Ramayana · Chapter 2.100

āśvāsayantaṃ bharataṃ jābālir brāhmaṇottamaḥ
uvāca rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmāpetam idaṃ vacaḥ

sādhu rāghava mā bhūt te buddhir evaṃ nirarthakā
prākṛtasya narasyeva ārya buddhes tapasvinaḥ

kaḥ kasya puruṣo bandhuḥ kim āpyaṃ kasya kena cit
yad eko jāyate jantur eka eva vinaśyati

tasmān mātā pitā ceti rāma sajjeta yo naraḥ
unmatta iva sa jñeyo nāsti kā cid dhi kasya cit

yathā grāmāntaraṃ gacchan naraḥ kaś cit kva cid vaset
utsṛjya ca tam āvāsaṃ pratiṣṭhetāpare 'hani

evam eva manuṣyāṇāṃ pitā mātā gṛhaṃ vasu
āvāsamātraṃ kākutstha sajjante nātra sajjanāḥ

pitryaṃ rājyaṃ samutsṛjya sa nārhati narottama
āsthātuṃ kāpathaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣamaṃ bahukaṇṭakam

samṛddhāyām ayodhyāyām ātmānam abhiṣecaya
ekaveṇīdharā hi tvāṃ nagarī saṃpratīkṣate

rājabhogān anubhavan mahārhān pārthivātmaja
vihara tvam ayodhyāyāṃ yathā śakras triviṣṭape

na te kaś cid daśarataḥs tvaṃ ca tasya na kaś cana
anyo rājā tvam anyaś ca tasmāt kuru yad ucyate

gataḥ sa nṛpatis tatra gantavyaṃ yatra tena vai
pravṛttir eṣā martyānāṃ tvaṃ tu mithyā vihanyase

arthadharmaparā ye ye tāṃs tāñ śocāmi netarān
te hi duḥkham iha prāpya vināśaṃ pretya bhejire

aṣṭakā pitṛdaivatyam ity ayaṃ prasṛto janaḥ
annasyopadravaṃ paśya mṛto hi kim aśiṣyati

yadi bhuktam ihānyena deham anyasya gacchati
dadyāt pravasataḥ śrāddhaṃ na tat pathy aśanaṃ bhavet

dānasaṃvananā hy ete granthā medhāvibhiḥ kṛtāḥ
yajasva dehi dīkṣasva tapas tapyasva saṃtyaja

sa nāsti param ity eva kuru buddhiṃ mahāmate
pratyakṣaṃ yat tad ātiṣṭha parokṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kuru

satāṃ buddhiṃ puraskṛtya sarvalokanidarśinīm
rājyaṃ tvaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva bharatena prasāditaḥ