Valmiki Ramayana 2.94

2.94.1

āghrāya rāmas taṃ mūrdhni pariṣvajya ca rāghavaḥ
aṅke bharatam āropya paryapṛcchat samāhitaḥ

Then Rama gazed, and scarcely knew
Bharat so worn and changed in hue.
He raised him, kissed him on the head,
Embraced him, and thus kindly said;
'Where was thy father, brother dear,
That thou art come to seek me here?
Unmeet, if he be living yet,
Thy feet within the wood to set.
I pray thee now the cause declare
Why thou hast left the kingdom there,
With matted locks and deerskin dress
To roam the distant wilderness.'

2.94.2

kva nu te 'bhūt pitā tāta yad araṇyaṃ tvam āgataḥ
na hi tvaṃ jīvatas tasya vanam āgantum arhasi

Then Rama gazed, and scarcely knew
Bharat so worn and changed in hue.
He raised him, kissed him on the head,
Embraced him, and thus kindly said;
'Where was thy father, brother dear,
That thou art come to seek me here?
Unmeet, if he be living yet,
Thy feet within the wood to set.
I pray thee now the cause declare
Why thou hast left the kingdom there,
With matted locks and deerskin dress
To roam the distant wilderness.'

2.94.3

cirasya bata paśyāmi dūrād bharatam āgatam
duṣpratīkam araṇye 'smin kiṃ tāta vanam āgataḥ

Then Rama gazed, and scarcely knew
Bharat so worn and changed in hue.
He raised him, kissed him on the head,
Embraced him, and thus kindly said;
'Where was thy father, brother dear,
That thou art come to seek me here?
Unmeet, if he be living yet,
Thy feet within the wood to set.
I pray thee now the cause declare
Why thou hast left the kingdom there,
With matted locks and deerskin dress
To roam the distant wilderness.'

2.94.4

kaccid daśaratho rājā kuśalī satyasaṃgaraḥ
rājasūyāśvamedhānām āhartā dharmaniścayaḥ

2.94.5

sa kaccid brāhmaṇo vidvān dharmanityo mahādyutiḥ
ikṣvākūṇām upādhyāyo yathāvat tāta pūjyate

2.94.6

tāta kaccic ca kausalyā sumitrā ca prajāvatī
sukhinī kaccid āryā ca devī nandati kaikayī

2.94.7

kaccid vinaya saṃpannaḥ kulaputro bahuśrutaḥ
anasūyur anudraṣṭā satkṛtas te purohitaḥ

2.94.8

kaccid agniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimān ṛjuḥ
hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā

2.94.9

iṣvastravarasaṃpannam arthaśāstraviśāradam
sudhanvānam upādhyāyaṃ kaccit tvaṃ tāta manyase

2.94.10

kaccid ātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavanto jitendriyāḥ
kulīnāś ceṅgitajñāś ca kṛtās te tāta mantriṇaḥ

2.94.11

mantro vijayamūlaṃ hi rājñāṃ bhavati rāghava
susaṃvṛto mantradharair amātyaiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ

2.94.12

kaccin nidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccit kāle vibudhyase
kac ciṃś cāpararātriṣu cintayasy arthanaipuṇam

2.94.13

kaccin mantrayase naikaḥ kaccin na bahubhiḥ saha
kaccit te mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati

2.94.14

kaccid arthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam
kṣipram ārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava

2.94.15

kaccit tu sukṛtāny eva kṛtarūpāṇi vā punaḥ
vidus te sarvakāryāṇi na kartavyāni pārthivāḥ

2.94.16

kaccin na tarkair yuktvā vā ye cāpy aparikīrtitāḥ
tvayā vā tava vāmātyair budhyate tāta mantritam

2.94.17

kaccit sahasrān mūrkhāṇām ekam icchasi paṇḍitam
paṇḍito hy arthakṛcchreṣu kuryān niḥśreyasaṃ mahat

2.94.18

sahasrāṇy api mūrkhāṇāṃ yady upāste mahīpatiḥ
atha vāpy ayutāny eva nāsti teṣu sahāyatā

2.94.19

eko 'py amātyo medhāvī śūro dakṣo vicakṣaṇaḥ
rājānaṃ rājamātraṃ vā prāpayen mahatīṃ śriyam

2.94.20

kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ
jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ

2.94.21

amātyān upadhātītān pitṛpaitāmahāñ śucīn
śreṣṭhāñ śreṣṭheṣu kaccit tvaṃ niyojayasi karmasu

2.94.22

kaccit tvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā
ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānam iva striyaḥ

2.94.23

upāyakuśalaṃ vaidyaṃ bhṛtyasaṃdūṣaṇe ratam
śūram aiśvaryakāmaṃ ca yo na hanti sa vadhyate

2.94.24

kaccid dhṛṣṭaś ca śūraś ca dhṛtimān matimāñ śuciḥ
kulīnaś cānuraktaś ca dakṣaḥ senāpatiḥ kṛtaḥ

2.94.25

balavantaś ca kaccit te mukhyā yuddhaviśāradāḥ
dṛṣṭāpadānā vikrāntās tvayā satkṛtya mānitāḥ

2.94.26

ka cid balasya bhaktaṃ ca vetanaṃ ca yathocitam
saṃprāptakālaṃ dātavyaṃ dadāsi na vilambase

2.94.27

kālātikramaṇe hy eva bhakta vetanayor bhṛtāḥ
bhartuḥ kupyanti duṣyanti so 'narthaḥ sumahān smṛtaḥ

2.94.28

kaccit sarve 'nuraktās tvāṃ kulaputrāḥ pradhānataḥ
kaccit prāṇāṃs tavārtheṣu saṃtyajanti samāhitāḥ

2.94.29

kaccij jānapado vidvān dakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān
yathoktavādī dūtas te kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ

2.94.30

kaccid aṣṭādaśāny eṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca
tribhis tribhir avijñātair vetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ

2.94.31

kaccid vyapāstān ahitān pratiyātāṃś ca sarvadā
durbalān anavajñāya vartase ripusūdana

2.94.32

kaccin na lokāyatikān brāhmaṇāṃs tāta sevase
anartha kuśalā hy ete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ

2.94.33

dharmaśāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāneṣu durbudhāḥ
buddhimān vīkṣikīṃ prāpya nirarthaṃ pravadanti te

2.94.34

vīrair adhyuṣitāṃ pūrvam asmākaṃ tāta pūrvakaiḥ
satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhadvārāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām

2.94.35

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyaiḥ svakarmanirataiḥ sadā
jitendriyair mahotsāhair vṛtāmātyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

2.94.36

prāsādair vividhākārair vṛtāṃ vaidyajanākulām
kaccit samuditāṃ sphītām ayodhyāṃ parirakṣasi

2.94.37

kaccic caityaśatair juṣṭaḥ suniviṣṭajanākulaḥ
devasthānaiḥ prapābhiś ca taḍāgaiś copaśobhitaḥ

2.94.38

prahṛṣṭanaranārīkaḥ samājotsavaśobhitaḥ
sukṛṣṭasīmā paśumān hiṃsābhir abhivarjitaḥ

2.94.39

adevamātṛko ramyaḥ śvāpadaiḥ parivarjitaḥ
kaccij janapadaḥ sphītaḥ sukhaṃ vasati rāghava

2.94.40

kaccit te dayitāḥ sarve kṛṣigorakṣajīvinaḥ
vārtāyāṃ saṃśritas tāta loko hi sukham edhate

2.94.41

teṣāṃ guptiparīhāraiḥ kaccit te bharaṇaṃ kṛtam
rakṣyā hi rājñā dharmeṇa sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ

2.94.42

kaccit striyaḥ sāntvayasi kaccit tāś ca surakṣitāḥ
kaccin na śraddadhāsyāsāṃ kaccid guhyaṃ na bhāṣase

2.94.43

kaccin nāgavanaṃ guptaṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ ca tṛpyasi
kaccid darśayase nityaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vibhūṣitam
utthāyotthāya pūrvāhṇe rājaputro mahāpathe

2.94.44

kaccit sarvāṇi durgāṇi dhanadhānyāyudhodakaiḥ
yantraiś ca paripūrṇāni tathā śilpidhanurdharaiḥ

2.94.45

āyas te vipulaḥ kaccit kaccid alpataro vyayaḥ
apātreṣu na te kaccit kośo gacchati rāghava

2.94.46

devatārthe ca pitrarthe brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu ca
yodheṣu mitravargeṣu kaccid gacchati te vyayaḥ

2.94.47

kaccid āryo viśuddhātmā kṣāritaś corakarmaṇā
apṛṣṭaḥ śāstrakuśalair na lobhād badhyate śuciḥ

2.94.48

gṛhītaś caiva pṛṣṭaś ca kāle dṛṣṭaḥ sakāraṇaḥ
kaccin na mucyate coro dhanalobhān nararṣabha

2.94.49

vyasane kaccid āḍhyasya dugatasya ca rāghava
arthaṃ virāgāḥ paśyanti tavāmātyā bahuśrutāḥ

2.94.50

yāni mithyābhiśastānāṃ patanty asrāṇi rāghava
tāni putrapaśūn ghnanti prītyartham anuśāsataḥ

2.94.51

kaccid vṛdhāṃś ca bālāṃś ca vaidyamukhyāṃś ca rāghava
dānena manasā vācā tribhir etair bubhūṣase

2.94.52

kaccid gurūṃś ca vṛddhāṃś ca tāpasān devatātithīn
caityāṃś ca sarvān siddhārthān brāhmaṇāṃś ca namasyasi

2.94.53

kaccid arthena vā dharmaṃ dharmaṃ dharmeṇa vā punaḥ
ubhau vā prītilobhena kāmena na vibādhase

2.94.54

kaccid arthaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca jayatāṃ vara
vibhajya kāle kālajña sarvān bharata sevase

2.94.55

kaccit te brāhmaṇāḥ śarma sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ
āśaṃsante mahāprājña paurajānapadaiḥ saha

2.94.56

nāstikyam anṛtaṃ krodhaṃ pramādaṃ dīrghasūtratām
adarśanaṃ jñānavatām ālasyaṃ pañcavṛttitām

2.94.57

ekacintanam arthānām anarthajñaiś ca mantraṇam
niścitānām anārambhaṃ mantrasyāparilakṣaṇam

2.94.58

maṅgalasyāprayogaṃ ca pratyutthānaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
kaccit tvaṃ varjayasy etān rājadoṣāṃś caturdaśa

2.94.59

kaccit svādukṛtaṃ bhojyam eko nāśnāsi rāghava
kaccid āśaṃsamānebhyo mitrebhyaḥ saṃprayacchasi