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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.101

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2.101.1

रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा भरतः प्रत्युवाच ह ।
किं मे धर्माद्विहीनस्य राजधर्मः करिष्यति ॥ २.१०१.१ ॥

Hearing Rāma's words, Bharata replied: "What will the duty of kingship do for me, who am deprived of dharma?"

2.101.2

शाश्वतो ऽयं सदा धर्म्मः स्थितो ऽस्मासु नरर्षभ ।
ज्येष्ठपुत्रे स्थिते राजन्न कनीयान् नृपो भवेत् ॥ २.१०१.२ ॥

O best of men, this dharma has always been established among us: while the eldest son is present, the younger does not become king.

2.101.3

स समृद्धां मया सार्द्धमयोध्यां गच्छ राघव ।
अभिषेचय चात्मानं कुलस्यास्य भवाय नः ॥ २.१०१.३ ॥

O descendant of Raghu, go with me to prosperous Ayodhyā, and have yourself anointed for the welfare of this our family.

2.101.4

राजानं मानुषं प्राहुर्देवत्वे स मतो मम ।
यस्य धर्मार्थसहितं वृत्तमाहुरमानुषम् ॥ २.१०१.४ ॥

People call a king a human being, but in my view he is a god; the one whose conduct is joined with dharma and wealth is called superhuman.

2.101.5

केकयस्थे च मयि तु त्वयि चारण्यमाश्रिते ।
दिवमार्यो गतो राजा यायजूकः सतां मतः ॥ २.१०१.५ ॥

While I was in Kekaya and you had gone to the forest, the noble king, a performer of sacrifices esteemed by the good, went to heaven.

2.101.6

निष्क्रान्तमात्रे भवति सहसीते सलक्ष्मणे ।
दुःखशोकाभिभूतस्तु राजा त्रिदिवमभ्यगात् ॥ २.१०१.६ ॥

No sooner had you set out with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa than the king, overwhelmed by sorrow and grief, went to heaven.

2.101.7

उत्तिष्ठ पुरुषव्याघ्र क्रियतामुदकं पितुः ।
ऺअहं चायं च शत्रुघ्नः पूर्वमेव कृतोदकौ ॥ २.१०१.७ ॥

Rise, tiger among men; let the water offering be made for our father. I and this Śatrughna have already made the water offering.

2.101.8

प्रियेण खलु दत्तं हि पितृलोकेषु राघव ।
अक्षय्यं भवतीत्याहुर्भवांश्चैव पितुः प्रियः ॥ २.१०१.८ ॥

O Rāghava, what a beloved son offers is said to be imperishable in the worlds of the ancestors; and you too were dear to your father.

2.101.9

त्वामेव शोचंस्तव दर्शनेप्सुस्त्वय्येव सक्तामनिवर्त्य बुद्धिम् ।
त्वया विहीनस्तव शोकरुग्णस्त्वां संस्मरन्नस्तमितः पिता ते ॥ २.१०१.९ ॥

Grieving for you alone, longing to see you, his mind fixed on you and never turned away, bereft of you and wasted by the disease of sorrow, remembering you alone, your father has passed away.