Ramayana · Chapter 2.018

tathā tu vilapantīṃ tāṃ kausalyāṃ rāmamātaram
uvāca lakṣmaṇo dīnas tat kālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ

na rocate mamāpy etad ārye yad rāghavo vanam
tyaktvā rājyaśriyaṃ gacchet striyā vākyavaśaṃ gataḥ

viparītaś ca vṛddhaś ca viṣayaiś ca pradharṣitaḥ
nṛpaḥ kim iva na brūyāc codyamānaḥ samanmathaḥ

nāsyāparādhaṃ paśyāmi nāpi doṣaṃ tathā vidham
yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrād vanavāsāya rāghavaḥ

na taṃ paśyāmy ahaṃ loke parokṣam api yo naraḥ
amitro 'pi nirasto 'pi yo 'sya doṣam udāharet

devakalpam ṛjuṃ dāntaṃ ripūṇām api vatsalam
avekṣamāṇaḥ ko dharmaṃ tyajet putram akāraṇāt

tad idaṃ vacanaṃ rājñaḥ punar bālyam upeyuṣaḥ
putraḥ ko hṛdaye kuryād rājavṛttam anusmaran

yāvad eva na jānāti kaś cid artham imaṃ naraḥ
tāvad eva mayā sārdham ātmasthaṃ kuru śāsanam

mayā pārśve sadhanuṣā tava guptasya rāghava
kaḥ samartho 'dhikaṃ kartuṃ kṛtāntasyeva tiṣṭhataḥ

nirmanuṣyām imāṃ sarvām ayodhyāṃ manujarṣabha
kariṣyāmi śarais tīkṣṇair yadi sthāsyati vipriye

bharatasyātha pakṣyo vā yo vāsya hitam icchati
sarvān etān vadhiṣyāmi mṛdur hi paribhūyate

tvayā caiva mayā caiva kṛtvā vairam anuttamam
kasya śaktiḥ śriyaṃ dātuṃ bharatāyāriśāsana

anurakto 'smi bhāvena bhrātaraṃ devi tattvataḥ
satyena dhanuṣā caiva datteneṣṭena te śape

dīptam agnim araṇyaṃ vā yadi rāmaḥ pravekṣyate
praviṣṭaṃ tatra māṃ devi tvaṃ pūrvam avadhāraya

harāmi vīryād duḥkhaṃ te tamaḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ
devī paśyatu me vīryaṃ rāghavaś caiva paśyatu

etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ
uvāca rāmaṃ kausalyā rudantī śokalālasā

bhrātus te vadataḥ putra lakṣmaṇasya śrutaṃ tvayā
yad atrānantaraṃ tat tvaṃ kuruṣva yadi rocate

na cādharmyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sapatnyā mama bhāṣitam
vihāya śokasaṃtaptāṃ gantum arhasi mām itaḥ

dharmajña yadi dharmiṣṭho dharmaṃ caritum icchasi
śuśrūṣa mām ihasthas tvaṃ cara dharmam anuttamam

śuśrūṣur jananīṃ putra svagṛhe niyato vasan
pareṇa tapasā yuktaḥ kāśyapas tridivaṃ gataḥ

yathaiva rājā pūjyas te gauraveṇa tathā hy aham
tvāṃ nāham anujānāmi na gantavyam ito vanam

tvadviyogān na me kāryaṃ jīvitena sukhena vā
tvayā saha mama śreyas tṛṇānām api bhakṣaṇam

yadi tvaṃ yāsyasi vanaṃ tyaktvā māṃ śokalālasām
ahaṃ prāyam ihāsiṣye na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum

tatas tvaṃ prāpsyase putra nirayaṃ lokaviśrutam
brahmahatyām ivādharmāt samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ

vilapantīṃ tathā dīnāṃ kausalyāṃ jananīṃ tataḥ
uvāca rāmo dharmātmā vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam

nāsti śaktiḥ pitur vākyaṃ samatikramituṃ mama
prasādaye tvāṃ śirasā gantum icchāmy ahaṃ vanam

ṛṣiṇā ca pitur vākyaṃ kurvatā vratacāriṇā
gaur hatā jānatā dharmaṃ kaṇḍunāpi vipaścitā

asmākaṃ ca kule pūrvaṃ sagarasyājñayā pituḥ
khanadbhiḥ sāgarair bhūtim avāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa reṇukā jananī svayam
kṛttā paraśunāraṇye pitur vacanakāriṇā

na khalv etan mayaikena kriyate pitṛśāsanam
pūrvair ayam abhipreto gato mārgo 'nugamyate

tad etat tu mayā kāryaṃ kriyate bhuvi nānyathā
pitur hi vacanaṃ kurvan na kaś cin nāma hīyate

tām evam uktvā jananīṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ punar abravīt
tava lakṣmaṇa jānāmi mayi sneham anuttamam
abhiprāyam avijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca

dharmo hi paramo loke dharme satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
dharmasaṃśritam etac ca pitur vacanam uttamam

saṃśrutya ca pitur vākyaṃ mātur vā brāhmaṇasya vā
na kartavyaṃ vṛthā vīra dharmam āśritya tiṣṭhatā

so 'haṃ na śakṣyāmi pitur niyogam ativartitum
pitur hi vacanād vīra kaikeyyāhaṃ pracoditaḥ

tad enāṃ visṛjānāryāṃ kṣatradharmāśritāṃ matim
dharmam āśraya mā taikṣṇyaṃ madbuddhir anugamyatām

tam evam uktvā sauhārdād bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ
uvāca bhūyaḥ kausalyāṃ prāñjaliḥ śirasānataḥ

anumanyasva māṃ devi gamiṣyantam ito vanam
śāpitāsi mama prāṇaiḥ kuru svastyayanāni me
tīrṇapratijñaś ca vanāt punar eṣyāmy ahaṃ purīm

yaśo hy ahaṃ kevalarājyakāraṇān na pṛṣṭhataḥ kartum alaṃ mahodayam
adīrghakāle na tu devi jīvite vṛṇe 'varām adya mahīm adharmataḥ

prasādayan naravṛṣabhaḥ sa mātaraṃ parākramāj jigamiṣur eva daṇḍakān
athānujaṃ bhṛśam anuśāsya darśanaṃ cakāra tāṃ hṛdi jananīṃ pradakṣiṇam