Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.18

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 18
tathā tu vilapantīṃ tāṃ kausalyāṃ rāmamātaram /
uvāca lakṣmaṇo dīnas tat kālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ

na rocate mamāpy etad ārye yad rāghavo vanam /
tyaktvā rājyaśriyaṃ gacchet striyā vākyavaśaṃ gataḥ

viparītaś ca vṛddhaś ca viṣayaiś ca pradharṣitaḥ /
nṛpaḥ kim iva na brūyāc codyamānaḥ samanmathaḥ

nāsyāparādhaṃ paśyāmi nāpi doṣaṃ tathāvidham /
yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrād vanavāsāya rāghavaḥ

na taṃ paśyāmy ahaṃ loke parokṣam api yo naraḥ /
amitro 'pi nirasto 'pi yo 'sya doṣam udāharet

devakalpam ṛjuṃ dāntaṃ ripūṇām api vatsalam /
avekṣamāṇaḥ ko dharmaṃ tyajet putram akāraṇāt

tad idaṃ vacanaṃ rājñaḥ punar bālyam upeyuṣaḥ /
putraḥ ko hṛdaye kuryād rājavṛttam anusmaran

yāvad eva na jānāti kaścid artham imaṃ naraḥ /
tāvad eva mayā sārdham ātmasthaṃ kuru śāsanam

mayā pārśve sadhanuṣā tava guptasya rāghava /
kaḥ samartho 'dhikaṃ kartuṃ kṛtāntasyeva tiṣṭhataḥ

nirmanuṣyām imāṃ sarvām ayodhyāṃ manujarṣabha /
kariṣyāmi śarais tīkṣṇair yadi sthāsyati vipriye

bharatasyātha pakṣyo vā yo vāsya hitam icchati /
sarvān etān vadhiṣyāmi mṛdur hi paribhūyate

tvayā caiva mayā caiva kṛtvā vairam anuttamam /
kasya śaktiḥ śriyaṃ dātuṃ bharatāyāriśāsana

anurakto 'smi bhāvena bhrātaraṃ devi tattvataḥ /
satyena dhanuṣā caiva datteneṣṭena te śape

dīptam agnim araṇyaṃ vā yadi rāmaḥ pravekṣyate /
praviṣṭaṃ tatra māṃ devi tvaṃ pūrvam avadhāraya

harāmi vīryād duḥkhaṃ te tamaḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ /
devī paśyatu me vīryaṃ rāghavaś caiva paśyatu

etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ /
uvāca rāmaṃ kausalyā rudantī śokalālasā

bhrātus te vadataḥ putra lakṣmaṇasya śrutaṃ tvayā /
yad atrānantaraṃ tat tvaṃ kuruṣva yadi rocate

na cādharmyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sapatnyā mama bhāṣitam /
vihāya śokasaṃtaptāṃ gantum arhasi mām itaḥ

dharmajña yadi dharmiṣṭho dharmaṃ caritum icchasi /
śuśrūṣa mām ihasthas tvaṃ cara dharmam anuttamam

śuśrūṣur jananīṃ putra svagṛhe niyato vasan /
pareṇa tapasā yuktaḥ kāśyapas tridivaṃ gataḥ

yathaiva rājā pūjyas te gauraveṇa tathā hy aham /
tvāṃ nāham anujānāmi na gantavyam ito vanam

tvadviyogān na me kāryaṃ jīvitena sukhena vā /
tvayā saha mama śreyas tṛṇānām api bhakṣaṇam

yadi tvaṃ yāsyasi vanaṃ tyaktvā māṃ śokalālasām /
ahaṃ prāyam ihāsiṣye na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum

tatas tvaṃ prāpsyase putra nirayaṃ lokaviśrutam /
brahmahatyām ivādharmāt samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ

vilapantīṃ tathā dīnāṃ kausalyāṃ jananīṃ tataḥ /
uvāca rāmo dharmātmā vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam

nāsti śaktiḥ pitur vākyaṃ samatikramituṃ mama /
prasādaye tvāṃ śirasā gantum icchāmy ahaṃ vanam

ṛṣiṇā ca pitur vākyaṃ kurvatā vratacāriṇā /
gaur hatā jānatā dharmaṃ kaṇḍunāpi vipaścitā

asmākaṃ ca kule pūrvaṃ sagarasyājñayā pituḥ /
khanadbhiḥ sāgarair bhūtim avāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa reṇukā jananī svayam /
kṛttā paraśunāraṇye pitur vacanakāriṇā

na khalv etan mayaikena kriyate pitṛśāsanam /
pūrvair ayam abhipreto gato mārgo 'nugamyate

tad etat tu mayā kāryaṃ kriyate bhuvi nānyathā /
pitur hi vacanaṃ kurvan na kaścin nāma hīyate

tām evam uktvā jananīṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ punar abravīt /
tava lakṣmaṇa jānāmi mayi sneham anuttamam /
abhiprāyam avijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca // RamS_2,18.32* //
dharmo hi paramo loke dharme satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam /
dharmasaṃśritam etac ca pitur vacanam uttamam

saṃśrutya ca pitur vākyaṃ mātur vā brāhmaṇasya vā /
na kartavyaṃ vṛthā vīra dharmam āśritya tiṣṭhatā

so 'haṃ na śakṣyāmi pitur niyogam ativartitum /
pitur hi vacanād vīra kaikeyyāhaṃ pracoditaḥ

tad enāṃ visṛjānāryāṃ kṣatradharmāśritāṃ matim /
dharmam āśraya mā taikṣṇyaṃ madbuddhir anugamyatām

tam evam uktvā sauhārdād bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ /
uvāca bhūyaḥ kausalyāṃ prāñjaliḥ śirasānataḥ

anumanyasva māṃ devi gamiṣyantam ito vanam /
śāpitāsi mama prāṇaiḥ kuru svastyayanāni me /
tīrṇapratijñaś ca vanāt punar eṣyāmy ahaṃ purīm // RamS_2,18.38* //
yaśo hy ahaṃ kevalarājyakāraṇān na pṛṣṭhataḥ kartum alaṃ mahodayam /
adīrghakāle na tu devi jīvite vṛṇe 'varām adya mahīm adharmataḥ

prasādayan naravṛṣabhaḥ sa mātaraṃ parākramāj jigamiṣur eva daṇḍakān /
athānujaṃ bhṛśam anuśāsya darśanaṃ cakāra tāṃ hṛdi jananīṃ pradakṣiṇam