Raghuvamsha · Chapter 11

kauśikena sa kila kṣitīśvaro rāmam adhvaravighātaśāntaye
kākapakṣadharam etya yācitas tejasāṃ hi na vayaḥ samīkṣyate //

kṛcchralabdham api labdhavarṇabhāk taṃ dideśa munaye salakṣmaṇam
apy asupraṇayināṃ raghoḥ kule na vyahanyata kadācid arthitā //

yāvad ādiśati pārthivas tayor nirgamāya puramārga satkriyām
tāvad āśu vidadhe marutsakhaiḥ sā sa puṣpajalavarṣibhir ghanaiḥ //

tau nideśakaraṇodyatau pitur dhanvinau caraṇayor nipetatuḥ
bhūpater api tayoḥ pravatsyator namrayor upari bāṣpabindavaḥ //

tau pitur nayanajena vāriṇā kiṃcidukṣitaśikhaṇḍ akāv ubhau
dhanvinau tam ṛṣim anvagacchatāṃ pauradṛṣṭikṛtamārgatoraṇau //

lakṣmaṇānucaram eva rāghavaṃ netum aicchad ṛṣir ity asau nṛpaḥ
āśiṣaṃ prayuyuje na vāhinīṃ sā hi rakṣaṇavidhau tayoḥ kṣamā //

rejatuś ca sutarāṃ mahaujasaḥ kauśikasya padavīm anudrutau
uttarāṃ prati diśaṃ vivasvataḥ prasthitasya madhumādhavāv iva //

mātṛvargacaraṇaspṛṣau munes tau prapadya padavīṃ mahaujasaḥ
rejatur gativaśāt pravartinau bhāskarasya madhumādhavāv iva //

vīcilolabhujayos tayor gataṃ śaiśavāc capalam apy aśobhata
toyadāgama ivoddhyabhidyayor nāmadheyasadṛśaṃ viceṣṭitam //

tau balātibalayoḥ prabhāvato vidyayoḥ pathi munipradiṣṭayoḥ
mamlatur na maṇikuṭṭimocitau mātṛpārśvaparivart ināv iva //

pūrvavṛttakathitaiḥ purāvidaḥ sānujaḥ pitṛsakhasya rāghavaḥ
u hyamāna iva vāhanocitaḥ pādacāram api na vyabhāvayat //

tau sarāṃsi rasavadbhir ambubhiḥ kūjitaiḥ śrutisukhaiḥ patatriṇaḥ
vāyavaḥ surabhipuṣpareṇubhiś chāyayā ca jaladāḥ siṣevire //

nāmbhasāṃ kamala śobhināṃ tathā śākhināṃ na ca pariśramacchidām
darśanena laghunā yathā tayoḥ prītim āpur ubhayos tapasvinaḥ //

sthāṇudagdhavapuṣas tapovanaṃ prāpya dāśarathir āttakārmukaḥ
vigraheṇa madanasya cāruṇā so 'bhavat pratinidhir na karmaṇā //

tau suketusutayā khilīkṛte kauśikād viditaśāpayā pathi
ninyatuḥ sthalaniveśitātaṭanī līlayaiva dhanuṣī adhijyatām //

jyāniniādam atha gṛhṇatī tayoḥ prādurāsa bahūla kṣapā chaviḥ
tāḍakā calakapālakuṇḍalā kālikeva nibiḍā balākinī //

tīvravegadhuta mārgavṛkṣayā pretacīvaravasā svanograyā
abhyabhāvi bharatāgrajas tayā vātyayeva pitṛkānanotthayā //

udyataikabhujayaṣṭim āyatīṃ śroṇilambipuruṣāntramekhalām
tāṃ vilokya vanitāvadhe ghṛṇāṃ pattriṇā saha mumoca rāghavaḥ //

yac cakāra vivaraṃ śilāghane tāḍakorasi sa rāmasāyakaḥ
apraviṣṭaviṣayasya rakṣasāṃ dvāratām agamad antakasya tat //

bāṇabhinnahṛdayā nipetuṣī sā svakānabhuvaṃ na keval ām
viṣṭapatrayaparājayasthirāṃ rāvaṇaśriyam api vyakampayat //

rāmamanmathaśareṇa tāḍitā duḥsahena dṛdaye niśācarī
gandhavadrudhiracandanokṣitā jīviteśavasatiṃ jagāma sā //

nairṛtaghnam atha mantravan muneḥ prāpad astram avadānatoṣitāt
jyotir indhanaipāti bhāskarāt sūryakānta iva tāḍakāntakaḥ //

vāmanāśramapadaṃ tataḥ paraṃ pāvanaṃ śruam ṛṣer upeyivān
unmanāḥ prathamajanmaceṣṭitāny asmarann api babhūva rāghavaḥ //

āsasāda munir ātmanas tataḥ śiṣyavargaparikalpitārhaṇam
baddhapallavapuṭāñjalidrumaṃ darśan onmukha mṛgaṃ tapovanam //

tatra dīkṣitam ṛṣiṃ rakaṣatur vighnato daśarathātmajau śaraiḥ
lokam andhatamasāt kram oditau raśāmibhiḥ śaśidivākarāv iva //

vīkṣya vedim atha raktabindubhir bandhujīvapṛthubhiḥ pradūṣitām
saṃbhramo 'bhavad ap oḍhakarmaṇām ṛtvijāṃ cyutavikaṅkatasrucām //

unmukhaḥ sapadi lakṣmaṇāgrajo bāṇam āśrayamukhāt samuddharan
rakṣasāṃ balam apaśyad ambare gṛdhrapakṣapavaneritadhvajam //

tatra yāv adhipatī makhadviṣāṃ tau śaravyam akarot sa netarān
kiṃ mahoragavisarpivikramo rājileṣu garuḍaḥ pravartate //

so 'stram ugrajavam astrakovidaḥ saṃdadhe dhanuṣi vāyudaivatam
tena śailagurum apy apātayat pāṇḍupattram iva tāḍakāsutam //

yaḥ subāhur iti rākṣaso 'paras tatra tatra visasarpa māyayā
taṃ kṣurapraśakalīkṛtām kṛtī pattriṇāṃ vyabhajad āśramād bahiḥ //

ity apāstamakhavighnayos tayoḥ sāṃyugīnam abhinandya vikramam
ṛtvijaḥ kulapater yathākramaṃ vāg yatasya niravartayan kriyāḥ //

tau praṇāmacalakākapakṣakau bhrātarāv abhṛth āpluto muniḥ
āśiṣām anupadaṃ samaspṛśad darbhapāṭitatalena pāṇinā //

taṃ nyamantrayata saṃbhṛtakratur maithilaḥ sa mighilāṃ vrajan vaśī
rāghavāv api nināya bibhratau taddhanuḥśravaṇajaṃ kutūhalam //

taiḥ śiveṣu vasatir gatādhvabhiḥ sāyam āśramataruṣv agṛhyata
yeṣu dīrghatapasaḥ parigraho vāsavakṣaṇakalatratāṃ yayau //

pratyapadyata cir āya yat punaś cāru gautamavadhūḥ śilāmayī
svaṃ vapuḥ sa kila kilibiṣa cchidāṃ rāmapādarajasām anugrahaḥ //

rāghavānvitam upasthitaṃ muniṃ taṃ niśamya janako janeśvaraḥ
arthakāmasahitaṃ saparyayā deha baddham iva dharmam abhyagāt //

tau videhanagarīnivāsināṃ gāṃ gatāv iva divaḥ punarvasū
manyate sma pibatāṃ vilocanaiḥ pakṣmapātam api vañcanāṃ manaḥ //

yūpavaty avasite kiryāvidhau kālavit kuśikavaṃśavardhanaḥ
rāmam iṣvasanadarśanotsukaṃ maithilāya kathayāṃ bvabhūva saḥ //

tasya vīkṣya lalitaṃ vapuḥ śiśoḥ pārthivaḥ prathitavaṃśajanmanaḥ
svaṃ vicintya ca dhanur durānamaṃ pīḍito duhiṭśulkasaṃsthayā //

abravīc ca bhagavan mataṅgajair yad bṛhadbhir api karma duṣkaram
tatra nāham anumantum utsahe moghavṛtti kalabhasya ceṣṭitam //

hrepitā hi bahavo nareśvarās tena tāta dhanuṣā dhanurbhṛtaḥ
jyā nighāta kaṭhinatvaco bhujān svān vidhūya dhig iti pratasthire //

pratyuvāca tam ṛṣir niśamyatāṃ sārato 'yam atha vā kṛtaṃ girā
cāpa eva bhavato bhaviṣyati vyaktaśaktir aśanir girāv iva //

evam āptavacanāt sa pauruṣaṃ kākapakṣakadhare 'pi rāghave
śraddadhe tridaśagopamātrake dāhaśaktim iva kṛṣṇavartmani //

vyā dideśa gaṇ aḥ sa pārśvagān karmukābharaṇāya maithilaḥ
taijasaya dhanuṣaḥ pravṛttaye toyadān iva sahasralocanaḥ //

tat prasuptabhujagendrabhīṣaṇaṃ vīkṣya dāśarathir ādade dhanuḥ
vidrutakratumṛgānausāriṇaṃ yena bāṇam asṛjad vṛṣadhvajaḥ //

ātatajyam akarot sa saṃsadā vismayastimitanetram īkṣitaḥ
śailasāram api nātiyatnataḥ puṣpacāpam iva peśalaṃ smaraḥ //

bhajyamānam atimātrakarṣaṇāt tena vajraparuṣasvanaṃ dhanuḥ
bhārgavāya dṛḍhamanyave punaḥ kṣatram udyatam iti nyavedayat //

dṛṣṭasāram atha rudrakārmuke vīryaśulkam abhinandya maithilaḥ
rāghavāya tanayām ayonijāṃ rūpiṇīṃ śriyam iv a nyavedayat //

maithilaḥ sapadi satyasaṃgaro rāghavāya tanayām ayonijāṃ
saṃnidhau dyutimatas taponidher agnisākṣik a ivātisṛṣṭavān //

prāhiṇoc ca mahitaṃ mahādyutiḥ kosalādhipataye purodhasam
bhṛtyabhāvi duhituḥ parigrahād diśyatāṃ kulam idaṃ nimer iti //

utsukaś ca sutadārakarmaṇā so 'bhavad gurur upāgataś ca tam
gautamasya tanayo 'nukūlavāk prārthitaṃ hi sukṛtām akālahṛt //

anviyeṣa sadṛśīṃ sa ca snuṣāṃ prāpa cainam anukūlavāg dvijaḥ
sadya eva sukṛtāṃ hi pacyate kalpavṛkṣa phala dharmi kāṅkṣitam //

tasya kalpitapuraskriyāvidheḥ śuśruvān vacanam agrajanmanaḥ
uccacāla valabhitasakho vaśī sainyareṇumuṣitārkadīdhitiḥ //

āsasāda mithilāṃ sa veṣṭayan piḍitopavanapādap āṃ balaiḥ
prītirodham asahiṣṭa sā purī strīva kāntaparibhogam āyatam //

tau sametya samay a sthitāv ubhau bhūpatī varuṇavāsavopamau
kanyakātanayakautukakriyāṃ svaprabhāvasadṛśīṃ vitenatuḥ //

pārthivīm udavahad raghūdvaho lakṣmaṇas tadanujām athormilām
yau tayor avarajau varaujasau tau kuśadhvajasute sumadhyame //

te caturthasahitās trayo babhuḥ sūnavo navavadhū parigrahāḥ
sāmadānavidhibheda vigrahāḥ siddhimanta iva tasya bhūpateḥ //

tā narādhipasutā nṛpātmajais te ca tābhir agaman kṛtārthatām
so 'bhavad varavadhūsamāgamaḥ pratyayaprakṛtiyogsaṃnibhaḥ //

evam āttaratir ātmasaṃbhavāṃs tān niveśya caturo 'pi tatra saḥ
adhvasu triṣu visṛṣṭamaithilaḥ svāṃ purīṃ daśaratho nyavartata //

tasya jātu marutaḥ pratīpagā vartma su dhavjatarupramāthinaḥ
cikliśur bhṛśatayā varūthinīm uttaṭā iva nadīrayāḥ sthalīm //

lakṣyate sma tadanantaraṃ ravir baddhabhīmapairveṣamaṇḍalaḥ
vainateyaśamitasya bhogino bhogaveṣṭita iva cyuto maṇiḥ //

śyenapakṣaparidhūsarālakāḥ sāṃdhyamegharudhirārdravāsasaḥ
aṅganā iva rajasvalā diśo no babhūvur avalokanakṣamāḥ //

bhāskaraś ca diśam adhyuvāsa yāṃ tāṃ śritāḥ pratibhayaṃ vavāśire
kṣatraśoṇitapitṛkriyocitaṃ codayantya iva bhārgavaṃ śivāḥ //

tat pratīpapavanād i vaikṛtaṃ prekṣya śāntim adhikṛtya kṛtyavit
anvayuṅkta gurum īśvaraḥ kṣiteḥ svantam ity alaghayat sa tadvyathām //

tejasaḥ sapadi rāśir utthitaḥ prādurāsa kila vāhinīmukhe
yaḥ pramṛjya nayanāni sainikair lakṣaṇīyapuruṣākṛtiś cirāt //

pitryam aṃśam upavītalakṣaṇaṃ mātṛkaṃ ca dhanur ūrjitaṃ dadhat
yaḥ sasoma iva gharmadīdhitiḥ sadvijihva iva candanadrumaḥ //

yena roṣaparuṣātmanaḥ pituḥ śāsane sthibhido 'pi tasthuṣā
vepamānajananīśiraśchidā prāg ajīyata ghṛṇā tato mahī //

akṣabhījavalayena nibabhau dakṣiṇaśravaṇa saṃsthitena yaḥ
kṣatriyāntakaraṇaikaviṃśater vyājapūrvagaṇanām ivodvahan //

taṃ pitur vadhabhavena manyunā rājavaṃśanidhanāya dīkṣitam
bālasūnur avalokya bhārgavaṃ svāṃ daśāṃ ca viṣasāda pārthivaḥ //

rāmanāma iti tulyam ātmaje vartamānam ahite ca dāruṇe
hṛdyam asya bhayadāyi cābhavad ratnajātam iva hārasarpayoḥ //

arghyam arghyam iti vādinaṃ nṛpaṃ so 'n avekṣya bharatāgrajo yataḥ
kṣatrakopadahanārciṣaṃ tataḥ saṃdadhe dṛśam udagratārak ām //

tena kārmuka niṣakta muṣṭinā rāghavo vigatabhīḥ purogataḥ
aṅgulīvivaracāriṇaṃ śaraṃ kurvatā nijagade yuyutsunā //

kṣatrajātam apakār i vairi me tan nihatya bahuśaḥ śamaṃ gataḥ
suptasarpa iva daṇḍaghaṭṭanād roṣito 'smi tava vikramaśravāt //

maithilasya dhanur anyapārthivais tvaṃ kilānamitapūrvam akṣaṇoḥ
tan niśamya bahavatā samarthaye vīryaśṛṅgam iva bhagnam ātmanaḥ //

anyadā jagati rāma ity ayaṃ śabda uccarita eva mām agāt
vrīḍam āvahati me sa saṃprati vyastavṛttir udayonmukhe tvayi //

bibhrato 'stram acale 'py akuṇṭhitaṃ dvau matau mama ripū samāgasau
homa - dhenu -haraṇāc ca haihayas tvaṃ ca irtim apahartum udyataḥ //

kṣatriyāntakaraṇo 'pi vikramas tena mām avati nājite tvayi
pāvakasya mahimā sa gaṇyate kakṣavaj jvalati sāgare 'pi yaḥ //

viddhi cātta balam ojasā harer aiśvaraṃ dhanur abhāji yat tvayā
khātamūlam anilo nadīrayaiḥ pātayaty api mṛdus taṭadrumam //

tan madīyam idam āyudhaṃ jyayā saṃgamayya saśaraṃ vikṛṣyatām
tiṣṭhatu pradhanam evam apy ahaṃ tulyabāhutarasā jitas tvayā //

kātaro 'si yadi v odgatārciṣā tarjitaḥ paraśudhārayā mama
jyā nighāta kaṭhināṅgulir vṛthā badhyatām abhayayācanāñjaliḥ //

evam uktavati bhīmadarśane bhārgave smitavikampitādharaḥ
taddhanurgrahaṇam eva rāghavaḥ pratyapadyata samartham uttaram //

pūrvajanmadhanuṣā samāgataḥ so 'timātra laghu darśano 'bhavat
kevalo 'pi subhago navāmbudaḥ kiṃ punas tridaśacāpalāñchitaḥ //

tena bhūminihitaikakoṭ i tat kārmukaṃ ca balinādhiropitam
niṣprabhaś ca ripur āsa bhūbhṛtāṃ dhūmaśeṣa iva dhūmaketanaḥ //

tāv ubhāv api paraspar a -sthitau vardhamānaparihīnatejasau
paśyati sma janatā dinātyaye pārvaṇau śaśidivākarāv iva //

taṃ kṛpāmṛdur avekṣya bhārgavaṃ rāghavaḥ skhalitavīryam ātmani
svaṃ ca saṃhitam amogh am āśugaṃ vyājahāra harasūnasaṃnibhaḥ //

na prahartum alam asmi nidayaṃ vipra ity abhibhavaty api tvayi
śaṃṣa kiṃ gatim anena pattriṇā hanmi lokam uta te makhārjitam //

pratyuvāca tam ṛṣir na tattvatas tvāṃ na vedmi puruṣaṃ purātanam
gāṃ gatasya tava dhāma vaiṣṇavaṃ kopito hy asi mayā didṛkṣuṇā //

bhasmasāt kṛtavataḥ pitṛdviṣaḥ pātra sāc ca vasudhāṃ sasāgarām
āhito jayaviparyayo 'pi me ślāghya eva parameṣṭhinā tvayā //

tad gatiṃ matimatāṃ varepsitāṃ puṇyatīrthagamanāya rakṣa me
pīḍayiṣyati na māṃ khilīkṛtā svargapaddhatir abhogalolupam //

pratyapadyata tatheti rāghavaḥ prāṅmukh aś ca visasarja sāyakam
bhārgavasya sukṛto 'pi so 'bhavat svargamārgaparigho duratyayaḥ //

rāghavo 'pi caraṇau taponidheḥ kṣamyatām iti vadan samaspṛṣat
nirjiteṣu tarasā tarasvināṃ śatruṣu praṇatir eva kīrtaye //

rājasatvam avadhūya mātṛkaṃ pitryam asmi gamitaḥ śamaṃ yadā
nanv aninditaphalo mama tvayā nigraho 'py ayam anugrahīkṛtaḥ //

sādhu yāmy aham avighnam astu te devakāryam upapādayiṣyataḥ
ūcivān iti vacaḥ salakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajam ṛṣis tirodadhe //

svaṃ niveśya kila dhāma rāghave vaiṣṇavaṃ viditaviṣṇutejasi
svastidānam adhikṛtya cākṣayaṃ bhārgavo 'tha nijam āśramaṃ yayau //

tasmin gate vijayinaṃ parirabhya rāmaṃ snehād amanyata pitā punar eva jātam
tasyābhavat kṣaṇaśucaḥ paritoṣalābhaḥ kakṣāgnilaṅghitataror iva vṛṣṭipātaḥ //

atha pathi gamayitvā kḷparamy opakārye katicid avanipālaḥ śarvarīḥ śarvakalpah
puram aviśad ayodhyāṃ maithilīdarś anīnāṃ kuvalayitagavākṣāṃ locanair aṅganānām //

te 'pi tūrṇam avagamya śāmbhavam āsamāharaṇakarmatatparāḥ
svāṃ sakṣiptatikarkaśaṃ hi tac cikṣipur daśāarathātmajāgrataḥ //