Chapter 58

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śeṣa uvāca |
bharataṃ mūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā raghunāthaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ |
pratīhāramuvācedaṃ śatrughnaṃ prāpayāśu mām || 1 ||
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tadvākyaṃ proktamākarṇya kṣaṇācchatrughnamānayat |
yatra rāmo nijabhrātā bharatena saha sthitaḥ || 2 ||
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bharataṃ mūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā raghunāthaṃ ca duḥkhitam |
praṇamya duḥkhito'vocatkimidaṃ dāruṇaṃ mahat || 3 ||
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tadā rāmoṃ'tyajaproktaṃ vākyaṃ lokavigarhitam |
taṃ pratyuvāca rāmo'sau śatrughnaṃ padasevakam || 4 ||
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adhomukho dīnaravo gadgadākṣaravepathuḥ |
śṛṇu bhrātarvaco me'dya kuru tatkṣipramādarāt || 5 ||
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yathā syādvimalākīrtirgaṃgeva pṛthivīṃ gatā |
sītāyā vācyamatulaṃ loke śrutvāṃtyajoditam || 6 ||
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hātumicchāmi dehaṃ svamenāṃ vā jānakīṃ kila |
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya rāmasya kila śatruhā || 7 ||
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savepathuḥ papātorvyāṃ duḥkhitaḥ paradāraṇaḥ |
saṃjñāṃ prāpya muhūrtena raghunāthamavocata || 8 ||
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śatrughna uvāca |
kimetaducyate svāmiñjānakīṃ prati dāruṇam |
pākhaṃḍairduṣṭacittaiśca sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaiḥ || 9 ||
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niṃditā śrutiragrāhyā bhavati tvagryajanmanām |
jāhnavī sarvalokānāṃ pāpaghnī duritāpahā || 10 ||
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nispṛṣṭā pāpibhiḥ puṃbhiḥ sā sparśenārhitā satām |
sūryo jagatprakāśāya samudeti jagatyaho || 11 ||
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ulūkānāṃ rucikaro na bhavettatra kā kṣatiḥ |
tasmāttvamenāṃ gṛhṇīṣva mā tyajāniṃditāṃ striyam || 12 ||
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śrīrāmabhadrakṛpayā kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama |
etacchrutvā vacastasya śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ || 13 ||
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punaḥpunarjagādedaṃ yaduktaṃ bharataṃ prati |
tanniśamya vaco bhrāturduḥkhapūrapariplutaḥ || 14 ||
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papāta mūrcchito bhūmau chinnamūla iva drumaḥ |
bhrātaraṃ patitaṃ vīkṣya śatrughnaṃ duḥkhito bhṛśam || 15 ||
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pratīhāramuvācedaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ tvānayāṃtikam |
sa lakṣmaṇagṛhaṃ gatvā nyavedayadidaṃ vacaḥ || 16 ||
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pratīhāra uvāca |
svāminrāmo bhavaṃtaṃ tu samāhvayati vegataḥ |
sa tacchrutvā samāhvānaṃ rāmacaṃdreṇa vegataḥ || 17 ||
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jagāma tarasā tatra yatra sa bhrātṛko'naghaḥ |
bharataṃ mūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrughnamapi mūrcchitam || 18 ||
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śrīrāmacaṃdraṃ duḥkhārtaṃ duḥkhito vākyamabravīt |
kimetaddāruṇaṃ rājandṛśyate mūrcchanādikam || 19 ||
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tadāśu śaṃsa māṃ sarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ mukhyato'nagha |
evaṃ vadaṃtaṃ nṛpatirvṛttāṃtaṃ sarvamāditaḥ || 20 ||
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śaśaṃsa lakṣmaṇaṃ kṣipraṃ duḥkhapūrapariplutam |
lakṣmaṇastadvacaḥ śrutvā sītāyāstyāgasaṃbhavam || 21 ||
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niḥśvasanmuhurucchvāsaṃ stabdhagātra ivābhavat |
bhrātaraṃ stabdhagātraṃ ca kaṃpamānaṃ muhurmuhuḥ || 22 ||
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na kiṃcana vadantaṃ taṃ vīkṣya śokārdito'bravīt |
kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ bhūmau sthitvā duryaśasāṃkitaḥ || 23 ||
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tyajāmīdaṃ vapuḥ śrīmallokabhītyā ca śokavān |
sarvadā bhrātaro mahyaṃ madvākyakaraṇotsukāḥ || 24 ||
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idānīṃ tepi daivena pratikūlavacaḥ karāḥ |
kutra gacchāmi kaṃ yāmi hasiṣyaṃti nṛpā bhuvi || 25 ||
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duryaśo lāṃchitaṃ māṃ vai kuṣṭhinaṃ rūpavannarāḥ |
manorvaṃśe purā bhūpā jātā jātā guṇādhikāḥ || 26 ||
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idānīṃ mayi jāte tu viparītaṃ babhūva tat |
iti saṃbhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ rāmabhadraṃ samīkṣya saḥ || 27 ||
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saṃstabhyāśrūṇi vipulānyuvāca vikala svaraḥ |
svāminviṣādaṃ mā kārṣīḥ kathaṃ tava matirhṛtā || 28 ||
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sītāmaniṃditāṃ ko nu tyajati śrutavānbhavān |
ākārayāmi rajakaṃ paripṛcchāmi taṃ prati || 29 ||
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kathaṃ tvayāniṃditā sā jānakī yoṣitāṃ varā |
tava deśe balātkaścidbādhyate na jano'lpakaḥ || 30 ||
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tasmāttasya yathāsvāṃte pratītiḥ syāttathācara |
kimarthaṃ tyajyate bhīruḥ pativrataparāyaṇā || 31 ||
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manasā vacasā nānyaṃ jānāti janakātmajā |
tasmādenāṃ gṛhāṇa tvametāṃ mā tyaja jānakīm || 32 ||
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mamopari kṛpāṃ kṛtvā maduktaṃ saṃśrayāśu tat |
evaṃ vadaṃtaṃ pratyūce rāmaḥ śokena karṣitaḥ || 33 ||
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lakṣmaṇaṃ dharmavākyena bodhayaṃstyajanodyamaḥ || 34 ||
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rāma uvāca |
kathaṃ tu māṃ bravīṣi tvaṃ mā tyajaināmaniṃditām |
lokāpavādāttyakṣye'haṃ jānannapi vipāpinīm || 35 ||
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svayaśaḥ kāraṇe'haṃ svaṃ dehaṃ tyakṣyāmyaśobhanam |
tvāmapi bhrātaraṃ tyakṣye lokavādādvigarhitam || 36 ||
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kimutānye gṛhāḥ putrā mitrāṇi vasuśobhanam |
svayaśaḥkāraṇe sarvaṃ tyajāmi kimu maithilīm || 37 ||
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na tathā me priyo bhrātā na kalatraṃ na bāṃdhavāḥ |
yathā me vimalākīrtirvallabhā lokaviśrutā || 38 ||
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idānīṃ rajako naiva praṣṭavyo bhavati dhruvam |
kālena sarvaṃ bhavitā lokacittasya raṃjanam || 39 ||
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āmayo yadvadāmastu na cikitsyo bhavetkṣitau |
sakālena parīpākādbheṣajādeva naśyati || 40 ||
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tathā kālena saṃbhāvi sāṃprataṃ mā vilaṃbaya |
tyajaināṃ vipine sādhvīṃ māṃ vā khaḍgena ghātaya || 41 ||
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ityuktaṃ vākyamākarṇya duḥkhito'bhūttadā mahān |
ciṃtayāmāsa ca svāṃte lakṣmaṇaḥ śokakarṣitaḥ || 42 ||
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pitrājñapto jāmadagnyo mātaraṃ cāpyaghātayat |
gurorājñā naiva laṃghyā yuktā'yuktāpi sarvathā || 43 ||
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tasmādenāṃ tyajāmyeva rāmasya priyakāmyayā |
iti saṃciṃtya manasi bhrātaraṃ pratyuvāca saḥ || 44 ||
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lakṣmaṇauvāca |
akṛtyamapi kāryaṃ vai gurvājñāṃ naiva laṃghayet |
tasmātkurve bhavadvākyaṃ yattvaṃ vadasi suvrata || 45 ||
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ityevaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyuvāca saḥ |
sādhusādhu mahāprājña tvayā me toṣitaṃ manaḥ || 46 ||
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adyaiva rātrau jānakyā dohadastāpasī kṣaṇe |
tanmiṣeṇa rathe sthāpya mocayaināṃ mahāvane || 47 ||
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itthaṃ bhāṣitamākarṇya viśuṣyadvadano'bhitaḥ |
rudanbāṣpakalāṃ muṃcañjagāma svaṃ niveśanam || 48 ||
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sumaṃtraṃ tu samāhūya vacanaṃ tamathābravīt |
rathaṃ me kuru sajjaṃ vai sadaśvavarabhūṣitam || 49 ||
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sa tadvākyaṃ samākarṇya rathamānītavāṃstadā |
ānītaṃ taṃ rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaḥ śokakarṣitaḥ || 50 ||
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paramaṃ duḥkhamāpannaḥ saṃruhya syaṃdanaṃ varam |
niḥśvasañjānakīgehaṃ pratasthe bhrātṛsevakaḥ || 51 ||
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gatvā cāṃtaḥpure bhrātā rāmasya mithilātmajām |
pratyūce niḥśvasanvākyaṃ duḥkhapūrapariplutaḥ || 52 ||
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mātarjānaki rāmeṇa preṣito bhavanaṃ tava |
tāpasīḥ prati yāhi tvaṃ dohadaprāptihetave || 53 ||
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iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya lakṣmaṇasya videhajā |
paramaṃ harṣamāpannā lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyabhāṣata || 54 ||
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jānakyuvāca |
dhanyāhaṃ maithilī rājñī rāmasya caraṇasmarā |
yasyā dohadapūrtyarthaṃ preṣayāmāsa lakṣmaṇam || 55 ||
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adyāhaṃ tā vanacarīstāpasīḥ patidevatāḥ |
namaskuryāṃ ca vāsobhiḥ pūjayāmi manoharāḥ || 56 ||
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ityuktvā ramyavastrāṇi mahārhābharaṇāni ca |
maṇīnvimalamuktāśca karpūrādisugaṃdhimat || 57 ||
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caṃdanādikavastūni vicitrāṇi sahasradhā |
jagrāha raghunāthasya patnī svapriyakāmyayā || 58 ||
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sītā gṛhītvā sarvāṇi dāsīnāṃ karayormuhuḥ |
lakṣmaṇaṃ pratigacchaṃtī dehalyāṃ cāskhalattadā || 59 ||
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avicārya tadautsukyāllakṣmaṇaṃ priyakāriṇam |
uvāca kutra saratho yena māṃ prāpayiṣyasi || 60 ||
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sa niḥśvasanrathaṃ haimaṃ jānakyā saha nirviśat |
sumaṃtraṃ pratyuvācāsau cālayāśvānmanojavān || 61 ||
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sa suyuktaṃ rathaṃ vākyāllakṣmaṇasya tu cāhvayat |
aśrupūrṇamukhaṃ paśyaṃllakṣmaṇaṃ sa muhurmuhuḥ || 62 ||
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āhatāstena kaśayā vāhāstasyāpatanpathi |
na calaṃti yadā vāhāstadā lakṣmaṇamabravīt || 63 ||
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sumaṃtra uvāca |
svāmiṃścalaṃti no vāhā yatnena paricālitāḥ |
kiṃ karomi na jāne'tra kāraṇaṃ vāhapātane || 64 ||
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evaṃ bruvaṃtaṃ pratyūce lakṣmaṇo gadgadasvaraḥ |
sārathiṃ dhairyamāsthāya tāḍayaitānkaśādibhiḥ || 65 ||
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etacchrutvoditaṃ yaṃtā kathaṃcitsamacālayat |
tadā sphuraddakṣanetraṃ jānakyā duḥkhaśaṃsakam || 66 ||
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tadaiva hṛdaye śokaḥ samabhūdduḥkhaśaṃsakaḥ |
tadaiva pakṣiṇaḥ puṇyāḥ kurvaṃti parivartanam || 67 ||
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evaṃ vīkṣyaiva vaidehī pratyuvācātha devaram |
kathaṃ me tāpasīkṣāyai yātumicchā raghūdvaha || 68 ||
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rāme bhūyāddhi kalyāṇaṃ bharate vā tathānuje |
tatprajāsu ca sarvatra mā bhavaṃtu viparyayāḥ || 69 ||
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evaṃ bruvaṃtīṃ saṃvīkṣya jānakīṃ ca sa lakṣmaṇaḥ |
na kiṃciduktavānruddha kaṃṭho bāṣpaprapūritaḥ || 70 ||
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sā gacchaṃtī mṛgānvāmaṃ parivartanakārakān |
apaśyadduḥkhasaṃghātakārakānsamabhāṣata || 71 ||
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adya yanme mṛgā vāmaṃ vartayaṃti tadiṣyate |
śrīrāmacaraṇau muktvā gacchaṃtyāyuktameva tat || 72 ||
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mahilānāṃ parodharmaḥ svabhartṛcaraṇārcanam |
tanmuktvānyatra yāṃtyā me yadbhavedyuktameva tat || 73 ||
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evaṃ pathi vicāraṃ tu kurvaṃtyā paramārthataḥ |
jāhnavī dadṛśe devyā munivṛṃdaikasevitā || 74 ||
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yasyāṃ jalasya kallolā dṛśyaṃte dugdhasaṃnibhāḥ |
taraṃgo dṛśyate yatra svargasopānamūrtibhṛt || 75 ||
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yasyā vārikaṇasparśānmahāpātakasaṃcayaḥ |
palāyate na kutrāpi sthānamīkṣansamaṃtataḥ || 76 ||
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gaṃgāṃ prāpyātha saumitrirjānakīṃ syaṃdane sthitām |
uvāca nirgaladbāṣpa ehi sīte rathādbhuvi || 77 ||
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sītā tadvākyamākarṇya kṣaṇādavatatāra sā |
lakṣmaṇena dhṛtā bāhau skhalaṃtī pathi kaṃṭakaiḥ || 78 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe |
jānakyā gaṃgādarśanaṃnāma aṣṭapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 58 ||
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