Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.73

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 73
tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha caturdaśe /
sametya rājakartāro bharataṃ vākyam abruvan

gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ yo no gurutaro guruḥ /
rāmaṃ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam

tvam adya bhava no rājā rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ /
saṃgatyā nāparādhnoti rājyam etad anāyakam

ābhiṣecanikaṃ sarvam idam ādāya rāghava /
pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaś ca nṛpātmaja

rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat /
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmān nararṣabha

ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam /
bharatas taṃ janaṃ sarvaṃ pratyuvāca dhṛtavrataḥ

jyeṣṭhasya rājatā nityam ucitā hi kulasya naḥ /
naivaṃ bhavanto māṃ vaktum arhanti kuśalā janāḥ

rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ /
ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca

yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅgamahābalā /
ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt

ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvam etad upaskṛtam /
puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetor vanaṃ prati

tatraiva taṃ naravyāghram abhiṣicya puraskṛtam /
āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāham ivādhvarāt

na sakāmāṃ kariṣyāmi svām imāṃ mātṛgandhinīm /
vane vatsyāmy ahaṃ durge rāmo rājā bhaviṣyati

kriyatāṃ śilpibhiḥ panthāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca /
rakṣiṇaś cānusaṃyāntu pathi durgavicārakāḥ

evaṃ sambhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ rāmahetor nṛpātmajam /
pratyuvāca janaḥ sarvaḥ śrīmadvākyam anuttamam

evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīr upatiṣṭhatām /
yas tvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātum icchasi

anuttamaṃ tad vacanaṃ nṛpātmaja prabhāṣitaṃ saṃśravaṇe niśamya ca /
praharṣajās taṃ prati bāṣpabindavo nipetur āryānananetrasambhavāḥ

ūcus te vacanam idaṃ niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyātaśokāḥ /
panthānaṃ naravarabhaktimāñ janaś ca vyādiṣṭas tava vacanāc ca śilpivargaḥ