Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.80

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 80
ācacakṣe 'tha sadbhāvaṃ lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ /
bharatāyāprameyāya guho gahanagocaraḥ

taṃ jāgrataṃ guṇair yuktaṃ varacāpeṣudhāriṇam /
bhrātṛguptyartham atyantam ahaṃ lakṣmaṇam abruvam

iyaṃ tāta sukhā śayyā tvadartham upakalpitā /
pratyāśvasihi śeṣvāsyāṃ sukhaṃ rāghavanandana

ucito 'yaṃ janaḥ sarvo duḥkhānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ /
dharmātmaṃs tasya guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmahe vayam

na hi rāmāt priyataro mamāsti bhuvi kaścana /
motsuko bhūr bravīmy etad apy asatyaṃ tavāgrataḥ

asya prasādād āśaṃse loke 'smin sumahad yaśaḥ /
dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulām arthāvāptiṃ ca kevalām

so 'haṃ priyasakhaṃ rāmaṃ śayānaṃ saha sītayā /
rakṣiṣyāmi dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarvaiḥ svair jñātibhiḥ saha

na hi me 'viditaṃ kiṃcid vane 'smiṃś carataḥ sadā /
caturaṅgaṃ hy api balaṃ prasahema vayaṃ yudhi

evam asmābhir uktena lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā /
anunītā vayaṃ sarve dharmam evānupaśyatā

kathaṃ dāśarathau bhūmau śayāne saha sītayā /
śakyā nidrā mayā labdhuṃ jīvitaṃ vā sukhāni vā

yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi /
taṃ paśya guha saṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā

mahatā tapasā labdho vividhaiś ca pariśramaiḥ /
eko daśarathasyaiṣa putraḥ sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ

asmin pravrājite rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati /
vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati

vinadya sumahānādaṃ śrameṇoparatāḥ striyaḥ /
nirghoṣoparataṃ nūnam adya rājaniveśanam

kausalyā caiva rājā ca tathaiva jananī mama /
nāśaṃse yadi te sarve jīveyuḥ śarvarīm imām

jīved api hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā /
duḥkhitā yā tu kausalyā vīrasūr vinaśiṣyati

atikrāntam atikrāntam anavāpya manoratham /
rājye rāmam anikṣipya pitā me vinaśiṣyati

siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle hy upasthite /
pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti bhūmipam

ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām /
harmyaprāsādasampannāṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitām

gajāśvarathasambādhāṃ tūryanādavināditām /
sarvakalyāṇasampūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām

ārāmodyānasampūrṇāṃ samājotsavaśālinīm /
sukhitā vicariṣyanti rājadhānīṃ pitur mama

api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam /
nivṛtte samaye hy asmin sukhitāḥ praviśemahi

paridevayamānasya tasyaivaṃ sumahātmanaḥ /
tiṣṭhato rājaputrasya śarvarī sātyavartata

prabhāte vimale sūrye kārayitvā jaṭā ubhau /
asmin bhāgīrathītīre sukhaṃ saṃtāritau mayā

jaṭādharau tau drumacīravāsasau mahābalau kuñjarayūthapopamau /
vareṣucāpāsidharau paraṃtapau vyavekṣamāṇau saha sītayā gatau