Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.97

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 97
taṃ tu rāmaḥ samāśvāsya bhrātaraṃ guruvatsalam /
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame

kim etad iccheyam ahaṃ śrotuṃ pravyāhṛtaṃ tvayā /
yasmāt tvam āgato deśam imaṃ cīrajaṭājinī

yannimittam imaṃ deśaṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharaḥ /
hitvā rājyaṃ praviṣṭas tvaṃ tat sarvaṃ vaktum arhasi

ity uktaḥ kekayīputraḥ kākutsthena mahātmanā /
pragṛhya balavad bhūyaḥ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt

āryaṃ tātaḥ parityajya kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram /
gataḥ svargaṃ mahābāhuḥ putraśokābhipīḍitaḥ

striyā niyuktaḥ kaikeyyā mama mātrā paraṃtapa /
cakāra sumahat pāpam idam ātmayaśoharam

sā rājyaphalam aprāpya vidhavā śokakarśitā /
patiṣyati mahāghore niraye jananī mama

tasya me dāsabhūtasya prasādaṃ kartum arhasi /
abhiṣiñcasva cādyaiva rājyena maghavān iva

imāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā vidhavā mātaraś ca yāḥ /
tvatsakāśam anuprāptāḥ prasādaṃ kartum arhasi

tadānupūrvyā yuktaṃ ca yuktaṃ cātmani mānada /
rājyaṃ prāpnuhi dharmeṇa sakāmān suhṛdaḥ kuru

bhavatv avidhavā bhūmiḥ samagrā patinā tvayā /
śaśinā vimaleneva śāradī rajanī yathā

ebhiś ca sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ śirasā yācito mayā /
bhrātuḥ śiṣyasya dāsasya prasādaṃ kartum arhasi

tad idaṃ śāśvataṃ pitryaṃ sarvaṃ sacivamaṇḍalam /
pūjitaṃ puruṣavyāghra nātikramitum utsahe

evam uktvā mahābāhuḥ sabāṣpaḥ kekayīsutaḥ /
rāmasya śirasā pādau jagrāha bharataḥ punaḥ

taṃ mattam iva mātaṃgaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
bhrātaraṃ bharataṃ rāmaḥ pariṣvajyedam abravīt

kulīnaḥ sattvasampannas tejasvī caritavrataḥ /
rājyahetoḥ kathaṃ pāpam ācaret tvadvidho janaḥ

na doṣaṃ tvayi paśyāmi sūkṣmam apy arisūdana /
na cāpi jananīṃ bālyāt tvaṃ vigarhitum arhasi

yāvat pitari dharmajña gauravaṃ lokasatkṛte /
tāvad dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha jananyām api gauravam

etābhyāṃ dharmaśīlābhyāṃ vanaṃ gaccheti rāghava /
mātāpitṛbhyām ukto 'haṃ katham anyat samācare

tvayā rājyam ayodhyāyāṃ prāptavyaṃ lokasatkṛtam /
vastavyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye mayā valkalavāsasā

evaṃ kṛtvā mahārājo vibhāgaṃ lokasaṃnidhau /
vyādiśya ca mahātejā divaṃ daśaratho gataḥ

sa ca pramāṇaṃ dharmātmā rājā lokagurus tava /
pitrā dattaṃ yathābhāgam upabhoktuṃ tvam arhasi

caturdaśa samāḥ saumya daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ /
upabhokṣye tv ahaṃ dattaṃ bhāgaṃ pitrā mahātmanā

yad abravīn māṃ naralokasatkṛtaḥ pitā mahātmā vibudhādhipopamaḥ /
tad eva manye paramātmano hitaṃ na sarvalokeśvarabhāvam avyayam