अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

tataḥ śrutvā mahārājaḥ kaikeyyā dāruṇam vacaḥ ।
cintāmabhisamāpede muhūrtam pratatāpa ca ॥

kim nu me yadi vā svapnaścittamohoo'pi vāmama ।
anubhūtopasargo vā manaso vāpyupadravaḥ ॥

iti samcintya tadrājā nādhyagaccha ttadā sukham ।
pratilabhya cirātsamjñām kaikeyīvākyatāḍitaḥ ॥

vyathito viklabaśacaiva vyāghrīm dṛṣṭvā yathā mṛgaḥ ।
asamvṛtāyāmāsīno jagatyām dīrghamucchvasan ॥

maṇḍle pannago ruddho mantrairiva mahāviṣaḥ ।
ahodhigiti sāmarṣo vācamuktvā narādhipaḥ ॥

mohamāpedivānbhūyaḥ śokopahatacetanaḥ ।
cireṇa tu nṛpaḥ samjñām pratilabhya suduḥkhitaḥ ॥

kaikeyīmabravītkruddhaḥ pradahanniva cakṣuṣā ।
nṛśamse duṣṭacāritre kulasyāsya vināśini ॥

kim kṛtam tava rāmeṇa pāpaṁ pāpe mayāpi vā ।
tvaṁ mamātmavināśārtham bhavanam svaṁ praveśitā ॥

avijñānānnṛpasutā vyāLī tīkṣṇaviṣā yathā ।
jīvaloko yadā sarvo rāmasyāha guṇastavam ॥

aparādham kamuddiśya tyakṣyāmīṣṭamaham sutam ।
jīvaloko yadā sarvo rāmasyāha guṇastavam ॥

aparādham kamuddiśya tyakṣyāmīṣṭamaham sutam ।
kausalyām vā sumitrām vā tyajeyamapi vā śriyam ॥

jīvitam vātmano rāmam na tveva pitṛvatsalam ।
parā bhavati me prītirdhṛṣṭvā tanayamagrajam ॥

apaśyatastu me rāmam naṣṭā bhavati cetanā ।
tiṣṭhelloko vinā sūryam sasyam vā salilam vinā ॥

na tu rāmam vinā dehe tiṣṭhettu mama jīvitam ।
tadalam tyajyatāmeṣa niścayaḥ pāpaniścaye ॥

apite caraṇau mūrdhnā spṛśāmyeṣa prasīda me ।
kimidam cintitam pāpe tvayā paramadāruṇam ॥

atha jījñāsase mām tvam bharatasya priyāpriye ।
astuyattattvayāapūrvam vyāhṛtamrāghavamprati ॥

sa me jyeṣṭhaḥ sutaḥ śrīmān dharmajyeṣṭha itīva me ।
tattvayā priyavādinyā sevārtham kathitam bhavet ॥

tacchrutvā śokasamtaptā samtāpayasi mām bhṛśam ।
āviṣṭāsi gṛham śūnyam sā tvam paravaśam gatā ॥

ikṣvākūṇām kule devi samprāptaḥ sumahānayam ।
anayo nayasampanne yatra te vikṛtā matiḥ ॥

na hi kimcidayuktam vā vipriyam vā purā mama ।
akarostvam viśālākṣi tena na śraddadhāmyaham ॥

nanu te rāghavastulyo bharatena mahātmanā ।
bahuśo hi sma bāle tvam kathayase mama ॥

tasya dharmātmano devi vanavāsam yaśasvinaḥ ।
katham rocayase bhīru nava varṣāṇi pañca ca ॥

atyantasukumārasya tasya dharme dhṛtātmanaḥ ।
katham rocayase vāsamaraṇye bhṛśadāruṇe ॥

rocayasyabhirāmasya rāmasya śubhalocane ।
tavaśuśrūṣamāṇasya kimmartham vipravāsanam ॥

rāmo hi bharatādbhūyastava śuśrūṣte sadā ।
viśeṣam tvayi tasmāttu bharatasya na lakṣaye ॥

śuśrūṣām gauravam caiva pramāṇam vacanakriyām ।
kaste bhūyastaram kuryādanyatra manujarṣabhāt ॥

bahūnām strīsahasrāṇām bahūnām copajīvinām ।
parivādo'pavādo vā rāghave nopapadyate ॥

sāntvayan sarvabhūtāni rāmaḥ śuddhena cetasā ।
gṛhṇāti manujavyāgraḥ priyairviṣayavāsinaḥ ॥

satyena lokān jayati dīnān dānena rāghavaḥ ।
gurūn śuśrūṣayā vīro dhanuśā yudhi śātravān ॥

satyam dānam tapastyago vitratā śaucamārjavam ।
vidyā ca guruśuśrūṣā dhruvāṇyetāni rāghave ॥

tasminnārjavasampanne devi devopame katham ।
pāpamāśamsase rāme maharṣisamatejasi ॥

na smarāmyapriyam vākyam lokasya priyavādinaḥ ।
sa katham tvatkṛte rāmam vakṣyāmi priyamapriyam ॥

kṣamā yasmin damastyāgaḥ satyam dharmaḥ kṛtajñatā ।
apyahimsā ca bhūtānām tamṛte kā gatirmama ॥

mama vṛddhasya kaikeyi gatāntasya tapasvinaḥ ।
dīnam lālapyamānasya kāruṇyam kartumarhasi ॥

pṛthivyām sāgarāntāyām yatkiñcaidadhigamyate ।
tatsarvam tava dāsyāmi mā ca tvām manyurāviśet ॥

añjalim kurmi kaikeyi pādau cāpi spṛśāmi te ।
śaraṇam bhava rāmasya mā'dharmo māmiha spṛśet ॥

iti duḥkhābhisantaptam vilapantamacetanam ।
ghūrṇamānam mahārājam śokena samabhiplutam ॥

pāram śokārṇavasyāśu prārthayantam punaḥ punaḥ ।
pratyuvācātha kaikeyī raudrā raudrātaram vacaḥ ॥

yadi datvā varau rājan punaḥ pratyanutapyase ।
dhārmikatvam katham vīra pṛthivyām kathayiṣyasi ॥

yadā sametā bahavastvayā rājarṣayassaha ।
kathayiṣyanti dharmajña tatra kim prativakṣyasi ॥

yasyāḥ prasāde jīvāmi yā ca māmabhyapālayat ।
tasyāḥ kṛtam mayā mithyā kaikeyyā iti vakṣyasi ॥

kilbiṣam narendhrāṇām kariṣyasi narādhipa ।
yo dattvā varamadyaiva punaranyāni bhāṣase ॥

śaibyaḥ śyenakapotīye svamāmsaṁ pakṣite dadau ।
alarkaścakṣuṣī datvā jagāma gatimuttamām ॥

sāgaraḥ samayam kṛtvāna velāmativartate ।
samayam mā'nṛtam kārṣīḥ purvavṛttamanusmaran ॥

sa tvam dharmam parityajya rāmam rājye'bhiṣicyaca ।
saha kaulasyayā nityam rantumicchasi durmate ॥

bhavatvadharmo dharmo vā satyam vā yadi vānṛtam ।
yattvayā samśrutam mahyam tasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ ॥

aham hi viṣamadyaiva pītvā bahu tavāgrataḥ ।
paśyataste mariṣyāmi rāmo yadyabhiṣicyate ॥

ekāhamapi paśyeyam yadyaham rāmamātaram ।
añjalim pratigṛhṇantīm śreyo nanu mṛtirmama ॥

bharatenātmanā cāham śape te manujādhipa ।
yathā nānyena tuṣyeyamṛte rāmavivāsanāt ॥

etāvaduktvā vacanam kaikeyī virarāma ha ।
vilapantam ca rājānam na prativyājahāra sā ॥

śrutvā tu rājā kaikeyyā vṛtam paramaśobhanam ।
rāmasya ca vane vāsamaiśvaryam bharatasya ca ॥

nābhyabhāṣata kaikeyyim muhūrtam vyākulendriyaḥ ।
praikṣatānimiṣo devīm priyāmapriyavādinīm ॥

tām hi vajrasamām vācamākarṇya hṛdayā priyām ।
duḥkhaśokamayīm ghorām rājā na sukhito'bhavat ॥

sa devyā vyavasāyam ca ghoram ca śapatham kṛtam ।
dhyātvā rāmeti niśśvasya chinnastarurivāpatat ॥

naṣṭacitto yathonmatto viparīto yathāturaḥ ।
hṛtatejā yathā sarpo babhūva jagatīpatiḥ ॥

dīnayā tu girā rājā iti hovāca kaikayim ।
anarthamimamarthābham kena tvamupadarśitā ॥

bhūtopahatacitteva bruvantī mām na lajjase ।
śīlavyasanametatte nābhijānāmyaham purā ।
ba3lāyāstattvidānīm te lakṣaye viparītavat ॥

kuto vā te bhayam jātam yā tvamevamvidam varam ।
rāṣṭre bharatamāsīnam vṛṇīṣe rāghavam vane ॥

viramaitena bhāvena tvametenānṛtena vā ॥

yadi bhartuḥ priyam kāryam lokasya bharatasya ca ।
vṛśamse pāpasamkalpe kṣudre duṣkṛtakāriṇi ॥

kim nu kuḥkhamaLīkam vā mayi rāme ca paśyasi ।
na kathamci dṛte rāmādbharato rājyamāvaset ॥

rāmādapi hi tam manye dharmato balavattaram ।
katham drakṣyāmi rāmasya vanam gaccheti bhāṣite ॥

mukhavarṇam vivarṇam tam yathaivendumupaplutam ।
tām hi me sukṛtām buddhim suhṛdbhiḥ saha niścitām ॥

katham drakṣyāmyapāvṛttām parairiva hatām camūm ।
kim mām vakṣyanti rājāno nānādigbhyaḥ samāgatāh ॥

bālo batāya maikṣvākaściram rājyamakārayat ।
yadā tu bahavo vṛddhā guṇavanto bahuśrutāh ॥

pariprakṣyanti kākutthsam vakṣyāmi kimmahām tadā ।
kaikeyyā kliśyamānena rāmaḥ pravrājito mayā ॥

yadi satyam bravīmyetattadasatyam bhaviṣyati ।
kim mām vakṣyati kausalyā rāghave vanamāsthite ॥

kim cainām prativakṣyāmi kṛtvā cāpriyamīdṛśam ।
yadā yadā hī kausalyā dāsīvacca sakhīva ca ॥

bhāryāvadbhaginīvacca mātṛvaccopatiṣṭhati ।
satatam priyakāmā me priyaputrā priyamvadā ॥

na mayā satkṛtā devi satkārārhā kṛte tava ।
idānīm tattapati mām yanmayā sukṛtam tvayi ॥

avathyavyañjanonopetam bhuktamannamivāturam ।
viprakāram ca rāmasya samprayāṇam vanasya ca ॥

sumitrā prekṣyavai bhītā katham me viśvasiṣyati ।
kṛpaṇam bata vaidehī śroṣyati dvayamapriyam ॥

mām ca pañcatvamāpannam rāmam ca vanamāśritam ।
vaidehī bata me prāṇān śocantī kṣapayiṣyati ॥

hīnā himavataḥ pārśvae kinnareṇena kinnarā ।
na hi rāmamaham dṛṣṭva pravasantam mahāvane ॥

ciram jīvitumāśamse rudatīm cāpi maithilīm ।
sā nūnam vidhavā rājyam saputrā kārayiṣyasi ॥

na hi pravājite rāme devi jīvitumutsahe ।
satīm tvāmahamatyantam vyavasyāmyasatīm satīm ॥

rūpiṇīm viṣasamyuktām pītveva madirām narah ।
anṛtairbahu mām sānvaiḥsā ntvayantī sma smabhāṣase ॥

gītaśabdena samrudhya lubdho mṛgamivāvadhīḥ ।
anārya iti māmāryāḥ putravikrāyikam dhruvam ॥

dhikkariṣyanti rathyāsu surāpam brāhmaṇam yathā ।
aho duḥkhamaho kṛcchram yatra vācaḥ kṣame tava ॥

duḥkhamevamvidham prāptam purākṛtamivāśubham ।
ciram khalu mayā pāpe tvam pāpenābhirakṣitā ॥

ajñānādupasampannā rajjurudbamdhinī yathā ।
ramamāṇastvayā sārdham mṛtyum tvā nābhilakṣaye ॥

bālo rahasi hastena kṛṣṇasarpamivāspṛśam ।
mayā hyapitṛkaḥ putraḥsa mahātmā durātmanā ॥

yaḥ strīkṛte priyam putram vanam prasthāpayiṣyati ।
vrataiśca brahmacaryaiśca gurubhiścapakarśitaḥ ॥

bhogakāle mahatkṛcchram punareva prapatsyate ।
nālam dvitīyam vacanam putro mām prati bhāṣitum ॥

sa vanam pravrajetyukto bāḍhamityeva vakṣyati ।
yadi me rāghavaḥ kuryādvanam gacceti coditaḥ ॥

pratikūlam priyam me syānna tu vatsaḥ kariṣyati ।
śuddhibhāvo hi bhāvam me na tu jñāsyati rāghavaḥ ॥

sa vanam pravraje tyuktobāḍha vityeva vakṣyati ।
rāghave hi vanam prāpte sarvalokasya dhikkṛtam ॥

mṛtyurakṣamaṇīyam mām nayiṣyati yamakṣayam ।
rāghave hi vanam prāpte sarvalokasya dhikkṛtam ॥

mṛtyurakṣamaṇīyam mām nayiṣyati yamakṣayam ।
mṛte mayi gate rāme vanam manujapuṅgave ॥

iṣṭe mama jane śeṣe kim pāpam prativatsyase ।
kausalyā mām ca rāmam ca putrau ca yadi hāsyati ॥

duḥkhānyasahatī devī māmevānumariṣyati ।
kausalyām ca sumitrām ca mām ca putraistribhiḥ saha ॥

prakṣivya narake sā tvam kaikeyi sukhitā bhava ।
mayā rāmeṇa ca tyaktam śāśvatam satkṛtam guṇaiḥ ॥

ikṣvākukulamakṣobhyamākulam pālayiṣyasi ।
priyam cedbharatasyaitadrāmapravrājanam bhavet ॥

mā sma me bharataḥ kārṣīt pretakṛtyam gatāyuṣaḥ ।
hantānārye mamāmitre sakāmā bhava kaikayi ॥

mṛte mayi gate rāme vanam puruṣapuṅgave ।
sedānīm vidhavā rājyam saputrā kārayiṣyasi ॥

tvam rājaputrīvādena nyavaso mama veśmani ।
akīrtiścātulā loke dhruvaḥ paribhavaśca me ॥

sarvabhūteṣu cāvajñā yathā pāpakṛtastathā ।
katham rathairvibhurgatvā gajāśvaieśca muhūrmahuḥ ॥

padbhyām rāmo mahāraṇye vatso me vicariṣyati ।
yasya tvāhārasamaye sūdāḥ kuṇḍaladhāriṇaḥ ॥

ahampurvāḥ pacanti sma praśastam pānabhojanam ।
sa kathannu kaṣāyāṇi tiktāni kaṭukāni ca ॥

bhakṣayanvanyamāhāram suto me vartayiṣyati ।
mahārhavastrasamvīto bhūtvā cirasukhoṣitaḥ ॥

kāśāyaparidhānastu katham bhūmau nivatsyati ।
kasyaitaddhāruṇam vākyamevam vidhamacintitam ॥

rāmasyāraṇyagavanam bharatasyaiva mātaram ।
dhigastu yoṣito nāma śaṭhāḥ svārthaparāssadā ॥

na bravīmi striyaḥ sarvā bharatasyaiva mātaram ।
anarthabhāve' rthapare nṛśamse ।
mamānutāpāya niviṣṭabhāve ।
kimapriyam paśyasi mannimittam ।
hitānukāriṇyathavāpi rāme ॥

parityajeyuḥ pitaro hi putrān ।
bhāryāḥ vatīmścāpi kṛtānurāgāḥ ।
kṛtsnam hi sarvam kupitam jagatsyā ।
ddṛṣṭve rānan vtasabe bunagban ॥

aham punardevakumārarūpa ।
malakṛtam tam sutamāvrajantam ।
nandāmi paśyannapi darśanena ।
bhavāmi dṛṣṭvā ca punaryuveva ॥

vināpi sūryeṇa bhavetpravṛtti ।
ravarṣtā vajradhareṇa vāpi ।
rāmam tu gacchantamitaḥ samīkṣya ।
jīvenna kaścittviti cetanā me ॥

vināśakāmāmahitāmamitrā ।
māvāsayam mṛtyumivātmanastvam ।
ciram batāṅkena dhṛtāsi sarpī ।
mahāviṣa tena hato'smi mohāt ॥

mayā ca rāmeṇa salakṣmaṇena ।
praśāstu hīno bharatastvayā saha ।
puram ca rāṣṭram ca nihatya bāndhavān ।
mamāhitānām ca bhavābhiharṣiṇī ॥

nṛśamsavṛtte vyasanaprahāriṇi ।
prasahya vākyam yadihādya bhāṣase ।
na nāma te kena mukhātpatantyadho ।
viśīryamāṇā daśanā ssahasradhā ॥

na kimcidāhāhitamapriyam vaco ।
na vetti rāmaḥ paruśāṇi Bhāṣitum ।
kathannu rāme hyabhirāmavādini ।
bravīṣi doṣān guṇanityasammate ॥

pratāmya vā prajvala vā praṇaśya vā ।
sahasraśo vā sphuṭitā mahīm vraja ।
na te kariṣyami vacaḥ sudāruṇam ।
mamāhitam kekayarājapāmsani ॥

kṣuropamām nityamasatpriyamvadām ।
praduṣṭabhāvām svakulopaghātinīm ।
na jīvitum tvām viṣahe'manoramām ।
didhakṣamāṇām hṛdayam sabandhanam ॥

na jīvitam me'sti punaḥ kutaḥ sukham ।
vinātmajenātmavataḥ kuto ratiḥ ।
mamāhitam devi na k kartumarhasi ।
spṛśāmi pādāvapi te prasīda me ॥

sa bhūmipalo vilapannanāthavat ।
strīyā gṛhīto hṛdaye'timātrayā ।
papāta devyāścaraṇau prasāritā ।
pubhāvasamprāpya yathāturastathā ॥