Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.71

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 71
tato daśāhe 'tigate kṛtaśauco nṛpātmajaḥ /
dvādaśe 'hani samprāpte śrāddhakarmāṇy akārayat

brāhmaṇebhyo dadau ratnaṃ dhanam annaṃ ca puṣkalam /
bāstikaṃ bahuśuklaṃ ca gāś cāpi śataśas tathā

dāsīdāsaṃ ca yānaṃ ca veśmāni sumahānti ca /
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau putro rājñas tasyaurdhvadaihikam

tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha trayodaśe /
vilalāpa mahābāhur bharataḥ śokamūrchitaḥ

śabdāpihitakaṇṭhaś ca śodhanārtham upāgataḥ /
citāmūle pitur vākyam idam āha suduḥkhitaḥ

tāta yasmin nisṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā bhrātari rāghave /
tasmin vanaṃ pravrajite śūnye tyakto 'smy ahaṃ tvayā

yathāgatir anāthāyāḥ putraḥ pravrājito vanam /
tām ambāṃ tāta kausalyāṃ tyaktvā tvaṃ kva gato nṛpa

dṛṣṭvā bhasmāruṇaṃ tac ca dagdhāsthisthānamaṇḍalam /
pituḥ śarīranirvāṇaṃ niṣṭanan viṣasāda ha

sa tu dṛṣṭvā rudan dīnaḥ papāta dharaṇītale /
utthāpyamānaḥ śakrasya yantradhvaja iva cyutaḥ

abhipetus tataḥ sarve tasyāmātyāḥ śucivratam /
antakāle nipatitaṃ yayātim ṛṣayo yathā

śatrughnaś cāpi bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā śokapariplutam /
visaṃjño nyapatad bhūmau bhūmipālam anusmaran

unmatta iva niścetā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ /
smṛtvā pitur guṇāṅgāni tāni tāni tadā tadā

mantharāprabhavas tīvraḥ kaikeyīgrāhasaṃkulaḥ /
varadānamayo 'kṣobhyo 'majjayac chokasāgaraḥ

sukumāraṃ ca bālaṃ ca satataṃ lālitaṃ tvayā /
kva tāta bharataṃ hitvā vilapantaṃ gato bhavān

nanu bhojyeṣu pāneṣu vastreṣv ābharaṇeṣu ca /
pravārayasi naḥ sarvāṃs tan naḥ ko 'dya kariṣyati

avadāraṇakāle tu pṛthivī nāvadīryate /
vihīnā yā tvayā rājñā dharmajñena mahātmanā

pitari svargam āpanne rāme cāraṇyam āśrite /
kiṃ me jīvitasāmarthyaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam

hīno bhrātrā ca pitrā ca śūnyām ikṣvākupālitām /
ayodhyāṃ na pravekṣyāmi pravekṣyāmi tapovanam

tayor vilapitaṃ śrutvā vyasanaṃ cānvavekṣya tat /
bhṛśam ārtatarā bhūyaḥ sarva evānugāminaḥ

tato viṣaṇṇau śrāntau ca śatrughnabharatāv ubhau /
dharaṇyāṃ saṃvyaceṣṭetāṃ bhagnaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau

tataḥ prakṛtimān vaidyaḥ pitur eṣāṃ purohitaḥ /
vasiṣṭho bharataṃ vākyam utthāpya tam uvāca ha

trīṇi dvaṃdvāni bhūteṣu pravṛttāny aviśeṣataḥ /
teṣu cāparihāryeṣu naivaṃ bhavitum arhati

sumantraś cāpi śatrughnam utthāpyābhiprasādya ca /
śrāvayāmāsa tattvajñaḥ sarvabhūtabhavābhavau

utthitau tau naravyāghrau prakāśete yaśasvinau /
varṣātapapariklinnau pṛthag indradhvajāv iva

aśrūṇi parimṛdnantau raktākṣau dīnabhāṣiṇau /
amātyās tvarayanti sma tanayau cāparāḥ kriyāḥ