Ramayana · Chapter 7.097

visṛjya lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ
purodhasaṃ mantriṇaś ca naigamāṃś cedam abravīt

adya rājye 'bhiṣekṣyāmi bharataṃ dharmavatsalam
ayodhyāyāṃ patiṃ vīraṃ tato yāsyāmy ahaṃ vanam

praveśayata saṃbhārān mā bhūt kālātyayo yathā
adyaivāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇena gatāṃ gatim

tac chrutvā rāghaveṇoktaṃ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo bhṛśam
mūrdhabhiḥ praṇatā bhūmau gatasattvā ivābhavan

bharataś ca visaṃjño 'bhūc chrutvā rāmasya bhāṣitam
rājyaṃ vigarhayām āsa rāghavaṃ cedam abravīt

satyena hi śape rājan svargaloke na caiva hi
na kāmaye yathā rājyaṃ tvāṃ vinā raghunandana

imau kuśīlavau rājann abhiṣiñca narādhipa
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīram uttareṣu tathā lavam

śatrughnasya tu gacchantu dūtās tvaritavikramāḥ
idaṃ gamanam asmākaṃ svargāyākhyāntu māciram

tac chrutvā bharatenoktaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpi hy adho mukhān
paurān duḥkhena saṃtaptān vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt

vatsa rāma imāḥ paśya dharaṇīṃ prakṛtīr gatāḥ
jñātvaiṣām īpsitaṃ kāryaṃ mā caiṣāṃ vipriyaṃ kṛthāḥ

vasiṣṭhasya tu vākyena utthāpya prakṛtījanam
kiṃ karomīti kākutsthaḥ sarvān vacanam abravīt

tataḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo rāmaṃ vacanam abruvan
gacchantam anugacchāmo yato rāma gamiṣyasi

eṣā naḥ paramā prītir eṣa dharmaḥ paro mataḥ
hṛdgatā naḥ sadā tuṣṭis tavānugamane dṛḍhā

paureṣu yadi te prītir yadi sneho hy anuttamaḥ
saputradārāḥ kākutstha samaṃ gacchāma satpatham

tapovanaṃ vā durgaṃ vā nadīm ambhonidhiṃ tathā
vayaṃ te yadi na tyājyāḥ sarvān no naya īśvara

sa teṣāṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā kṛtāntaṃ ca nirīkṣyaca
paurāṇāṃ dṛḍhabhaktiṃ ca bāḍham ity eva so 'bravīt

evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā tasminn ahani rāghavaḥ
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīram uttareṣu tathā lavam

abhiṣiñcan mahātmānāv ubhāv eva kuśīlavau
rathānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi trīṇi nāgāyutāni ca

daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi ekaikasya dhanaṃ dadau
bahuratnau bahudhanau hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtau

abhiṣicya tu tau vīrau prasthāpya svapure tathā
dūtān saṃpreṣayām āsa śatrughnāya mahātmane