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The Ramayana Book 2

Chapter 80

1 ācacakṣe 'tha sadbhāvaṃ lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ
bharatāyāprameyāya guho gahanagocaraḥ
2 taṃ jāgrataṃ guṇair yuktaṃ varacāpeṣudhāriṇam
bhrātṛ guptyartham atyantam ahaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravam
3 iyaṃ tāta sukhā śayyā tvadartham upakalpitā
pratyāśvasihi śeṣvāsyāṃ sukhaṃ rāghavanandana
4 ucito 'yaṃ janaḥ sarve duḥkhānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ
dharmātmaṃs tasya guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmahe vayam
5 na hi rāmāt priyataro mamāsti bhuvi kaś cana
motsuko bhūr bravīmy etad apy asatyaṃ tavāgrataḥ
6 asya prasādād āśaṃse loke 'smin sumahad yaśaḥ
dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulām arthāvāptiṃ ca kevalām
7 so 'haṃ priyasakhaṃ rāmaṃ śayānaṃ saha sītayā
rakṣiṣyāmi dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarvaiḥ svair jñātibhiḥ saha
8 na hi me 'viditaṃ kiṃ cid vane 'smiṃś carataḥ sadā
caturaṅgaṃ hy api balaṃ prasahema vayaṃ yudhi
9 evam asmābhir uktena lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā
anunītā vayaṃ sarve dharmam evānupaśyatā
10 kathaṃ dāśarathau bhūmau śayāne saha sītayā
śakyā nidrāmayā labdhuṃ jīvitaṃ vā sukhāni vā
11 yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi
taṃ paśya guha saṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā
12 mahatā tapasā labdho vividhaiś ca pariśramaiḥ
eko daśarathasyaiṣa putraḥ sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ
13 asmin pravrājite rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati
vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati
14 vinadya sumahānādaṃ śrameṇoparatāḥ striyaḥ
nirghoṣoparataṃ nūnam adya rājaniveśanam
15 kausalyā caiva rājā ca tathaiva jananī mama
nāśaṃse yadi te sarve jīveyuḥ śarvarīm imām
16 jīved api hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā
duḥkhitā yā tu kausalyā vīrasūr vinaśiṣyati
17 atikrāntam atikrāntam anavāpya manoratham
rājye rāmam anikṣipya pitā me vinaśiṣyati
18 siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle hy upasthite
pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti bhūmipam
19 ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām
harmyaprāsādasaṃpannāṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitām
20 gajāśvarathasaṃbādhāṃ tūryanādavināditām
sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām
21 ārāmodyānasaṃpūrṇāṃ samājotsavaśālinīm
sukhitā vicariṣyanti rājadhānīṃ pitur mama
22 api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam
nivṛtte samaye hy asmin sukhitāḥ praviśemahi
23 paridevayamānasya tasyaivaṃ sumahātmanaḥ
tiṣṭhato rājaputrasya śarvarī sātyavartata
24 prabhāte vimale sūrye kārayitvā jaṭā ubhau
asmin bhāgīrathī tīre sukhaṃ saṃtāritau mayā
25 jaṭādharau tau drumacīravāsasau; mahābalau kuñjarayūthapopamau
vareṣucāpāsidharau paraṃtapau; vyavekṣamāṇau saha sītayā gatau


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