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Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.90

2.90.1

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 90
tathā tatrāsatas tasya bharatasyopayāyinaḥ /
sainyareṇuś ca śabdaś ca prādurāstāṃ nabhaḥspṛśau

2.90.2

etasminn antare trastāḥ śabdena mahatā tataḥ /
arditā yūthapā mattāḥ sayūthā dudruvur diśaḥ

2.90.3

sa taṃ sainyasamudbhūtaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrava rāghavaḥ /
tāṃś ca vipradrutān sarvān yūthapān anvavaikṣata

2.90.4

tāṃś ca vidravato dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca śrutvā sa niḥsvanam /
uvāca rāmaḥ saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ dīptatejasam

2.90.5

hanta lakṣmaṇa paśyeha sumitrā suprajās tvayā /
bhīmastanitagambhīras tumulaḥ śrūyate svanaḥ

2.90.7

rājā vā rājamātro vā mṛgayām aṭate vane /
anyad vā śvāpadaṃ kiṃcit saumitre jñātum arhasi /
sarvam etad yathātattvam acirāj jñātum arhasi // RamS_2,90.6* //
sa lakṣmaṇaḥ saṃtvaritaḥ sālam āruhya puṣpitam /
prekṣamāṇo diśaḥ sarvāḥ pūrvāṃ diśam avaikṣata

2.90.8

udaṅmukhaḥ prekṣamāṇo dadarśa mahatīṃ camūm /
rathāśvagajasambādhāṃ yattair yuktāṃ padātibhiḥ

2.90.9

tām aśvagajasampūrṇāṃ rathadhvajavibhūṣitām /
śaśaṃsa senāṃ rāmāya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt

2.90.10

agniṃ saṃśamayatv āryaḥ sītā ca bhajatāṃ guhām /
sajyaṃ kuruṣva cāpaṃ ca śarāṃś ca kavacaṃ tathā

2.90.11

taṃ rāmaḥ puruṣavyāghro lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyuvāca ha /
aṅgāvekṣasva saumitre kasyaitāṃ manyase camūm

2.90.12

evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇo vākyam abravīt /
didhakṣann iva tāṃ senāṃ ruṣitaḥ pāvako yathā

2.90.13

sampannaṃ rājyam icchaṃs tu vyaktaṃ prāpyābhiṣecanam /
āvāṃ hantuṃ samabhyeti kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ

2.90.14

eṣa vai sumahāñ śrīmān viṭapī saṃprakāśate /
virājaty udgataskandhaḥ kovidāradhvajo rathe

2.90.15

bhajanty ete yathākāmam aśvān āruhya śīghragān /
ete bhrājanti saṃhṛṣṭā gajān āruhya sādinaḥ

2.90.16

gṛhītadhanuṣau cāvāṃ giriṃ vīra śrayāvahe /
api nau vaśam āgacchet kovidāradhvajo raṇe

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api drakṣyāmi bharataṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat /
tvayā rāghava samprāptaṃ sītayā ca mayā tathā

2.90.18

yannimittaṃ bhavān rājyāc cyuto rāghava śāśvatāt /
samprāpto 'yam arir vīra bharato vadhya eva me

2.90.20

bharatasya vadhe doṣaṃ nāhaṃ paśyāmi rāghava /
pūrvāpakāriṇāṃ tyāge na hy adharmo vidhīyate /
etasmin nihate kṛtsnām anuśādhi vasuṃdharām // RamS_2,90.19* //
adya putraṃ hataṃ saṃkhye kaikeyī rājyakāmukā /
mayā paśyet suduḥkhārtā hastibhagnam iva drumam

2.90.21

kaikeyīṃ ca vadhiṣyāmi sānubandhāṃ sabāndhavām /
kaluṣeṇādya mahatā medinī parimucyatām

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adyemaṃ saṃyataṃ krodham asatkāraṃ ca mānada /
mokṣyāmi śatrusainyeṣu kakṣeṣv iva hutāśanam

2.90.23

adyaitac citrakūṭasya kānanaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
bhindañ śatruśarīrāṇi kariṣye śoṇitokṣitam

2.90.24

śarair nirbhinnahṛdayān kuñjarāṃs turagāṃs tathā /
śvāpadāḥ parikarṣantu narāṃś ca nihatān mayā

2.90.25

śarāṇāṃ dhanuṣaś cāham anṛṇo 'smi mahāvane /
sasainyaṃ bharataṃ hatvā bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ

Original text: Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 · Edition: T.R. Krishnacarya: The Valmiki Ramayana - According to Southern recension, 1905 (Repr. Delhi : Sri Satguru Publications, 1982) · Data entry Oliver Hellwig · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0