Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.16

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 16
sa dadarśāsane rāmo niṣaṇṇaṃ pitaraṃ śubhe /
kaikeyīsahitaṃ dīnaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā

sa pituś caraṇau pūrvam abhivādya vinītavat /
tato vavande caraṇau kaikeyyāḥ susamāhitaḥ

rāmety uktvā ca vacanaṃ bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ /
śaśāka nṛpatir dīno nekṣituṃ nābhibhāṣitum

tad apūrvaṃ narapater dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ bhayāvaham /
rāmo 'pi bhayam āpannaḥ padā spṛṣṭveva pannagam

indriyair aprahṛṣṭais taṃ śokasaṃtāpakarśitam /
niḥśvasantaṃ mahārājaṃ vyathitākulacetasam

ūrmimālinam akṣobhyaṃ kṣubhyantam iva sāgaram /
upaplutam ivādityam uktānṛtam ṛṣiṃ yathā

acintyakalpaṃ hi pitus taṃ śokam upadhārayan /
babhūva saṃrabdhataraḥ samudra iva parvaṇi

cintayāmāsa ca tadā rāmaḥ pitṛhite rataḥ /
kiṃsvid adyaiva nṛpatir na māṃ pratyabhinandati

anyadā māṃ pitā dṛṣṭvā kupito 'pi prasīdati /
tasya mām adya samprekṣya kimāyāsaḥ pravartate

sa dīna iva śokārto viṣaṇṇavadanadyutiḥ /
kaikeyīm abhivādyaiva rāmo vacanam abravīt

kaccin mayā nāparādham ajñānād yena me pitā /
kupitas tan mamācakṣva tvaṃ caivainaṃ prasādaya

vivarṇavadano dīno na hi mām abhibhāṣate /
śārīro mānaso vāpi kaccid enaṃ na bādhate /
saṃtāpo vābhitāpo vā durlabhaṃ hi sadā sukham // RamS_2,16.12* //
kaccin na kiṃcid bharate kumāre priyadarśane /
śatrughne vā mahāsattve mātḥṇāṃ vā mamāśubham

atoṣayan mahārājam akurvan vā pitur vacaḥ /
muhūrtam api neccheyaṃ jīvituṃ kupite nṛpe

yatomūlaṃ naraḥ paśyet prādurbhāvam ihātmanaḥ /
kathaṃ tasmin na varteta pratyakṣe sati daivate

kaccit te paruṣaṃ kiṃcid abhimānāt pitā mama /
ukto bhavatyā kopena yatrāsya lulitaṃ manaḥ

etad ācakṣva me devi tattvena paripṛcchataḥ /
kiṃnimittam apūrvo 'yaṃ vikāro manujādhipe

ahaṃ hi vacanād rājñaḥ pateyam api pāvake /
bhakṣayeyaṃ viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ majjeyam api cārṇave /
niyukto guruṇā pitrā nṛpeṇa ca hitena ca // RamS_2,16.18* //
tad brūhi vacanaṃ devi rājño yad abhikāṅkṣitam /
kariṣye pratijāne ca rāmo dvir nābhibhāṣate

tam ārjavasamāyuktam anāryā satyavādinam /
uvāca rāmaṃ kaikeyī vacanaṃ bhṛśadāruṇam

purā devāsure yuddhe pitrā te mama rāghava /
rakṣitena varau dattau saśalyena mahāraṇe

tatra me yācito rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam /
gamanaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye tava cādyaiva rāghava

yadi satyapratijñaṃ tvaṃ pitaraṃ kartum icchasi /
ātmānaṃ ca naraśreṣṭha mama vākyam idaṃ śṛṇu

sa nideśe pitus tiṣṭha yathā tena pratiśrutam /
tvayāraṇyaṃ praveṣṭavyaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca

sapta sapta ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ /
abhiṣekam imaṃ tyaktvā jaṭācīradharo vasa

bharataḥ kosalapure praśāstu vasudhām imām /
nānāratnasamākīrṇāṃ savājirathakuñjarām

tad apriyam amitraghno vacanaṃ maraṇopamam /
śrutvā na vivyathe rāmaḥ kaikeyīṃ cedam abravīt

evam astu gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ vastum ahaṃ tv ataḥ /
jaṭācīradharo rājñaḥ pratijñām anupālayan

idaṃ tu jñātum icchāmi kimarthaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ /
nābhinandati durdharṣo yathāpuram ariṃdamaḥ

manyur na ca tvayā kāryo devi brūhi tavāgrataḥ /
yāsyāmi bhava suprītā vanaṃ cīrajaṭādharaḥ

hitena guruṇā pitrā kṛtajñena nṛpeṇa ca /
niyujyamāno viśrabdhaṃ kiṃ na kuryād ahaṃ priyam

alīkaṃ mānasaṃ tv ekaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahatīva me /
svayaṃ yan nāha māṃ rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam

ahaṃ hi sītāṃ rājyaṃ ca prāṇān iṣṭān dhanāni ca /
hṛṣṭo bhrātre svayaṃ dadyāṃ bharatāyāpracoditaḥ

kiṃ punar manujendreṇa svayaṃ pitrā pracoditaḥ /
tava ca priyakāmārthaṃ pratijñām anupālayan

tad āśvāsaya hīmaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ nv idaṃ yan mahīpatiḥ /
vasudhāsaktanayano mandam aśrūṇi muñcati

gacchantu caivānayituṃ dūtāḥ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ /
bharataṃ mātulakulād adyaiva nṛpaśāsanāt

daṇḍakāraṇyam eṣo 'ham ito gacchāmi satvaraḥ /
avicārya pitur vākyaṃ samāvastuṃ caturdaśa

sā hṛṣṭā tasya tadvākyaṃ śrutvā rāmasya kaikeyī /
prasthānaṃ śraddadhānā hi tvarayāmāsa rāghavam

evaṃ bhavatu yāsyanti dūtāḥ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ /
bharataṃ mātulakulād upāvartayituṃ narāḥ

tava tv ahaṃ kṣamaṃ manye notsukasya vilambanam /
rāma tasmād itaḥ śīghraṃ vanaṃ tvaṃ gantum arhasi

vrīḍānvitaḥ svayaṃ yac ca nṛpas tvāṃ nābhibhāṣate /
naitat kiṃcin naraśreṣṭha manyur eṣo 'panīyatām

yāvat tvaṃ na vanaṃ yātaḥ purād asmād abhitvaran /
pitā tāvan na te rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate 'pi vā

dhik kaṣṭam iti niḥśvasya rājā śokapariplutaḥ /
mūrchito nyapatat tasmin paryaṅke hemabhūṣite

rāmo 'py utthāpya rājānaṃ kaikeyyābhipracoditaḥ /
kaśayevāhato vājī vanaṃ gantuṃ kṛtatvaraḥ

tad apriyam anāryāyā vacanaṃ dāruṇodaram /
śrutvā gatavyatho rāmaḥ kaikeyīṃ vākyam abravīt

nāham arthaparo devi lokam āvastum utsahe /
viddhi mām ṛṣibhis tulyaṃ kevalaṃ dharmam āsthitam

yad atrabhavataḥ kiṃcic chakyaṃ kartuṃ priyaṃ mayā /
prāṇān api parityajya sarvathā kṛtam eva tat

na hy ato dharmacaraṇaṃ kiṃcid asti mahattaram /
yathā pitari śuśrūṣā tasya vā vacanakriyā

anukto 'py atrabhavatā bhavatyā vacanād aham /
vane vatsyāmi vijane varṣāṇīha caturdaśa

na nūnaṃ mayi kaikeyi kiṃcid āśaṃsase guṇam /
yad rājānam avocas tvaṃ mameśvaratarā satī

yāvan mātaram āpṛcche sītāṃ cānunayāmy aham /
tato 'dyaiva gamiṣyāmi daṇḍakānāṃ mahad vanam

bharataḥ pālayed rājyaṃ śuśrūṣec ca pitur yathā /
tathā bhavatyā kartavyaṃ sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

sa rāmasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ duḥkhahataḥ pitā /
śokād aśaknuvan bāṣpaṃ praruroda mahāsvanam

vanditvā caraṇau rāmo visaṃjñasya pitus tadā /
kaikeyyāś cāpy anāryāyā niṣpapāta mahādyutiḥ

sa rāmaḥ pitaraṃ kṛtvā kaikeyīṃ ca pradakṣiṇam /
niṣkramyāntaḥpurāt tasmāt svaṃ dadarśa suhṛjjanam

taṃ bāṣpaparipūrṇākṣaḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nujagāma ha /
lakṣmaṇaḥ paramakruddhaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ

ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā rāmaḥ pradakṣiṇam /
śanair jagāma sāpekṣo dṛṣṭiṃ tatrāvicālayan

na cāsya mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ rājyanāśo 'pakarṣati /
lokakāntasya kāntatvaṃ śītaraśmer iva kṣapā

na vanaṃ gantukāmasya tyajataś ca vasuṃdharām /
sarvalokātigasyeva lakṣyate cittavikriyā

dhārayan manasā duḥkham indriyāṇi nigṛhya ca /
praviveśātmavān veśma mātur apriyaśaṃsivān

praviśya veśmātibhṛśaṃ mudānvitaṃ samīkṣya tāṃ cārthavipattim āgatām /
na caiva rāmo 'tra jagāma vikriyāṃ suhṛjjanasyātmavipattiśaṅkayā