Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.69

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 69
tathaiva krośatas tasya bharatasya mahātmanaḥ /
kausalyā śabdam ājñāya sumitrām idam abravīt

āgataḥ krūrakāryāyāḥ kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ /
tam ahaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi bharataṃ dīrghadarśinam

evam uktvā sumitrāṃ sā vivarṇā malināmbarā /
pratasthe bharato yatra vepamānā vicetanā

sa tu rāmānujaś cāpi śatrughnasahitas tadā /
pratasthe bharato yatra kausalyāyā niveśanam

tataḥ śatrughnabharatau kausalyāṃ prekṣya duḥkhitau /
paryaṣvajetāṃ duḥkhārtāṃ patitāṃ naṣṭacetanām

bharataṃ pratyuvācedaṃ kausalyā bhṛśaduḥkhitā /
idaṃ te rājyakāmasya rājyaṃ prāptam akaṇṭakam /
samprāptaṃ bata kaikeyyā śīghraṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā // RamS_2,69.6* //
prasthāpya cīravasanaṃ putraṃ me vanavāsinam /
kaikeyī kaṃ guṇaṃ tatra paśyati krūradarśinī

kṣipraṃ mām api kaikeyī prasthāpayitum arhati /
hiraṇyanābho yatrāste suto me sumahāyaśāḥ

atha vā svayam evāhaṃ sumitrānucarā sukham /
agnihotraṃ puraskṛtya prasthāsye yatra rāghavaḥ

kāmaṃ vā svayam evādya tatra māṃ netum arhasi /
yatrāsau puruṣavyāghras tapyate me tapaḥ sutaḥ

idaṃ hi tava vistīrṇaṃ dhanadhānyasamācitam /
hastyaśvarathasampūrṇaṃ rājyaṃ niryātitaṃ tayā

evaṃ vilapamānāṃ tāṃ bharataḥ prāñjalis tadā /
kausalyāṃ pratyuvācedaṃ śokair bahubhir āvṛtām

ārye kasmād ajānantaṃ garhase mām akilbiṣam /
vipulāṃ ca mama prītiṃ sthirāṃ jānāsi rāghave

kṛtā śāstrānugā buddhir mā bhūt tasya kadācana /
satyasaṃdhaḥ satāṃ śreṣṭho yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

praiṣyaṃ pāpīyasāṃ yātu sūryaṃ ca prati mehatu /
hantu pādena gāṃ suptāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

kārayitvā mahat karma bhartā bhṛtyam anarthakam /
adharmo yo 'sya so 'syās tu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

paripālayamānasya rājño bhūtāni putravat /
tatas tu druhyatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

baliṣaḍbhāgam uddhṛtya nṛpasyārakṣataḥ prajāḥ /
adharmo yo 'sya so 'syāstu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

saṃśrutya ca tapasvibhyaḥ sattre vai yajñadakṣiṇām /
tāṃ vipralapatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

hastyaśvarathasambādhe yuddhe śastrasamākule /
mā sma kārṣīt satāṃ dharmaṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

upadiṣṭaṃ susūkṣmārthaṃ śāstraṃ yatnena dhīmatā /
sa nāśayatu duṣṭātmā yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

pāyasaṃ kṛsaraṃ chāgaṃ vṛthā so 'śnātu nirghṛṇaḥ /
gurūṃś cāpy avajānātu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

putrair dāraiś ca bhṛtyaiś ca svagṛhe parivāritaḥ /
sa eko mṛṣṭam aśnātu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

rājastrībālavṛddhānāṃ vadhe yat pāpam ucyate /
bhṛtyatyāge ca yat pāpaṃ tat pāpaṃ pratipadyatām

ubhe saṃdhye śayānasya yat pāpaṃ parikalpyate /
tac ca pāpaṃ bhavet tasya yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

yad agnidāyake pāpaṃ yat pāpaṃ gurutalpage /
mitradrohe ca yat pāpaṃ tat pāpaṃ pratipadyatām

devatānāṃ pitḥṇāṃ ca mātāpitros tathaiva ca /
mā sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

satāṃ lokāt satāṃ kīrtyāḥ sajjuṣṭāt karmaṇas tathā /
bhraśyatu kṣipram adyaiva yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ

vihīnāṃ patiputrābhyāṃ kausalyāṃ pārthivātmajaḥ /
evam āśvāsayann eva duḥkhārto nipapāta ha

tathā tu śapathaiḥ kaṣṭaiḥ śapamānam acetanam /
bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ kausalyā vākyam abravīt

mama duḥkham idaṃ putra bhūyaḥ samupajāyate /
śapathaiḥ śapamāno hi prāṇān uparuṇatsi me

diṣṭyā na calito dharmād ātmā te sahalakṣmaṇaḥ /
vatsa satyapratijño me satāṃ lokān avāpsyasi

evaṃ vilapamānasya duḥkhārtasya mahātmanaḥ /
mohāc ca śokasaṃrodhād babhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ

lālapyamānasya vicetanasya pranaṣṭabuddheḥ patitasya bhūmau /
muhur muhur niḥśvasataś ca dīrghaṃ sā tasya śokena jagāma rātriḥ