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tataḥ puruṣasiṃhānāṃ vṛtānāṃ taiḥ suhṛdgaṇaiḥ .
śocatāmeva rajanī duḥkhena vyatyavartata .. 1..

rajanyāṃ suprabhātāyāṃ bhrātaraste suhṛdvṛtāḥ .
mandākinyāṃ hutaṃ japyaṃ kṛtvā rāmamupāgaman .. 2..

tūṣṇīṃ te samupāsīnā na kaścitkiṃ cidabravīt .
bharatastu suhṛnmadhye rāmavacanamabravīt .. 3..

sāntvitā māmikā mātā dattaṃ rājyamidaṃ mama .
taddadāmi tavaivāhaṃ bhuṅkṣva rājyamakaṇṭakam .. 4..

mahatevāmbuvegena bhinnaḥ seturjalāgame .
durāvāraṃ tvadanyena rājyakhaṇḍamidaṃ mahat .. 5..

gatiṃ khara ivāśvasya tārkṣyasyeva patatriṇaḥ .
anugantuṃ na śaktirme gatiṃ tava mahīpate .. 6..

sujīvaṃ nityaśastasya yaḥ parairupajīvyate .
rāma tena tu durjīvaṃ yaḥ parānupajīvati .. 7..

yathā tu ropito vṛkṣaḥ puruṣeṇa vivardhitaḥ .
hrasvakena durāroho rūḍhaskandho mahādrumaḥ .. 8..

sa yadā puṣpito bhūtvā phalāni na vidarśayet .
sa tāṃ nānubhavetprītiṃ yasya hetoḥ prabhāvitaḥ .. 9..

eṣopamā mahābāho tvamarthaṃ vettumarhasi .
yadi tvamasmānṛṣabho bhartā bhṛtyānna śādhi hi .. 10..

śreṇayastvāṃ mahārāja paśyantvagryāśca sarvaśaḥ .
pratapantamivādityaṃ rājye sthitamarindamam .. 11..

tavānuyāne kākutṣṭha mattā nardantu kuñjarāḥ .
antaḥpura gatā nāryo nandantu susamāhitāḥ .. 12..

tasya sādhvityamanyanta nāgarā vividhā janāḥ .
bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaṃ pratyanuyācataḥ .. 13..

tamevaṃ duḥkhitaṃ prekṣya vilapantaṃ yaśasvinam .
rāmaḥ kṛtātmā bharataṃ samāśvāsayadātmavān .. 14..

nātmanaḥ kāmakāro.asti puruṣo.ayamanīśvaraḥ .
itaścetarataścainaṃ kṛtāntaḥ parikarṣati .. 15..

sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ .
saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ ca jīvitam .. 16..

yathā phalānaṃ pakvānāṃ nānyatra patanādbhayam .
evaṃ narasya jātasya nānyatra maraṇādbhayam .. 17..

yathāgāraṃ dṛḍhasthūṇaṃ jīrṇaṃ bhūtvāvasīdati .
tathāvasīdanti narā jarāmṛtyuvaśaṃ gatāḥ .. 18..

ahorātrāṇi gacchanti sarveṣāṃ prāṇinām iha .
āyūṃṣi kṣapayantyāśu grīṣme jalamivāṃśavaḥ .. 19..

ātmānamanuśoca tvaṃ kimanyamanuśocasi .
āyuste hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca .. 20..

sahaiva mṛtyurvrajati saha mṛtyurniṣīdati .
gatvā sudīrghamadhvānaṃ saha mṛtyurnivartate .. 21..

gātreṣu valayaḥ prāptāḥ śvetāścaiva śiroruhāḥ .
jarayā puruṣo jīrṇaḥ kiṃ hi kṛtvā prabhāvayet .. 22..

nandantyudita āditye nandantyastamite ravau .
ātmano nāvabudhyante manuṣyā jīvitakṣayam .. 23..

hṛṣyantyṛtumukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā navaṃ navamihāgatam .
ṛtūnāṃ parivartena prāṇināṃ prāṇasaṅkṣayaḥ .. 24..

yathā kāṣṭhaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ ca sameyātāṃ mahārṇave .
sametya ca vyapeyātāṃ kālamāsādya kaṃ cana .. 25..

evaṃ bhāryāśca putrāśca jñātayaśca vasūni ca .
sametya vyavadhāvanti dhruvo hyeṣāṃ vinābhavaḥ .. 26..

nātra kaścidyathā bhāvaṃ prāṇī samabhivartate .
tena tasminna sāmarthyaṃ pretasyāstyanuśocataḥ .. 27..

yathā hi sārthaṃ gacchantaṃ brūyātkaścitpathi sthitaḥ .
ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi pṛṣṭhato bhavatām iti .. 28..

evaṃ pūrvairgato mārgaḥ pitṛpaitāmaho dhruvaḥ .
tamāpannaḥ kathaṃ śocedyasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ .. 29..

vayasaḥ patamānasya srotaso vānivartinaḥ .
ātmā sukhe niyoktavyaḥ sukhabhājaḥ prajāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 30..

dharmātmā sa śubhaiḥ kṛtsnaiḥ kratubhiścāptadakṣiṇaiḥ .
dhūtapāpo gataḥ svargaṃ pitā naḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. 31..

bhṛtyānāṃ bharaṇātsamyakprajānāṃ paripālanāt .
arthādānācca dhārmeṇa pitā nastridivaṃ gataḥ .. 32..

iṣṭvā bahuvidhairyajñairbhogāṃścāvāpya puṣkalān .
uttamaṃ cāyurāsādya svargataḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. 33..

sa jīrṇaṃ mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ parityajya pitā hi naḥ .
daivīmṛddhimanuprāpto brahmalokavihāriṇīm .. 34..

taṃ tu naivaṃ vidhaḥ kaścitprājñaḥ śocitumarhati .
tvadvidho yadvidhaścāpi śrutavānbuddhimattaraḥ .. 35..

ete bahuvidhāḥ śokā vilāpa rudite tathā .
varjanīyā hi dhīreṇa sarvāvasthāsu dhīmatā .. 36..

sa svastho bhava mā śoco yātvā cāvasa tāṃ purīm .
tathā pitrā niyukto.asi vaśinā vadatāmvvara .. 37..

yatrāhamapi tenaiva niyuktaḥ puṇyakarmaṇā .
tatraivāhaṃ kariṣyāmi piturāryasya śāsanam .. 38..

na mayā śāsanaṃ tasya tyaktuṃ nyāyyamarindama .
tattvayāpi sadā mānyaṃ sa vai bandhuḥ sa naḥ pitā .. 39..

evamuktvā tu virate rāme vacanamarthavat .
uvāca bharataścitraṃ dhārmiko dhārmikaṃ vacaḥ .. 40..

ko hi syādīdṛśo loke yādṛśastvamarindama .
na tvāṃ pravyathayedduḥkhaṃ prītirvā na praharṣayet .. 41..

saṃmataścāsi vṛddhānāṃ tāṃśca pṛcchasi saṃśayān .
yathā mṛtastathā jīvanyathāsati tathā sati .. 42..

yasyaiṣa buddhilābhaḥ syātparitapyeta kena saḥ .
sa evaṃ vyasanaṃ prāpya na viṣīditumarhati .. 43..

amaropamasattvastvaṃ mahātmā satyasaṅgaraḥ .
sarvajñaḥ sarvadarśī ca buddhimāṃścāsi rāghava .. 44..

na tvāmevaṃ guṇairyuktaṃ prabhavābhavakovidam .
aviṣahyatamaṃ duḥkhamāsādayitumarhati .. 45..

proṣite mayi yatpāpaṃ mātrā matkāraṇātkṛtam .
kṣudrayā tadaniṣṭaṃ me prasīdatu bhavānmama .. 46..

dharmabandhena baddho.asmi tenemāṃ neha mātaram .
hanmi tīvreṇa daṇḍena daṇḍārhāṃ pāpakāriṇīm .. 47..

kathaṃ daśarathājjātaḥ śuddhābhijanakarmaṇaḥ .
jānandharmamadharmiṣṭhaṃ kuryāṃ karma jugupsitam .. 48..

guruḥ kriyāvānvṛddhaśca rājā pretaḥ piteti ca .
tātaṃ na parigarheyaṃ daivataṃ ceti saṃsadi .. 49..

ko hi dharmārthayorhīnamīdṛśaṃ karma kilbiṣam .
striyāḥ priyacikīrṣuḥ sankuryāddharmajña dharmavit .. 50..

antakāle hi bhūtāni muhyantīti purāśrutiḥ .
rājñaivaṃ kurvatā loke pratyakṣā sā śrutiḥ kṛtā .. 51..

sādhvarthamabhisandhāya krodhānmohācca sāhasāt .
tātasya yadatikrāntaṃ pratyāharatu tadbhavān .. 52..

piturhi samatikrāntaṃ putro yaḥ sādhu manyate .
tadapatyaṃ mataṃ loke viparītamato.anyathā .. 53..

tadapatyaṃ bhavānastu mā bhavānduṣkṛtaṃ pituḥ .
abhipattatkṛtaṃ karma loke dhīravigarhitam .. 54..

kaikeyīṃ māṃ ca tātaṃ ca suhṛdo bāndhavāṃśca naḥ .
paurajānapadānsarvāṃstrātu sarvamidaṃ bhavān .. 55..

kva cāraṇyaṃ kva ca kṣātraṃ kva jaṭāḥ kva ca pālanam .
īdṛśaṃ vyāhataṃ karma na bhavānkartumarhati .. 56..

atha kleśajameva tvaṃ dharmaṃ caritumicchasi .
dharmeṇa caturo varṇānpālayankleśamāpnuhi .. 57..

caturṇāmāśramāṇāṃ hi gārhasthyaṃ śreṣṭhamāśramam .
āhurdharmajña dharmajñāstaṃ kathaṃ tyaktumarhasi .. 58..

śrutena bālaḥ sthānena janmanā bhavato hyaham .
sa kathaṃ pālayiṣyāmi bhūmiṃ bhavati tiṣṭhati .. 59..

hīnabuddhiguṇo bālo hīnaḥ sthānena cāpyaham .
bhavatā ca vinā bhūto na vartayitumutsahe .. 60..

idaṃ nikhilamavyagraṃ pitryaṃ rājyamakaṇṭakam .
anuśādhi svadharmeṇa dharmajña saha bāndhavaiḥ .. 61..

ihaiva tvābhiṣiñcantu dharmajña saha bāndhavaiḥ .
ṛtvijaḥ savasiṣṭhāśca mantravanmantrakovidāḥ .. 62..

abhiṣiktastvamasmābhirayodhyāṃ pālane vraja .
vijitya tarasā lokānmarudbhiriva vāsavaḥ .. 63..

ṛṇāni trīṇyapākurvandurhṛdaḥ sādhu nirdahan .
suhṛdastarpayankāmaistvamevātrānuśādhi mām .. 64..

adyārya muditāḥ santu suhṛdaste.abhiṣecane .
adya bhītāḥ pālayantāṃ durhṛdaste diśo daśa .. 65..

ākrośaṃ mama mātuśca pramṛjya puruṣarṣabha .
adya tatra bhavantaṃ ca pitaraṃ rakṣa kilbiṣāt .. 66..

śirasā tvābhiyāce.ahaṃ kuruṣva karuṇāṃ mayi .
bāndhaveṣu ca sarveṣu bhūteṣviva maheśvaraḥ .. 67..

atha vā pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā vanameva bhavānitaḥ .
gamiṣyati gamiṣyāmi bhavatā sārdhamapyaham .. 68..

tathāpi rāmo bharatena tāmyata
prasādyamānaḥ śirasā mahīpatiḥ .
na caiva cakre gamanāya sattvavān
matiṃ pitustadvacane pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 69..

tadadbhutaṃ sthairyamavekṣya rāghave
samaṃ jano harṣamavāpa duḥkhitaḥ .
na yātyayodhyāmiti duḥkhito.abhavat
sthirapratijñatvamavekṣya harṣitaḥ .. 70..

tamṛtvijo naigamayūthavallabhās
tathā visaṃjñāśrukalāśca mātaraḥ .
tathā bruvāṇaṃ bharataṃ pratuṣṭuvuḥ
praṇamya rāmaṃ ca yayācire saha .. 71..

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