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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 63
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yām eva rātriṃ te dūtāḥ praviśanti sma tāṃ purīm
bharatenāpi tāṃ rātriṃ svapno dṛṣṭo 'yam apriyaḥ
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vyuṣṭām eva tu tāṃ rātriṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ svapnam apriyam
putro rājādhirājasya subhṛśaṃ paryatapyata
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tapyamānaṃ samājñāya vayasyāḥ priyavādinaḥ
āyāsaṃ hi vineṣyantaḥ sabhāyāṃ cakrire kathāḥ
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vādayanti tathā śāntiṃ lāsayanty api cāpare
nāṭakāny apare prāhur hāsyāni vividhāni ca
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sa tair mahātmā bharataḥ sakhibhiḥ priya vādibhiḥ
goṣṭhīhāsyāni kurvadbhir na prāhṛṣyata rāghavaḥ
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tam abravīt priyasakho bharataṃ sakhibhir vṛtam
suhṛdbhiḥ paryupāsīnaḥ kiṃ sakhe nānumodase
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evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ suhṛdaṃ bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha
śṛṇu tvaṃ yan nimittaṃme dainyam etad upāgatam
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svapne pitaram adrākṣaṃ malinaṃ muktamūrdhajam
patantam adriśikharāt kaluṣe gomaye hrade
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plavamānaś ca me dṛṣṭaḥ sa tasmin gomayahrade
pibann añjalinā tailaṃ hasann iva muhur muhuḥ
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tatas tilodanaṃ bhuktvā punaḥ punar adhaḥśirāḥ
tailenābhyaktasarvāṅgas tailam evāvagāhata
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svapne 'pi sāgaraṃ śuṣkaṃ candraṃ ca patitaṃ bhuvi
sahasā cāpi saṃśantaṃ jvalitaṃ jātavedasaṃ
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avadīrṇāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ śuṣkāṃś ca vividhān drumān
ahaṃ paśyāmi vidhvastān sadhūmāṃś caiva pārvatān
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pīṭhe kārṣṇāyase cainaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasaṃ
prahasanti sma rājānaṃ pramadāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ
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tvaramāṇaś ca dharmātmā raktamālyānulepanaḥ
rathena kharayuktena prayāto dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
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evam etan mayā dṛṣṭam imāṃ rātriṃ bhayāvahām
ahaṃ rāmo 'tha vā rājā lakṣmaṇo vā mariṣyati
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naro yānena yaḥ svapne kharayuktena yāti hi
acirāt tasya dhūmāgraṃ citāyāṃ saṃpradṛśyate
etannimittaṃ dīno 'haṃ tan na vaḥ pratipūjaye
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śuṣyatīva ca me kaṇṭho na svastham iva me manaḥ
jugupsann iva cātmānaṃ na ca paśyāmi kāraṇam
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imāṃ hi duḥsvapnagatiṃ niśāmya tām; anekarūpām avitarkitāṃ purā
bhayaṃ mahat tad dhṛdayān na yāti me; vicintya rājānam acintyadarśanam
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