Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.53

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 53
mama tv aśvā nivṛttasya na prāvartanta vartmani /
uṣṇam aśru vimuñcanto rāme samprasthite vanam

ubhābhyāṃ rājaputrābhyām atha kṛtvāham añjalim /
prasthito ratham āsthāya tad duḥkham api dhārayan

guhena sārdhaṃ tatraiva sthito 'smi divasān bahūn /
āśayā yadi māṃ rāmaḥ punaḥ śabdāpayed iti

viṣaye te mahārāja rāmavyasanakarśitāḥ /
api vṛkṣāḥ parimlānaḥ sapuṣpāṅkurakorakāḥ

na ca sarpanti sattvāni vyālā na prasaranti ca /
rāmaśokābhibhūtaṃ tan niṣkūjam abhavad vanam

līnapuṣkarapattrāś ca narendra kaluṣodakāḥ /
saṃtaptapadmāḥ padminyo līnamīnavihaṃgamāḥ

jalajāni ca puṣpāṇi mālyāni sthalajāni ca /
nādya bhānty alpagandhīni phalāni ca yathā puram

praviśantam ayodhyāṃ māṃ na kaścid abhinandati /
narā rāmam apaśyanto niḥśvasanti muhur muhuḥ

harmyair vimānaiḥ prāsādair avekṣya ratham āgatam /
hāhākārakṛtā nāryo rāmādarśanakarśitāḥ

āyatair vimalair netrair aśruvegapariplutaiḥ /
anyonyam abhivīkṣante vyaktam ārtatarāḥ striyaḥ

nāmitrāṇāṃ na mitrāṇām udāsīnajanasya ca /
aham ārtatayā kaṃcid viśeṣaṃ nopalakṣaye

aprahṛṣṭamanuṣyā ca dīnanāgaturaṃgamā /
ārtasvaraparimlānā viniḥśvasitaniḥsvanā

nirānandā mahārāja rāmapravrājanāturā /
kausalyā putrahīneva ayodhyā pratibhāti mā

sūtasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vācā paramadīnayā /
bāṣpopahatayā rājā taṃ sūtam idam abravīt

kaikeyyā viniyuktena pāpābhijanabhāvayā /
mayā na mantrakuśalair vṛddhaiḥ saha samarthitam

na suhṛdbhir na cāmātyair mantrayitvā na naigamaiḥ /
mayāyam arthaḥ sammohāt strīhetoḥ sahasā kṛtaḥ

bhavitavyatayā nūnam idaṃ vā vyasanaṃ mahat /
kulasyāsya vināśāya prāptaṃ sūta yadṛcchayā

sūta yady asti te kiṃcin mayāpi sukṛtaṃ kṛtam /
tvaṃ prāpayāśu māṃ rāmaṃ prāṇāḥ saṃtvarayanti mām

yad yad yāpi mamaivājñā nivartayatu rāghavam /
na śakṣyāmi vinā rāmaṃ muhūrtam api jīvitum

atha vāpi mahābāhur gato dūraṃ bhaviṣyati /
mām eva ratham āropya śīghraṃ rāmāya darśaya

vṛttadaṃṣṭro maheṣvāsaḥ kvāsau lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ /
yadi jīvāmi sādhv enaṃ paśyeyaṃ saha sītayā

lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhum āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalam /
rāmaṃ yadi na paśyāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam

ato nu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yo 'ham ikṣvākunandanam /
imām avasthām āpanno neha paśyāmi rāghavam

hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvini /
na māṃ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇam anāthavat /
dustaro jīvatā devi mayāyaṃ śokasāgaraḥ // RamS_2,53.24* //
aśobhanaṃ yo 'ham ihādya rāghavaṃ didṛkṣamāṇo na labhe salakṣmaṇam /
itīva rājā vilapan mahāyaśāḥ papāta tūrṇaṃ śayane sa mūrchitaḥ

iti vilapati pārthive pranaṣṭe karuṇataraṃ dviguṇaṃ ca rāmahetoḥ /
vacanam anuniśamya tasya devī bhayam agamat punar eva rāmamātā