.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - ayodhyākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 71

tato daśāhe.atigate kṛtaśauco nṛpātmajaḥ .
dvādaśe.ahani samprāpte śrāddhakarmāṇyakārayat .. 1..

brāhmaṇebhyo dadau ratnaṃ dhanamannaṃ ca puṣkalam .
bāstikaṃ bahuśuklaṃ ca gāścāpi śataśastathā .. 2..

dāsīdāsaṃ ca yānaṃ ca veśmāni sumahānti ca .
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau putro rājñastasyaurdhvadaihikam .. 3..

tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase.atha trayodaśe .
vilalāpa mahābāhurbharataḥ śokamūrchitaḥ .. 4..

śabdāpihitakaṇṭhaśca śodhanārthamupāgataḥ .
citāmūle piturvākyamidamāha suduḥkhitaḥ .. 5..

tāta yasminniṣṛṣṭo.ahaṃ tvayā bhrātari rāghave .
tasminvanaṃ pravrajite śūnye tyakto.asmyahaṃ tvayā .. 6..

yathāgatiranāthāyāḥ putraḥ pravrājito vanam .
tāmambāṃ tāta kausalyāṃ tyaktvā tvaṃ kva gato nṛpa .. 7..

dṛṣṭvā bhasmāruṇaṃ tacca dagdhāsthisthānamaṇḍalam .
pituḥ śarīra nirvāṇaṃ niṣṭananviṣasāda ha .. 8..

sa tu dṛṣṭvā rudandīnaḥ papāta dharaṇītale .
utthāpyamānaḥ śakrasya yantra dhvaja iva cyutaḥ .. 9..

abhipetustataḥ sarve tasyāmātyāḥ śucivratam .
antakāle nipatitaṃ yayātimṛṣayo yathā .. 10..

śatrughnaścāpi bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā śokapariplutam .
visaṃjño nyapatadbhūmau bhūmipālamanusmaran .. 11..

unmatta iva niścetā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ .
smṛtvā piturguṇāṅgāni tāni tāni tadā tadā .. 12..

mantharā prabhavastīvraḥ kaikeyīgrāhasaṅkulaḥ .
varadānamayo.akṣobhyo.amajjayacchokasāgaraḥ .. 13..

sukumāraṃ ca bālaṃ ca satataṃ lālitaṃ tvayā .
kva tāta bharataṃ hitvā vilapantaṃ gato bhavān .. 14..

nanu bhojyeṣu pāneṣu vastreṣvābharaṇeṣu ca .
pravārayasi naḥ sarvāṃstannaḥ ko.adya kariṣyati .. 15..

avadāraṇa kāle tu pṛthivī nāvadīryate .
vihīnā yā tvayā rājñā dharmajñena mahātmanā .. 16..

pitari svargamāpanne rāme cāraṇyamāśrite .
kiṃ me jīvita sāmarthyaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam .. 17..

hīno bhrātrā ca pitrā ca śūnyāmikṣvākupālitām .
ayodhyāṃ na pravekṣyāmi pravekṣyāmi tapovanam .. 18..

tayorvilapitaṃ śrutvā vyasanaṃ cānvavekṣya tat .
bhṛśamārtatarā bhūyaḥ sarva evānugāminaḥ .. 19..

tato viṣaṇṇau śrāntau ca śatrughna bharatāvubhau .
dharaṇyāṃ saṃvyaceṣṭetāṃ bhagnaśṛṅgāvivarṣabhau .. 20..

tataḥ prakṛtimānvaidyaḥ pitureṣāṃ purohitaḥ .
vasiṣṭho bharataṃ vākyamutthāpya tamuvāca ha .. 21..

trīṇi dvandvāni bhūteṣu pravṛttānyaviśeṣataḥ .
teṣu cāparihāryeṣu naivaṃ bhavitumarhati .. 22..

sumantraścāpi śatrughnamutthāpyābhiprasādya ca .
śrāvayāmāsa tattvajñaḥ sarvabhūtabhavābhavau .. 23..

utthitau tau naravyāghrau prakāśete yaśasvinau .
varṣātapapariklinnau pṛthagindradhvajāviva .. 24..

aśrūṇi parimṛdnantau raktākṣau dīnabhāṣiṇau .
amātyāstvarayanti sma tanayau cāparāḥ kriyāḥ .. 25..




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