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sarga - 69

tathaiva krośatastasya bharatasya mahātmanaḥ .
kausalyā śabdamājñāya sumitrāmidamabravīt .. 1..

āgataḥ krūrakāryāyāḥ kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ .
tamahaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi bharataṃ dīrghadarśinam .. 2..

evamuktvā sumitrāṃ sā vivarṇā malināmbarā .
pratasthe bharato yatra vepamānā vicetanā .. 3..

sa tu rāmānujaścāpi śatrughnasahitastadā .
pratasthe bharato yatra kausalyāyā niveśanam .. 4..

tataḥ śatrughna bharatau kausalyāṃ prekṣya duḥkhitau .
paryaṣvajetāṃ duḥkhārtāṃ patitāṃ naṣṭacetanām .. 5..

bharataṃ pratyuvācedaṃ kausalyā bhṛśaduḥkhitā .
idaṃ te rājyakāmasya rājyaṃ prāptamakaṇṭakam .
samprāptaṃ bata kaikeyyā śīghraṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā .. 6..

prasthāpya cīravasanaṃ putraṃ me vanavāsinam .
kaikeyī kaṃ guṇaṃ tatra paśyati krūradarśinī .. 7..

kṣipraṃ māmapi kaikeyī prasthāpayitumarhati .
hiraṇyanābho yatrāste suto me sumahāyaśāḥ .. 8..

atha vā svayamevāhaṃ sumitrānucarā sukham .
agnihotraṃ puraskṛtya prasthāsye yatra rāghavaḥ .. 9..

kāmaṃ vā svayamevādya tatra māṃ netumarhasi .
yatrāsau puruṣavyāghrastapyate me tapaḥ sutaḥ .. 10..

idaṃ hi tava vistīrṇaṃ dhanadhānyasamācitam .
hastyaśvarathasampūrṇaṃ rājyaṃ niryātitaṃ tayā .. 11..

evaṃ vilapamānāṃ tāṃ bharataḥ prāñjalistadā .
kausalyāṃ pratyuvācedaṃ śokairbahubhirāvṛtām .. 12..

ārye kasmādajānantaṃ garhase māmakilbiṣam .
vipulāṃ ca mama prītiṃ sthirāṃ jānāsi rāghave .. 13..

kṛtā śāstrānugā buddhirmā bhūttasya kadā cana .
satyasandhaḥ satāṃ śreṣṭho yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 14..

praiṣyaṃ pāpīyasāṃ yātu sūryaṃ ca prati mehatu .
hantu pādena gāṃ suptāṃ yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 15..

kārayitvā mahatkarma bhartā bhṛtyamanarthakam .
adharmo yo.asya so.asyāstu yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 16..

paripālayamānasya rājño bhūtāni putravat .
tatastu druhyatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 17..

baliṣaḍbhāgamuddhṛtya nṛpasyārakṣataḥ prajāḥ .
adharmo yo.asya so.asyāstu yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 18..

saṃśrutya ca tapasvibhyaḥ satre vai yajñadakṣiṇām .
tāṃ vipralapatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 19..

hastyaśvarathasambādhe yuddhe śastrasamākule .
mā sma kārṣītsatāṃ dharmaṃ yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 20..

upadiṣṭaṃ susūkṣmārthaṃ śāstraṃ yatnena dhīmatā .
sa nāśayatu duṣṭātmā yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 21..

pāyasaṃ kṛsaraṃ chāgaṃ vṛthā so.aśnātu nirghṛṇaḥ .
gurūṃścāpyavajānātu yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 22..

putrairdāraiśca bhṛtyaiśca svagṛhe parivāritaḥ .
sa eko mṛṣṭamaśnātu yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 23..

rājastrībālavṛddhānāṃ vadhe yatpāpamucyate .
bhṛtyatyāge ca yatpāpaṃ tatpāpaṃ pratipadyatām .. 24..

ubhe sandhye śayānasya yatpāpaṃ parikalpyate .
tacca pāpaṃ bhavettasya yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 25..

yadagnidāyake pāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ gurutalpage .
mitradrohe ca yatpāpaṃ tatpāpaṃ pratipadyatām .. 26..

devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mātā pitrostathaiva ca .
mā sma kārṣītsa śuśrūṣāṃ yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 27..

satāṃ lokātsatāṃ kīrtyāḥ sajjuṣṭātkarmaṇastathā .
bhraśyatu kṣipramadyaiva yasyāryo.anumate gataḥ .. 28..

vihīnāṃ patiputrābhyāṃ kausalyāṃ pārthivātmajaḥ .
evamāśvasayanneva duḥkhārto nipapāta ha .. 29..

tathā tu śapathaiḥ kaṣṭaiḥ śapamānamacetanam .
bharataṃ śokasantaptaṃ kausalyā vākyamabravīt .. 30..

mama duḥkhamidaṃ putra bhūyaḥ samupajāyate .
śapathaiḥ śapamāno hi prāṇānuparuṇatsi me .. 31..

diṣṭyā na calito dharmādātmā te sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
vatsa satyapratijño me satāṃ lokānavāpsyasi .. 32..

evaṃ vilapamānasya duḥkhārtasya mahātmanaḥ .
mohācca śokasaṃrodhādbabhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ .. 33..

lālapyamānasya vicetanasya
pranaṣṭabuddheḥ patitasya bhūmau .
muhurmuhurniḥśvasataśca dīrghaṃ
sā tasya śokena jagāma rātriḥ .. 34..




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