Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.108

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 108
pratiprayāte bharate vasan rāmas tapovane /
lakṣayāmāsa sodvegam athautsukyaṃ tapasvinām

ye tatra citrakūṭasya purastāt tāpasāśrame /
rāmam āśritya niratās tān alakṣayad utsukān

nayanair bhṛkuṭībhiś ca rāmaṃ nirdiśya śaṅkitāḥ /
anyonyam upajalpantaḥ śanaiś cakrur mithaḥ kathāḥ

teṣām autsukyam ālakṣya rāmas tv ātmani śaṅkitaḥ /
kṛtāñjalir uvācedam ṛṣiṃ kulapatiṃ tataḥ

na kaccid bhagavan kiṃcit pūrvavṛttam idaṃ mayi /
dṛśyate vikṛtaṃ yena vikriyante tapasvinaḥ

pramādāc caritaṃ kaccit kiṃcin nāvarajasya me /
lakṣmaṇasyarṣibhir dṛṣṭaṃ nānurūpam ivātmanaḥ

kaccic chuśrūṣamāṇā vaḥ śuśrūṣaṇaparā mayi /
pramadābhyucitāṃ vṛttiṃ sītā yuktaṃ na vartate

atharṣir jarayā vṛddhas tapasā ca jarāṃ gataḥ /
vepamāna ivovāca rāmaṃ bhūtadayāparam

kutaḥ kalyāṇasattvāyāḥ kalyāṇābhirates tathā /
calanaṃ tāta vaidehyās tapasviṣu viśeṣataḥ

tvannimittam idaṃ tāvat tāpasān prati vartate /
rakṣobhyas tena saṃvignāḥ kathayanti mithaḥ kathāḥ

rāvaṇāvarajaḥ kaścit kharo nāmeha rākṣasaḥ /
utpāṭya tāpasān sarvāñ janasthānaniketanān

dhṛṣṭaś ca jitakāśī ca nṛśaṃsaḥ puruṣādakaḥ /
avaliptaś ca pāpaś ca tvāṃ ca tāta na mṛṣyate

tvaṃ yadā prabhṛti hy asminn āśrame tāta vartase /
tadā prabhṛti rakṣāṃsi viprakurvanti tāpasān

darśayanti hi bībhatsaiḥ krūrair bhīṣaṇakair api /
nānā rūpair virūpaiś ca rūpair asukhadarśanaiḥ

apraśastair aśucibhiḥ saṃprayojya ca tāpasān /
pratighnanty aparān kṣipram anāryāḥ purataḥ sthitāḥ

teṣu teṣv āśramasthāneṣv abuddham avalīya ca /
ramante tāpasāṃs tatra nāśayanto 'lpacetasaḥ

apakṣipanti srugbhāṇḍān agnīn siñcanti vāriṇā /
kalaśāṃś ca pramṛdnanti havane samupasthite

tair durātmabhir āviṣṭān āśramān prajihāsavaḥ /
gamanāyānyadeśasya codayanty ṛṣayo 'dya mām

tat purā rāma śārīrām upahiṃsāṃ tapasviṣu /
darśayanti hi duṣṭās te tyakṣyāma imam āśramam

bahumūlaphalaṃ citram avidūrād ito vanam /
purāṇāśramam evāhaṃ śrayiṣye sagaṇaḥ punaḥ

kharas tvayy api cāyuktaṃ purā tāta pravartate /
sahāsmābhir ito gaccha yadi buddhiḥ pravartate

sakalatrasya saṃdeho nityaṃ yat tasya rāghava /
samarthasyāpi hi sato vāso duḥkham ihādya te

ity uktavantaṃ rāmas taṃ rājaputras tapasvinam /
na śaśākottarair vākyair avaroddhuṃ samutsukam

abhinandya samāpṛcchya samādhāya ca rāghavam /
sa jagāmāśramaṃ tyaktvā kulaiḥ kulapatiḥ saha

rāmaḥ saṃsādhya tv ṛṣigaṇam anugamanād deśāt tasmāt kulapatim abhivādyarṣim /
samyakprītais tair anumata upadiṣṭārthaḥ puṇyaṃ vāsāya svanilayam upasaṃpede

āśramaṃ tv ṛṣivirahitaṃ prabhuḥ kṣaṇam api na jahau sa rāghavaḥ /
rāghavaṃ hi satatam anugatās tāpasāś cārṣacaritadhṛtaguṇāḥ