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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 53
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mama tv aśvā nivṛttasya na prāvartanta vartmani
uṣṇam aśru vimuñcanto rāme saṃprasthite vanam
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ubhābhyāṃ rājaputrābhyām atha kṛtvāham ajñalim
prasthito ratham āsthāya tad duḥkham api dhārayan
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guheva sārdhaṃ tatraiva sthito 'smi divasān bahūn
āśayā yadi māṃ rāmaḥ punaḥ śabdāpayed iti
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viṣaye te mahārāja rāmavyasanakarśitāḥ
api vṛkṣāḥ parimlānaḥ sapuṣpāṅkurakorakāḥ
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na ca sarpanti sattvāni vyālā na prasaranti ca
rāmaśokābhibhūtaṃ tan niṣkūjam abhavad vanam
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līnapuṣkarapatrāś ca narendra kaluṣodakāḥ
saṃtaptapadmāḥ padminyo līnamīnavihaṃgamāḥ
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jalajāni ca puṣpāṇi mālyāni sthalajāni ca
nādya bhānty alpagandhīni phalāni ca yathā puram
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praviśantam ayodhyāṃ māṃ na kaś cid abhinandati
narā rāmam apaśyanto niḥśvasanti muhur muhuḥ
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harmyair vimānaiḥ prāsādair avekṣya ratham āgatam
hāhākārakṛtā nāryo rāmādarśanakarśitāḥ
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āyatair vimalair netrair aśruvegapariplutaiḥ
anyonyam abhivīkṣante vyaktam ārtatarāḥ striyaḥ
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nāmitrāṇāṃ na mitrāṇām udāsīnajanasya ca
aham ārtatayā kaṃ cid viśeṣaṃ nopalakṣaye
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aprahṛṣṭamanuṣyā ca dīnanāgaturaṃgamā
ārtasvaraparimlānā viniḥśvasitaniḥsvanā
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nirānandā mahārāja rāmapravrājanātulā
kausalyā putra hīneva ayodhyā pratibhāti mā
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sūtasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vācā paramadīnayā
bāṣpopahatayā rājā taṃ sūtam idam abravīt
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kaikeyyā viniyuktena pāpābhijanabhāvayā
mayā na mantrakuśalair vṛddhaiḥ saha samarthitam
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na suhṛdbhir na cāmātyair mantrayitvā na naigamaiḥ
mayāyam arthaḥ saṃmohāt strīhetoḥ sahasā kṛtaḥ
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bhavitavyatayā nūnam idaṃ vā vyasanaṃ mahat
kulasyāsya vināśāya prāptaṃ sūta yadṛcchayā
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sūta yady asti te kiṃ cin mayāpi sukṛtaṃ kṛtam
tvaṃ prāpayāśu māṃ rāmaṃ prāṇāḥ saṃtvarayanti mām
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yad yad yāpi mamaivājñā nivartayatu rāghavam
na śakṣyāmi vinā rāma muhūrtam api jīvitum
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atha vāpi mahābāhur gato dūraṃ bhaviṣyati
mām eva ratham āropya śīghraṃ rāmāya darśaya
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vṛttadaṃṣṭro maheṣvāsaḥ kvāsau lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ
yadi jīvāmi sādhv enaṃ paśyeyaṃ saha sītayā
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lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhum āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalam
rāmaṃ yadi na paśyāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam
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ato nu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yo 'ham ikṣvākunandanam
imām avasthām āpanno neha paśyāmi rāghavam
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hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvinī
na māṃ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇam anāthavat
dustaro jīvatā devi mayāyaṃ śokasāgaraḥ
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aśobhanaṃ yo 'ham ihādya rāghavaṃ; didṛkṣamāṇo na labhe salakṣmaṇam
itīva rājā vilapan mahāyaśāḥ; papāta tūrṇaṃ śayane sa mūrchitaḥ
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iti vilapati pārthive pranaṣṭe; karuṇataraṃ dviguṇaṃ ca rāmahetoḥ
vacanam anuniśamya tasya devī; bhayam agamat punar eva rāmamātā
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