Ramayana · Chapter 2.094

āghrāya rāmas taṃ mūrdhni pariṣvajya ca rāghavaḥ
aṅke bharatam āropya paryapṛcchat samāhitaḥ

kva nu te 'bhūt pitā tāta yad araṇyaṃ tvam āgataḥ
na hi tvaṃ jīvatas tasya vanam āgantum arhasi

cirasya bata paśyāmi dūrād bharatam āgatam
duṣpratīkam araṇye 'smin kiṃ tāta vanam āgataḥ

kaccid daśaratho rājā kuśalī satyasaṃgaraḥ
rājasūyāśvamedhānām āhartā dharmaniścayaḥ

sa kaccid brāhmaṇo vidvān dharmanityo mahādyutiḥ
ikṣvākūṇām upādhyāyo yathāvat tāta pūjyate

tāta kaccic ca kausalyā sumitrā ca prajāvatī
sukhinī kaccid āryā ca devī nandati kaikayī

kaccid vinaya saṃpannaḥ kulaputro bahuśrutaḥ
anasūyur anudraṣṭā satkṛtas te purohitaḥ

kaccid agniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimān ṛjuḥ
hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā

iṣvastravarasaṃpannam arthaśāstraviśāradam
sudhanvānam upādhyāyaṃ kaccit tvaṃ tāta manyase

kaccid ātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavanto jitendriyāḥ
kulīnāś ceṅgitajñāś ca kṛtās te tāta mantriṇaḥ

mantro vijayamūlaṃ hi rājñāṃ bhavati rāghava
susaṃvṛto mantradharair amātyaiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ

kaccin nidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccit kāle vibudhyase
kac ciṃś cāpararātriṣu cintayasy arthanaipuṇam

kaccin mantrayase naikaḥ kaccin na bahubhiḥ saha
kaccit te mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati

kaccid arthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam
kṣipram ārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava

kaccit tu sukṛtāny eva kṛtarūpāṇi vā punaḥ
vidus te sarvakāryāṇi na kartavyāni pārthivāḥ

kaccin na tarkair yuktvā vā ye cāpy aparikīrtitāḥ
tvayā vā tava vāmātyair budhyate tāta mantritam

kaccit sahasrān mūrkhāṇām ekam icchasi paṇḍitam
paṇḍito hy arthakṛcchreṣu kuryān niḥśreyasaṃ mahat

sahasrāṇy api mūrkhāṇāṃ yady upāste mahīpatiḥ
atha vāpy ayutāny eva nāsti teṣu sahāyatā

eko 'py amātyo medhāvī śūro dakṣo vicakṣaṇaḥ
rājānaṃ rājamātraṃ vā prāpayen mahatīṃ śriyam

kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ
jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ

amātyān upadhātītān pitṛpaitāmahāñ śucīn
śreṣṭhāñ śreṣṭheṣu kaccit tvaṃ niyojayasi karmasu

kaccit tvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā
ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānam iva striyaḥ

upāyakuśalaṃ vaidyaṃ bhṛtyasaṃdūṣaṇe ratam
śūram aiśvaryakāmaṃ ca yo na hanti sa vadhyate

kaccid dhṛṣṭaś ca śūraś ca dhṛtimān matimāñ śuciḥ
kulīnaś cānuraktaś ca dakṣaḥ senāpatiḥ kṛtaḥ

balavantaś ca kaccit te mukhyā yuddhaviśāradāḥ
dṛṣṭāpadānā vikrāntās tvayā satkṛtya mānitāḥ

ka cid balasya bhaktaṃ ca vetanaṃ ca yathocitam
saṃprāptakālaṃ dātavyaṃ dadāsi na vilambase

kālātikramaṇe hy eva bhakta vetanayor bhṛtāḥ
bhartuḥ kupyanti duṣyanti so 'narthaḥ sumahān smṛtaḥ

kaccit sarve 'nuraktās tvāṃ kulaputrāḥ pradhānataḥ
kaccit prāṇāṃs tavārtheṣu saṃtyajanti samāhitāḥ

kaccij jānapado vidvān dakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān
yathoktavādī dūtas te kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ

kaccid aṣṭādaśāny eṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca
tribhis tribhir avijñātair vetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ

kaccid vyapāstān ahitān pratiyātāṃś ca sarvadā
durbalān anavajñāya vartase ripusūdana

kaccin na lokāyatikān brāhmaṇāṃs tāta sevase
anartha kuśalā hy ete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ

dharmaśāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāneṣu durbudhāḥ
buddhimān vīkṣikīṃ prāpya nirarthaṃ pravadanti te

vīrair adhyuṣitāṃ pūrvam asmākaṃ tāta pūrvakaiḥ
satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhadvārāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyaiḥ svakarmanirataiḥ sadā
jitendriyair mahotsāhair vṛtāmātyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

prāsādair vividhākārair vṛtāṃ vaidyajanākulām
kaccit samuditāṃ sphītām ayodhyāṃ parirakṣasi

kaccic caityaśatair juṣṭaḥ suniviṣṭajanākulaḥ
devasthānaiḥ prapābhiś ca taḍāgaiś copaśobhitaḥ

prahṛṣṭanaranārīkaḥ samājotsavaśobhitaḥ
sukṛṣṭasīmā paśumān hiṃsābhir abhivarjitaḥ

adevamātṛko ramyaḥ śvāpadaiḥ parivarjitaḥ
kaccij janapadaḥ sphītaḥ sukhaṃ vasati rāghava

kaccit te dayitāḥ sarve kṛṣigorakṣajīvinaḥ
vārtāyāṃ saṃśritas tāta loko hi sukham edhate

teṣāṃ guptiparīhāraiḥ kaccit te bharaṇaṃ kṛtam
rakṣyā hi rājñā dharmeṇa sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ

kaccit striyaḥ sāntvayasi kaccit tāś ca surakṣitāḥ
kaccin na śraddadhāsyāsāṃ kaccid guhyaṃ na bhāṣase

kaccin nāgavanaṃ guptaṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ ca tṛpyasi
kaccid darśayase nityaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vibhūṣitam
utthāyotthāya pūrvāhṇe rājaputro mahāpathe

kaccit sarvāṇi durgāṇi dhanadhānyāyudhodakaiḥ
yantraiś ca paripūrṇāni tathā śilpidhanurdharaiḥ

āyas te vipulaḥ kaccit kaccid alpataro vyayaḥ
apātreṣu na te kaccit kośo gacchati rāghava

devatārthe ca pitrarthe brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu ca
yodheṣu mitravargeṣu kaccid gacchati te vyayaḥ

kaccid āryo viśuddhātmā kṣāritaś corakarmaṇā
apṛṣṭaḥ śāstrakuśalair na lobhād badhyate śuciḥ

gṛhītaś caiva pṛṣṭaś ca kāle dṛṣṭaḥ sakāraṇaḥ
kaccin na mucyate coro dhanalobhān nararṣabha

vyasane kaccid āḍhyasya dugatasya ca rāghava
arthaṃ virāgāḥ paśyanti tavāmātyā bahuśrutāḥ

yāni mithyābhiśastānāṃ patanty asrāṇi rāghava
tāni putrapaśūn ghnanti prītyartham anuśāsataḥ

kaccid vṛdhāṃś ca bālāṃś ca vaidyamukhyāṃś ca rāghava
dānena manasā vācā tribhir etair bubhūṣase

kaccid gurūṃś ca vṛddhāṃś ca tāpasān devatātithīn
caityāṃś ca sarvān siddhārthān brāhmaṇāṃś ca namasyasi

kaccid arthena vā dharmaṃ dharmaṃ dharmeṇa vā punaḥ
ubhau vā prītilobhena kāmena na vibādhase

kaccid arthaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca jayatāṃ vara
vibhajya kāle kālajña sarvān bharata sevase

kaccit te brāhmaṇāḥ śarma sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ
āśaṃsante mahāprājña paurajānapadaiḥ saha

nāstikyam anṛtaṃ krodhaṃ pramādaṃ dīrghasūtratām
adarśanaṃ jñānavatām ālasyaṃ pañcavṛttitām

ekacintanam arthānām anarthajñaiś ca mantraṇam
niścitānām anārambhaṃ mantrasyāparilakṣaṇam

maṅgalasyāprayogaṃ ca pratyutthānaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
kaccit tvaṃ varjayasy etān rājadoṣāṃś caturdaśa

kaccit svādukṛtaṃ bhojyam eko nāśnāsi rāghava
kaccid āśaṃsamānebhyo mitrebhyaḥ saṃprayacchasi