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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 71
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tato daśāhe 'tigate kṛtaśauco nṛpātmajaḥ
dvādaśe 'hani saṃprāpte śrāddhakarmāṇy akārayat
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brāhmaṇebhyo dadau ratnaṃ dhanam annaṃ ca puṣkalam
bāstikaṃ bahuśuklaṃ ca gāś cāpi śataśas tathā
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dāsīdāsaṃ ca yānaṃ ca veśmāni sumahānti ca
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau putro rājñas tasyaurdhvadaihikam
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tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha trayodaśe
vilalāpa mahābāhur bharataḥ śokamūrchitaḥ
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śabdāpihitakaṇṭhaś ca śodhanārtham upāgataḥ
citāmūle pitur vākyam idam āha suduḥkhitaḥ
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tāta yasmin niṣṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā bhrātari rāghave
tasmin vanaṃ pravrajite śūnye tyakto 'smy ahaṃ tvayā
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yathāgatir anāthāyāḥ putraḥ pravrājito vanam
tām ambāṃ tāta kausalyāṃ tyaktvā tvaṃ kva gato nṛpa
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dṛṣṭvā bhasmāruṇaṃ tac ca dagdhāsthisthānamaṇḍalam
pituḥ śarīra nirvāṇaṃ niṣṭanan viṣasāda ha
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sa tu dṛṣṭvā rudan dīnaḥ papāta dharaṇītale
utthāpyamānaḥ śakrasya yantra dhvaja iva cyutaḥ
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abhipetus tataḥ sarve tasyāmātyāḥ śucivratam
antakāle nipatitaṃ yayātim ṛṣayo yathā
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śatrughnaś cāpi bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā śokapariplutam
visaṃjño nyapatad bhūmau bhūmipālam anusmaran
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unmatta iva niścetā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ
smṛtvā pitur guṇāṅgāni tāni tāni tadā tadā
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mantharā prabhavas tīvraḥ kaikeyīgrāhasaṃkulaḥ
varadānamayo 'kṣobhyo 'majjayac chokasāgaraḥ
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sukumāraṃ ca bālaṃ ca satataṃ lālitaṃ tvayā
kva tāta bharataṃ hitvā vilapantaṃ gato bhavān
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nanu bhojyeṣu pāneṣu vastreṣv ābharaṇeṣu ca
pravārayasi naḥ sarvāṃs tan naḥ ko 'dya kariṣyati
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avadāraṇa kāle tu pṛthivī nāvadīryate
vihīnā yā tvayā rājñā dharmajñena mahātmanā
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pitari svargam āpanne rāme cāraṇyam āśrite
kiṃ me jīvita sāmarthyaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam
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hīno bhrātrā ca pitrā ca śūnyām ikṣvākupālitām
ayodhyāṃ na pravekṣyāmi pravekṣyāmi tapovanam
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tayor vilapitaṃ śrutvā vyasanaṃ cānvavekṣya tat
bhṛśam ārtatarā bhūyaḥ sarva evānugāminaḥ
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tato viṣaṇṇau śrāntau ca śatrughna bharatāv ubhau
dharaṇyāṃ saṃvyaceṣṭetāṃ bhagnaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau
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tataḥ prakṛtimān vaidyaḥ pitur eṣāṃ purohitaḥ
vasiṣṭho bharataṃ vākyam utthāpya tam uvāca ha
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trīṇi dvandvāni bhūteṣu pravṛttāny aviśeṣataḥ
teṣu cāparihāryeṣu naivaṃ bhavitum arhati
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sumantraś cāpi śatrughnam utthāpyābhiprasādya ca
śrāvayām āsa tattvajñaḥ sarvabhūtabhavābhavau
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utthitau tau naravyāghrau prakāśete yaśasvinau
varṣātapapariklinnau pṛthag indradhvajāv iva
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aśrūṇi parimṛdnantau raktākṣau dīnabhāṣiṇau
amātyās tvarayanti sma tanayau cāparāḥ kriyāḥ
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