Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.55

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 55
vanaṃ gate dharmapare rāme ramayatāṃ vare /
kausalyā rudatī svārtā bhartāram idam abravīt

yadyapi triṣu lokeṣu prathitaṃ te mahad yaśaḥ /
sānukrośo vadānyaś ca priyavādī ca rāghavaḥ

kathaṃ naravaraśreṣṭha putrau tau saha sītayā /
duḥkhitau sukhasaṃvṛddhau vane duḥkhaṃ sahiṣyataḥ

sā nūnaṃ taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukhocitā /
katham uṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca maithilī prasahiṣyate

bhuktvāśanaṃ viśālākṣī sūpadaṃśānvitaṃ śubham /
vanyaṃ naivāram āhāraṃ kathaṃ sītopabhokṣyate

gītavāditranirghoṣaṃ śrutvā śubham aninditā /
kathaṃ kravyādasiṃhānāṃ śabdaṃ śroṣyaty aśobhanam

mahendradhvajasaṃkāśaḥ kva nu śete mahābhujaḥ /
bhujaṃ parighasaṃkāśam upadhāya mahābalaḥ

padmavarṇaṃ sukeśāntaṃ padmaniḥśvāsam uttamam /
kadā drakṣyāmi rāmasya vadanaṃ puṣkarekṣaṇam

vajrasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ me na saṃśayaḥ /
apaśyantyā na taṃ yad vai phalatīdaṃ sahasradhā

yadi pañcadaśe varṣe rāghavaḥ punar eṣyati /
jahyād rājyaṃ ca kośaṃ ca bharatenopabhokṣyate

evaṃ kanīyasā bhrātrā bhuktaṃ rājyaṃ viśāṃ pate /
bhrātā jyeṣṭho variṣṭhaś ca kimarthaṃ nāvamaṃsyate

na pareṇāhṛtaṃ bhakṣyaṃ vyāghraḥ khāditum icchati /
evam eva naravyāghraḥ paralīḍhaṃ na maṃsyate

havir ājyaṃ puroḍāśāḥ kuśā yūpāś ca khādirāḥ /
naitāni yātayāmāni kurvanti punar adhvare

tathā hy āttam idaṃ rājyaṃ hṛtasārāṃ surām iva /
nābhimantum alaṃ rāmo naṣṭasomam ivādhvaram

naivaṃvidham asatkāraṃ rāghavo marṣayiṣyati /
balavān iva śārdūlo vāladher abhimarśanam

sa tādṛśaḥ siṃhabalo vṛṣabhākṣo nararṣabhaḥ /
svayam eva hataḥ pitrā jalajenātmajo yathā

dvijātidharmaḥ śāstradṛṣṭaḥ sanātanaḥ /
yadi te dharmanirate tvayā putre vivāsite

gatir ekā patir nāryā dvitīyā gatir ātmajaḥ /
tṛtīyā jñātayo rājaṃś caturthī neha vidyate

tatra tvaṃ caiva me nāsti rāmaś ca vanam āśritaḥ /
na vanaṃ gantum icchāmi sarvathā hi hatā tvayā

hataṃ tvayā rājyam idaṃ sarāṣṭraṃ hatas tathātmā saha mantribhiś ca /
hatā saputrāsmi hatāś ca paurāḥ sutaś ca bhāryā ca tava prahṛṣṭau

imāṃ giraṃ dāruṇaśabdasaṃśritāṃ niśamya rājāpi mumoha duḥkhitaḥ /
tataḥ sa śokaṃ praviveśa pārthivaḥ svaduṣkṛtaṃ cāpi punas tadāsmarat