Ramayana · Chapter 2.070

tam evaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bharataṃ kekayīsutam
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāg ṛṣiḥ

alaṃ śokena bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ
prāptakālaṃ narapateḥ kuru saṃyānam uttaram

vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā bharato dhāraṇāṃ gataḥ
pretakāryāṇi sarvāṇi kārayām āsa dharmavit

uddhṛtaṃ tailasaṃkledāt sa tu bhūmau niveśitam
āpītavarṇavadanaṃ prasuptam iva bhūmipam

niveśya śayane cāgrye nānāratnapariṣkṛte
tato daśarathaṃ putro vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ

kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājan proṣite mayy anāgate
vivāsya rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam

kva yāsyasi mahārāja hitvemaṃ duḥkhitaṃ janam
hīnaṃ puruṣasiṃhena rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā

yogakṣemaṃ tu te rājan ko 'smin kalpayitā pure
tvayi prayāte svas tāta rāme ca vanam āśrite

vidhavā pṛthivī rājaṃs tvayā hīnā na rājate
hīnacandreva rajanī nagarī pratibhāti mām

evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ bharataṃ dīnamānasaṃ
abravīd vacanaṃ bhūyo vasiṣṭhas tu mahān ṛṣiḥ

pretakāryāṇi yāny asya kartavyāni viśāmpateḥ
tāny avyagraṃ mahābāho kriyatām avicāritam

tatheti bharato vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasyābhipūjya tat
ṛtvikpurohitācāryāṃs tvarayām āsa sarvaśaḥ

ye tv agrato narendrasya agny agārād bahiṣkṛtāḥ
ṛtvigbhir yājakaiś caiva te hriyante yathāvidhi

śibilāyām athāropya rājānaṃ gatacetanam
bāṣpakaṇṭhā vimanasas tam ūhuḥ paricārakāḥ

hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca
prakiranto janā mārgaṃ nṛpater agrato yayuḥ

candanāguruniryāsān saralaṃ padmakaṃ tathā
devadārūṇi cāhṛtya citāṃ cakrus tathāpare

gandhān uccāvacāṃś cānyāṃs tatra dattvātha bhūmipam
tataḥ saṃveśayām āsuś citāmadhye tam ṛtvijaḥ

tathā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepus tasya tadartvijaḥ
jaguś ca te yathāśāstraṃ tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ

śibikābhiś ca yānaiś ca yathārhaṃ tasya yoṣitaḥ
nagarān niryayus tatra vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtās tadā

prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakrur ṛtvijo 'gnicitaṃ nṛpam
striyaś ca śokasaṃtaptāḥ kausalyā pramukhās tadā

krauñcīnām iva nārīṇāṃ ninādas tatra śuśruve
ārtānāṃ karuṇaṃ kāle krośantīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ

tato rudantyo vivaśā vilapya ca punaḥ punaḥ
yānebhyaḥ sarayūtīram avaterur varāṅganāḥ

kṛtodakaṃ te bharatena sārdhaṃ nṛpāṅganā mantripurohitāś ca
puraṃ praviśyāśruparītanetrā bhūmau daśāhaṃ vyanayanta duḥkham