Ramayana · Chapter 2.093

niviṣṭāyāṃ tu senāyām utsuko bharatas tadā
jagāma bhrātaraṃ draṣṭuṃ śatrughnam anudarśayan

ṛṣiṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ saṃdiśya mātṝr me śīghram ānaya
iti taritam agre sa jāgama guruvatsalaḥ

sumantras tv api śatughnam adūrād anvapadyata
rāmadārśanajas tarṣo bharatasyeva tasya ca

gacchann evātha bharatas tāpasālayasaṃsthitām
bhrātuḥ parṇakuṭīṃ śrīmān uṭajaṃ ca dadarśa ha

śālāyās tv agratas tasyā dadarśa bharatas tadā
kāṣṭāni cāvabhagnāni puṣpāṇy avacitāni ca

dadarśa ca vane tasmin mahataḥ saṃcayān kṛtān
mṛgāṇāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ ca karīṣaiḥ śītakāraṇāt

gacchan eva mahābāhur dyutimān bharatas tadā
śatrughnaṃ cābravīd dhṛṣṭas tān amātyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ

manye prāptāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ bharadvājo yam abravīt
nātidūre hi manye 'haṃ nadīṃ mandākinīm itaḥ

uccair baddhāni cīrāṇi lakṣmaṇena bhaved ayam
abhijñānakṛtaḥ panthā vikāle gantum icchatā

idaṃ codāttadantānāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām
śailapārśve parikrāntam anyonyam abhigarjatām

yam evādhātum icchanti tāpasāḥ satataṃ vane
tasyāsau dṛśyate dhūmaḥ saṃkulaḥ kṛṣṭavartmanaḥ

atrāhaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ gurusatkārakāriṇam
āryaṃ drakṣyāmi saṃhṛṣṭo maharṣim iva rāghavam

atha gatvā muhūrtaṃ tu citrakūṭaṃ sa rāghavaḥ
mandākinīm anuprāptas taṃ janaṃ cedam abravīt

jagatyāṃ puruṣavyāghra āste vīrāsane rataḥ
janendro nirjanaṃ prāpya dhin me janma sajīvitam

matkṛte vyasanaṃ prāpto lokanātho mahādyutiḥ
sarān kāmān parityajya vane vasati rāghavaḥ

iti lokasamākruṣṭaḥ pādeṣv adya prasādayan
rāmasya nipatiṣyāmi sītāyāś ca punaḥ punaḥ

evaṃ sa vilapaṃs tasmin vane daśarathātmajaḥ
dadarśa mahatīṃ puṇyāṃ parṇaśālāṃ manoramām

sālatālāśvakarṇānāṃ parṇair bahubhir āvṛtām
viśālāṃ mṛdubhis tīrṇāṃ kuśair vedim ivādhvare

śakrāyudha nikāśaiś ca kārmukair bhārasādhanaiḥ
rukmapṛṣṭhair mahāsāraiḥ śobhitāṃ śatrubādhakaiḥ

arkaraśmipratīkāśair ghorais tūṇīgataiḥ śaraiḥ
śobhitāṃ dīptavadanaiḥ sarpair bhogavatīm iva

mahārajatavāsobhyām asibhyāṃ ca virājitām
rukmabinduvicitrābhyāṃ carmabhyāṃ cāpi śobhitām

godhāṅgulitrair āsāktaiś citraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣitaiḥ
arisaṃghair anādhṛṣyāṃ mṛgaiḥ siṃhaguhām iva

prāgudaksravaṇāṃ vediṃ viśālāṃ dīptapāvakām
dadarśa bharatas tatra puṇyāṃ rāmaniveśane

nirīkṣya sa muhūrtaṃ tu dadarśa bharato gurum
uṭaje rāmam āsīnāṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam

taṃ tu kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ cīravalkalavāsasaṃ
dadarśa rāmam āsīnam abhitaḥ pāvakopamam

siṃhaskandhaṃ mahābāhuṃ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇam
pṛthivyāḥ sagarāntāyā bhartāraṃ dharmacāriṇam

upaviṣṭaṃ mahābāhuṃ brahmāṇam iva śāśvatam
sthaṇḍile darbhasasmtīrṇe sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bharataḥ śrīmān duḥkhamohapariplutaḥ
abhyadhāvata dharmātmā bharataḥ kaikayīsutaḥ

dṛṣṭvā ca vilalāpārto bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā
aśaknuvan dhārayituṃ dhairyād vacanam abravīt

yaḥ saṃsadi prakṛtibhir bhaved yukta upāsitum
vanyair mṛgair upāsīnaḥ so 'yam āste mamāgrajaḥ

vāsobhir bahusāhasrair yo mahātmā purocitaḥ
mṛgājine so 'yam iha pravaste dharmam ācaran

adhārayad yo vividhāś citrāḥ sumanasas tadā
so 'yaṃ jaṭābhāram imaṃ sahate rāghavaḥ katham

yasya yajñair yathādiṣṭair yukto dharmasya saṃcayaḥ
śarīra kleśasaṃbhūtaṃ sa dharmaṃ parimārgate

candanena mahārheṇa yasyāṅgam upasevitam
malena tasyāṅgam idaṃ katham āryasya sevyate

mannimittam idaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpto rāmaḥ sukhocitaḥ
dhig jīvitaṃ nṛśaṃsasya mama lokavigarhitam

ity evaṃ vilapan dīnaḥ prasvinnamukhapaṅkajaḥ
pādāv aprāpya rāmasya papāta bharato rudan

duḥkhābhitapto bharato rājaputro mahābalaḥ
uktvāryeti sakṛd dīnaṃ punar novāca kiṃ cana

bāṣpāpihita kaṇṭhaś ca prekṣya rāmaṃ yaśasvinam
āryety evābhisaṃkruśya vyāhartuṃ nāśakat tataḥ

śatrughnaś cāpi rāmasya vavande caraṇau rudan
tāv ubhau sa samāliṅgya rāmo 'py aśrūṇy avartayat

tataḥ sumantreṇa guhena caiva samīyatū rājasutāv araṇye
divākaraś caiva niśākaraś ca yathāmbare śukrabṛhaspatibhyām

tān pārthivān vāraṇayūthapābhān samāgatāṃs tatra mahaty araṇye
vanaukasas te 'pi samīkṣya sarve 'py aśrūṇy amuñcan pravihāya harṣam