Ramayana · Chapter 2.073

tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha caturdaśe
sametya rājakartāro bharataṃ vākyam abruvan

gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ yo no gurutaro guruḥ
rāmaṃ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam

tvam adya bhava no rājā rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ
saṃgatyā nāparādhnoti rājyam etad anāyakam

ābhiṣecanikaṃ sarvam idam ādāya rāghava
pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaś ca nṛpātmaja

rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmān nararṣabha

ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam
bharatas taṃ janaṃ sarvaṃ pratyuvāca dhṛtavrataḥ

jyeṣṭhasya rājatā nityam ucitā hi kulasya naḥ
naivaṃ bhavanto māṃ vaktum arhanti kuśalā janāḥ

rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ
ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca

yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅgamahābalā
ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt

ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvam etad upaskṛtam
puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetor vanaṃ prati

tatraiva taṃ naravyāghram abhiṣicya puraskṛtam
āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāham ivādhvarāt

na sakāmā kariṣyāmi svam imāṃ mātṛgandhinīm
vane vatsyāmy ahaṃ durge rāmo rājā bhaviṣyati

kriyatāṃ śilpibhiḥ panthāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca
rakṣiṇaś cānusaṃyāntu pathi durgavicārakāḥ

evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ rāmahetor nṛpātmajam
pratyuvāca janaḥ sarvaḥ śrīmadvākyam anuttamam

evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīr upatiṣṭhatām
yas tvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātum icchasi

anuttamaṃ tad vacanaṃ nṛpātmaja prabhāṣitaṃ saṃśravaṇe niśamya ca
praharṣajās taṃ prati bāṣpabindavo nipetur āryānananetrasaṃbhavāḥ

ūcus te vacanam idaṃ niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyātaśokāḥ
panthānaṃ naravarabhaktimāñ janaś ca vyādiṣṭas tava vacanāc ca śilpivargaḥ