Ramayana · Chapter 4.018

ity uktaḥ praśritaṃ vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam
paruṣaṃ vālinā rāmo nihatena vicetasā

taṃ niṣprabham ivādityaṃ muktatoyam ivāmbudam
uktavākyaṃ hariśreṣṭham upaśāntam ivānalam

dharmārthaguṇasaṃpannaṃ harīśvaram anuttamam
adhikṣiptas tadā rāmaḥ paścād vālinam abravīt

dharmam arthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca samayaṃ cāpi laukikam
avijñāya kathaṃ bālyān mām ihādya vigarhase

apṛṣṭvā buddhisaṃpannān vṛddhān ācāryasaṃmatān
saumya vānaracāpalyāt tvaṃ māṃ vaktum ihecchasi

ikṣvākūṇām iyaṃ bhūmiḥ saśailavanakānanā
mṛgapakṣimanuṣyāṇāṃ nigrahānugrahāv api

tāṃ pālayati dharmātmā bharataḥ satyavāg ṛjuḥ
dharmakāmārthatattvajño nigrahānugrahe rataḥ

nayaś ca vinayaś cobhau yasmin satyaṃ ca susthitam
vikramaś ca yathā dṛṣṭaḥ sa rājā deśakālavit

tasya dharmakṛtādeśā vayam anye ca pārthivaḥ
carāmo vasudhāṃ kṛtsnāṃ dharmasaṃtānam icchavaḥ

tasmin nṛpatiśārdūla bharate dharmavatsale
pālayaty akhilāṃ bhūmiṃ kaś cared dharmanigraham

te vayaṃ mārgavibhraṣṭaṃ svadharme parame sthitāḥ
bharatājñāṃ puraskṛtya nigṛhṇīmo yathāvidhi

tvaṃ tu saṃkliṣṭadharmā ca karmaṇā ca vigarhitaḥ
kāmatantrapradhānaś ca na sthito rājavartmani

jyeṣṭho bhrātā pitā caiva yaś ca vidyāṃ prayacchati
trayas te pitaro jñeyā dharme ca pathi vartinaḥ

yavīyān ātmanaḥ putraḥ śiṣyaś cāpi guṇoditaḥ
putravat te trayaś cintyā dharmaś ced atra kāraṇam

sūkṣmaḥ paramadurjñeyaḥ satāṃ dharmaḥ plavaṃgama
hṛdisthaḥ sarvabhūtānām ātmā veda śubhāśubham

capalaś capalaiḥ sārdhaṃ vānarair akṛtātmabhiḥ
jātyandha iva jātyandhair mantrayan drakṣyase nu kim

ahaṃ tu vyaktatām asya vacanasya bravīmi te
na hi māṃ kevalaṃ roṣāt tvaṃ vigarhitum arhasi

tad etat kāraṇaṃ paśya yadarthaṃ tvaṃ mayā hataḥ
bhrātur vartasi bhāryāyāṃ tyaktvā dharmaṃ sanātanam

asya tvaṃ dharamāṇasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ
rumāyāṃ vartase kāmāt snuṣāyāṃ pāpakarmakṛt

tad vyatītasya te dharmāt kāmavṛttasya vānara
bhrātṛbhāryābhimarśe 'smin daṇḍo 'yaṃ pratipāditaḥ

na hi dharmaviruddhasya lokavṛttād apeyuṣaḥ
daṇḍād anyatra paśyāmi nigrahaṃ hariyūthapa

aurasīṃ bhaginīṃ vāpi bhāryāṃ vāpy anujasya yaḥ
pracareta naraḥ kāmāt tasya daṇḍo vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ

bharatas tu mahīpālo vayaṃ tv ādeśavartinaḥ
tvaṃ ca dharmād atikrāntaḥ kathaṃ śakyam upekṣitum

gurudharmavyatikrāntaṃ prājño dharmeṇa pālayan
bharataḥ kāmavṛttānāṃ nigrahe paryavasthitaḥ

vayaṃ tu bharatādeśaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā harīśvara
tvadvidhān bhinnamaryādān niyantuṃ paryavasthitāḥ

sugrīveṇa ca me sakhyaṃ lakṣmaṇena yathā tathā
dārarājyanimittaṃ ca niḥśreyasi rataḥ sa me

pratijñā ca mayā dattā tadā vānarasaṃnidhau
pratijñā ca kathaṃ śakyā madvidhenānavekṣitum

tad ebhiḥ kāraṇaiḥ sarvair mahadbhir dharmasaṃhitaiḥ
śāsanaṃ tava yad yuktaṃ tad bhavān anumanyatām

sarvathā dharma ity eva draṣṭavyas tava nigrahaḥ
vayasyasyopakartavyaṃ dharmam evānupaśyatā

rājabhir dhṛtadaṇḍās tu kṛtvā pāpāni mānavāḥ
nirmalāḥ svargam āyānti santaḥ sukṛtino yathā

āryeṇa mama māndhātrā vyasanaṃ ghoram īpsitam
śramaṇena kṛte pāpe yathā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā

anyair api kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ pramattair vasudhādhipaiḥ
prāyaścittaṃ ca kurvanti tena tac chāmyate rajaḥ

tad alaṃ paritāpena dharmataḥ parikalpitaḥ
vadho vānaraśārdūla na vayaṃ svavaśe sthitāḥ

vāgurābhiś ca pāśaiś ca kūṭaiś ca vividhair narāḥ
praticchannāś ca dṛśyāś ca gṛhṇanti subahūn mṛgān
pradhāvitān vā vitrastān visrabdhān ativiṣṭhitān

pramattān apramattān vā narā māṃsārthino bhṛśam
vidhyanti vimukhāṃś cāpi na ca doṣo 'tra vidyate

yānti rājarṣayaś cātra mṛgayāṃ dharmakovidāḥ
tasmāt tvaṃ nihato yuddhe mayā bāṇena vānara
ayudhyan pratiyudhyan vā yasmāc chākhāmṛgo hy asi

durlabhasya ca dharmasya jīvitasya śubhasya ca
rājāno vānaraśreṣṭha pradātāro na saṃśayaḥ

tān na hiṃsyān na cākrośen nākṣipen nāpriyaṃ vadet
devā mānuṣarūpeṇa caranty ete mahītale

tvaṃ tu dharmam avijñāya kevalaṃ roṣam āsthitaḥ
pradūṣayasi māṃ dharme pitṛpaitāmahe sthitam

evam uktas tu rāmeṇa vālī pravyathito bhṛśam
pratyuvāca tato rāmaṃ prāñjalir vānareśvaraḥ

yat tvam āttha naraśreṣṭha tad evaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
prativaktuṃ prakṛṣṭe hi nāpakṛṣṭas tu śaknuyāt

yad ayuktaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ pramādād vākyam apriyam
tatrāpi khalu me doṣaṃ kartuṃ nārhasi rāghava

tvaṃ hi dṛṣṭārthatattvajñaḥ prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ
kāryakāraṇasiddhau te prasannā buddhir avyayā

mām apy avagataṃ dharmād vyatikrāntapuraskṛtam
dharmasaṃhitayā vācā dharmajña paripālaya

bāṣpasaṃruddhakaṇṭhas tu vālī sārtaravaḥ śanaiḥ
uvāca rāmaṃ saṃprekṣya paṅkalagna iva dvipaḥ

na tv ātmānam ahaṃ śoce na tārāṃ nāpi bāndhavān
yathā putraṃ guṇaśreṣṭham aṅgadaṃ kanakāṅgadam

sa mamādarśanād dīno bālyāt prabhṛti lālitaḥ
taṭāka iva pītāmbur upaśoṣaṃ gamiṣyati

sugrīve cāṅgade caiva vidhatsva matim uttamām
tvaṃ hi śāstā ca goptā ca kāryākāryavidhau sthitaḥ

yā te narapate vṛttir bharate lakṣmaṇe ca yā
sugrīve cāṅgade rājaṃs tāṃ cintayitum arhasi

maddoṣakṛtadoṣāṃ tāṃ yathā tārāṃ tapasvinīm
sugrīvo nāvamanyeta tathāvasthātum arhasi

tvayā hy anugṛhītena śakyaṃ rājyam upāsitum
tvadvaśe vartamānena tava cittānuvartinā

sa tam āśvāsayad rāmo vālinaṃ vyaktadarśanam

na vayaṃ bhavatā cintyā nāpy ātmā harisattama
vayaṃ bhavadviśeṣeṇa dharmataḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ

daṇḍye yaḥ pātayed daṇḍaṃ daṇḍyo yaś cāpi daṇḍyate
kāryakāraṇasiddhārthāv ubhau tau nāvasīdataḥ

tad bhavān daṇḍasaṃyogād asmād vigatakalmaṣaḥ
gataḥ svāṃ prakṛtiṃ dharmyāṃ dharmadṛṣṭtena vartmanā

sa tasya vākyaṃ madhuraṃ mahātmanaḥ samāhitaṃ dharmapathānuvartinaḥ
niśamya rāmasya raṇāvamardino vacaḥ suyuktaṃ nijagāda vānaraḥ

śarābhitaptena vicetasā mayā pradūṣitas tvaṃ yad ajānatā prabho
idaṃ mahendropamabhīmavikrama prasāditas tvaṃ kṣama me mahīśvara