अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

putra śoka arditam pāpā visamjñam patitam bhuvi ।
viveṣṭamānam udīkṣya sā aikṣvākam idam abravīt ॥

pāpam kRtvā iva kim idam mama samśrutya samśravam ।
śeṣe kṣiti tale sannaḥ sthityām sthātum tvam arhasi ॥

āhuḥ satyam hi paramam dharmam dharmavido janāḥ ।
satyam āśritya hi mayā tvam ca dharmam pracoditaḥ ॥

samśrutya śaibyaḥ śyenāya svām tanum jagatī patiḥ ।
pradāya pakṣiṇo rājan jagāma gatim uttamām ॥

tatha hi alarkaḥ tejasvī brāhmaṇe veda pārage ।
yācamāne svake netreuddhRtya avimanā dadau ॥

saritām tu patiḥ svalpām maryādām satyam anvitaḥ ।
satya anurodhāt samaye velām khām na ativartate ॥

styamekapadaṁ brahme satye dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhataḥ ।
satyamevākṣayā vedāḥ satyenai vāpyate param ॥

satyaṁ samanuvartsva yadi dharme dhṛtā matiḥ ।
saphalaḥ sa varo me'stu varado hyasi sattama ॥

dharmasyehābhikāmārthaṁ mama caivācicodanāt ।
pravrājaya sutaṁ rāmam triḥ khalu tvāṁ bravīmyaham ॥

samayam ca mama ārya imam yadi tvam na kariṣyasi ।
agrataḥ te parityaktā parityakṣyāmi jīvitam ॥

evam pracoditaḥ rājā kaikeyyā nirviśankayā ।
na aśakat pāśam unmoktum balir indra kRtam yathā ॥

udbhrānta hRdayaḥ ca api vivarṇa vanado abhavat ।
sa dhuryo vai parispandan yuga cakra antaram yathā ॥

vihvalābhyām ca netrābhyām apaśyann iva bhūmipaḥ ।
kRccrāt dhairyeṇa samstabhya kaikeyīm idam abravīt ॥

yaḥ te mantra kRtaḥ pāṇir agnau pāpe mayā dhRtaḥ ।
tam tyajāmi svajam caiva tava putram saha tvayā ॥

prayātā rajanī devi sūryasyodayanaṁ prati ।
abhiṣekaṁ gurujanstvarayīṣyati māṁ dhruvam ॥

rāmābhiṣekasambhāraistadarthamupakalpitaiḥ ।
rāmaḥ kārayitavyo me mṛtasya salilakriyām ॥

tvayā saputtrayā naiva kartavyā salilakriyā ।
vyāhantāsyaśubhācāre yadi rāmābhiṣecanm ॥

na ca śaknomyahaṁ draṣuṁ pūrvaṁ tathā sukham ।
hataharṣaṁ nirānandaṁ punarjanamavāṅmukham ॥

tāṁ tathā bruvatstasya bhūmipanya mahātmanaḥ ।
prabhātā śarvarī puṇyā candranakṣatraśrālinī ॥

tataḥ pāpa samācārā kaikeyī pārthivam punaḥ ।
uvāca paruṣam vākyam vākyajñā roṣa mūrcitā ॥

kim idam bhāṣase rājan vākyam gara ruja upamam ।
ānāyayitum akliṣṭam putram rāmam iha arhasi ॥

sthāpya rājye mama sutam kRtvā rāmam vane caram ।
nihsapatnām ca mām kRtvā kRta kRtyo bhaviṣyasi ॥

sa nunnaiva tīkṣena pratodena haya uttamaḥ ।
rājā pradocitaḥ abhīkṣṇam kaikeyīm idam abravīt ॥

dharma bandhena baddho asmi naṣṭā ca mama cetanā ।
jyeṣṭham putram priyam rāmam draṣṭum iccāmi dhārmikam ॥

tataḥ prabhātāṁ rjanīmudite ca divākare ।
puṇye nakṣatrayoge ce muhūrte ca samāhite ॥

vasiṣṭho guṇasaṁpannaḥ śiṣyeḥ parivṛtastadā ।
upagṛhyāśu saṁbhārān [raviveśa purottamam ॥

siktasaṁmārjitapathāṁ patākottamabhūṣitām ।
vicitrakusumākīrṇāṁ nānāsragbhirvirājitām ॥

saṁhṛṣṭamanujopetāṁ samṛddhavipaṇāpaṇām ।
mahotsavasamākīrṇāṁ rāghavārthe samustsukām ॥

candanāgurudhūpaiśca sarvataḥ pratidhūpitām ।
tāṁ purīm samatikramya purandarapuropamām ॥

dadarśāntaḥ puraśreṣṭhaṁ nānādvijagaṇāyutam ।
paurajānapadākirrrṇaṁ brāhmaṇairupaśobhitam ॥

tadantaḥ puramāsādya vyaticakrāma tam janam ॥

vasiṣṭhaḥ paramaprītaḥ paramarṣirviveśa ca ।
sa tvapaśyadviniṣkrāntaṁ sumantraṁ nāma sārathim ।
dvāre manujasiṁhasya sacivaṁ priyadarśanm ॥

tamuvāca mahātejāḥ sūtaputraṁ viśāradam ॥

vasiṣṭhaḥ kṣipramācakṣva nṛpate rmāmihāgatam ।
ime gaṅgodakaghaṭāḥ sāgarebhyaśca kāñcanāḥ ॥

audumbaraṁ bhadrapīṭhamabhiṣekārthamāgatam ।
sarvabījāni gandhāśca ratnāni vividhāni ca ॥

kṣaudram dadhi ghṛtaṁ lājā darbhāḥ sumanasaḥ payaḥ ।
aṣṭau ca kanyā rucirā mattaścha varavāraṇaḥ ॥

caturaśvo rathaḥ śrīmān nistriṁśo dhanuruttamam ।
vāhanaṁ narasaṁyuktaṁ catraṁ ca śaśipannibham ॥

śvete ca vālavyajane bhṛṅgāruścha hiraṇmayaḥ ।
hemadāmapinaddhaśca kikudmān pāṇḍuro vṛṣaḥ ॥

kesarī ca caturdaṁṣṭro hi śreṣṭho mahābalaḥ ।
siṁhānasnaṁ vyāghratanuḥ samiddhaścha hutāśanaḥ ॥

sarvavāditrasaṁghāśca veśyāśchālaṁkṛtāḥ striyaḥ ।
ācāryā brāhmaṇā gāvaḥ puṇyaśca mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ॥

paurajānapadaśreṣṭhā naigamāśca gaṇaiḥ saha ।
ete cānye ca bahavo nīyamānāḥ priyamvadāḥ ॥

abhiṣekāya rāmasya saha tiṣṭhanti pārthivaiḥ ।
tvarayasva mahārājaṁ yathā samudite'hani ॥

puṇye nakṣatrayoge ca rāmo rājyamavāpnuyāt ।
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sūtaputro mahātmanaḥ ॥

stuvannṛpatiśārdhūlaṁ praviveśa niveśanam ।
taṁ tu pūrvoditaṁ vṛddhaṁ dvārasthā rājasammatam ॥

na śekurabhisaṁroddhuṁ rājñaḥ prayacikīrṣvaḥ ।
sa savīpasthito rājñstāmavasthāmajajñīvān ॥

vāgbhiḥ paramatuṣṭābhirabhiṣṭotuṁ pracakrame ।
tataḥ sūto yathākālaṁ pārthivasya niveśane ॥

sumantraḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā tuṣṭāva jagatīpatim ।
yathā nandati tejasvī sāgaro bhāskarodaye ।
prītah prītena manasā tathānandaghanaḥ svataḥ ॥

indramasyāṁ tu veLāyāmabhituṣṭāva mātaliḥ ॥

so'jayaddhānavānsarvāṁstathā tvāṁ bodhayāmyaham ।
vedāḥ sahāṅgavidyāścha yathāhyātmabhuvam vibhum ॥

brahmāṇam bodhayantyadya tathā tvāṁ bodhayāmyaham ।
ādityaḥ saha candreṇa yathā bhūtadharāṁ śubhām ॥

bodhayatyadya pṛthivīṁ tathā tvām bodhayāmyaham ।
uttiṣṭhāśu mahārāja kṛtakautukamaṅgaLaḥ ॥

virājamāno vapuṣā meroriva divākaraḥ ।
somasūryau ca kākutthsa śivavaiśravaṇāvapi ॥

varuṇāśchagnirindraśca vijayaṁ pradiśntu te ।
gatā bhagavatī rātriḥ kṛtakṛtya midaṁ tava ॥

buddhyasva sṛpaśārdūla kuru kāryamanantaram ।
udatiṣṭhata rāmasya samagramabhiṣecanm ॥

paurajānapadaiścāpi naigamaiśca kṛtāñjaliḥ ।
svayaṁ vasiṣṭho bhagavān brāhmaṇaiḥ saha tiṣṭhati ॥

kṣipramājñpyatāṁ rājan rāghavasyābhiṣecanm ।
yathā hyapālāḥ paśavo yathā senā hyānāyakā ॥

yathā cndraṁ vinā rātriryathā gāvo vinā vṛṣam ।
evaṁ hi bhavitā rāṣṭraṁ yatra rājā na dṛśyate ॥

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sāntvapūrvamivārthavat ।
abhyakīryata śokena bhūya eva mahīpatiḥ ॥

tataḥ sa rājā tam sūtam sanna harṣaḥ sutam prati ।
śoka ārakta īkṣaṇaḥ śrīmān udvīkṣya uvāca dhārmikaḥ ॥

vākyaistu khalu marmāṇi mama bhūyo nikṛntasi ।
sumantraḥ karuṇam śrutvā dRṣṭvā dīnam ca pārthivam ॥

pragRhīta anjaliḥ kimcit tasmāt deśāt apākraman ।
yadā vaktum svayam dainyān na śaśāka mahī patiḥ ॥

tadā sumantram mantrajñā kaikeyī pratyuvāca ha ।
sumantra rājā rajanīṁ rāmaharṣasamutsukaḥ ॥

prajāgarapariśrānto nidrāvaśamupeyuvān ।
tadgaccha tvaritaṁ sūta rājaputraṁ yaśasvinam ॥

rāmamānaya bhadraṁ te nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ।
sa manyamānaḥ kalyāṇam hṛdayena nannandha ca ॥

nirjagāma ca saṁprītyā tvarito rājaśāsanāt ।
sumantraścintayāmāsa tvaritaṁ coditastayā ॥

vyaktaṁ rāmo'bhiṣekārthamihāyāsyati dharmavit ।
iti sūto matiṁ kṛtvā harṣeṇa mahatā vṛtaḥ ॥

nirjagāma mahābāho rāghavasya didṛkṣayā ।
sāgarahradasaṁkāśātsumantro'ntaḥpurācchubhāt ॥

niṣkramya janasaṁbādhaṁ dadarśa dvāramagrataḥ ।
tataḥ purastatsāsā vinirgato ।
mahīpatīn dvāragato vilokayan ।
dadarśa paurān vividhānmahādhanā ।
nupasthitān dvāramupetya viṣṭhatān ॥