Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.70

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 70
tam evaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bharataṃ kekayīsutam /
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāg ṛṣiḥ

alaṃ śokena bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ /
prāptakālaṃ narapateḥ kuru saṃyānam uttaram

vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā bharato dhāraṇāṃ gataḥ /
pretakāryāṇi sarvāṇi kārayāmāsa dharmavit

uddhṛtaṃ tailasaṃkledāt sa tu bhūmau niveśitam /
āpītavarṇavadanaṃ prasuptam iva bhūmipam

niveśya śayane cāgrye nānāratnapariṣkṛte /
tato daśarathaṃ putro vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ

kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājan proṣite mayy anāgate /
vivāsya rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam

kva yāsyasi mahārāja hitvemaṃ duḥkhitaṃ janam /
hīnaṃ puruṣasiṃhena rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā

yogakṣemaṃ tu te rājan ko 'smin kalpayitā pure /
tvayi prayāte svas tāta rāme ca vanam āśrite

vidhavā pṛthivī rājaṃs tvayā hīnā na rājate /
hīnacandreva rajanī nagarī pratibhāti mām

evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ bharataṃ dīnamānasam /
abravīd vacanaṃ bhūyo vasiṣṭhas tu mahān ṛṣiḥ

pretakāryāṇi yāny asya kartavyāni viśāṃpateḥ /
tāny avyagraṃ mahābāho kriyantām avicāritam

tatheti bharato vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasyābhipūjya tat /
ṛtvikpurohitācāryāṃs tvarayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ

ye tv agrato narendrasya agnyagārād bahiṣkṛtāḥ /
ṛtvigbhir yājakaiś caiva te hriyante yathāvidhi

śibikāyām athāropya rājānaṃ gatacetanam /
bāṣpakaṇṭhā vimanasas tam ūhuḥ paricārakāḥ

hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca /
prakiranto janā mārgaṃ nṛpater agrato yayuḥ

candanāguruniryāsān saralaṃ padmakaṃ tathā /
devadārūṇi cāhṛtya citāṃ cakrus tathāpare

gandhān uccāvacāṃś cānyāṃs tatra dattvātha bhūmipam /
tataḥ saṃveśayāmāsuś citāmadhye tam ṛtvijaḥ

tathā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepus tasya tadartvijaḥ /
jaguś ca te yathāśāstraṃ tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ

śibikābhiś ca yānaiś ca yathārhaṃ tasya yoṣitaḥ /
nagarān niryayus tatra vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtās tadā

prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakrur ṛtvijo 'gnicitaṃ nṛpam /
striyaś ca śokasaṃtaptāḥ kausalyāpramukhās tadā

krauñcīnām iva nārīṇāṃ ninādas tatra śuśruve /
ārtānāṃ karuṇaṃ kāle krośantīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ

tato rudantyo vivaśā vilapya ca punaḥ punaḥ /
yānebhyaḥ sarayūtīram avaterur varāṅganāḥ

kṛtodakaṃ te bharatena sārdhaṃ nṛpāṅganā mantripurohitāś ca /
puraṃ praviśyāśruparītanetrā bhūmau daśāhaṃ vyanayanta duḥkham