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sarga - 95

rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha .
kiṃ me dharmādvihīnasya rājadharmaḥ kariṣyati .. 1..

śāśvato.ayaṃ sadā dharmaḥ sthito.asmāsu nararṣabha .
jyeṣṭha putre sthite rājanna kanīyānbhavennṛpaḥ .. 2..

sa samṛddhāṃ mayā sārdhamayodhyāṃ gaccha rāghava .
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ kulasyāsya bhavāya naḥ .. 3..

rājānaṃ mānuṣaṃ prāhurdevatve saṃmato mama .
yasya dharmārthasahitaṃ vṛttamāhuramānuṣam .. 4..

kekayasthe ca mayi tu tvayi cāraṇyamāśrite .
divamārya gato rājā yāyajūkaḥ satāṃ mataḥ .. 5..

uttiṣṭha puruṣavyāghra kriyatāmudakaṃ pituḥ .
ahaṃ cāyaṃ ca śatrughnaḥ pūrvameva kṛtodakau .. 6..

priyeṇa kila dattaṃ hi pitṛlokeṣu rāghava .
akṣayyaṃ bhavatītyāhurbhavāṃścaiva pituḥ priyaḥ .. 7..

tāṃ śrutvā karuṇāṃ vācaṃ piturmaraṇasaṃhitām .
rāghavo bharatenoktāṃ babhūva gatacetanaḥ .. 8..

vāgvajraṃ bharatenoktamamanojñaṃ parantapaḥ .
pragṛhya bāhū rāmo vai puṣpitāgro yathā drumaḥ .
vane paraśunā kṛttastathā bhuvi papāta ha .. 9..

tathā hi patitaṃ rāmaṃ jagatyāṃ jagatīpatim .
kūlaghātapariśrāntaṃ prasuptamiva kuñjaram .. 10..

bhrātaraste maheṣvāsaṃ sarvataḥ śokakarśitam .
rudantaḥ saha vaidehyā siṣicuḥ salilena vai .. 11..

sa tu saṃjñāṃ punarlabdhvā netrābhyāmāsramutsṛjan .
upākrāmata kākutsthaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ bahubhāṣitum .. 12..

kiṃ nu tasya mayā kāryaṃ durjātena mahātmanā .
yo mṛto mama śokena na mayā cāpi saṃskṛtaḥ .. 13..

aho bharata siddhārtho yena rājā tvayānagha .
śatrugheṇa ca sarveṣu pretakṛtyeṣu satkṛtaḥ .. 14..

niṣpradhānāmanekāgraṃ narendreṇa vinākṛtām .
nivṛttavanavāso.api nāyodhyāṃ gantumutsahe .. 15..

samāptavanavāsaṃ māmayodhyāyāṃ parantapa .
ko nu śāsiṣyati punastāte lokāntaraṃ gate .. 16..

purā prekṣya suvṛttaṃ māṃ pitā yānyāha sāntvayan .
vākyāni tāni śroṣyāmi kutaḥ karṇasukhānyaham .. 17..

evamuktvā sa bharataṃ bhāryāmabhyetya rāghavaḥ .
uvāca śokasantaptaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanām .. 18..

sīte mṛtaste śvaśuraḥ pitrā hīno.asi lakṣmaṇa .
bharato duḥkhamācaṣṭe svargataṃ pṛthivīpatim .. 19..

sāntvayitvā tu tāṃ rāmo rudantīṃ janakātmajām .
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ tatra duḥkhito duḥkhitaṃ vacaḥ .. 20..

ānayeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ cīramāhara cottaram .
jalakriyārthaṃ tātasya gamiṣyāmi mahātmanaḥ .. 21..

sītā purastādvrajatu tvamenām abhito vraja .
ahaṃ paścādgamiṣyāmi gatirhyeṣā sudāruṇā .. 22..

tato nityānugasteṣāṃ viditātmā mahāmatiḥ .
mṛdurdāntaśca śāntaśca rāme ca dṛḍha bhaktimān .. 23..

sumantrastairnṛpasutaiḥ sārdhamāśvāsya rāghavam .
avātārayadālambya nadīṃ mandākinīṃ śivām .. 24..

te sutīrthāṃ tataḥ kṛcchrādupāgamya yaśasvinaḥ .
nadīṃ mandākinīṃ ramyāṃ sadā puṣpitakānanām .. 25..

śīghrasrotasamāsādya tīrthaṃ śivamakardamam .
siṣicustūdakaṃ rājñe tata etadbhavatviti .. 26..

pragṛhya ca mahīpālo jalapūritamañjalim .
diśaṃ yāmyāmabhimukho rudanvacanamabravīt .. 27..

etatte rājaśārdūla vimalaṃ toyamakṣayam .
pitṛlokagatasyādya maddattamupatiṣṭhatu .. 28..

tato mandākinī tīrātpratyuttīrya sa rāghavaḥ .
pituścakāra tejasvī nivāpaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha .. 29..

aiṅgudaṃ badarīmiśraṃ piṇyākaṃ darbhasaṃstare .
nyasya rāmaḥ suduḥkhārto rudanvacanamabravīt .. 30..

idaṃ bhuṅkṣva mahārājaprīto yadaśanā vayam .
yadannaḥ puruṣo bhavati tadannāstasya devatāḥ .. 31..

tatastenaiva mārgeṇa pratyuttīrya nadītaṭāt .
āruroha naravyāghro ramyasānuṃ mahīdharam .. 32..

tataḥ parṇakuṭīdvāramāsādya jagatīpatiḥ .
parijagrāha pāṇibhyāmubhau bharatalakṣmaṇau .. 33..

teṣāṃ tu rudatāṃ śabdātpratiśrutkābhavadgirau .
bhrātṝṇāṃ saha vaidehyā siṃhānāṃ nardatām iva .. 34..

vijñāya tumulaṃ śabdaṃ trastā bharatasainikāḥ .
abruvaṃścāpi rāmeṇa bharataḥ saṅgato dhruvam .
teṣāmeva mahāñśabdaḥ śocatāṃ pitaraṃ mṛtam .. 35..

atha vāsānparityajya taṃ sarve.abhimukhāḥ svanam .
apyeka manaso jagmuryathāsthānaṃ pradhāvitāḥ .. 36..

hayairanye gajairanye rathairanye svalaṅkṛtaiḥ .
sukumārāstathaivānye padbhireva narā yayuḥ .. 37..

aciraproṣitaṃ rāmaṃ ciraviproṣitaṃ yathā .
draṣṭukāmo janaḥ sarvo jagāma sahasāśramam .. 38..

bhrātṝṇāṃ tvaritāste tu draṣṭukāmāḥ samāgamam .
yayurbahuvidhairyānaiḥ khuranemisamākulaiḥ .. 39..

sā bhūmirbahubhiryānaiḥ khuranemisamāhatā .
mumoca tumulaṃ śabdaṃ dyaurivābhrasamāgame .. 40..

tena vitrāsitā nāgāḥ kareṇuparivāritāḥ .
āvāsayanto gandhena jagmuranyadvanaṃ tataḥ .. 41..

varāhamṛgasiṃhāśca mahiṣāḥ sarkṣavānarāḥ .
vyāghra gokarṇagavayā vitreṣuḥ pṛṣataiḥ saha .. 42..

rathāṅgasāhvā natyūhā haṃsāḥ kāraṇḍavāḥ plavāḥ .
tathā puṃskokilāḥ krauñcā visaṃjñā bhejire diśaḥ .. 43..

tena śabdena vitrastairākāśaṃ pakṣibhirvṛtam .
manuṣyairāvṛtā bhūmirubhayaṃ prababhau tadā .. 44..

tānnarānbāṣpapūrṇākṣānsamīkṣyātha suduḥkhitān .
paryaṣvajata dharmajñaḥ pitṛvanmātṛvacca saḥ .. 45..

sa tatra kāṃścitpariṣasvaje narān
narāśca ke cittu tamabhyavādayan .
cakāra sarvānsavayasyabāndhavān
yathārhamāsādya tadā nṛpātmajaḥ .. 46..

tataḥ sa teṣāṃ rudatāṃ mahātmanāṃ
bhuvaṃ ca khaṃ cānuvinādayansvanaḥ .
guhā girīṇāṃ ca diśaśca santataṃ
mṛdaṅgaghoṣapratimo viśuśruve .. 47..




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