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sarga - 66

apaśyaṃstu tatastatra pitaraṃ piturālaye .
jagāma bharato draṣṭuṃ mātaraṃ māturālaye .. 1..

anuprāptaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā kaikeyī proṣitaṃ sutam .
utpapāta tadā hṛṣṭā tyaktvā sauvarṇamānasaṃ .. 2..

sa praviśyaiva dharmātmā svagṛhaṃ śrīvivarjitam .
bharataḥ prekṣya jagrāha jananyāścaraṇau śubhau .. 3..

taṃ mūrdhni samupāghrāya pariṣvajya yaśasvinam .
aṅke bharatamāropya praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame .. 4..

adya te kati cidrātryaścyutasyāryakaveśmanaḥ .
api nādhvaśramaḥ śīghraṃ rathenāpatatastava .. 5..

āryakaste sukuśalo yudhājinmātulastava .
pravāsācca sukhaṃ putra sarvaṃ me vaktumarhasi .. 6..

evaṃ pṛṣṭhastu kaikeyyā priyaṃ pārthivanandanaḥ .
ācaṣṭa bharataḥ sarvaṃ mātre rājīvalocanaḥ .. 7..

adya me saptamī rātriścyutasyāryakaveśmanaḥ .
ambāyāḥ kuśalī tāto yudhājinmātulaś ca me .. 8..

yanme dhanaṃ ca ratnaṃ ca dadau rājā parantapaḥ .
pariśrāntaṃ pathyabhavattato.ahaṃ pūrvamāgataḥ .. 9..

rājavākyaharairdūtaistvaryamāṇo.ahamāgataḥ .
yadahaṃ praṣṭumicchāmi tadambā vaktumarhasi .. 10..

śūnyo.ayaṃ śayanīyaste paryaṅko hemabhūṣitaḥ .
na cāyamikṣvākujanaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ pratibhāti me .. 11..

rājā bhavati bhūyiṣṭhgamihāmbāyā niveśane .
tamahaṃ nādya paśyāmi draṣṭumicchannihāgataḥ .. 12..

piturgrahīṣye caraṇau taṃ mamākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ .
āhosvidamba jyeṣṭhāyāḥ kausalyāyā niveśane .. 13..

taṃ pratyuvāca kaikeyī priyavadghoramapriyam .
ajānantaṃ prajānantī rājyalobhena mohitā .
yā gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ te pitā gataḥ .. 14..

tacchrutvā bharato vākyaṃ dharmābhijanavāñśuciḥ .
papāta sahasā bhūmau pitṛśokabalārditaḥ .. 15..

tataḥ śokena saṃvītaḥ piturmaraṇaduḥkhitaḥ .
vilalāpa mahātejā bhrāntākulitacetanaḥ .. 16..

etatsuruciraṃ bhāti piturme śayanaṃ purā .
tadidaṃ na vibhātyadya vihīnaṃ tena dhīmatā .. 17..

tamārtaṃ devasaṅkāśaṃ samīkṣya patitaṃ bhuvi .
utthāpayitvā śokārtaṃ vacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 18..

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kiṃ śeṣe rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ .
tvadvidhā na hi śocanti santaḥ sadasi saṃmatāḥ .. 19..

sa rudatyā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhūmau viparivṛtya ca .
jananīṃ pratyuvācedaṃ śokairbahubhirāvṛtaḥ .. 20..

abhiṣekṣyati rāmaṃ tu rājā yajñaṃ nu yakṣyati .
ityahaṃ kṛtasaṅkalpo hṛṣṭo yātrāmayāsiṣam .. 21..

tadidaṃ hyanyathā bhūtaṃ vyavadīrṇaṃ mano mama .
pitaraṃ yo na paśyāmi nityaṃ priyahite ratam .. 22..

amba kenātyagādrājā vyādhinā mayyanāgate .
dhanyā rāmādayaḥ sarve yaiḥ pitā saṃskṛtaḥ svayam .. 23..

na nūnaṃ māṃ mahārājaḥ prāptaṃ jānāti kīrtimān .
upajighreddhi māṃ mūrdhni tātaḥ saṃnamya satvaram .. 24..

kva sa pāṇiḥ sukhasparśastātasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .
yena māṃ rajasā dhvastamabhīkṣṇaṃ parimārjati .. 25..

yo me bhrātā pitā bandhuryasya dāso.asmi dhīmataḥ .
tasya māṃ śīghramākhyāhi rāmasyākliṣṭa karmaṇaḥ .. 26..

pitā hi bhavati jyeṣṭho dharmamāryasya jānataḥ .
tasya pādau grahīṣyāmi sa hīdānīṃ gatirmama .. 27..

ārye kimabravīdrājā pitā me satyavikramaḥ .
paścimaṃ sādhusandeśamicchāmi śrotumātmanaḥ .. 28..

iti pṛṣṭā yathātattvaṃ kaikeyī vākyamabravīt .
rāmeti rājā vilapanhā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca .
sa mahātmā paraṃ lokaṃ gato gatimatāṃ varaḥ .. 29..

imāṃ tu paścimāṃ vācaṃ vyājahāra pitā tava .
kāla dharmaparikṣiptaḥ pāśairiva mahāgajaḥ .. 30..

siddhārthāstu narā rāmamāgataṃ sītayā saha .
lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ drakṣyanti punarāgatam .. 31..

tacchrutvā viṣasādaiva dvitīyā priyaśaṃsanāt .
viṣaṇṇavadano bhūtvā bhūyaḥ papraccha mātaram .. 32..

kva cedānīṃ sa dharmātmā kausalyānandavardhanaḥ .
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā sītayā ca samaṃ gataḥ .. 33..

tathā pṛṣṭā yathātattvamākhyātumupacakrame .
mātāsya yugapadvākyaṃ vipriyaṃ priyaśaṅkayā .. 34..

sa hi rājasutaḥ putra cīravāsā mahāvanam .
daṇḍakānsaha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇānucaro gataḥ .. 35..

tacchrutvā bharatastrasto bhrātuścāritraśaṅkayā .
svasya vaṃśasya māhātmyātpraṣṭuṃ samupacakrame .. 36..

kaccinna brāhmaṇavadhaṃ hṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit .
kaccinnāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ .. 37..

kaccinna paradārānvā rājaputro.abhimanyate .
kasmātsa daṇḍakāraṇye bhrūṇaheva vivāsitaḥ .. 38..

athāsya capalā mātā tatsvakarma yathātatham .
tenaiva strīsvabhāvena vyāhartumupacakrame .. 39..

na brāhmaṇa dhanaṃ kiñciddhṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit .
kaścinnāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ .
na rāmaḥ paradārāṃśca cakṣurbhyāmapi paśyati .. 40..

mayā tu putra śrutvaiva rāmasyaivābhiṣecanam .
yācitaste pitā rājyaṃ rāmasya ca vivāsanam .. 41..

sa svavṛttiṃ samāsthāya pitā te tattathākarot .
rāmaśca sahasaumitriḥ preṣitaḥ saha sītayā .. 42..

tamapaśyanpriyaṃ putraṃ mahīpālo mahāyaśāḥ .
putraśokaparidyūnaḥ pañcatvamupapedivān .. 43..

tvayā tvidānīṃ dharmajña rājatvamavalambyatām .
tvatkṛte hi mayā sarvamidamevaṃvidhaṃ kṛtam .. 44..

tatputra śīghraṃ vidhinā vidhijñair
vasiṣṭhamukhyaiḥ sahito dvijendraiḥ .
saṅkālya rājānamadīnasattvam
ātmānamurvyāmabhiṣecayasva .. 45..




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