Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.76

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 76
tām āryagaṇasampūrṇāṃ bharataḥ pragrahāṃ sabhām /
dadarśa buddhisampannaḥ pūrṇacandrāṃ niśām iva

āsanāni yathānyāyam āryāṇāṃ viśatāṃ tadā /
adṛśyata ghanāpāye pūrṇacandreva śarvarī

rājñas tu prakṛtīḥ sarvāḥ samagrāḥ prekṣya dharmavit /
idaṃ purohito vākyaṃ bharataṃ mṛdu cābravīt

tāta rājā daśarathaḥ svargato dharmam ācaran /
dhanadhānyavatīṃ sphītāṃ pradāya pṛthivīṃ tava

rāmas tathā satyadhṛtiḥ satāṃ dharmam anusmaran /
nājahāt pitur ādeśaṃ śaśī jyotsnām ivoditaḥ

pitrā bhrātrā ca te dattaṃ rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam /
tad bhuṅkṣva muditāmātyaḥ kṣipram evābhiṣecaya

udīcyāś ca pratīcyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca kevalāḥ /
koṭyāparāntāḥ sāmudrā ratnāny abhiharantu te

tac chrutvā bharato vākyaṃ śokenābhipariplutaḥ /
jagāma manasā rāmaṃ dharmajño dharmakāṅkṣayā

sa bāṣpakalayā vācā kalahaṃsasvaro yuvā /
vilalāpa sabhāmadhye jagarhe ca purohitam

caritabrahmacaryasya vidyā snātasya dhīmataḥ /
dharme prayatamānasya ko rājyaṃ madvidho haret

kathaṃ daśarathāj jāto bhaved rājyāpahārakaḥ /
rājyaṃ cāhaṃ ca rāmasya dharmaṃ vaktum ihārhasi

jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaś ca dharmātmā dilīpanahuṣopamaḥ /
labdhum arhati kākutstho rājyaṃ daśaratho yathā

anāryajuṣṭam asvargyaṃ kuryāṃ pāpam ahaṃ yadi /
ikṣvākūṇām ahaṃ loke bhaveyaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ

yaddhi mātrā kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāhaṃ tad abhirocaye /
ihastho vanadurgasthaṃ namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ

rāmam evānugacchāmi sa rājā dvipadāṃ varaḥ /
trayāṇām api lokānāṃ rāghavo rājyam arhati

tad vākyaṃ dharmasaṃyuktaṃ śrutvā sarve sabhāsadaḥ /
harṣān mumucur aśrūṇi rāme nihitacetasaḥ

yadi tv āryaṃ na śakṣyāmi vinivartayituṃ vanāt /
vane tatraiva vatsyāmi yathāryo lakṣmaṇas tathā

sarvopāyaṃ tu vartiṣye vinivartayituṃ balāt /
samakṣam āryamiśrāṇāṃ sādhūnāṃ guṇavartinām

evam uktvā tu dharmātmā bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ /
samīpastham uvācedaṃ sumantraṃ mantrakovidam

tūrṇam utthāya gaccha tvaṃ sumantra mama śāsanāt /
yātrām ājñāpaya kṣipraṃ balaṃ caiva samānaya

evam uktaḥ sumantras tu bharatena mahātmanā /
prahṛṣṭaḥ so 'diśat sarvaṃ yathā saṃdiṣṭam iṣṭavat

tāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ prakṛtayo balādhyakṣā balasya ca /
śrutvā yātrāṃ samājñaptāṃ rāghavasya nivartane

tato yodhāṅganāḥ sarvā bhartḥn sarvān gṛhe gṛhe /
yātrāgamanam ājñāya tvarayanti sma harṣitāḥ

te hayair gorathaiḥ śīghraiḥ syandanaiś ca manojavaiḥ /
saha yodhair balādhyakṣā balaṃ sarvam acodayan

sajjaṃ tu tad balaṃ dṛṣṭvā bharato gurusaṃnidhau /
rathaṃ me tvarayasveti sumantraṃ pārśvato 'bravīt

bharatasya tu tasyājñāṃ pratigṛhya praharṣitaḥ /
rathaṃ gṛhītvā prayayau yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ

sa rāghavaḥ satyadhṛtiḥ pratāpavān bruvan suyuktaṃ dṛḍhasatyavikramaḥ /
guruṃ mahāraṇyagataṃ yaśasvinaṃ prasādayiṣyan bharato 'bravīt tadā

tūrṇaṃ samutthāya sumantra gaccha balasya yogāya balapradhānān /
ānetum icchāmi hi taṃ vanasthaṃ prasādya rāmaṃ jagato hitāya

sa sūtaputro bharatena samyag ājñāpitaḥ saṃparipūrṇakāmaḥ /
śaśāsa sarvān prakṛtipradhānān balasya mukhyāṃś ca suhṛjjanaṃ ca

tataḥ samutthāya kule kule te rājanyavaiśyā vṛṣalāś ca viprāḥ /
ayūyujann uṣṭrarathān kharāṃś ca nāgān hayāṃś caiva kulaprasūtān