.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 46

atha nāvaṃ suvistīrṇāṃ naiṣādīṃ rāghavānujaḥ .
āruroha samāyuktāṃ pūrvamāropya maithilīm .. 1..

sumantraṃ caiva sarathaṃ sthīyatāmiti lakṣmaṇaḥ .
uvāca śokasantaptaḥ prayāhīti ca nāvikam .. 2..

tatastīramupāgamya bhāgīrathyāḥ sa lakṣmaṇaḥ .
uvāca maithilīṃ vākyaṃ prāñjalirbāṣpagadgadaḥ .. 3..

hṛdgataṃ me mahacchalyaṃ yadasmyāryeṇa dhīmatā .
asminnimitte vaidehi lokasya vacanīkṛtaḥ .. 4..

śreyo hi maraṇaṃ me.adya mṛtyorvā yatparaṃ bhavet .
na cāsminnīdṛśe kārye niyojyo lokanindite .. 5..

prasīda na ca me roṣaṃ kartumarhasi suvrate .
ityañjalikṛto bhūmau nipapāta sa lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 6..

rudantaṃ prāñjaliṃ dṛṣṭvā kāṅkṣantaṃ mṛtyumātmanaḥ .
maithilī bhṛśasaṃvignā lakṣmaṇaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 7..

kimidaṃ nāvagacchāmi brūhi tattvena lakṣmaṇa .
paśyāmi tvāṃ ca na svathamapi kṣemaṃ mahīpateḥ .. 8..

śāpito.asi narendreṇa yattvaṃ santāpamātmanaḥ .
tadbrūyāḥ saṃnidhau mahyamahamājñāpayāmi te .. 9..

vaidehyā codyamānastu lakṣmaṇo dīnacetanaḥ .
avāṅmukho bāṣpagalo vākyametaduvāca ha .. 10..

śrutvā pariṣado madhye apavādaṃ sudāruṇam .
pure janapade caiva tvatkṛte janakātmaje .. 11..

na tāni vacanīyāni mayā devi tavāgrataḥ .
yāni rājñā hṛdi nyastānyamarṣaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtaḥ .. 12..

sā tvāṃ tyaktā nṛpatinā nirdoṣā mama saṃnidhau .
paurāpavāda bhītena grāhyaṃ devi na te.anyathā .. 13..

āśramānteṣu ca mayā tyaktavyā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .
rājñaḥ śāsanamājñāya tavaivaṃ kila daurhṛdam .. 14..

tadetajjāhnavītīre brahmarṣīṇāṃ tapovanam .
puṇyaṃ ca ramaṇīyaṃ ca mā viṣādaṃ kṛthāḥ śubhe .. 15..

rājño daśarathasyaiṣa piturme munipuṅgavaḥ .
sakhā paramako vipro vālmīkiḥ sumahāyaśāḥ .. 16..

pādacchāyāmupāgamya sukhamasya mahātmanaḥ .
upavāsaparaikāgrā vasa tvaṃ janakātmaje .. 17..

pativratātvamāsthāya rāmaṃ kṛtvā sadā hṛdi .
śreyaste paramaṃ devi tathā kṛtvā bhaviṣyati .. 18..




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