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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 80
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ācacakṣe 'tha sadbhāvaṃ lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ
bharatāyāprameyāya guho gahanagocaraḥ
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taṃ jāgrataṃ guṇair yuktaṃ varacāpeṣudhāriṇam
bhrātṛ guptyartham atyantam ahaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravam
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iyaṃ tāta sukhā śayyā tvadartham upakalpitā
pratyāśvasihi śeṣvāsyāṃ sukhaṃ rāghavanandana
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ucito 'yaṃ janaḥ sarve duḥkhānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ
dharmātmaṃs tasya guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmahe vayam
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na hi rāmāt priyataro mamāsti bhuvi kaś cana
motsuko bhūr bravīmy etad apy asatyaṃ tavāgrataḥ
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asya prasādād āśaṃse loke 'smin sumahad yaśaḥ
dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulām arthāvāptiṃ ca kevalām
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so 'haṃ priyasakhaṃ rāmaṃ śayānaṃ saha sītayā
rakṣiṣyāmi dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarvaiḥ svair jñātibhiḥ saha
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na hi me 'viditaṃ kiṃ cid vane 'smiṃś carataḥ sadā
caturaṅgaṃ hy api balaṃ prasahema vayaṃ yudhi
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evam asmābhir uktena lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā
anunītā vayaṃ sarve dharmam evānupaśyatā
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kathaṃ dāśarathau bhūmau śayāne saha sītayā
śakyā nidrāmayā labdhuṃ jīvitaṃ vā sukhāni vā
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yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi
taṃ paśya guha saṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā
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mahatā tapasā labdho vividhaiś ca pariśramaiḥ
eko daśarathasyaiṣa putraḥ sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ
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asmin pravrājite rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati
vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati
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vinadya sumahānādaṃ śrameṇoparatāḥ striyaḥ
nirghoṣoparataṃ nūnam adya rājaniveśanam
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kausalyā caiva rājā ca tathaiva jananī mama
nāśaṃse yadi te sarve jīveyuḥ śarvarīm imām
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jīved api hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā
duḥkhitā yā tu kausalyā vīrasūr vinaśiṣyati
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atikrāntam atikrāntam anavāpya manoratham
rājye rāmam anikṣipya pitā me vinaśiṣyati
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siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle hy upasthite
pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti bhūmipam
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ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām
harmyaprāsādasaṃpannāṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitām
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gajāśvarathasaṃbādhāṃ tūryanādavināditām
sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām
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ārāmodyānasaṃpūrṇāṃ samājotsavaśālinīm
sukhitā vicariṣyanti rājadhānīṃ pitur mama
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api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam
nivṛtte samaye hy asmin sukhitāḥ praviśemahi
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paridevayamānasya tasyaivaṃ sumahātmanaḥ
tiṣṭhato rājaputrasya śarvarī sātyavartata
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prabhāte vimale sūrye kārayitvā jaṭā ubhau
asmin bhāgīrathī tīre sukhaṃ saṃtāritau mayā
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jaṭādharau tau drumacīravāsasau; mahābalau kuñjarayūthapopamau
vareṣucāpāsidharau paraṃtapau; vyavekṣamāṇau saha sītayā gatau
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