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sarga - 9

evamuktā tu kaikeyī krodhena jvalitānanā .
dīrghamuṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya mantharāmidamabravīt .. 1..

adya rāmamitaḥ kṣipraṃ vanaṃ prasthāpayāmyaham .
yauvarājyena bharataṃ kṣipramevābhiṣecaye .. 2..

idaṃ tvidānīṃ sampaśya kenopāyena manthare .
bharataḥ prāpnuyādrājyaṃ na tu rāmaḥ kathaṃ cana .. 3..

evamuktā tayā devyā mantharā pāpadarśinī .
rāmārthamupahiṃsantī kaikeyīmidamabravīt .. 4..

hantedānīṃ pravakṣyāmi kaikeyi śrūyatāṃ ca me .
yathā te bharato rājyaṃ putraḥ prāpsyati kevalam .. 5..

śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasyā mantharāyāstu kaikayī .
kiṃ cidutthāya śayanātsvāstīrṇādidamabravīt .. 6..

kathaya tvaṃ mamopāyaṃ kenopāyena manthare .
bharataḥ prāpnuyādrājyaṃ na tu rāmaḥ kathaṃ cana .. 7..

evamuktā tayā devyā mantharā pāpadarśinī .
rāmārthamupahiṃsantī kubjā vacanamabravīt .. 8..

tava devāsure yuddhe saha rājarṣibhiḥ patiḥ .
agacchattvāmupādāya devarājasya sāhyakṛt .. 9..

diśamāsthāya kaikeyi dakṣiṇāṃ daṇḍakānprati .
vaijayantamiti khyātaṃ puraṃ yatra timidhvajaḥ .. 10..

sa śambara iti khyātaḥ śatamāyo mahāsuraḥ .
dadau śakrasya saṅgrāmaṃ devasaṅghairanirjitaḥ .. 11..

tasminmahati saṅgrāme rājā daśarathastadā .
apavāhya tvayā devi saṅgrāmānnaṣṭacetanaḥ .. 12..

tatrāpi vikṣataḥ śastraiḥ patiste rakṣitastvayā .
tuṣṭena tena dattau te dvau varau śubhadarśane .. 13..

sa tvayoktaḥ patirdevi yadeccheyaṃ tadā varau .
gṛhṇīyāmiti tattena tathetyuktaṃ mahātmanā .
anabhijñā hyahaṃ devi tvayaiva kathitaṃ purā .. 14..

tau varau yāca bhartāraṃ bharatasyābhiṣecanam .
pravrājanaṃ ca rāmasya tvaṃ varṣāṇi caturdaśa .. 15..

krodhāgāraṃ praviśyādya kruddhevāśvapateḥ sute .
śeṣvānantarhitāyāṃ tvaṃ bhūmau malinavāsinī .
mā smainaṃ pratyudīkṣethā mā cainamabhibhāṣathāḥ .. 16..

dayitā tvaṃ sadā bharturatra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ .
tvatkṛte ca mahārājo viśedapi hutāśanam .. 17..

na tvāṃ krodhayituṃ śakto na kruddhāṃ pratyudīkṣitum .
tava priyārthaṃ rājā hi prāṇānapi parityajet .. 18..

na hyatikramituṃ śaktastava vākyaṃ mahīpatiḥ .
mandasvabhāve budhyasva saubhāgyabalamātmanaḥ .. 19..

maṇimuktāsuvarṇāni ratnāni vividhāni ca .
dadyāddaśaratho rājā mā sma teṣu manaḥ kṛthāḥ .. 20..

yau tau devāsure yuddhe varau daśaratho.adadāt .
tau smāraya mahābhāge so.artho mā tvām atikramet .. 21..

yadā tu te varaṃ dadyātsvayamutthāpya rāghavaḥ .
vyavasthāpya mahārājaṃ tvamimaṃ vṛṇuyā varam .. 22..

rāmaṃ pravrājayāraṇye nava varṣāṇi pañca ca .
bharataḥ kriyatāṃ rājā pṛthivyāṃ pārthivarṣabhaḥ .. 23..

evaṃ pravrājitaścaiva rāmo.arāmo bhaviṣyati .
bharataśca hatāmitrastava rājā bhaviṣyati .. 24..

yena kālena rāmaśca vanātpratyāgamiṣyati .
tena kālena putraste kṛtamūlo bhaviṣyati .
saṅgṛhītamanuṣyaśca suhṛdbhiḥ sārdhamātmavān .. 25..

prāptakālaṃ tu te manye rājānaṃ vītasādhvasā .
rāmābhiṣekasaṅkalpānnigṛhya vinivartaya .. 26..

anarthamartharūpeṇa grāhitā sā tatastayā .
hṛṣṭā pratītā kaikeyī mantharāmidamabravīt .. 27..

kubje tvāṃ nābhijānāmi śreṣṭhāṃ śreṣṭhābhidhāyinīm .
pṛthivyāmasi kubjānāmuttamā buddhiniścaye .. 28..

tvameva tu mamārtheṣu nityayuktā hitaiṣiṇī .
nāhaṃ samavabudhyeyaṃ kubje rājñaścikīrṣitam .. 29..

santi duḥsaṃsthitāḥ kubjā vakrāḥ paramapāpikāḥ .
tvaṃ padmamiva vātena saṃnatā priyadarśanā .. 30..

uraste.abhiniviṣṭaṃ vai yāvatskandhātsamunnatam .
adhastāccodaraṃ śāntaṃ sunābhamiva lajjitam .. 31..

jaghanaṃ tava nirghuṣṭaṃ raśanādāmaśobhitam .
jaṅghe bhṛśamupanyaste pādau cāpyāyatāvubhau .. 32..

tvamāyatābhyāṃ sakthibhyāṃ manthare kṣaumavāsini .
agrato mama gacchantī rājahaṃsīva rājase .. 33..

tavedaṃ sthagu yaddīrghaṃ rathaghoṇamivāyatam .
matayaḥ kṣatravidyāśca māyāścātra vasanti te .. 34..

atra te pratimokṣyāmi mālāṃ kubje hiraṇmayīm .
abhiṣikte ca bharate rāghave ca vanaṃ gate .. 35..

jātyena ca suvarṇena suniṣṭaptena sundari .
labdhārthā ca pratītā ca lepayiṣyāmi te sthagu .. 36..

mukhe ca tilakaṃ citraṃ jātarūpamayaṃ śubham .
kārayiṣyāmi te kubje śubhānyābharaṇāni ca .. 37..

paridhāya śubhe vastre devadeva cariṣyasi .
candramāhvayamānena mukhenāpratimānanā .
gamiṣyasi gatiṃ mukhyāṃ garvayantī dviṣajjanam .. 38..

tavāpi kubjāḥ kubjāyāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ .
pādau paricariṣyanti yathaiva tvaṃ sadā mama .. 39..

iti praśasyamānā sā kaikeyīmidamabravīt .
śayānāṃ śayane śubhre vedyāmagniśikhām iva .. 40..

gatodake setubandho na kalyāṇi vidhīyate .
uttiṣṭha kuru kalyāṇaṃ rājānamanudarśaya .. 41..

tathā protsāhitā devī gatvā mantharayā saha .
krodhāgāraṃ viśālākṣī saubhāgyamadagarvitā .. 42..

anekaśatasāhasraṃ muktāhāraṃ varāṅganā .
avamucya varārhāṇi śubhānyābharaṇāni ca .. 43..

tato hemopamā tatra kubjā vākyaṃ vaśaṃ gatā .
saṃviśya bhūmau kaikeyī mantharāmidamabravīt .. 44..

iha vā māṃ mṛtāṃ kubje nṛpāyāvedayiṣyasi .
vanaṃ tu rāghave prāpte bharataḥ prāpsyati kṣitim .. 45..

athaitaduktvā vacanaṃ sudāruṇaṃ
nidhāya sarvābharaṇāni bhāminī .
asaṃvṛtāmāstaraṇena medinīṃ
tadādhiśiśye patiteva kinnarī .. 46..

udīrṇasaṃrambhatamovṛtānanā
tathāvamuktottamamālyabhūṣaṇā .
narendrapatnī vimanā babhūva sā
tamovṛtā dyauriva magnatārakā .. 47..




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