cirāyasi me putra pānīyaṃ kṣipramānaya .. 5..
yannimittamidaṃ tāta salile krīḍitaṃ tvayā .
utkaṇṭhitā te māteyaṃ praviśa kṣipramāśramam .. 6..
yadvyalīkaṃ kṛtaṃ putra mātrā te yadi vā mayā .
na tanmanasi kartavyaṃ tvayā tāta tapasvinā .. 7..
tvaṃ gatistvagatīnāṃ ca cakṣustvaṃ hīnacakṣuṣām .
samāsaktāstvayi prāṇāḥ kiṃ cinnau nābhibhāṣase .. 8..
munimavyaktayā vācā tamahaṃ sajjamānayā .
hīnavyañjanayā prekṣya bhīto bhīta ivābruvam .. 9..
manasaḥ karma ceṣṭābhirabhisaṃstabhya vāgbalam .
ācacakṣe tvahaṃ tasmai putravyasanajaṃ bhayam .. 10..
kṣatriyo.ahaṃ daśaratho nāhaṃ putro mahātmanaḥ .
sajjanāvamataṃ duḥkhamidaṃ prāptaṃ svakarmajam .. 11..
bhagavaṃścāpahasto.ahaṃ sarayūtīramāgataḥ .
jighāṃsuḥ śvāpadaṃ kiṃ cinnipāne vāgataṃ gajam .. 12..
tatra śruto mayā śabdo jale kumbhasya pūryataḥ .
dvipo.ayamiti matvā hi bāṇenābhihato mayā .. 13..
gatvā nadyāstatastīramapaśyamiṣuṇā hṛdi .
vinirbhinnaṃ gataprāṇaṃ śayānaṃ bhuvi tāpasaṃ .. 14..
bhagavañśabdamālakṣya mayā gajajighāṃsunā .
visṛṣṭo.ambhasi nārācastena te nihataḥ sutaḥ .. 15..
sa coddhṛtena bāṇena tatraiva svargamāsthitaḥ .
bhagavantāvubhau śocannandhāviti vilapya ca .. 16..
ajñānādbhavataḥ putraḥ sahasābhihato mayā .
śeṣamevaṅgate yatsyāttatprasīdatu me muniḥ .. 17..
sa tacchrutvā vacaḥ krūraṃ niḥśvasañśokakarśitaḥ .
māmuvāca mahātejāḥ kṛtāñjalimupasthitam .. 18..
yadyetadaśubhaṃ karma na sma me kathayeḥ svayam .
phalenmūrdhā sma te rājansadyaḥ śatasahasradhā .. 19..
kṣatriyeṇa vadho rājanvānaprasthe viśeṣataḥ .
jñānapūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ sthānāccyāvayedapi vajriṇam .. 20..
ajñānāddhi kṛtaṃ yasmādidaṃ tenaiva jīvasi .
api hyadya kulaṃ nasyādrāghavāṇāṃ kuto bhavān .. 21..
naya nau nṛpa taṃ deśamiti māṃ cābhyabhāṣata .
adya taṃ draṣṭumicchāvaḥ putraṃ paścimadarśanam .. 22..
rudhireṇāvasitāṅgaṃ prakīrṇājinavāsasaṃ .
śayānaṃ bhuvi niḥsaṃjñaṃ dharmarājavaśaṃ gatam .. 23..
athāhamekastaṃ deśaṃ nītvā tau bhṛśaduḥkhitau .
asparśayamahaṃ putraṃ taṃ muniṃ saha bhāryayā .. 24..
tau putramātmanaḥ spṛṣṭvā tamāsādya tapasvinau .
nipetatuḥ śarīre.asya pitā cāsyedamabravīt .. 25..
na nvahaṃ te priyaḥ putra mātaraṃ paśya dhārmika .
kiṃ nu nāliṅgase putra sukumāra vaco vada .. 26..
kasya vāpararātre.ahaṃ śroṣyāmi hṛdayaṅgamam .
adhīyānasya madhuraṃ śāstraṃ vānyadviśeṣataḥ .. 27..
ko māṃ sandhyāmupāsyaiva snātvā hutahutāśanaḥ .
ślāghayiṣyatyupāsīnaḥ putraśokabhayārditam .. 28..
kandamūlaphalaṃ hṛtvā ko māṃ priyamivātithim .
bhojayiṣyatyakarmaṇyamapragrahamanāyakam .. 29..
imāmandhāṃ ca vṛddhāṃ ca mātaraṃ te tapasvinīm .
kathaṃ putra bhariṣyāmi kṛpaṇāṃ putragardhinīm .. 30..
tiṣṭha mā mā gamaḥ putra yamasya sadanaṃ prati .
śvo mayā saha gantāsi jananyā ca samedhitaḥ .. 31..
ubhāvapi ca śokārtāvanāthau kṛpaṇau vane .
kṣiprameva gamiṣyāvastvayā hīnau yamakṣayam .. 32..
tato vaivasvataṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ pravakṣyāmi bhāratīm .
kṣamatāṃ dharmarājo me bibhṛyātpitarāvayam .. 33..
apāpo.asi yathā putra nihataḥ pāpakarmaṇā .
tena satyena gacchāśu ye lokāḥ śastrayodhinām .. 34..
yānti śūrā gatiṃ yāṃ ca saṅgrāmeṣvanivartinaḥ .
hatāstvabhimukhāḥ putra gatiṃ tāṃ paramāṃ vraja .. 35..
yāṃ gatiṃ sagaraḥ śaibyo dilīpo janamejayaḥ .
nahuṣo dhundhumāraśca prāptāstāṃ gaccha putraka .. 36..
yā gatiḥ sarvasādhūnāṃ svādhyāyātpatasaśca yā .
bhūmidasyāhitāgneśca ekapatnīvratasya ca .. 37..
gosahasrapradātṝṇāṃ yā yā gurubhṛtām api .
dehanyāsakṛtāṃ yā ca tāṃ gatiṃ gaccha putraka .
na hi tvasminkule jāto gacchatyakuśalāṃ gatim .. 38..
evaṃ sa kṛpaṇaṃ tatra paryadevayatāsakṛt .
tato.asmai kartumudakaṃ pravṛttaḥ saha bhāryayā .. 39..
sa tu divyena rūpeṇa muniputraḥ svakarmabhiḥ .
āśvāsya ca muhūrtaṃ tu pitarau vākyamabravīt .. 40..
sthānamasmi mahatprāpto bhavatoḥ paricāraṇāt .
bhavantāvapi ca kṣipraṃ mama mūlamupaiṣyataḥ .. 41..
evamuktvā tu divyena vimānena vapuṣmatā .
āruroha divaṃ kṣipraṃ muniputro jitendriyaḥ .. 42..
sa kṛtvā tūdakaṃ tūrṇaṃ tāpasaḥ saha bhāryayā .
māmuvāca mahātejāḥ kṛtāñjalimupasthitam .. 43..
adyaiva jahi māṃ rājanmaraṇe nāsti me vyathā .
yacchareṇaikaputraṃ māṃ tvamakārṣīraputrakam .. 44..
tvayā tu yadavijñānānnihato me sutaḥ śuciḥ .
tena tvāmabhiśapsyāmi suduḥkhamatidāruṇam .. 45..
putravyasanajaṃ duḥkhaṃ yadetanmama sāmpratam .
evaṃ tvaṃ putraśokena rājankālaṃ kariṣyasi .. 46..
tasmānmāmāgataṃ bhadre tasyodārasya tadvacaḥ .
yadahaṃ putraśokena santyakṣyāmyadya jīvitam .. 47..
yadi māṃ saṃspṛśedrāmaḥ sakṛdadyālabheta vā .
na tanme sadṛśaṃ devi yanmayā rāghave kṛtam .. 48..
cakṣuṣā tvāṃ na paśyāmi smṛtirmama vilupyate .
dūtā vaivasvatasyaite kausalye tvarayanti mām .. 49..
atastu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yadahaṃ jīvitakṣaye .
na hi paśyāmi dharmajñaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākyamam .. 50..
na te manuṣyā devāste ye cāruśubhakuṇḍalam .
mukhaṃ drakṣyanti rāmasya varṣe pañcadaśe punaḥ .. 51..
padmapatrekṣaṇaṃ subhru sudaṃṣṭraṃ cārunāsikam .
dhanyā drakṣyanti rāmasya tārādhipanibhaṃ mukham .. 52..
sadṛśaṃ śāradasyendoḥ phullasya kamalasya ca .
sugandhi mama nāthasya dhanyā drakṣyanti tanmukham .. 53..
nivṛttavanavāsaṃ tamayodhyāṃ punarāgatam .
drakṣyanti sukhino rāmaṃ śukraṃ mārgagataṃ yathā .. 54..
ayamātmabhavaḥ śoko māmanāthamacetanam .
saṃsādayati vegena yathā kūlaṃ nadīrayaḥ .. 55..
hā rāghava mahābāho hā mamāyāsa nāśana .
rājā daśarathaḥ śocañjīvitāntamupāgamat .. 56..
tathā tu dīnaṃ kathayannarādhipaḥ
priyasya putrasya vivāsanāturaḥ .
gate.ardharātre bhṛśaduḥkhapīḍitas
tadā jahau prāṇamudāradarśanaḥ .. 57..
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