.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 65

tathā tu karuṇaṃ tasya dvijasya paridevitam .
śuśrāva rāghavaḥ sarvaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitam .. 1..

sa duḥkhena susantapto mantriṇaḥ samupāhvayat .
vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca bhrātṝṃśca sahanaigamān .. 2..

tato dvijā vasiṣṭhena sārdhamaṣṭau praveśitāḥ .
rājānaṃ devasaṅkāśaṃ vardhasveti tato.abruvan .. 3..

mārkaṇḍeyo.atha maudgalyo vāmadevaśca kāśyapaḥ .
kātyāyano.atha jābālirgautamo nāradastathā .. 4..

ete dvijarṣabhāḥ sarve āganeṣūpaveśitāḥ .
mantriṇo naigamāścaiva yathārhamanukūlataḥ .. 5..

teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ sarveṣāṃ dīptatejasām .
raghavaḥ sarvamācaṣṭe dvijo yasmātpraroditi .. 6..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājño dīnasya nāradaḥ .
pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vākyamṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau nṛpam .. 7..

śṛṇu rājanyathākāle prāpto.ayaṃ bālasaṅkṣayaḥ .
śrutvā kartavyatāṃ vīra kuruṣva raghunandana .. 8..

purā kṛtayuge rāma brāhmaṇā vai tapasvinaḥ .
abrāhmaṇastadā rājanna tapasvī kathaṃ cana .. 9..

tasminyuge prajvalite brahmabhūte anāvṛte .
amṛtyavastadā sarve jajñire dīrghadarśinaḥ .. 10..

tatastretāyugaṃ nāma mānavānāṃ vapuṣmatām .
kṣatriyā yatra jāyante pūrveṇa tapasānvitāḥ .. 11..

vīryeṇa tapasā caiva te.adhikāḥ pūrvajanmani .
mānavā ye mahātmānastasmiṃstretāyuge yuge .. 12..

brahmakṣatraṃ tu tatsarvaṃ yatpūrvamaparaṃ ca yat .
yugayorubhayorāsītsamavīryasamanvitam .. 13..

apaśyantastu te sarve viśeṣamadhikaṃ tataḥ .
sthāpanaṃ cakrire tatra cāturvarṇyasya sarvataḥ .. 14..

adharmaḥ pādamekaṃ tu pātayatpṛthivītale .
adharmeṇa hi saṃyuktāstena mandābhavandvijāḥ .. 15..

tataḥ prāduṣkṛtaṃ pūrvamāyuṣaḥ pariniṣṭhitam .
śubhānyevācara.Nllokāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ .. 16..

tretāyuge tvavartanta brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyaś ca ye .
tapo.atapyanta te sarve śuśrūṣāmapare janāḥ .. 17..

sa dharmaḥ paramasteṣāṃ vaiśyaśūdramathāgamat .
pūjāṃ ca sarvavarṇānāṃ śūdrāścakrurviśeṣataḥ .. 18..

tataḥ pādamadharmasya dvitīyamavatārayat .
tato dvāparasaṅkhyā sā yugasya samajāyata .. 19..

tasmindvāparasaṅkhye tu vartamāne yugakṣaye .
adharmaścānṛtaṃ caiva vavṛdhe puruṣarṣabha .. 20..

tasmindvāparasaṅkhyāte tapo vaiśyānsamāviśat .
na śūdro labhate dharmamugraṃ taptaṃ nararṣabha .. 21..

hīnavarṇo naraśreṣṭha tapyate sumahattapaḥ .
bhaviṣyā śūdrayonyāṃ hi tapaścaryā kalau yuge .. 22..

adharmaḥ paramo rāma dvāpare śūdradhāritaḥ .
sa vai viṣayaparyante tava rājanmahātapāḥ .
śūdrastapyati durbuddhistena bālavadho hyayam .. 23..

yo hyadharmamakāryaṃ vā viṣaye pārthivasya hi .
karoti rājaśārdūla pure vā durmatirnaraḥ .
kṣipraṃ hi narakaṃ yāti sa ca rājā na saṃśayaḥ .. 24..

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla mārgasva viṣayaṃ svakam .
duṣkṛtaṃ yatra paśyethāstatra yatnaṃ samācara .. 25..

evaṃ te dharmavṛddhiśca nṛṇāṃ cāyurvivardhanam .
bhaviṣyati naraśreṣṭha bālasyāsya ca jīvitam .. 26..




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