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Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.72

2.72.1

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 72
atra yātrāṃ samīhantaṃ śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ /
bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptam idaṃ vacanam abravīt

2.72.2

gatir yaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ duḥkhe kiṃ punar ātmanaḥ /
sa rāmaḥ sattvasampannaḥ striyā pravrājito vanam

2.72.3

balavān vīryasampanno lakṣmaṇo nāma yo 'py asau /
kiṃ na mocayate rāmaṃ kṛtvāpi pitṛnigraham

2.72.4

pūrvam eva tu nigrāhyaḥ samavekṣya nayānayau /
utpathaṃ yaḥ samārūḍho nāryā rājā vaśaṃ gataḥ

2.72.5

iti sambhāṣamāṇe tu śatrughne lakṣmaṇānuje /
prāgdvāre 'bhūt tadā kubjā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā

2.72.6

liptā candanasāreṇa rājavastrāṇi bibhratī /
mekhalādāmabhiś citrai rajjubaddheva vānarī

2.72.7

tāṃ samīkṣya tadā dvāḥstho bhṛśaṃ pāpasya kāriṇīm /
gṛhītvākaruṇāṃ kubjāṃ śatrughnāya nyavedayat

2.72.8

yasyāḥ kṛte vane rāmo nyastadehaś ca vaḥ pitā /
seyaṃ pāpā nṛśaṃsā ca tasyāḥ kuru yathāmati

2.72.9

śatrughnaś ca tad ājñāya vacanaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ /
antaḥpuracarān sarvān ity uvāca dhṛtavrataḥ

2.72.10

tīvram utpāditaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhrātḥṇāṃ me tathā pituḥ /
yayā seyaṃ nṛśaṃsasya karmaṇaḥ phalam aśnutām

2.72.11

evam uktā ca tenāśu sakhījanasamāvṛtā /
gṛhītā balavat kubjā sā tadgṛham anādayat

2.72.12

tataḥ subhṛśasaṃtaptas tasyāḥ sarvaḥ sakhījanaḥ /
kruddham ājñāya śatrughnaṃ vyapalāyata sarvaśaḥ

2.72.13

amantrayata kṛtsnaś ca tasyāḥ sarvasakhījanaḥ /
yathāyaṃ samupakrānto niḥśeṣaṃ naḥ kariṣyati

2.72.14

sānukrośāṃ vadānyāṃ ca dharmajñāṃ ca yaśasvinīm /
kausalyāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmaḥ sā hi no 'stu dhruvā gatiḥ

2.72.15

sa ca roṣeṇa tāmrākṣaḥ śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ /
vicakarṣa tadā kubjāṃ krośantīṃ pṛthivītale

2.72.16

tasyā hy ākṛṣyamāṇāyā mantharāyās tatas tataḥ /
citraṃ bahuvidhaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tad vyaśīryata

2.72.17

tena bhāṇḍena saṃkīrṇaṃ śrīmadrājaniveśanam /
aśobhata tadā bhūyaḥ śāradaṃ gaganaṃ yathā

2.72.18

sa balī balavat krodhād gṛhītvā puruṣarṣabhaḥ /
kaikeyīm abhinirbhartsya babhāṣe paruṣaṃ vacaḥ

2.72.19

tair vākyaiḥ paruṣair duḥkhaiḥ kaikeyī bhṛśaduḥkhitā /
śatrughnabhayasaṃtrastā putraṃ śaraṇam āgatā

2.72.20

tāṃ prekṣya bharataḥ kruddhaṃ śatrughnam idam abravīt /
avadhyāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pramadāḥ kṣamyatām iti

2.72.21

hanyām aham imāṃ pāpāṃ kaikeyīṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm /
yadi māṃ dhārmiko rāmo nāsūyen mātṛghātakam

2.72.22

imām api hatāṃ kubjāṃ yadi jānāti rāghavaḥ /
tvāṃ ca māṃ caiva dharmātmā nābhibhāṣiṣyate dhruvam

2.72.23

bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ /
nyavartata tato roṣāt tāṃ mumoca ca mantharām

2.72.24

sā pādamūle kaikeyyā mantharā nipapāta ha /
niḥśvasantī suduḥkhārtā kṛpaṇaṃ vilalāpa ca

2.72.25

śatrughnavikṣepavimūḍhasaṃjñāṃ samīkṣya kubjāṃ bharatasya mātā /
śanaiḥ samāśvāsayad ārtarūpāṃ krauñcīṃ vilagnām iva vīkṣamāṇām

Original text: Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 · Edition: T.R. Krishnacarya: The Valmiki Ramayana - According to Southern recension, 1905 (Repr. Delhi : Sri Satguru Publications, 1982) · Data entry Oliver Hellwig · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0