Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.100

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 100
āśvāsayantaṃ bharataṃ jābālir brāhmaṇottamaḥ /
uvāca rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmāpetam idaṃ vacaḥ

sādhu rāghava mā bhūt te buddhir evaṃ nirarthakā /
prākṛtasya narasyeva āryabuddhes tapasvinaḥ

kaḥ kasya puruṣo bandhuḥ kim āpyaṃ kasya kenacit /
yad eko jāyate jantur eka eva vinaśyati

tasmān mātā pitā ceti rāma sajjeta yo naraḥ /
unmatta iva sa jñeyo nāsti kāciddhi kasyacit

yathā grāmāntaraṃ gacchan naraḥ kaścit kvacid vaset /
utsṛjya ca tam āvāsaṃ pratiṣṭhetāpare 'hani

evam eva manuṣyāṇāṃ pitā mātā gṛhaṃ vasu /
āvāsamātraṃ kākutstha sajjante nātra sajjanāḥ

pitryaṃ rājyaṃ samutsṛjya sa nārhati narottama /
āsthātuṃ kāpathaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣamaṃ bahukaṇṭakam

samṛddhāyām ayodhyāyām ātmānam abhiṣecaya /
ekaveṇīdharā hi tvāṃ nagarī sampratīkṣate

rājabhogān anubhavan mahārhān pārthivātmaja /
vihara tvam ayodhyāyāṃ yathā śakras triviṣṭape

na te kaścid daśaratas tvaṃ ca tasya na kaścana /
anyo rājā tvam anyaś ca tasmāt kuru yad ucyate

gataḥ sa nṛpatis tatra gantavyaṃ yatra tena vai /
pravṛttir eṣā martyānāṃ tvaṃ tu mithyā vihanyase

arthadharmaparā ye ye tāṃs tāñ śocāmi netarān /
te hi duḥkham iha prāpya vināśaṃ pretya bhejire

aṣṭakāpitṛdaivatyam ity ayaṃ prasṛto janaḥ /
annasyopadravaṃ paśya mṛto hi kim aśiṣyati

yadi bhuktam ihānyena deham anyasya gacchati /
dadyāt pravasataḥ śrāddhaṃ na tat pathy aśanaṃ bhavet

dānasaṃvananā hy ete granthā medhāvibhiḥ kṛtāḥ /
yajasva dehi dīkṣasva tapas tapyasva saṃtyaja

sa nāsti param ity eva kuru buddhiṃ mahāmate /
pratyakṣaṃ yat tad ātiṣṭha parokṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kuru

satāṃ buddhiṃ puraskṛtya sarvalokanidarśinīm /
rājyaṃ tvaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva bharatena prasāditaḥ