Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.11

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 11
atadarhaṃ mahārājaṃ śayānam atathocitam /
yayātim iva puṇyānte devalokāt paricyutam

anartharūpā siddhārthā abhītā bhayadarśinī /
punar ākārayāmāsa tam eva varam aṅganā

tvaṃ katthase mahārāja satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ /
mama cemaṃ varaṃ kasmād vidhārayitum icchasi

evam uktas tu kaikeyyā rājā daśarathas tadā /
pratyuvāca tataḥ kruddho muhūrtaṃ vihvalann iva

mṛte mayi gate rāme vanaṃ manujapuṃgave /
hantānārye mamāmitre rāmaḥ pravrājito vanam

yadi satyaṃ bravīmy etat tad asatyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
akīrtir atulā loke dhruvaṃ paribhavaś ca me

tathā vilapatas tasya paribhramitacetasaḥ /
astam abhyagamat sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata

sa triyāmā tathārtasya candramaṇḍalamaṇḍitā /
rājño vilapamānasya na vyabhāsata śarvarī

tathaivoṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya vṛddho daśaratho nṛpaḥ /
vilalāpārtavad duḥkhaṃ gaganāsaktalocanaḥ

na prabhātaṃ tvayecchāmi mayāyaṃ racito 'ñjaliḥ /
atha vā gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ nāham icchāmi nirghṛṇām /
nṛśaṃsāṃ kaikeyīṃ draṣṭuṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat // RamS_2,11.10* //
evam uktvā tato rājā kaikeyīṃ saṃyatāñjaliḥ /
prasādayāmāsa punaḥ kaikeyīṃ cedam abravīt

sādhuvṛttasya dīnasya tvadgatasya gatāyuṣaḥ /
prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ devi bhadre rājño viśeṣataḥ

śūnyena khalu suśroṇi mayedaṃ samudāhṛtam /
kuru sādhu prasādaṃ me bāle sahṛdayā hy asi

viśuddhabhāvasya hi duṣṭabhāvā tāmrekṣaṇasyāśrukalasya rājñaḥ /
śrutvā vicitraṃ karuṇaṃ vilāpaṃ bhartur nṛśaṃsā na cakāra vākyam

tataḥ sa rājā punar eva mūrchitaḥ priyām atuṣṭāṃ pratikūlabhāṣiṇīm /
samīkṣya putrasya vivāsanaṃ prati kṣitau visaṃjño nipapāta duḥkhitaḥ