.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 70

tamevaṃ śokasantaptaṃ bharataṃ kekayīsutam .
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ .. 1..

alaṃ śokena bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ .
prāptakālaṃ narapateḥ kuru saṃyānamuttaram .. 2..

vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā bharato dhāraṇāṃ gataḥ .
pretakāryāṇi sarvāṇi kārayāmāsa dharmavit .. 3..

uddhṛtaṃ tailasaṅkledātsa tu bhūmau niveśitam .
āpītavarṇavadanaṃ prasuptamiva bhūmipam .. 4..

niveśya śayane cāgrye nānāratnapariṣkṛte .
tato daśarathaṃ putro vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ .. 5..

kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājanproṣite mayyanāgate .
vivāsya rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam .. 6..

kva yāsyasi mahārāja hitvemaṃ duḥkhitaṃ janam .
hīnaṃ puruṣasiṃhena rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .. 7..

yogakṣemaṃ tu te rājanko.asminkalpayitā pure .
tvayi prayāte svastāta rāme ca vanamāśrite .. 8..

vidhavā pṛthivī rājaṃstvayā hīnā na rājate .
hīnacandreva rajanī nagarī pratibhāti mām .. 9..

evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ bharataṃ dīnamānasaṃ .
abravīdvacanaṃ bhūyo vasiṣṭhastu mahānṛṣiḥ .. 10..

pretakāryāṇi yānyasya kartavyāni viśāmpateḥ .
tānyavyagraṃ mahābāho kriyatāmavicāritam .. 11..

tatheti bharato vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasyābhipūjya tat .
ṛtvikpurohitācāryāṃstvarayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ .. 12..

ye tvagrato narendrasya agnyagārādbahiṣkṛtāḥ .
ṛtvigbhiryājakaiścaiva te hriyante yathāvidhi .. 13..

śibilāyāmathāropya rājānaṃ gatacetanam .
bāṣpakaṇṭhā vimanasastamūhuḥ paricārakāḥ .. 14..

hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca .
prakiranto janā mārgaṃ nṛpateragrato yayuḥ .. 15..

candanāguruniryāsānsaralaṃ padmakaṃ tathā .
devadārūṇi cāhṛtya citāṃ cakrustathāpare .. 16..

gandhānuccāvacāṃścānyāṃstatra dattvātha bhūmipam .
tataḥ saṃveśayāmāsuścitāmadhye tamṛtvijaḥ .. 17..

tathā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepustasya tadartvijaḥ .
jaguśca te yathāśāstraṃ tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ .. 18..

śibikābhiśca yānaiśca yathārhaṃ tasya yoṣitaḥ .
nagarānniryayustatra vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtāstadā .. 19..

prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakrurṛtvijo.agnicitaṃ nṛpam .
striyaśca śokasantaptāḥ kausalyā pramukhāstadā .. 20..

krauñcīnāmiva nārīṇāṃ ninādastatra śuśruve .
ārtānāṃ karuṇaṃ kāle krośantīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ .. 21..

tato rudantyo vivaśā vilapya ca punaḥ punaḥ .
yānebhyaḥ sarayūtīramavaterurvarāṅganāḥ .. 22..

kṛtodakaṃ te bharatena sārdhaṃ
nṛpāṅganā mantripurohitāś ca .
puraṃ praviśyāśruparītanetrā
bhūmau daśāhaṃ vyanayanta duḥkham .. 23..




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