Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.94

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 94
āghrāya rāmas taṃ mūrdhni pariṣvajya ca rāghavaḥ /
aṅke bharatam āropya paryapṛcchat samāhitaḥ

kva nu te 'bhūt pitā tāta yad araṇyaṃ tvam āgataḥ /
na hi tvaṃ jīvatas tasya vanam āgantum arhasi

cirasya bata paśyāmi dūrād bharatam āgatam /
duṣpratīkam araṇye 'smin kiṃ tāta vanam āgataḥ

kaccid daśaratho rājā kuśalī satyasaṃgaraḥ /
rājasūyāśvamedhānām āhartā dharmaniścayaḥ

sa kaccid brāhmaṇo vidvān dharmanityo mahādyutiḥ /
ikṣvākūṇām upādhyāyo yathāvat tāta pūjyate

tāta kaccic ca kausalyā sumitrā ca prajāvatī /
sukhinī kaccid āryā ca devī nandati kaikayī

kaccid vinayasampannaḥ kulaputro bahuśrutaḥ /
anasūyur anudraṣṭā satkṛtas te purohitaḥ

kaccid agniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimān ṛjuḥ /
hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā

iṣvastravarasampannam arthaśāstraviśāradam /
sudhanvānam upādhyāyaṃ kaccit tvaṃ tāta manyase

kaccid ātmasamāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavanto jitendriyāḥ /
kulīnāś ceṅgitajñāś ca kṛtās te tāta mantriṇaḥ

mantro vijayamūlaṃ hi rājñāṃ bhavati rāghava /
susaṃvṛto mantradharair amātyaiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ

kaccin nidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccit kāle vibudhyase /
kaccic cāpararātriṣu cintayasy arthanaipuṇam

kaccin mantrayase naikaḥ kaccin na bahubhiḥ saha /
kaccit te mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati

kaccid arthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam /
kṣipram ārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava

kaccit tu sukṛtāny eva kṛtarūpāṇi vā punaḥ /
vidus te sarvakāryāṇi na kartavyāni pārthivāḥ

kaccin na tarkair yuktvā vā ye cāpy aparikīrtitāḥ /
tvayā vā tava vāmātyair budhyate tāta mantritam

kaccit sahasrān mūrkhāṇām ekam icchasi paṇḍitam /
paṇḍito hy arthakṛcchreṣu kuryān niḥśreyasaṃ mahat

sahasrāṇy api mūrkhāṇāṃ yady upāste mahīpatiḥ /
atha vāpy ayutāny eva nāsti teṣu sahāyatā

eko 'py amātyo medhāvī śūro dakṣo vicakṣaṇaḥ /
rājānaṃ rājamātraṃ vā prāpayen mahatīṃ śriyam

kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ /
jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ

amātyān upadhātītān pitṛpaitāmahāñ śucīn /
śreṣṭhāñ śreṣṭheṣu kaccit tvaṃ niyojayasi karmasu

kaccit tvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā /
ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānam iva striyaḥ

upāyakuśalaṃ vaidyaṃ bhṛtyasaṃdūṣaṇe ratam /
śūram aiśvaryakāmaṃ ca yo na hanti sa vadhyate

kaccid dhṛṣṭaś ca śūraś ca dhṛtimān matimāñ śuciḥ /
kulīnaś cānuraktaś ca dakṣaḥ senāpatiḥ kṛtaḥ

balavantaś ca kaccit te mukhyā yuddhaviśāradāḥ /
dṛṣṭāpadānā vikrāntās tvayā satkṛtya mānitāḥ

kaccid balasya bhaktaṃ ca vetanaṃ ca yathocitam /
samprāptakālaṃ dātavyaṃ dadāsi na vilambase

kālātikramaṇe hy eva bhaktavetanayor bhṛtāḥ /
bhartuḥ kupyanti duṣyanti so 'narthaḥ sumahān smṛtaḥ

kaccit sarve 'nuraktās tvāṃ kulaputrāḥ pradhānataḥ /
kaccit prāṇāṃs tavārtheṣu saṃtyajanti samāhitāḥ

kaccij jānapado vidvān dakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān /
yathoktavādī dūtas te kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ

kaccid aṣṭādaśāny eṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca /
tribhis tribhir avijñātair vetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ

kaccid vyapāstān ahitān pratiyātāṃś ca sarvadā /
durbalān anavajñāya vartase ripusūdana

kaccin na lokāyatikān brāhmaṇāṃs tāta sevase /
anarthakuśalā hy ete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ

dharmaśāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāneṣu durbudhāḥ /
buddhimān vīkṣikīṃ prāpya nirarthaṃ pravadanti te

vīrair adhyuṣitāṃ pūrvam asmākaṃ tāta pūrvakaiḥ /
satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhadvārāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyaiḥ svakarmanirataiḥ sadā /
jitendriyair mahotsāhair vṛtām āryaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

prāsādair vividhākārair vṛtāṃ vaidyajanākulām /
kaccit samuditāṃ sphītām ayodhyāṃ parirakṣasi

kaccic caityaśatair juṣṭaḥ suniviṣṭajanākulaḥ /
devasthānaiḥ prapābhiś ca taḍāgaiś copaśobhitaḥ

prahṛṣṭanaranārīkaḥ samājotsavaśobhitaḥ /
sukṛṣṭasīmā paśumān hiṃsābhir parivarjitaḥ

adevamātṛko ramyaḥ śvāpadaiḥ parivarjitaḥ /
kaccij janapadaḥ sphītaḥ sukhaṃ vasati rāghava

kaccit te dayitāḥ sarve kṛṣigorakṣajīvinaḥ /
vārttāyāṃ saṃśritas tāta loko hi sukham edhate

teṣāṃ guptiparīhāraiḥ kaccit te bharaṇaṃ kṛtam /
rakṣyā hi rājñā dharmeṇa sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ

kaccit striyaḥ sāntvayasi kaccit tāś ca surakṣitāḥ /
kaccin na śraddadhāsyāsāṃ kaccid guhyaṃ na bhāṣase

kaccin nāgavanaṃ guptaṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ ca tṛpyasi /
kaccid darśayase nityaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vibhūṣitam /
utthāyotthāya pūrvāhṇe rājaputro mahāpathe // RamS_2,94.43* //
kaccit sarvāṇi durgāṇi dhanadhānyāyudhodakaiḥ /
yantraiś ca paripūrṇāni tathā śilpidhanurdharaiḥ

āyas te vipulaḥ kaccit kaccid alpataro vyayaḥ /
apātreṣu na te kaccit kośo gacchati rāghava

devatārthe ca pitrarthe brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu ca /
yodheṣu mitravargeṣu kaccid gacchati te vyayaḥ

kaccid āryo viśuddhātmākṣāritaś corakarmaṇā /
apṛṣṭaḥ śāstrakuśalair na lobhād badhyate śuciḥ

gṛhītaś caiva pṛṣṭaś ca kāle dṛṣṭaḥ sakāraṇaḥ /
kaccin na mucyate coro dhanalobhān nararṣabha

vyasane kaccid āḍhyasya durgatasya ca rāghava /
arthaṃ virāgāḥ paśyanti tavāmātyā bahuśrutāḥ

yāni mithyābhiśastānāṃ patanty asrāṇi rāghava /
tāni putrapaśūn ghnanti prītyartham anuśāsataḥ

kaccid vṛddhāṃś ca bālāṃś ca vaidyamukhyāṃś ca rāghava /
dānena manasā vācā tribhir etair bubhūṣase

kaccid gurūṃś ca vṛddhāṃś ca tāpasān devatātithīn /
caityāṃś ca sarvān siddhārthān brāhmaṇāṃś ca namasyasi

kaccid arthena vā dharmaṃ dharmaṃ dharmeṇa vā punaḥ /
ubhau vā prītilobhena kāmena na vibādhase

kaccid arthaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca jayatāṃ vara /
vibhajya kāle kālajña sarvān bharata sevase

kaccit te brāhmaṇāḥ śarma sarvaśāstrārthakovidāḥ /
āśaṃsante mahāprājña paurajānapadaiḥ saha

nāstikyam anṛtaṃ krodhaṃ pramādaṃ dīrghasūtratām /
adarśanaṃ jñānavatām ālasyaṃ pañcavṛttitām

ekacintanam arthānām anarthajñaiś ca mantraṇam /
niścitānām anārambhaṃ mantrasyāparirakṣaṇam

maṅgalasyāprayogaṃ ca pratyutthānaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ /
kaccit tvaṃ varjayasy etān rājadoṣāṃś caturdaśa

kaccit svādukṛtaṃ bhojyam eko nāśnāsi rāghava /
kaccid āśaṃsamānebhyo mitrebhyaḥ samprayacchasi