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sarga - 94

āghrāya rāmastaṃ mūrdhni pariṣvajya ca rāghavaḥ .
aṅke bharatamāropya paryapṛcchatsamāhitaḥ .. 1..

kva nu te.abhūtpitā tāta yadaraṇyaṃ tvamāgataḥ .
na hi tvaṃ jīvatastasya vanamāgantumarhasi .. 2..

cirasya bata paśyāmi dūrādbharatamāgatam .
duṣpratīkamaraṇye.asminkiṃ tāta vanamāgataḥ .. 3..

kacciddaśaratho rājā kuśalī satyasaṅgaraḥ .
rājasūyāśvamedhānāmāhartā dharmaniścayaḥ .. 4..

sa kaccidbrāhmaṇo vidvāndharmanityo mahādyutiḥ .
ikṣvākūṇāmupādhyāyo yathāvattāta pūjyate .. 5..

tāta kaccicca kausalyā sumitrā ca prajāvatī .
sukhinī kaccidāryā ca devī nandati kaikayī .. 6..

kaccidvinaya sampannaḥ kulaputro bahuśrutaḥ .
anasūyuranudraṣṭā satkṛtaste purohitaḥ .. 7..

kaccidagniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimānṛjuḥ .
hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā .. 8..

iṣvastravarasampannamarthaśāstraviśāradam .
sudhanvānamupādhyāyaṃ kaccittvaṃ tāta manyase .. 9..

kaccidātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavanto jitendriyāḥ .
kulīnāśceṅgitajñāśca kṛtāste tāta mantriṇaḥ .. 10..

mantro vijayamūlaṃ hi rājñāṃ bhavati rāghava .
susaṃvṛto mantradharairamātyaiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ .. 11..

kaccinnidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccitkāle vibudhyase .
kacciṃścāpararātriṣu cintayasyarthanaipuṇam .. 12..

kaccinmantrayase naikaḥ kaccinna bahubhiḥ saha .
kaccitte mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati .. 13..

kaccidarthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam .
kṣipramārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava .. 14..

kaccittu sukṛtānyeva kṛtarūpāṇi vā punaḥ .
viduste sarvakāryāṇi na kartavyāni pārthivāḥ .. 15..

kaccinna tarkairyuktvā vā ye cāpyaparikīrtitāḥ .
tvayā vā tava vāmātyairbudhyate tāta mantritam .. 16..

kaccitsahasrānmūrkhāṇāmekamicchasi paṇḍitam .
paṇḍito hyarthakṛcchreṣu kuryānniḥśreyasaṃ mahat .. 17..

sahasrāṇyapi mūrkhāṇāṃ yadyupāste mahīpatiḥ .
atha vāpyayutānyeva nāsti teṣu sahāyatā .. 18..

eko.apyamātyo medhāvī śūro dakṣo vicakṣaṇaḥ .
rājānaṃ rājamātraṃ vā prāpayenmahatīṃ śriyam .. 19..

kaccinmukhyā mahatsveva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ .
jaghanyāśca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ .. 20..

amātyānupadhātītānpitṛpaitāmahāñśucīn .
śreṣṭhāñśreṣṭheṣu kaccittvaṃ niyojayasi karmasu .. 21..

kaccittvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā .
ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānamiva striyaḥ .. 22..

upāyakuśalaṃ vaidyaṃ bhṛtyasandūṣaṇe ratam .
śūramaiśvaryakāmaṃ ca yo na hanti sa vadhyate .. 23..

kacciddhṛṣṭaśca śūraśca dhṛtimānmatimāñśuciḥ .
kulīnaścānuraktaśca dakṣaḥ senāpatiḥ kṛtaḥ .. 24..

balavantaśca kaccitte mukhyā yuddhaviśāradāḥ .
dṛṣṭāpadānā vikrāntāstvayā satkṛtya mānitāḥ .. 25..

ka cidbalasya bhaktaṃ ca vetanaṃ ca yathocitam .
samprāptakālaṃ dātavyaṃ dadāsi na vilambase .. 26..

kālātikramaṇe hyeva bhakta vetanayorbhṛtāḥ .
bhartuḥ kupyanti duṣyanti so.anarthaḥ sumahānsmṛtaḥ .. 27..

kaccitsarve.anuraktāstvāṃ kulaputrāḥ pradhānataḥ .
kaccitprāṇāṃstavārtheṣu santyajanti samāhitāḥ .. 28..

kaccijjānapado vidvāndakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān .
yathoktavādī dūtaste kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ .. 29..

kaccidaṣṭādaśānyeṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca .
tribhistribhiravijñātairvetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ .. 30..

kaccidvyapāstānahitānpratiyātāṃśca sarvadā .
durbalānanavajñāya vartase ripusūdana .. 31..

kaccinna lokāyatikānbrāhmaṇāṃstāta sevase .
anartha kuśalā hyete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ .. 32..

dharmaśāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāneṣu durbudhāḥ .
buddhimānvīkṣikīṃ prāpya nirarthaṃ pravadanti te .. 33..

vīrairadhyuṣitāṃ pūrvamasmākaṃ tāta pūrvakaiḥ .
satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhadvārāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṅkulām .. 34..

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ svakarmanirataiḥ sadā .
jitendriyairmahotsāhairvṛtāmātyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 35..

prāsādairvividhākārairvṛtāṃ vaidyajanākulām .
kaccitsamuditāṃ sphītāmayodhyāṃ parirakṣasi .. 36..

kacciccaityaśatairjuṣṭaḥ suniviṣṭajanākulaḥ .
devasthānaiḥ prapābhiśca taḍāgaiścopaśobhitaḥ .. 37..

prahṛṣṭanaranārīkaḥ samājotsavaśobhitaḥ .
sukṛṣṭasīmā paśumānhiṃsābhirabhivarjitaḥ .. 38..

adevamātṛko ramyaḥ śvāpadaiḥ parivarjitaḥ .
kaccijjanapadaḥ sphītaḥ sukhaṃ vasati rāghava .. 39..

kaccitte dayitāḥ sarve kṛṣigorakṣajīvinaḥ .
vārtāyāṃ saṃśritastāta loko hi sukhamedhate .. 40..

teṣāṃ guptiparīhāraiḥ kaccitte bharaṇaṃ kṛtam .
rakṣyā hi rājñā dharmeṇa sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ .. 41..

kaccitstriyaḥ sāntvayasi kaccittāśca surakṣitāḥ .
kaccinna śraddadhāsyāsāṃ kaccidguhyaṃ na bhāṣase .. 42..

kaccinnāga vanaṃ guptaṃ kuñjarāṇaṃ ca tṛpyasi .
kacciddarśayase nityaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vibhūṣitam .
utthāyotthāya pūrvāhṇe rājaputro mahāpathe .. 43..

kaccitsarvāṇi durgāṇi dhanadhānyāyudhodakaiḥ .
yantraiśca paripūrṇāni tathā śilpidhanurdharaiḥ .. 44..

āyaste vipulaḥ kaccitkaccidalpataro vyayaḥ .
apātreṣu na te kaccitkośo gacchati rāghava .. 45..

devatārthe ca pitrarthe brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu ca .
yodheṣu mitravargeṣu kaccidgacchati te vyayaḥ .. 46..

kaccidāryo viśuddhātmā kṣāritaścorakarmaṇā .
apṛṣṭaḥ śāstrakuśalairna lobhādbadhyate śuciḥ .. 47..

gṛhītaścaiva pṛṣṭaśca kāle dṛṣṭaḥ sakāraṇaḥ .
kaccinna mucyate coro dhanalobhānnararṣabha .. 48..

vyasane kaccidāḍhyasya dugatasya ca rāghava .
arthaṃ virāgāḥ paśyanti tavāmātyā bahuśrutāḥ .. 49..

yāni mithyābhiśastānāṃ patantyasrāṇi rāghava .
tāni putrapaśūnghnanti prītyarthamanuśāsataḥ .. 50..

kaccidvṛdhāṃśca bālāṃśca vaidyamukhyāṃśca rāghava .
dānena manasā vācā tribhiretairbubhūṣase .. 51..

kaccidgurūṃśca vṛddhāṃśca tāpasāndevatātithīn .
caityāṃśca sarvānsiddhārthānbrāhmaṇāṃś ca namasyasi .. 52..

kaccidarthena vā dharmaṃ dharmaṃ dharmeṇa vā punaḥ .
ubhau vā prītilobhena kāmena na vibādhase .. 53..

kaccidarthaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca jayatāṃ vara .
vibhajya kāle kālajña sarvānbharata sevase .. 54..

kaccitte brāhmaṇāḥ śarma sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ .
āśaṃsante mahāprājña paurajānapadaiḥ saha .. 55..

nāstikyamanṛtaṃ krodhaṃ pramādaṃ dīrghasūtratām .
adarśanaṃ jñānavatāmālasyaṃ pañcavṛttitām .. 56..

ekacintanamarthānāmanarthajñaiśca mantraṇam .
niścitānāmanārambhaṃ mantrasyāparilakṣaṇam .. 57..

maṅgalasyāprayogaṃ ca pratyutthānaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ .
kaccittvaṃ varjayasyetānrājadoṣāṃścaturdaśa .. 58..

kaccitsvādukṛtaṃ bhojyameko nāśnāsi rāghava .
kaccidāśaṃsamānebhyo mitrebhyaḥ samprayacchasi .. 59..

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