Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.93

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 93
niviṣṭāyāṃ tu senāyām utsuko bharatas tadā /
jagāma bhrātaraṃ draṣṭuṃ śatrughnam anudarśayan

ṛṣiṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ saṃdiśya mātḥn me śīghram ānaya /
iti tvaritam agre sa jagāma guruvatsalaḥ

sumantras tv api śatrughnam adūrād anvapadyata /
rāmadarśanajas tarṣo bharatasyeva tasya ca

gacchann evātha bharatas tāpasālayasaṃsthitām /
bhrātuḥ parṇakuṭīṃ śrīmān uṭajaṃ ca dadarśa ha

śālāyās tv agratas tasyā dadarśa bharatas tadā /
kāṣṭhāni cāvabhagnāni puṣpāṇy avacitāni ca

dadarśa ca vane tasmin mahataḥ saṃcayān kṛtān /
mṛgāṇāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ ca karīṣaiḥ śītakāraṇāt

gacchan eva mahābāhur dyutimān bharatas tadā /
śatrughnaṃ cābravīd dhṛṣṭas tān amātyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ

manye prāptāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ bharadvājo yam abravīt /
nātidūre hi manye 'haṃ nadīṃ mandākinīm itaḥ

uccair baddhāni cīrāṇi lakṣmaṇena bhaved ayam /
abhijñānakṛtaḥ panthā vikāle gantum icchatā

idaṃ codāttadantānāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām /
śailapārśve parikrāntam anyonyam abhigarjatām

yam evādhātum icchanti tāpasāḥ satataṃ vane /
tasyāsau dṛśyate dhūmaḥ saṃkulaḥ kṛṣṇavartmanaḥ

atrāhaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ gurusatkārakāriṇam /
āryaṃ drakṣyāmi saṃhṛṣṭo maharṣim iva rāghavam

atha gatvā muhūrtaṃ tu citrakūṭaṃ sa rāghavaḥ /
mandākinīm anuprāptas taṃ janaṃ cedam abravīt

jagatyāṃ puruṣavyāghra āste vīrāsane rataḥ /
janendro nirjanaṃ prāpya dhin me janma sajīvitam

matkṛte vyasanaṃ prāpto lokanātho mahādyutiḥ /
sarvān kāmān parityajya vane vasati rāghavaḥ

iti lokasamākruṣṭaḥ pādeṣv adya prasādayan /
rāmasya nipatiṣyāmi sītāyāś ca punaḥ punaḥ

evaṃ sa vilapaṃs tasmin vane daśarathātmajaḥ /
dadarśa mahatīṃ puṇyāṃ parṇaśālāṃ manoramām

sālatālāśvakarṇānāṃ parṇair bahubhir āvṛtām /
viśālāṃ mṛdubhis tīrṇāṃ kuśair vedim ivādhvare

śakrāyudhanikāśaiś ca kārmukair bhārasādhanaiḥ /
rukmapṛṣṭhair mahāsāraiḥ śobhitāṃ śatrubādhakaiḥ

arkaraśmipratīkāśair ghorais tūṇīgataiḥ śaraiḥ /
śobhitāṃ dīptavadanaiḥ sarpair bhogavatīm iva

mahārajatavāsobhyām asibhyāṃ ca virājitām /
rukmabinduvicitrābhyāṃ carmabhyāṃ cāpi śobhitām

godhāṅgulitrair āsaktaiś citraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣitaiḥ /
arisaṃghair anādhṛṣyāṃ mṛgaiḥ siṃhaguhām iva

prāgudaksravaṇāṃ vediṃ viśālāṃ dīptapāvakām /
dadarśa bharatas tatra puṇyāṃ rāmaniveśane

nirīkṣya sa muhūrtaṃ tu dadarśa bharato gurum /
uṭaje rāmam āsīnaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam

taṃ tu kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ cīravalkalavāsasam /
dadarśa rāmam āsīnam abhitaḥ pāvakopamam

siṃhaskandhaṃ mahābāhuṃ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇam /
pṛthivyāḥ sagarāntāyā bhartāraṃ dharmacāriṇam

upaviṣṭaṃ mahābāhuṃ brahmāṇam iva śāśvatam /
sthaṇḍile darbhasaṃstīrṇe sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bharataḥ śrīmān duḥkhamohapariplutaḥ /
abhyadhāvata dharmātmā bharataḥ kaikayīsutaḥ

dṛṣṭvā ca vilalāpārto bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā /
aśaknuvan dhārayituṃ dhairyād vacanam abravīt

yaḥ saṃsadi prakṛtibhir bhaved yukta upāsitum /
vanyair mṛgair upāsīnaḥ so 'yam āste mamāgrajaḥ

vāsobhir bahusāhasrair yo mahātmā purocitaḥ /
mṛgājine so 'yam iha pravaste dharmam ācaran

adhārayad yo vividhāś citrāḥ sumanasas tadā /
so 'yaṃ jaṭābhāram imaṃ sahate rāghavaḥ katham

yasya yajñair yathādiṣṭair yukto dharmasya saṃcayaḥ /
śarīrakleśasambhūtaṃ sa dharmaṃ parimārgate

candanena mahārheṇa yasyāṅgam upasevitam /
malena tasyāṅgam idaṃ katham āryasya sevyate

mannimittam idaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpto rāmaḥ sukhocitaḥ /
dhig jīvitaṃ nṛśaṃsasya mama lokavigarhitam

ity evaṃ vilapan dīnaḥ prasvinnamukhapaṅkajaḥ /
pādāv aprāpya rāmasya papāta bharato rudan

duḥkhābhitapto bharato rājaputro mahābalaḥ /
uktvāryeti sakṛd dīnaṃ punar novāca kiṃcana

bāṣpāpihitakaṇṭhaś ca prekṣya rāmaṃ yaśasvinam /
āryety evābhisaṃkruśya vyāhartuṃ nāśakat tataḥ

śatrughnaś cāpi rāmasya vavande caraṇau rudan /
tāv ubhau sa samāliṅgya rāmo 'py aśrūṇy avartayat

tataḥ sumantreṇa guhena caiva samīyatū rājasutāv araṇye /
divākaraś caiva niśākaraś ca yathāmbare śukrabṛhaspatibhyām

tān pārthivān vāraṇayūthapābhān samāgatāṃs tatra mahaty araṇye /
vanaukasas te 'pi samīkṣya sarve 'py aśrūṇy amuñcan pravihāya harṣam