Ramayana · Chapter 2.020

iti bruvati rāme tu lakṣmaṇo 'dhaḥśirā muhuḥ
śrutvā madhyaṃ jagāmeva manasā duḥkhaharṣayoḥ

tadā tu baddhvā bhrukuṭīṃ bhruvor madhye nararṣabha
niśaśvāsa mahāsarpo bilastha iva roṣitaḥ

tasya duṣprativīkṣyaṃ tad bhrukuṭīsahitaṃ tadā
babhau kruddhasya siṃhasya mukhasya sadṛśaṃ mukham

agrahas taṃ vidhunvaṃs tu hastī hastam ivātmanaḥ
tiryag ūrdhvaṃ śarīre ca pātayitvā śirodharām

agrākṣṇā vīkṣamāṇas tu tiryag bhrātaram abravīt
asthāne saṃbhramo yasya jāto vai sumahān ayam

dharmadoṣaprasaṅgena lokasyānatiśaṅkayā
kathaṃ hy etad asaṃbhrāntas tvadvidho vaktum arhati

yathā daivam aśauṇḍīraṃ śauṇḍīraḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ
kiṃ nāma kṛpaṇaṃ daivam aśaktam abhiśaṃsasi

pāpayos te kathaṃ nāma tayoḥ śaṅkā na vidyate
santi dharmopadhāḥ ślakṣṇā dharmātman kiṃ na budhyase

lokavidviṣṭam ārabdhaṃ tvadanyasyābhiṣecanam
yeneyam āgatā dvaidhaṃ tava buddhir mahīpate
sa hi dharmo mama dveṣyaḥ prasaṅgād yasya muhyasi

yady api pratipattis te daivī cāpi tayor matam
tathāpy upekṣaṇīyaṃ te na me tad api rocate

viklavo vīryahīno yaḥ sa daivam anuvartate
vīrāḥ saṃbhāvitātmāno na daivaṃ paryupāsate

daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa yaḥ samarthaḥ prabādhitum
na daivena vipannārthaḥ puruṣaḥ so 'vasīdati

drakṣyanti tv adya daivasya pauruṣaṃ puruṣasya ca
daivamānuṣayor adya vyaktā vyaktir bhaviṣyati

adya matpauruṣahataṃ daivaṃ drakṣyanti vai janāḥ
yad daivād āhataṃ te 'dya dṛṣṭaṃ rājyābhiṣecanam

atyaṅkuśam ivoddāmaṃ gajaṃ madabaloddhatam
pradhāvitam ahaṃ daivaṃ pauruṣeṇa nivartaye

lokapālāḥ samastās te nādya rāmābhiṣecanam
na ca kṛtsnās trayo lokā vihanyuḥ kiṃ punaḥ pitā

yair vivāsas tavāraṇye mitho rājan samarthitaḥ
araṇye te vivatsyanti caturdaśa samās tathā

ahaṃ tadāśāṃ chetsyāmi pitus tasyāś ca yā tava
abhiṣekavighātena putrarājyāya vartate

madbalena viruddhāya na syād daivabalaṃ tathā
prabhaviṣyati duḥkhāya yathograṃ pauruṣaṃ mama

ūrdhvaṃ varṣasahasrānte prajāpālyam anantaram
āryaputrāḥ kariṣyanti vanavāsaṃ gate tvayi

pūrvarājarṣivṛttyā hi vanavāso vidhīyate
prajā nikṣipya putreṣu putravat paripālane

sa ced rājany anekāgre rājyavibhramaśaṅkayā
naivam icchasi dharmātman rājyaṃ rāma tvam ātmani

pratijāne ca te vīra mā bhūvaṃ vīralokabhāk
rājyaṃ ca tava rakṣeyam ahaṃ veleva sāgaram

maṅgalair abhiṣiñcasva tatra tvaṃ vyāpṛto bhava
aham eko mahīpālān alaṃ vārayituṃ balāt

na śobhārthāv imau bāhū na dhanur bhūṣaṇāya me
nāsirābandhanārthāya na śarāḥ stambhahetavaḥ

amitradamanārthaṃ me sarvam etac catuṣṭayam
na cāhaṃ kāmaye 'tyarthaṃ yaḥ syāc chatrur mato mama

asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa vidyuccalitavarcasā
pragṛhītena vai śatruṃ vajriṇaṃ vā na kalpaye

khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭair gahanā duścarā ca me
hastyaśvanarahastoruśirobhir bhavitā mahī

khaḍgadhārāhatā me 'dya dīpyamānā ivādrayaḥ
patiṣyanti dvipā bhūmau meghā iva savidyutaḥ

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇe pragṛhītaśarāsane
kathaṃ puruṣamānī syāt puruṣāṇāṃ mayi sthite

bahubhiś caikam atyasyann ekena ca bahūñ janān
viniyokṣyāmy ahaṃ bāṇān nṛvājigajamarmasu

adya me 'straprabhāvasya prabhāvaḥ prabhaviṣyati
rājñaś cāprabhutāṃ kartuṃ prabhutvaṃ ca tava prabho

adya candanasārasya keyūrāmokṣaṇasya ca
vasūnāṃ ca vimokṣasya suhṛdāṃ pālanasya ca

anurūpāv imau bāhū rāma karma kariṣyataḥ
abhiṣecanavighnasya kartṝṇāṃ te nivāraṇe

bravīhi ko 'dyaiva mayā viyujyatāṃ tavāsuhṛt prāṇayaśaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ
yathā taveyaṃ vasudhā vaśe bhavet tathaiva māṃ śādhi tavāsmi kiṃkaraḥ

vimṛjya bāṣpaṃ parisāntvya cāsakṛt sa lakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ
uvāca pitrye vacane vyavasthitaṃ nibodha mām eṣa hi saumya satpathaḥ