śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha trisaptatitamassargaḥ |
saśrūtvā tu pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ bhrātarau ca vivāsitau |
bharato duḥkhasantapta idaṃ vacanamabravīt || 1 ||
kiṃ nu kāryaṃ hatasyeha mama rājyena śocataḥ |
vihīnasyātha pitrā ca bhrātrā pitṛsamena ca || 2 ||
duḥkhe me duḥkhamakarorvraṇe kṣāramivādadhāḥ |
rājānaṃ pretabhāvasthaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ ca tāpasam || 3 ||
kulasya tvamabhāvāya kālarātririvā'gatā |
aṅgāramupagūhya sma pitā me nāvabuddhavān || 4 ||
mṛtyumāpādito pitā tvayā me pāpadarśini |
sukhaṃ parihṛtaṃ mohātkule'sminkulapāṃsani || 5 ||
tvāṃ prāpya hi pitā me'dya satyasandho mahāyaśāḥ |
tīvraduḥkhābhisantapto vṛtto daśaratho nṛpaḥ || 6 ||
vināśito mahārājaḥ pitā me dharmavatsalaḥ |
kasmātpravrājito rāmaḥ kasmādeva vanaṃ gataḥ || 7 ||
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca putraśokābhipīḍite |
duṣkaraṃ yadi jīvetāṃ prāpya tvāṃ jananīṃ mama || 8 ||
nanutvāryo'pi dharmātmā tvayi vṛtimanuttamām |
vartate guruvṛttijño yathā mātari vartate || 9 ||
tasyāḥ putraṃ kṛtā'tmānaṃ cīravalkalavāsasam |
prasthāpya vanavāsāya kathaṃ pāpe na śocasi || 10 ||
apāpadarśanaṃ śūraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ yaśasvinam |
pravrājya cīravasanaṃ kinnu paśyasi kāraṇam || 11 ||
lubdhāyā vidito manye na te'haṃ rāghavaṃ prati |
tathāhyanardho rājyārthaṃ tvayā'nīto mahānayam || 12 ||
ahaṃ hi puruṣavyāghrāvapaśyanrāmalakṣmaṇau |
kena śaktiprabhāvena rājyaṃ rakṣitumutsahe || 13 ||
taṃ hi nityaṃ mahārājo balavantaṃ mahābalaḥ |
upāśrito'bhūddharmātmā merurmeruvanaṃ yathā || 14 ||
so'haṃ kathamimaṃ bhāraṃ mahādhuryasamuddhṛtam |
damyodhuramivā''sādya vaheyaṃ kenacaujasā || 15 ||
athavā me bhavecchaktiryogairbuddhibalena vā |
sakāmāṃ na kariṣyāmi tvāmahaṃ putragardhinīm || 16 ||
na me vikāṅkṣā jāyeta tyaktuṃ tvāṃ pāpaniścayām |
yadi rāmasya nāvekṣā tvayi syānmātṛvatsadā || 17 ||
utpannātu kathaṃ buddhistaveyaṃ pāpadarśini |
sādhucāritravibhraṣṭe pūrveṣāṃ no vigarhitā || 18 ||
asminkule hi pūrveṣāṃ jyeṣṭho rājye'bhiṣicyate |
apare bhrātarastasminpravartante samāhitāḥ || 19 ||
na hi manye nṛśaṃse tvaṃ rājadharmamavekṣase |
gatiṃ vā na vijānāsi rājavṛttasya śāśvatīm || 20 ||
satataṃ rājavṛtte hi jyeṣṭho rājye'bhiṣicyate |
rājñāmetatsamaṃ tatsyādikṣvākūṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 21 ||
teṣāṃ dharmaikarakṣāṇāṃ kulacāritraśobhinām |
adya cāritraśauṇḍīryaṃ tvāṃ prāpya vinivartitam || 22 ||
tavāpi sumahābhāgā janendrāḥ kulapūrvagāḥ |
buddhermohaḥ kathamayaṃ sambhūtastvayi garhitaḥ || 23 ||
na tu kāmaṃ kariṣyāmi tavā'haṃ pāpaniścaye |
tvayā vyasanamārabdhaṃ jīvitāntakaraṃ mama || 24 ||
eṣatvidānīmevāhamapriyārthaṃ tavānagham |
nivartayiṣyāmi vanādbhrātaraṃ svajanapriyam || 25 ||
nivartayitvā rāmaṃ ca tasyāhaṃ dīptatejasaḥ |
dāsabhūto bhaviṣyāmi susthireṇāntarātmanā || 26 ||
ityevamuktvā bharato mahātmā priyetarairvākyagaṇaistudaṃstām |
śokāturaścāpi nanāda bhūyaḥ siṃho yathā parvatagahvarasthaḥ || 27 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe trisaptatitamassargaḥ ||