Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.85

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 85
kṛtabuddhiṃ nivāsāya tathaiva sa munis tadā /
bharataṃ kaikayīputram ātithyena nyamantrayat

abravīd bharatas tv enaṃ nanv idaṃ bhavatā kṛtam /
pādyam arghyaṃ tathātithyaṃ vane yad upapadyate

athovāca bharadvājo bharataṃ prahasann iva /
jāne tvāṃ prītisaṃyuktaṃ tuṣyes tvaṃ yena kenacit

senāyās tu tavaitasyāḥ kartum icchāmi bhojanam /
mama prītir yathārūpā tvam arho manujarṣabha

kimarthaṃ cāpi nikṣipya dūre balam ihāgataḥ /
kasmān nehopayāto 'si sabalaḥ puruṣarṣabha

bharataḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prāñjalis taṃ tapodhanam /
sasainyo nopayāto 'smi bhagavan bhagavadbhayāt

vājimukhyā manuṣyāś ca mattāś ca varavāraṇāḥ /
pracchādya mahatīṃ bhūmiṃ bhagavann anuyānti mām

te vṛkṣān udakaṃ bhūmim āśrameṣūṭajāṃs tathā /
na hiṃsyur iti tenāham eka evāgatas tataḥ

ānīyatām itaḥ senety ājñaptaḥ paramarṣiṇā /
tathā tu cakre bharataḥ senāyāḥ samupāgamam

agniśālāṃ praviśyātha pītvāpaḥ parimṛjya ca /
ātithyasya kriyāhetor viśvakarmāṇam āhvayat

āhvaye viśvakarmāṇam ahaṃ tvaṣṭāram eva ca /
ātithyaṃ kartum icchāmi tatra me saṃvidhīyatām

prāksrotasaś ca yā nadyaḥ pratyaksrotasa eva ca /
pṛthivyām antarikṣe ca samāyāntv adya sarvaśaḥ

anyāḥ sravantu maireyaṃ surām anyāḥ suniṣṭhitām /
aparāś codakaṃ śītam ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam

āhvaye devagandharvān viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn /
tathaivāpsaraso devīr gandharvīś cāpi sarvaśaḥ

ghṛtācīm atha viśvācīṃ miśrakeśīm alambusām /
śakraṃ yāś copatiṣṭhanti brahmāṇaṃ yāś ca bhāminīḥ /
sarvās tumburuṇā sārdham āhvaye saparicchadāḥ // RamS_2,85.15* //
vanaṃ kuruṣu yad divyaṃ vāso bhūṣaṇapattravat /
divyanārīphalaṃ śaśvat tat kauberam ihaiva tu

iha me bhagavān somo vidhattām annam uttamam /
bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca coṣyaṃ ca lehyaṃ ca vividhaṃ bahu

vicitrāṇi ca mālyāni pādapapracyutāni ca /
surādīni ca peyāni māṃsāni vividhāni ca

evaṃ samādhinā yuktas tejasāpratimena ca /
śikṣāsvarasamāyuktaṃ tapasā cābravīn muniḥ

manasā dhyāyatas tasya prāṅmukhasya kṛtāñjaleḥ /
ājagmus tāni sarvāṇi daivatāni pṛthakpṛthak

malayaṃ darduraṃ caiva tataḥ svedanudo 'nilaḥ /
upaspṛśya vavau yuktyā supriyātmā sukhaḥ śivaḥ

tato 'bhyavartanta ghanā divyāḥ kusumavṛṣṭayaḥ /
devadundubhighoṣaś ca dikṣu sarvāsu śuśruve

pravavuś cottamā vātā nanṛtuś cāpsarogaṇāḥ /
prajagur devagandharvā vīṇāḥ pramumucuḥ svarān

sa śabdo dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca prāṇināṃ śravaṇāni ca /
viveśoccāritaḥ ślakṣṇaḥ samo layaguṇānvitaḥ

tasminn uparate śabde divye śrotrasukhe nṛṇām /
dadarśa bhārataṃ sainyaṃ vidhānaṃ viśvakarmaṇaḥ

babhūva hi samā bhūmiḥ samantāt pañcayojanam /
śādvalair bahubhiś channā nīlavaiḍūryasaṃnibhaiḥ

tasmin bilvāḥ kapitthāś ca panasā bījapūrakāḥ /
āmalakyo babhūvuś ca cūtāś ca phalabhūṣaṇāḥ

uttarebhyaḥ kurubhyaś ca vanaṃ divyopabhogavat /
ājagāma nadī divyā tīrajair bahubhir vṛtā

catuḥśālāni śubhrāṇi śālāś ca gajavājinām /
harmyaprāsādasaṃghātās toraṇāni śubhāni ca

sitameghanibhaṃ cāpi rājaveśma sutoraṇam /
śuklamālyakṛtākāraṃ divyagandhasamukṣitam

caturasram asaṃbādhaṃ śayanāsanayānavat /
divyaiḥ sarvarasair yuktaṃ divyabhojanavastravat

upakalpitasarvānnaṃ dhautanirmalabhājanam /
kḷptasarvāsanaṃ śrīmat svāstīrṇaśayanottamam

praviveśa mahābāhur anujñāto maharṣiṇā /
veśma tad ratnasampūrṇaṃ bharataḥ kaikayīsutaḥ

anujagmuś ca taṃ sarve mantriṇaḥ sapurohitāḥ /
babhūvuś ca mudā yuktās taṃ dṛṣṭvā veśmasaṃvidhim

tatra rājāsanaṃ divyaṃ vyajanaṃ chattram eva ca /
bharato mantribhiḥ sārdham abhyavartata rājavat

āsanaṃ pūjayāmāsa rāmāyābhipraṇamya ca /
vālavyajanam ādāya nyaṣīdat sacivāsane

ānupūrvyān niṣeduś ca sarve mantripurohitāḥ /
tataḥ senāpatiḥ paścāt praśāstā ca niṣedatuḥ

tatas tatra muhūrtena nadyaḥ pāyasakardamāḥ /
upātiṣṭhanta bharataṃ bharadvājasya śāsanāt

tāsām ubhayataḥ kūlaṃ pāṇḍumṛttikalepanāḥ /
ramyāś cāvasathā divyā brahmaṇas tu prasādajāḥ

tenaiva ca muhūrtena divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ /
āgur viṃśatisāhasrā brahmaṇā prahitāḥ striyaḥ

suvarṇamaṇimuktena pravālena ca śobhitāḥ /
āgur viṃśatisāhasrāḥ kuberaprahitāḥ striyaḥ

yābhir gṛhītaḥ puruṣaḥ sonmāda iva lakṣyate /
āgur viṃśatisāhasrā nandanād apsarogaṇāḥ

nāradas tumburur gopaḥ parvataḥ sūryavarcasaḥ /
ete gandharvarājāno bharatasyāgrato jaguḥ

alambusā miśrakeśī puṇḍarīkātha vāmanā /
upānṛtyaṃs tu bharataṃ bharadvājasya śāsanāt

yāni mālyāni deveṣu yāni caitrarathe vane /
prayāge tāny adṛśyanta bharadvājasya śāsanāt

bilvā mārdaṅgikā āsañ śamyāgrāhā vibhītakāḥ /
aśvatthā nartakāś cāsan bharadvājasya tejasā

tataḥ saralatālāś ca tilakā naktamālakāḥ /
prahṛṣṭās tatra saṃpetuḥ kubjā bhūtvātha vāmanāḥ

śiṃśapāmalakī jambūr yāś cānyāḥ kānane latāḥ /
pramadāvigrahaṃ kṛtvā bharadvājāśrame 'vasan

surāṃ surāpāḥ pibata pāyasaṃ ca bubhukṣitāḥ /
māṃsāni ca sumedhyāni bhakṣyantāṃ yāvad icchatha

utsādya snāpayanti sma nadītīreṣu valguṣu /
apy ekam ekaṃ puruṣaṃ pramadāḥ sapta cāṣṭa ca

saṃvahantyaḥ samāpetur nāryo ruciralocanāḥ /
parimṛjya tathā nyāyaṃ pāyayanti varāṅganāḥ

hayān gajān kharān uṣṭrāṃs tathaiva surabheḥ sutān /
ikṣūṃś ca madhujālāṃś ca bhojayanti sma vāhanān /
ikṣvākuvarayodhānāṃ codayanto mahābalāḥ // RamS_2,85.52* //
nāśvabandho 'śvam ājānān na gajaṃ kuñjaragrahaḥ /
mattapramattamuditā camūḥ sā tatra saṃbabhau

tarpitāḥ sarvakāmais te raktacandanarūṣitāḥ /
apsarogaṇasaṃyuktāḥ sainyā vācam udairayan

naivāyodhyāṃ gamiṣyāmo na gamiṣyāma daṇḍakān /
kuśalaṃ bharatasyāstu rāmasyāstu tathā sukham

iti pādātayodhāś ca hastyaśvārohabandhakāḥ /
anāthās taṃ vidhiṃ labdhvā vācam etām udairayan

samprahṛṣṭā vinedus te narās tatra sahasraśaḥ /
bharatasyānuyātāraḥ svargo 'yam iti cābruvan

tato bhuktavatāṃ teṣāṃ tad annam amṛtopamam /
divyān udvīkṣya bhakṣyāṃs tān abhavad bhakṣaṇe matiḥ

preṣyāś ceṭyaś ca vadhvaś ca balasthāś cāpi sarvaśaḥ /
babhūvus te bhṛśaṃ tṛptāḥ sarve cāhatavāsasaḥ

kuñjarāś ca kharoṣṭraś ca go'śvāś ca mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ /
babhūvuḥ subhṛtās tatra nānyo hy anyam akalpayat

nāśuklavāsās tatrāsīt kṣudhito malino 'pi vā /
rajasā dhvastakeśo vā naraḥ kaścid adṛśyata

ājaiś cāpi ca vārāhair niṣṭhānavarasaṃcayaiḥ /
phalaniryūhasaṃsiddhaiḥ sūpair gandharasānvitaiḥ

puṣpadhvajavatīḥ pūrṇāḥ śuklasyānnasya cābhitaḥ /
dadṛśur vismitās tatra narā lauhīḥ sahasraśaḥ

babhūvur vanapārśveṣu kūpāḥ pāyasakardamāḥ /
tāś ca kāmadughā gāvo drumāś cāsan madhuścyutaḥ

vāpyo maireyapūrṇāś ca mṛṣṭamāṃsacayair vṛtāḥ /
prataptapiṭharaiś cāpi mārgamāyūrakaukkuṭaiḥ

pātrīṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi śātakumbhamayāni ca /
sthālyaḥ kumbhyaḥ karambhyaś ca dadhipūrṇāḥ susaṃskṛtāḥ /
yauvanasthasya gaurasya kapitthasya sugandhinaḥ // RamS_2,85.66* //
hradāḥ pūrṇā rasālasya dadhnaḥ śvetasya cāpare /
babhūvuḥ pāyasasyānte śarkarāyāś ca saṃcayāḥ

kalkāṃś cūrṇakaṣāyāṃś ca snānāni vividhāni ca /
dadṛśur bhājanasthāni tīrtheṣu saritāṃ narāḥ

śuklān aṃśumataś cāpi dantadhāvanasaṃcayān /
śuklāṃś candanakalkāṃś ca samudgeṣv avatiṣṭhataḥ

darpaṇān parimṛṣṭāṃś ca vāsasāṃ cāpi saṃcayān /
pādukopānahāṃ caiva yugmān yatra sahasraśaḥ

āñjanīḥ kaṅkatān kūrcāṃś chattrāṇi ca dhanūṃṣi ca /
marmatrāṇāni citrāṇi śayanāny āsanāni ca

pratipānahradān pūrṇān kharoṣṭragajavājinām /
avagāhya sutīrthāṃś ca hradān sotpalapuṣkarān

nīlavaiḍūryavarṇāṃś ca mṛdūn yavasasaṃcayān /
nirvāpārthaṃ paśūnāṃ te dadṛśus tatra sarvaśaḥ

vyasmayanta manuṣyās te svapnakalpaṃ tad adbhutam /
dṛṣṭvātithyaṃ kṛtaṃ tādṛg bharatasya maharṣiṇā

ity evaṃ ramamāṇānāṃ devānām iva nandane /
bharadvājāśrame ramye sā rātrir vyatyavartata

pratijagmuś ca tā nadyo gandharvāś ca yathāgatam /
bharadvājam anujñāpya tāś ca sarvā varāṅganāḥ

tathaiva mattā madirotkaṭā narās tathaiva divyāgurucandanokṣitāḥ /
tathaiva divyā vividhāḥ sraguttamāḥ pṛthakprakīrṇā manujaiḥ pramarditāḥ