Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.79

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 79
evam uktas tu bharato niṣādādhipatiṃ guham /
pratyuvāca mahāprājño vākyaṃ hetvarthasaṃhitam

ūrjitaḥ khalu te kāmaḥ kṛto mama guroḥ sakhe /
yo me tvam īdṛśīṃ senām eko 'bhyarcitum icchasi

ity uktvā tu mahātejā guhaṃ vacanam uttamam /
abravīd bharataḥ śrīmān niṣādādhipatiṃ punaḥ

katareṇa gamiṣyāmi bharadvājāśramaṃ guha /
gahano 'yaṃ bhṛśaṃ deśo gaṅgānūpo duratyayaḥ

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ /
abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ guho gahanagocaraḥ

dāśās tv anugamiṣyanti dhanvinaḥ susamāhitāḥ /
ahaṃ cānugamiṣyāmi rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ

kaccin na duṣṭo vrajasi rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ /
iyaṃ te mahatī senā śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me

tam evam abhibhāṣantam ākāśa iva nirmalaḥ /
bharataḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā guhaṃ vacanam abravīt

mā bhūt sa kālo yat kaṣṭaṃ na māṃ śaṅkitum arhasi /
rāghavaḥ sa hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo mama

taṃ nivartayituṃ yāmi kākutsthaṃ vanavāsinam /
buddhir anyā na te kāryā guha satyaṃ bravīmi te

sa tu saṃhṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrutvā bharatabhāṣitam /
punar evābravīd vākyaṃ bharataṃ prati harṣitaḥ

dhanyas tvaṃ na tvayā tulyaṃ paśyāmi jagatītale /
ayatnād āgataṃ rājyaṃ yas tvaṃ tyaktum ihecchasi

śāśvatī khalu te kīrtir lokān anucariṣyati /
yas tvaṃ kṛcchragataṃ rāmaṃ pratyānayitum icchasi

evaṃ sambhāṣamāṇasya guhasya bharataṃ tadā /
babhau naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata

saṃniveśya sa tāṃ senāṃ guhena paritoṣitaḥ /
śatrughnena saha śrīmāñ śayanaṃ punar āgamat

rāmacintāmayaḥ śoko bharatasya mahātmanaḥ /
upasthito hy anarhasya dharmaprekṣasya tādṛśaḥ

antardāhena dahanaḥ saṃtāpayati rāghavam /
vanadāhābhisaṃtaptaṃ gūḍho 'gnir iva pādapam

prasrutaḥ sarvagātrebhyaḥ svedaḥ śokāgnisambhavaḥ /
yathā sūryāṃśusaṃtapto himavān prasruto himam

dhyānanirdaraśailena viniḥśvasitadhātunā /
dainyapādapasaṃghena śokāyāsādhiśṛṅgiṇā

pramohānantasattvena saṃtāpauṣadhiveṇunā /
ākrānto duḥkhaśailena mahatā kaikayīsutaḥ

guhena sārdhaṃ bharataḥ samāgato mahānubhāvaḥ sajanaḥ samāhitaḥ /
sudurmanās taṃ bharataṃ tadā punar guhaḥ samāśvāsayad agrajaṃ prati