Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.96

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 96
vasiṣṭhaḥ purataḥ kṛtvā dārān daśarathasya ca /
abhicakrāma taṃ deśaṃ rāmadarśanatarṣitaḥ

rājapatnyaś ca gacchantyo mandaṃ mandākinīṃ prati /
dadṛśus tatra tat tīrthaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇasevitam

kausalyā bāṣpapūrṇena mukhena pariśuṣyatā /
sumitrām abravīd dīnā yāś cānyā rājayoṣitaḥ

idaṃ teṣām anāthānāṃ kliṣṭam akliṣṭakarmaṇām /
vane prāk kevalaṃ tīrthaṃ ye te nirviṣayīkṛtāḥ

itaḥ sumitre putras te sadā jalam atandritaḥ /
svayaṃ harati saumitrir mama putrasya kāraṇāt

dakṣiṇāgreṣu darbheṣu sā dadarśa mahītale /
pitur iṅgudīpiṇyākaṃ nyastam āyatalocanā

taṃ bhūmau pitur ārtena nyastaṃ rāmeṇa vīkṣya sā /
uvāca devī kausalyā sarvā daśarathastriyaḥ

idam ikṣvākunāthasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ /
rāghaveṇa pitur dattaṃ paśyataitad yathāvidhi

tasya devasamānasya pārthivasya mahātmanaḥ /
naitad aupayikaṃ manye bhuktabhogasya bhojanam

caturantāṃ mahīṃ bhuktvā mahendrasadṛśo vibhuḥ /
katham iṅgudīpiṇyākaṃ sa bhuṅkte vasudhādhipaḥ

ato duḥkhataraṃ loke na kiṃcit pratibhāti mā /
yatra rāmaḥ pitur dadyād iṅgudīkṣodam ṛddhimān

rāmeṇeṅgudīpiṇyākaṃ pitur dattaṃ samīkṣya me /
kathaṃ duḥkhena hṛdayaṃ na sphoṭati sahasradhā

evam ārtāṃ sapatnyas tā jagmur āśvāsya tāṃ tadā /
dadṛśuś cāśrame rāmaṃ svargāc cyutam ivāmaram

sarvabhogaiḥ parityaktaṃ rāmaṃ samprekṣya mātaraḥ /
ārtā mumucur aśrūṇi sasvaraṃ śokakarśitāḥ

tāsāṃ rāmaḥ samutthāya jagrāha caraṇāñ śubhān /
mātḥṇāṃ manujavyāghraḥ sarvāsāṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ

tāḥ pāṇibhiḥ sukhasparśair mṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
pramamārjū rajaḥ pṛṣṭhād rāmasyāyatalocanāḥ

saumitrir api tāḥ sarvā mātḥn samprekṣya duḥkhitaḥ /
abhyavādayatāsaktaṃ śanai rāmād anantaram

yathā rāme tathā tasmin sarvā vavṛtire striyaḥ /
vṛttiṃ daśarathāj jāte lakṣmaṇe śubhalakṣaṇe

sītāpi caraṇāṃs tāsām upasaṃgṛhya duḥkhitā /
śvaśrūṇām aśrupūrṇākṣī sā babhūvāgrataḥ sthitā

tāṃ pariṣvajya duḥkhārtāṃ mātā duhitaraṃ yathā /
vanavāsakṛśāṃ dīnāṃ kausalyā vākyam abravīt

videharājasya sutā snuṣā daśarathasya ca /
rāmapatnī kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ samprāptā nirjane vane

padmam ātapasaṃtaptaṃ parikliṣṭam ivotpalam /
kāñcanaṃ rajasā dhvastaṃ kliṣṭaṃ candram ivāmbudaiḥ

mukhaṃ te prekṣya māṃ śoko dahaty agnir ivāśrayam /
bhṛśaṃ manasi vaidehi vyasanāraṇisambhavaḥ

bruvantyām evam ārtāyāṃ jananyāṃ bharatāgrajaḥ /
pādāv āsādya jagrāha vasiṣṭhasya sa rāghavaḥ

purohitasyāgnisamasya tasya vai bṛhaspater indra ivāmarādhipaḥ /
pragṛhya pādau susamṛddhatejasaḥ sahaiva tenopaviveśa rāghavaḥ

tato jaghanyaṃ sahitaiḥ sa mantribhiḥ purapradhānaiś ca sahaiva sainikaiḥ /
janena dharmajñatamena dharmavān upopaviṣṭo bharatas tadāgrajam

upopaviṣṭas tu tadā sa vīryavāṃs tapasviveṣeṇa samīkṣya rāghavam /
śriyā jvalantaṃ bharataḥ kṛtāñjalir yathā mahendraḥ prayataḥ prajāpatim

kim eṣa vākyaṃ bharato 'dya rāghavaṃ praṇamya satkṛtya ca sādhu vakṣyati /
itīva tasyāryajanasya tattvato babhūva kautūhalam uttamaṃ tadā

sa rāghavaḥ satyadhṛtiś ca lakṣmaṇo mahānubhāvo bharataś ca dhārmikaḥ /
vṛtāḥ suhṛdbhiś ca virejur adhvare yathā sadasyaiḥ sahitās trayo 'gnayaḥ