Ramayana · Chapter 2.086

tatas tāṃ rajanīm uṣya bharataḥ saparicchadaḥ
kṛtātithyo bharadvājaṃ kāmād abhijagāma ha

tam ṛṣiḥ puruṣavyāghraṃ prekṣya prāñjalim āgatam
hutāgnihotro bharataṃ bharadvājo 'bhyabhāṣata

kaccid atra sukhā rātris tavāsmadviṣaye gatā
samagras te janaḥ kaccid ātithye śaṃsa me 'nagha

tam uvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā bharato 'bhipraṇamya ca
āśramād abhiniṣkrantam ṛṣim uttama tejasaṃ

sukhoṣito 'smi bhagavan samagrabalavāhanaḥ
tarpitaḥ sarvakāmaiś ca sāmātyo balavat tvayā

apetaklamasaṃtāpāḥ subhakṣyāḥ supratiśrayāḥ
api preṣyān upādāya sarve sma susukhoṣitāḥ

āmantraye 'haṃ bhagavan kāmaṃ tvām ṛṣisattama
samīpaṃ prasthitaṃ bhrātur maireṇekṣasva cakṣuṣā

āśramaṃ tasya dharmajña dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ
ācakṣva katamo mārgaḥ kiyān iti ca śaṃsa me

iti pṛṣṭas tu bharataṃ bhrātṛdarśanalālasaṃ
pratyuvāca mahātejā bharadvājo mahātapāḥ

bharatārdhatṛtīyeṣu yojaneṣv ajane vane
citrakūṭo giris tatra ramyanirdarakānanaḥ

uttaraṃ pārśvam āsādya tasya mandākinī nadī
puṣpitadrumasaṃchannā ramyapuṣpitakānanā

anantaraṃ tat saritaś citrakūṭaś ca parvataḥ
tato parṇakuṭī tāta tatra tau vasato dhruvam

dakṣiṇenaiva mārgeṇa savyadakṣiṇam eva ca
gajavājirathākīrṇāṃ vāhinīṃ vāhinīpate
vāhayasva mahābhāga tato drakṣyasi rāghavam

prayāṇam iti ca śrutvā rājarājasya yoṣitaḥ
hitvā yānāni yānārhā brāhmaṇaṃ paryavārayan

vepamānā kṛśā dīnā saha devyā sumantriyā
kausalyā tatra jagrāha karābhyāṃ caraṇau muneḥ

asamṛddhena kāmena sarvalokasya garhitā
kaikeyī tasya jagrāha caraṇau savyapatrapā

taṃ pradakṣiṇam āgamya bhagavantaṃ mahāmunim
adūrād bharatasyaiva tasthau dīnamanās tadā

tataḥ papraccha bharataṃ bharadvājo dṛḍhavrataḥ
viśeṣaṃ jñātum icchāmi mātṝṇāṃ tava rāghava

evam uktas tu bharato bharadvājena dhārmikaḥ
uvāca prāñjalir bhūtvā vākyaṃ vacanakovidaḥ

yām imāṃ bhagavan dīnāṃ śokān aśanakarśitām
pitur hi mahiṣīṃ devīṃ devatām iva paśyasi

eṣā taṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam
kausalyā suṣuve rāmaṃ dhātāram aditir yathā

asyā vāmabhujaṃ śliṣṭā yaiṣā tiṣṭhati durmanāḥ
karṇikārasya śākheva śīrṇapuṣpā vanāntare

etasyās tau sutau devyāḥ kumārau devavarṇinau
ubhau lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau vīrau satyaparākramau

yasyāḥ kṛte naravyāghrau jīvanāśam ito gatau
rājā putravihīnaś ca svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ

aiśvaryakāmāṃ kaikeyīm anāryām āryarūpiṇīm
mamaitāṃ mātaraṃ viddhi nṛśaṃsāṃ pāpaniścayām
yatomūlaṃ hi paśyāmi vyasanaṃ mahad ātmanaḥ

ity uktvā naraśārdūlo bāṣpagadgadayā girā
sa niśaśvāsa tāmrākṣo kruddho nāga ivāsakṛt

bharadvājo maharṣis taṃ bruvantaṃ bharataṃ tadā
pratyuvāca mahābuddhir idaṃ vacanam arthavat

na doṣeṇāvagantavyā kaikeyī bharata tvayā
rāmapravrājanaṃ hy etat sukhodarkaṃ bhaviṣyati

abhivādya tu saṃsiddhaḥ kṛtvā cainaṃ pradakṣiṇam
āmantrya bharataḥ sainyaṃ yujyatām ity acodayat

tato vājirathān yuktvā divyān hemapariṣkritān
adhyārohat prayāṇārthī bahūn bahuvidho janaḥ

gajakanyāgajāś caiva hemakakṣyāḥ patākinaḥ
jīmūtā iva gharmānte saghoṣāḥ saṃpratasthire

vividhāny api yānāni mahāni ca laghūni ca
prayayuḥ sumahārhāṇi pādair eva padātayaḥ

atha yānapravekais tu kausalyāpramukhāḥ striyaḥ
rāmadarśanakāṅkṣiṇyaḥ prayayur muditās tadā

sa cārkataruṇābhāsāṃ niyuktāṃ śibikāṃ śubhām
āsthāya prayayau śrīmān bharataḥ saparicchadaḥ

sā prayātā mahāsenā gajavājirathākulā
dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āvṛtya mahāmegha ivotthitaḥ
vanāni tu vyatikramya juṣṭāni mṛgapakṣibhiḥ

sā saṃprahṛṣṭadvipavājiyodhā vitrāsayantī mṛgapakṣisaṃghān
mahad vanaṃ tat pravigāhamānā rarāja senā bharatasya tatra