Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.75

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 75
tato nāndīmukhīṃ rātriṃ bharataṃ sūtamāgadhāḥ /
tuṣṭuvur vāgviśeṣajñāḥ stavair maṅgalasaṃhitaiḥ

suvarṇakoṇābhihataḥ prāṇadad yāmadundubhiḥ /
dadhmuḥ śaṅkhāṃś ca śataśo vādyāṃś coccāvacasvarān

sa tūryaghoṣaḥ sumahān divam āpūrayann iva /
bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bhūyaḥ śokair arandhrayat

tataḥ prabuddho bharatas taṃ ghoṣaṃ saṃnivartya ca /
nāhaṃ rājeti cāpy uktvā śatrughnam idam abravīt

paśya śatrughna kaikeyyā lokasyāpakṛtaṃ mahat /
visṛjya mayi duḥkhāni rājā daśaratho gataḥ

tasyaiṣā dharmarājasya dharmamūlā mahātmanaḥ /
paribhramati rājaśrīr naur ivākarṇikā jale

ity evaṃ bharataṃ prekṣya vilapantaṃ vicetanam /
kṛpaṇaṃ ruruduḥ sarvāḥ sasvaraṃ yoṣitas tadā

tathā tasmin vilapati vasiṣṭho rājadharmavit /
sabhām ikṣvākunāthasya praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ

śātakumbhamayīṃ ramyāṃ maṇiratnasamākulām /
sudharmām iva dharmātmā sagaṇaḥ pratyapadyata

sa kāñcanamayaṃ pīṭhaṃ parārdhyāstaraṇāvṛtam /
adhyāsta sarvavedajño dūtān anuśaśāsa ca

brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān yodhān amātyān gaṇavallabhān /
kṣipram ānayatāvyagrāḥ kṛtyam ātyayikaṃ hi naḥ

tato halahalāśabdo mahān samudapadyata /
rathair aśvair gajaiś cāpi janānām upagacchatām

tato bharatam āyāntaṃ śatakratum ivāmarāḥ /
pratyanandan prakṛtayo yathā daśarathaṃ tathā

hrada iva timināgasaṃvṛtaḥ stimitajalo maṇiśaṅkhaśarkaraḥ /
daśarathasutaśobhitā sabhā sadaśaratheva babhau yathā purā