śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha aṣṭasaptatitamassargaḥ |
atha yātrāṃ samīhantaṃ śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ |
bharataṃ śokasantaptamidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 1 ||
gatirya ssarvabhūtānāṃ duḥkhe kiṃ punarātmanaḥ |
sa rāma ssattvasampannaḥ striyā pravrājito vanam || 2 ||
balavānvīryasampanno lakṣmaṇo nāma yo'pyasau |
kiṃ na mocayate rāmaṃ kṛtvā sma pitṛnigraham || 3 ||
pūrvameva tu nigrāhya ssamavekṣya nayānayau |
utpathaṃ yassamārūḍho rājā nāryā vaśaṃ gataḥ || 4 ||
iti sambhāṣamāṇe tu śatrughne lakṣmaṇānuje |
prāgdvāre'bhūttadā kubjā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā || 5 ||
liptā candanasāreṇa rājavastrāṇi bibhratī |
vividhaṃ vividhai staistairbhūṣaṇaiśca vibhūṣitā || 6 ||
mekhalādāmabhiścitrairanyaiśca śubhabhūṣaṇaiḥ |
babhāse bahubhirbaddhā rajjubaddheva vānarī || 7 ||
tāṃ samīkṣya tadā dvāssthāssubhṛśaṃ pāpakāriṇīm |
gṛhītvā'karuṇāṃ kubjāṃ śatrughnāya nyavedayan || 8 ||
yasyāḥ kṛte vane rāmo nyastadehaśca vaḥ pitā |
seyaṃ pāpā nṛśaṃsā ca tasyāḥ kuru yathāmati || 9 ||
śatrughnaśca tadājñāya vacanaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ |
antaḥpuracarānsarvānityuvāca dhṛta vrataḥ || 10 ||
tīvramutpāditaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhrātrūṇāṃ me tathā pituḥ |
yayā seyaṃ nṛśaṃsasya karmaṇaḥ phalamaśnutām || 11 ||
evamuktvā tu tenāśu sakhījanasamāvṛtā |
gṛhītā balavatkubjā sā tadgṛhamanādayat || 12 ||
tata ssubhṛśasantaptastasyā ssarva ssakhījanaḥ |
kruddhamājñāya śatrughnaṃ vipalāyata sarvaśaḥ || 13 ||
āmantrayata kṛtsna śca tasyā ssarva ssakhījanaḥ |
yathā'yaṃ samupakrānto niśśeṣāṃ naḥ kariṣyati || 14 ||
sānukrośāṃ vadānyāṃ ca dharmajñāṃ ca yaśasvinīm |
kausalyāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāma sā hi no'stu dhruvā gatiḥ || 15 ||
sa ca roṣeṇa tāmrākṣa śśatrughna śśatrutāpanaḥ |
vicakarṣa tadā kubjāṃ krośantīṃ dharaṇītale || 16 ||
tasyā hyākṛṣyamāṇāyā mantharāyā statastataḥ |
citraṃ bahuvidhaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tadvyaśīryata || 17 ||
tena bhāṇḍena saṃstīrṇaṃ śrīmadrājaniveśanam |
aśobhata tadā bhūyaḥ śāradaṃ gaganaṃ yathā || 18 ||
sa balī balavatkrodhādgṛhītvā puruṣarṣabhaḥ |
kaikeyīmabhinirbhartsya babhāṣe paruṣaṃ vacaḥ || 19 ||
tairvākyaiḥ paruṣairduḥkhaiḥ kaikeyī bhṛśaduḥkhitā |
śatrughnabhayasantrastā putraṃ śaraṇamāgatā || 20 ||
taṃ prekṣya bharataḥ kruddhaṃ śatrughnamidamabravīt |
avadhyā ssarvabhūtānāṃ pramadāḥ kṣamyatāmiti || 21 ||
hanyāmahamimāṃ pāpāṃ kaikeyīṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm |
yadi māṃ dhārmiko rāmo nāsūyenmātṛghātakam || 22 ||
imāmapi hatāṃ kubjāṃ yadi jānāti rāghavaḥ |
tvāṃ ca māṃ ca hi dharmātmā nābhibhāṣiṣyate dhruvam || 23 ||
bharatasya vacaśśrutvā śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ |
nyavartata tato roṣāttāṃ mumoca ca mantharām || 24 ||
sā pādamūle kaikeyyā mantharā nipapāta ha |
niśśvasantī suduḥkhārtā kṛpaṇaṃ vilalāpa ca || 25 ||
śatrughnavikṣepavimūḍhasañjñāṃ samīkṣya kubjāṃ bharatasya mātā |
śanaissamāśvāsayadārtarūpāṃ krauñcīṃ vilagnāmiva vīkṣamāṇām || 26 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe aṣṭasaptatitamassargaḥ ||