Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.20

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 20
iti bruvati rāme tu lakṣmaṇo 'dhaḥśirā muhuḥ /
śrutvā madhyaṃ jagāmeva manasā duḥkhaharṣayoḥ

tadā tu baddhvā bhrukuṭīṃ bhruvor madhye nararṣabhaḥ /
niśaśvāsa mahāsarpo bilastha iva roṣitaḥ

tasya duṣprativīkṣyaṃ tad bhrukuṭīsahitaṃ tadā /
babhau kruddhasya siṃhasya mukhasya sadṛśaṃ mukham

agrahas taṃ vidhunvaṃs tu hastī hastam ivātmanaḥ /
tiryag ūrdhvaṃ śarīre ca pātayitvā śirodharām

agrākṣṇā vīkṣamāṇas tu tiryag bhrātaram abravīt /
asthāne sambhramo yasya jāto vai sumahān ayam

dharmadoṣaprasaṅgena lokasyānatiśaṅkayā /
kathaṃ hy etad asambhrāntas tvadvidho vaktum arhati

yathā daivam aśauṇḍīraṃ śauṇḍīraḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ /
kiṃ nāma kṛpaṇaṃ daivam aśaktam abhiśaṃsasi

pāpayos tu kathaṃ nāma tayoḥ śaṅkā na vidyate /
santi dharmopadhāḥ ślakṣṇā dharmātman kiṃ na budhyase

lokavidviṣṭam ārabdhaṃ tvadanyasyābhiṣecanam /
yeneyam āgatā dvaidhaṃ tava buddhir mahīpate /
sa hi dharmo mama dveṣyaḥ prasaṅgād yasya muhyasi // RamS_2,20.9* //
yady api pratipattis te daivī cāpi tayor matam /
tathāpy upekṣaṇīyaṃ te na me tad api rocate

viklavo vīryahīno yaḥ sa daivam anuvartate /
vīrāḥ saṃbhāvitātmāno na daivaṃ paryupāsate

daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa yaḥ samarthaḥ prabādhitum /
na daivena vipannārthaḥ puruṣaḥ so 'vasīdati

drakṣyanti tv adya daivasya pauruṣaṃ puruṣasya ca /
daivamānuṣayor adya vyaktā vyaktir bhaviṣyati

adya matpauruṣahataṃ daivaṃ drakṣyanti vai janāḥ /
yad daivād āhataṃ te 'dya dṛṣṭaṃ rājyābhiṣecanam

atyaṅkuśam ivoddāmaṃ gajaṃ madabaloddhatam /
pradhāvitam ahaṃ daivaṃ pauruṣeṇa nivartaye

lokapālāḥ samastās te nādya rāmābhiṣecanam /
na ca kṛtsnās trayo lokā vihanyuḥ kiṃ punaḥ pitā

yair vivāsas tavāraṇye mitho rājan samarthitaḥ /
araṇye te vivatsyanti caturdaśa samās tathā

ahaṃ tadāśāṃ chetsyāmi pitus tasyāś ca yā tava /
abhiṣekavighātena putrarājyāya vartate

madbalena viruddhāya na syād daivabalaṃ tathā /
prabhaviṣyati duḥkhāya yathograṃ pauruṣaṃ mama

ūrdhvaṃ varṣasahasrānte prajāpālyam anantaram /
āryaputrāḥ kariṣyanti vanavāsaṃ gate tvayi

pūrvarājarṣivṛttyā hi vanavāso vidhīyate /
prajā nikṣipya putreṣu putravat paripālane

sa ced rājany anekāgre rājyavibhramaśaṅkayā /
naivam icchasi dharmātman rājyaṃ rāma tvam ātmani

pratijāne ca te vīra mā bhūvaṃ vīralokabhāk /
rājyaṃ ca tava rakṣeyam ahaṃ veleva sāgaram

maṅgalair abhiṣiñcasva tatra tvaṃ vyāpṛto bhava /
aham eko mahīpālān alaṃ vārayituṃ balāt

na śobhārthāv imau bāhū na dhanur bhūṣaṇāya me /
nāsirābandhanārthāya na śarāḥ stambhahetavaḥ

amitradamanārthaṃ me sarvam etac catuṣṭayam /
na cāhaṃ kāmaye 'tyarthaṃ yaḥ syāc chatrur mato mama

asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa vidyuccalitavarcasā /
pragṛhītena vai śatruṃ vajriṇaṃ vā na kalpaye

khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭair gahanā duścarā ca me /
hastyaśvanarahastoruśirobhir bhavitā mahī

khaḍgadhārā hatā me 'dya dīpyamānā ivādrayaḥ /
patiṣyanti dvipā bhūmau meghā iva savidyutaḥ

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇe pragṛhītaśarāsane /
kathaṃ puruṣamānī syāt puruṣāṇāṃ mayi sthite

bahubhiś caikam atyasyann ekena ca bahūñ janān /
viniyokṣyāmy ahaṃ bāṇān nṛvājigajamarmasu

adya me 'straprabhāvasya prabhāvaḥ prabhaviṣyati /
rājñaś cāprabhutāṃ kartuṃ prabhutvaṃ ca tava prabho

adya candanasārasya keyūrāmokṣaṇasya ca /
vasūnāṃ ca vimokṣasya suhṛdāṃ pālanasya ca

anurūpāv imau bāhū rāma karma kariṣyataḥ /
abhiṣecanavighnasya kartḥṇāṃ te nivāraṇe

bravīhi ko 'dyaiva mayā viyujyatāṃ tavāsuhṛt prāṇayaśaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ /
yathā taveyaṃ vasudhā vaśe bhavet tathaiva māṃ śādhi tavāsmi kiṃkaraḥ

vimṛjya bāṣpaṃ parisāntvya cāsakṛt sa lakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ /
uvāca pitrye vacane vyavasthitaṃ nibodha mām eṣa hi saumya satpathaḥ