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sarga - 72

atra yātrāṃ samīhantaṃ śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ .
bharataṃ śokasantaptamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 1..

gatiryaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ duḥkhe kiṃ punarātmanaḥ .
sa rāmaḥ sattva sampannaḥ striyā pravrājito vanam .. 2..

balavānvīrya sampanno lakṣmaṇo nāma yo.apyasau .
kiṃ na mocayate rāmaṃ kṛtvāpi pitṛnigraham .. 3..

pūrvameva tu nigrāhyaḥ samavekṣya nayānayau .
utpathaṃ yaḥ samārūḍho nāryā rājā vaśaṃ gataḥ .. 4..

iti sambhāṣamāṇe tu śatrughne lakṣmaṇānuje .
prāgdvāre.abhūttadā kubjā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā .. 5..

liptā candanasāreṇa rājavastrāṇi bibhratī .
mekhalā dāmabhiścitrai rajjubaddheva vānarī .. 6..

tāṃ samīkṣya tadā dvāḥstho bhṛśaṃ pāpasya kāriṇīm .
gṛhītvākaruṇaṃ kubjāṃ śatrughnāya nyavedayat .. 7..

yasyāḥ kṛte vane rāmo nyastadehaśca vaḥ pitā .
seyaṃ pāpā nṛśaṃsā ca tasyāḥ kuru yathāmati .. 8..

śatrughnaśca tadājñāya vacanaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ .
antaḥpuracarānsarvānityuvāca dhṛtavrataḥ .. 9..

tīvramutpāditaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ me tathā pituḥ .
yayā seyaṃ nṛśaṃsasya karmaṇaḥ phalamaśnutām .. 10..

evamuktā ca tenāśu sakhī janasamāvṛtā .
gṛhītā balavatkubjā sā tadgṛhamanādayat .. 11..

tataḥ subhṛśa santaptastasyāḥ sarvaḥ sakhījanaḥ .
kruddhamājñāya śatrughnaṃ vyapalāyata sarvaśaḥ .. 12..

amantrayata kṛtsnaśca tasyāḥ sarvasakhījanaḥ .
yathāyaṃ samupakrānto niḥśeṣaṃ naḥ kariṣyati .. 13..

sānukrośāṃ vadānyāṃ ca dharmajñāṃ ca yaśasvinīm .
kausalyāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmaḥ sā hi no.astu dhruvā gatiḥ .. 14..

sa ca roṣeṇa tāmrākṣaḥ śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ .
vicakarṣa tadā kubjāṃ krośantīṃ pṛthivītale .. 15..

tasyā hyākṛṣyamāṇāyā mantharāyāstatastataḥ .
citraṃ bahuvidhaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tadvyaśīryata .. 16..

tena bhāṇḍena saṅkīrṇaṃ śrīmadrājaniveśanam .
aśobhata tadā bhūyaḥ śāradaṃ gaganaṃ yathā .. 17..

sa balī balavatkrodhādgṛhītvā puruṣarṣabhaḥ .
kaikeyīmabhinirbhartsya babhāṣe paruṣaṃ vacaḥ .. 18..

tairvākyaiḥ paruṣairduḥkhaiḥ kaikeyī bhṛśaduḥkhitā .
śatrughna bhayasantrastā putraṃ śaraṇamāgatā .. 19..

tāṃ prekṣya bharataḥ kruddhaṃ śatrughnamidamabravīt .
avadhyāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pramadāḥ kṣamyatām iti .. 20..

hanyāmahamimāṃ pāpāṃ kaikeyīṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm .
yadi māṃ dhārmiko rāmo nāsūyenmātṛghātakam .. 21..

imāmapi hatāṃ kubjāṃ yadi jānāti rāghavaḥ .
tvāṃ ca māṃ caiva dharmātmā nābhibhāṣiṣyate dhruvam .. 22..

bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ .
nyavartata tato roṣāttāṃ mumoca ca mantharām .. 23..

sā pādamūle kaikeyyā mantharā nipapāta ha .
niḥśvasantī suduḥkhārtā kṛpaṇaṃ vilalāpa ca .. 24..

śatrughnavikṣepavimūḍhasaṃjñāṃ
samīkṣya kubjāṃ bharatasya mātā .
śanaiḥ samāśvāsayadārtarūpāṃ
krauñcīṃ vilagnāmiva vīkṣamāṇām .. 25..




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