śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha ṣaṭsaptatitamassargaḥ |
tamevaṃ śokasantaptaṃ bharataṃ kaikayī sutam |
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭha śśreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ || 1 ||
alaṃ śokena bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ |
prāptakālaṃ narapateḥ kuru saṃyānamuttamam || 2 ||
vasiṣṭhasya vaca śśṛtvā bharato dhāraṇāṃ gataḥ |
pretakāryāṇi sarvāṇi kārayāmāsa dharmavit || 3 ||
uddhṛtaṃ tailasaṃrodhātsatu bhūmau niveśitam |
āpītavarṇavadanaṃ prasuptamiva bhūmipam || 4 ||
saṃveśya śayane cāgyre nānāratnapariṣkṛte |
tato daśarathaṃ putro vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ || 5 ||
kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājan proṣite mayyanāgate |
vivāsya rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam || 6 ||
kva yāsyasi mahārāja hitvemaṃ duḥkhitaṃ janam |
hīnaṃ puruṣasiṃhena rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā || 7 ||
yogakṣemaṃ tu te rājan ko'sminkalpayitā pure tvayi prayāte svastāta rāme ca vanamāśrite || 8 ||
vidhavā pṛthivī rājan stvayā hīnā na rājate |
hīnacandreva rajanī nagarī pratibhāti mā || 9 ||
evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ bharataṃ dīnamānasam |
abravīdvacanaṃ bhūyo vasiṣṭhastu mahāmuniḥ || 10 ||
pretakāryāṇi yānyasya kartavyāni viśāṃ pateḥ |
tānyavyagraṃ mahābāho kriyāntāmavicāritam || 11 ||
tatheti bharato vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasyābhipūjya tat |
ṛtvikpurohitācāryān stvarayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ || 12 ||
ye tvagnayo narendresya cāgnyagārādbahiṣkṛtāḥ |
ṛtvigbhiryājakaiścaiva te āhriyanta yathāvidhi || 13 ||
śibikāyāmathā'ropya rājānaṃ gatacetasam |
bāṣpakaṇṭhā vimanasastamūhuḥ paricārakāḥ || 14 ||
hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca |
prakiranto janā mārgaṃ nṛpateragrato yayuḥ || 15 ||
candanāgaruniryāsān saralaṃ padmakaṃ tathā |
devadārūṇi cāhṛtya kṣepayanti tathāpare || 16 ||
gandhānuccāvacāṃścānyāṃ statra gatvātha bhūmipam |
tatra saṃveśayāmāsuścitāmadhye tamṛtvijaḥ || 17 ||
tadā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepustasya tadṛtvijaḥ |
jaguśca te yathāśāstra tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ || 18 ||
śibikābhiśca yānaiśca yathārhaṃ tasya yoṣitaḥ |
nagarā nniryayustatra vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtā stadā || 19 ||
prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakuḥ ṛtvijo'gnicitaṃ nṛpam |
striyaśca śokasantaptāḥ kausalyāpramukhāstadā || 20 ||
krauñcīnāmiva nārīṇāṃ ninādastatra śuśruve |
ārtānāṃ karuṇaṃ kāle krośantīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ || 21 ||
tato rudantyo vivaśāvilapya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
yānebhyassarayūtīramavaterurvarāṅganāḥ || 22 ||
kṛtvodakaṃ te bharatena sārdhaṃ nṛpāṅganā mantripurohitā śca |
purampraviśyāśruparītanetrāḥ bhūmau daśāhaṃ vyanayanta duḥkham || 23 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe ṣaṭsaptatitamassargaḥ ||