Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.58

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 58
tad ajñānān mahat pāpaṃ kṛtvā saṃkulitendriyaḥ /
ekas tv acintayaṃ buddhyā kathaṃ nu sukṛtaṃ bhavet

tatas taṃ ghaṭam ādāya pūrṇaṃ paramavāriṇā /
āśramaṃ tam ahaṃ prāpya yathākhyātapathaṃ gataḥ

tatrāhaṃ durbalāv andhau vṛddhāv apariṇāyakau /
apaśyaṃ tasya pitarau lūnapakṣāv iva dvijau

tannimittābhir āsīnau kathābhir aparikramau /
tām āśāṃ matkṛte hīnāv udāsīnāv anāthavat

padaśabdaṃ tu me śrutvā munir vākyam abhāṣata /
kiṃ cirāyasi me putra pānīyaṃ kṣipram ānaya

yannimittam idaṃ tāta salile krīḍitaṃ tvayā /
utkaṇṭhitā te māteyaṃ praviśa kṣipram āśramam

yad vyalīkaṃ kṛtaṃ putra mātrā te yadi vā mayā /
na tan manasi kartavyaṃ tvayā tāta tapasvinā

tvaṃ gatis tv agatīnāṃ ca cakṣus tvaṃ hīnacakṣuṣām /
samāsaktās tvayi prāṇāḥ kiṃcin nau nābhibhāṣase

munim avyaktayā vācā tam ahaṃ sajjamānayā /
hīnavyañjanayā prekṣya bhīto bhīta ivābruvam

manasaḥ karma ceṣṭābhir abhisaṃstabhya vāgbalam /
ācacakṣe tv ahaṃ tasmai putravyasanajaṃ bhayam

kṣatriyo 'haṃ daśaratho nāhaṃ putro mahātmanaḥ /
sajjanāvamataṃ duḥkham idaṃ prāptaṃ svakarmajam

bhagavaṃś cāpahasto 'haṃ sarayūtīram āgataḥ /
jighāṃsuḥ śvāpadaṃ kiṃcin nipāne vāgataṃ gajam

tatra śruto mayā śabdo jale kumbhasya pūryataḥ /
dvipo 'yam iti matvā hi bāṇenābhihato mayā

gatvā nadyās tatas tīram apaśyam iṣuṇā hṛdi /
vinirbhinnaṃ gataprāṇaṃ śayānaṃ bhuvi tāpasam

bhagavañ śabdam ālakṣya mayā gajajighāṃsunā /
visṛṣṭo 'mbhasi nārācas tena te nihataḥ sutaḥ

sa coddhṛtena bāṇena tatraiva svargam āsthitaḥ /
bhagavantāv ubhau śocann andhāv iti vilapya ca

ajñānād bhavataḥ putraḥ sahasābhihato mayā /
śeṣam evaṃgate yat syāt tat prasīdatu me muniḥ

sa tac chrutvā vacaḥ krūraṃ niḥśvasañ śokakarśitaḥ /
mām uvāca mahātejāḥ kṛtāñjalim upasthitam

yady etad aśubhaṃ karma na sma me kathayeḥ svayam /
phalen mūrdhā sma te rājan sadyaḥ śatasahasradhā

kṣatriyeṇa vadho rājan vānaprasthe viśeṣataḥ /
jñānapūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ sthānāc cyāvayed api vajriṇam

ajñānāddhi kṛtaṃ yasmād idaṃ tenaiva jīvasi /
api hy adya kulaṃ na syād rāghavāṇāṃ kuto bhavān

naya nau nṛpa taṃ deśam iti māṃ cābhyabhāṣata /
adya taṃ draṣṭum icchāvaḥ putraṃ paścimadarśanam

rudhireṇāvasitāṅgaṃ prakīrṇājinavāsasam /
śayānaṃ bhuvi niḥsaṃjñaṃ dharmarājavaśaṃ gatam

athāham ekas taṃ deśaṃ nītvā tau bhṛśaduḥkhitau /
asparśayam ahaṃ putraṃ taṃ muniṃ saha bhāryayā

tau putram ātmanaḥ spṛṣṭvā tam āsādya tapasvinau /
nipetatuḥ śarīre 'sya pitā cāsyedam abravīt

na nv ahaṃ te priyaḥ putra mātaraṃ paśya dhārmika /
kiṃ nu nāliṅgase putra sukumāra vaco vada

kasya vāpararātre 'haṃ śroṣyāmi hṛdayaṃgamam /
adhīyānasya madhuraṃ śāstraṃ vānyad viśeṣataḥ

ko māṃ saṃdhyām upāsyaiva snātvā hutahutāśanaḥ /
ślāghayiṣyaty upāsīnaḥ putraśokabhayārditam

kandamūlaphalaṃ hṛtvā ko māṃ priyam ivātithim /
bhojayiṣyaty akarmaṇyam apragraham anāyakam

imām andhāṃ ca vṛddhāṃ ca mātaraṃ te tapasvinīm /
kathaṃ putra bhariṣyāmi kṛpaṇāṃ putragardhinīm

tiṣṭha mā mā gamaḥ putra yamasya sadanaṃ prati /
śvo mayā saha gantāsi jananyā ca samedhitaḥ

ubhāv api ca śokārtāv anāthau kṛpaṇau vane /
kṣipram eva gamiṣyāvas tvayā hīnau yamakṣayam

tato vaivasvataṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ pravakṣyāmi bhāratīm /
kṣamatāṃ dharmarājo me bibhṛyāt pitarāv ayam

apāpo 'si yathā putra nihataḥ pāpakarmaṇā /
tena satyena gacchāśu ye lokāḥ śastrayodhinām

yānti śūrā gatiṃ yāṃ ca saṃgrāmeṣv anivartinaḥ /
hatās tv abhimukhāḥ putra gatiṃ tāṃ paramāṃ vraja

yāṃ gatiṃ sagaraḥ śaibyo dilīpo janamejayaḥ /
nahuṣo dhundhumāraś ca prāptās tāṃ gaccha putraka

yā gatiḥ sarvasādhūnāṃ svādhyāyāt tapasā ca yā /
bhūmidasyāhitāgneś ca ekapatnīvratasya ca

gosahasrapradātḥṇāṃ yā yā gurubhṛtām api /
dehanyāsakṛtāṃ yā ca tāṃ gatiṃ gaccha putraka /
na hi tv asmin kule jāto gacchaty akuśalāṃ gatim // RamS_2,58.38* //
evaṃ sa kṛpaṇaṃ tatra paryadevayatāsakṛt /
tato 'smai kartum udakaṃ pravṛttaḥ saha bhāryayā

sa tu divyena rūpeṇa muniputraḥ svakarmabhiḥ /
āśvāsya ca muhūrtaṃ tu pitarau vākyam abravīt

sthānam asmi mahat prāpto bhavatoḥ paricāraṇāt /
bhavantāv api ca kṣipraṃ mama mūlam upaiṣyataḥ

evam uktvā tu divyena vimānena vapuṣmatā /
āruroha divaṃ kṣipraṃ muniputro jitendriyaḥ

sa kṛtvā tūdakaṃ tūrṇaṃ tāpasaḥ saha bhāryayā /
mām uvāca mahātejāḥ kṛtāñjalim upasthitam

adyaiva jahi māṃ rājan maraṇe nāsti me vyathā /
yac chareṇaikaputraṃ māṃ tvam akārṣīr aputrakam

tvayā tu yad avijñānān nihato me sutaḥ śuciḥ /
tena tvām abhiśapsyāmi suduḥkham atidāruṇam

putravyasanajaṃ duḥkhaṃ yad etan mama sāmpratam /
evaṃ tvaṃ putraśokena rājan kālaṃ kariṣyasi

tasmān mām āgataṃ bhadre tasyodārasya tadvacaḥ /
yad ahaṃ putraśokena saṃtyakṣyāmy adya jīvitam

yadi māṃ saṃspṛśed rāmaḥ sakṛd adyālabheta vā /
na tan me sadṛśaṃ devi yan mayā rāghave kṛtam

cakṣuṣā tvāṃ na paśyāmi smṛtir mama vilupyate /
dūtā vaivasvatasyaite kausalye tvarayanti mām

atas tu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yad ahaṃ jīvitakṣaye /
na hi paśyāmi dharmajñaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam

na te manuṣyā devās te ye cāruśubhakuṇḍalam /
mukhaṃ drakṣyanti rāmasya varṣe pañcadaśe punaḥ

padmapattrekṣaṇaṃ subhru sudaṃṣṭraṃ cārunāsikam /
dhanyā drakṣyanti rāmasya tārādhipanibhaṃ mukham

sadṛśaṃ śāradasyendoḥ phullasya kamalasya ca /
sugandhi mama nāthasya dhanyā drakṣyanti tanmukham

nivṛttavanavāsaṃ tam ayodhyāṃ punar āgatam /
drakṣyanti sukhino rāmaṃ śukraṃ mārgagataṃ yathā

ayam ātmabhavaḥ śoko mām anātham acetanam /
saṃsādayati vegena yathā kūlaṃ nadīrayaḥ

hā rāghava mahābāho hā mamāyāsanāśana /
rājā daśarathaḥ śocañ jīvitāntam upāgamat

tathā tu dīnaṃ kathayan narādhipaḥ priyasya putrasya vivāsanāturaḥ /
gate 'rdharātre bhṛśaduḥkhapīḍitas tadā jahau prāṇam udāradarśanaḥ