Chapter XXII

śrīrāma uvāca |
aparyāptaṃ hi bālatvaṃ balātpibati yauvanam |
yauvanaṃ ca jarā paścātpaśya karkaśatāṃ mithaḥ || 1 ||
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himāśanirivāmbhojaṃ vātyeva śaradambukam |
dehaṃ jarā nāśayati nadī tīrataruṃ yathā || 2 ||
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jarjarīkṛtasarvāṅgī jarā jaraṭharūpiṇī |
virūpatāṃ nayatyāśu dehaṃ viṣalavo yathā || 3 ||
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śithilādīrṇasarvāṅgaṃ jarājīrṇakalevaram |
samaṃ paśyanti kāminyaḥ puruṣaṃ karabhaṃ yathā || 4 ||
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anāyāsakadarthinyā gṛhīte jarasā jane |
palāyya gacchati prajñā sapatnyevāhatāṅganā || 5 ||
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dāsāḥ putrāḥ striyaścaiva bāndhavāḥ suhṛdastathā |
hasantyunmattakamiva naraṃ vārdhakakampitam || 6 ||
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duṣprekṣyaṃ jaraṭhaṃ dīnaṃ hīnaṃ guṇaparākramaiḥ |
gṛdhro vṛkṣamivādīrghaṃ gardho hyabhyeti vṛddhakam || 7 ||
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dainyadoṣamayī dīrghā hṛdi dāhapradāyinī |
sarvāpadāmekasakhī vārdhake vardhate spṛhā || 8 ||
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kartavyaṃ kiṃ mayā kaṣṭaṃ paratretyatidāruṇam |
apratīkārayogyaṃ hi vardhate vārdhake bhayam || 9 ||
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ko'haṃ varākaḥ kimiva karomi kathameva ca |
tiṣṭhāmi maunameveti dīnatodeti vārdhake || 10 ||
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kathaṃ kadā me kimiva svādu syādbhojanaṃ janāt |
ityajasraṃ jarā caiṣā ceto dahati vārdhake || 11 ||
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gardho'bhyudeti sollāsamupabhoktuṃ na śakyate |
hṛdayaṃ dahyate nūnaṃ śaktidausthyena vārdhake || 12 ||
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jarājīrṇabakī yāvatkāyakleśāpakāriṇī |
rauti rogoragākīrṇā kāyadrumaśiraḥsthitā || 13 ||
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tāvadāgata evāśu kuto'pi paridṛśyate |
ghanāndhyatimirākāṅkṣī mune maraṇakauśikaḥ || 14 ||
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sāyaṃsaṃdhyāṃ prajātāṃ vai tamaḥ samanudhāvati |
jarāṃ vapuṣi dṛṣṭvaiva mṛtiḥ samanudhāvati || 15 ||
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jarākusumitaṃ dehadrumaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva dūrataḥ |
adhyāpatati vegena mune maraṇamarkaṭaḥ || 16 ||
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śūnyaṃ nagaramābhāti bhāti cchinnalato drumaḥ |
bhātyanāvṛṣṭimāndeśo na jarājarjaraṃ vapuḥ || 17 ||
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kṣaṇānnigaraṇāyaiva kāsakvaṇitakāriṇī |
gṛdhrīvāmiṣamādatte tarasaiva naraṃ jarā || 18 ||
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dṛṣṭvaiva sotsukevāśu pragṛhya śirasi kṣaṇam |
pralunāti jarā dehaṃ kumārī kairavaṃ yathā || 19 ||
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sītkārakāriṇī pāṃsuparuṣā parijarjaram |
śarīraṃ śātayatyeṣā vātyeva tarupallavam || 20 ||
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jarasopahato deho dhatte jarjaratāṃ gataḥ |
tuṣāranikarākīrṇaparimlānāmbujaśriyam || 21 ||
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jarā jyotsnoditaiveyaṃ śiraḥśikharipṛṣṭhataḥ |
vikāsayati saṃrabdhaṃ vātakāsakumudvatī || 22 ||
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paripakvaṃ samālokya jarākṣāravidhūsaram |
śiraḥkūṣmāṇḍakaṃ bhuṅkte puṃsāṃ kālaḥ kileśvaraḥ || 23 ||
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jarājahnusutodyuktā mūlānyasya nikṛntati |
śarīratīravṛkṣasya calatyāyuṣi satvaram || 24 ||
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jarāmārjārikā bhuṅkte yauvanākhuṃ tathoddhatā |
paramullāsamāyāti śarīrāmiṣagardhinī || 25 ||
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kācidasti jagatyasminnāmaṅgalakarī tathā |
yathā jarākrośakarī dehajaṅgalajambukī || 26 ||
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kāsaśvāsasasītkārā duḥkhadhūmatamomayī |
jarājvālā jvalatyeṣā yasyāsau dagdha eva hi || 27 ||
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jarasā vakratāmeti śuklāvayavapallavā |
tāta tanvī tanurnṛṇāṃ latā puṣpānatā yathā || 28 ||
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jarākarpūradhavalaṃ dehakarpūrapādapam |
mune maraṇamātaṅgo nūnamuddharati kṣaṇāt || 29 ||
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maraṇasya mune rājño jarādhavalacāmarā |
āgacchato'gre niryāti svādhivyādhipatākinī || 30 ||
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na jitāḥ śatrubhiḥ saṃkhye praviṣṭā ye'drikoṭare |
te jarājīrṇarākṣasyā paśyāśu vijitā mune || 31 ||
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jarātuṣāravalite śarīrasadanāntare |
śaknuvantyakṣaśiśavaḥ spandituṃ na manāgapi || 32 ||
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daṇḍatṛtīyapādena praskhalantī muhurmuhuḥ |
kāsādhovāyumurajā jarā yoṣitpranṛtyati || 33 ||
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saṃsārasaṃsṛterasyā gandhakuṭyāṃ śirogatā |
dehayaṣṭyāṃ jarānāmnī cāmaraśrīrvirājate || 34 ||
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jarācandrodayasite śarīranagare sthite |
kṣaṇādvikāsamāyāti mune maraṇakairavam || 35 ||
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jarāsudhālepasite śarīrāntaḥpurāntare |
aśaktirārtirāpacca tiṣṭhanti sukhamaṅganāḥ || 36 ||
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abhāvo'gresarī yatra jarā jayati jantuṣu |
kastatreha samāśvāso mama mandamatermune || 37 ||
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kiṃ tena durjīvitadurgraheṇa jarāgatenāpi hi jīvyate yat |
jarājagatyāmajitā janānāṃ sarvaiṣaṇāstāta tiraskaroti || 38 ||
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