अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

sa dadarśa āsane rāmaḥ niṣaṇṇam pitaram śubhe ।
kaikeyī sahitam dīnam mukhena pariśuṣyatā ॥

sa pituḥ caraṇau pūrvam abhivādya vinītavat ।
tataḥ vavande caraṇau kaikeyyāḥ susamāhitaḥ ॥

rāma iti uktvā ca vacanam vāṣpa paryākula īkṣaṇaḥ ।
śaśāka nRpatir dīno na īkṣitum na abhibhāṣitum ॥

tat apūrvam nara pater dRṣṭvā rūpam bhaya āvaham ।
rāmaḥ api bhayam āpannaḥ padā spRṣṭvā iva pannagam ॥

indriyaiḥ aprahRṣṭaiaḥ tam śoka samtāpa karśitam ।
nihśvasantam mahā rājam vyathita ākula cetasam ॥

ūrmi mālinam akṣobhyam kṣubhyantam iva sāgaram ।
upaplutam iva ādityam ukta anRtam Rṣim yathā ॥

acintya kalpam hi pitus tam śokam upadhārayan ।
babhūva samrabdhataraḥ samudraiva parvaṇi ॥

cintayām āsa ca tadā rāmaḥ pitR hite rataḥ ।
kimsvid adya eva nRpatir na mām pratyabhinandati ॥

anyadā mām pitā dRṣṭvā kupitaḥ api prasīdati ।
tasya mām adya samprekṣya kim āyāsaḥ pravartate ॥

sa dīnaiva śoka ārtaḥ viṣaṇṇa vadana dyutiḥ ।
kaikeyīm abhivādya eva rāmaḥ vacanam abravīt ॥

kaccin mayā na aparādham ajñānāt yena me pitā ।
kupitaḥ tan mama ācakṣva tvam caiva enam prasādaya ॥

aprasannamanāḥ kim nu sadā māṁ prati vatsalaḥ ।
vivarṇa vadano dīno na hi mām abhibhāṣate ॥

śārīraḥ mānaso vā api kaccit enam na bādhate ।
samtāpo vā abhitāpo vā durlabham hi sadā sukham ॥

kaccin na kimcit bharate kumāre priya darśane ।
śatrughne vā mahā sattve mātRRṇām vā mama aśubham ॥

atoṣayan mahā rājam akurvan vā pitur vacaḥ ।
muhūrtam api na icceyam jīvitum kupite nRpe ॥

yataḥ mūlam naraḥ paśyet prādurbhāvam iha ātmanaḥ ।
katham tasmin na varteta pratyakṣe sati daivate ॥

kaccit te paruṣam kimcit abhimānāt pitā mama ।
uktaḥ bhavatyā kopena yatra asya lulitam manaḥ ॥

etat ācakṣva me devi tattvena paripRccataḥ ।
kim nimittam apūrvo ayam vikāraḥ manuja adhipe ॥

evamuktā tu kaikeyī rāghaveṇa mahātmanā ।
uvācedaṁ sunirlajjā dhṛṣṭamātmahitaṁ vacaḥ ॥

na rājā kupito rāma vyasanam nāsya kimcana ।
kimcinmanogataṁ tvasya tvadbhayānnābhibhāṣate ॥

priyam tvāmapriyam vaktum vāṇī nāsyopapartate ।
tadavaśyam tvayā kāryam yadanenāśrutam mama ॥

eṣa mahyam varam dattvā purā māmabhipūjya ca ।
sa paścāttapyate rājā yathānyaḥ prākṛtastathā ॥

atisṛjya dadānīti varam mama viśāmpatiḥ ।
sa nirarthaṁ gatajale setum bandhitumicchati ॥

dharmūlamidam rāma viditam ca satāmapi ।
tatsatyam na tyajedrājā kupitastvatkṛte yathā ॥

yadi tadvakṣyate rājā śubham vā yadi vā'śubham ।
kariṣyasi tataḥ sarvamākhyāmi punastvaham ॥

yadi tvabhihitaṁ rājñā tvayi tanna vipatsyate ।
tato'hamabhidhāsyāmi na hyeṣa tvayi vakṣyati ॥

etāttu vacanaṁ śrutvā kaikeyyā samudāhṛtam ।
uvāca vyathito rāmastām devīm nṛpasannidhau ॥

aho dhiṅnārhase devi paktuṁ māmīdṛśaṁ vacaḥ ।
aham hi vacanāt rājñaḥ pateyam api pāvake ॥

bhakṣayeyam viṣam tīkṣṇam majjeyam api ca arṇave ।
niyuktaḥ guruṇā pitrā nRpeṇa ca hitena ca ॥

tat brūhi vacanam devi rājño yad abhikānkṣitam ।
kariṣye pratijāne ca rāmaḥ dvir na abhibhāṣate ॥

tam ārjava samāyuktam anāryā satya vādinam ।
uvāca rāmam kaikeyī vacanam bhRśa dāruṇam ॥

purā deva asure yuddhe pitrā te mama rāghava ।
rakṣitena varau dattau saśalyena mahā raṇe ॥

tatra me yācitaḥ rājā bharatasya abhiṣecanam ।
gamanam daṇḍaka araṇye tava ca adya eva rāghava ॥

yadi satya pratijñam tvam pitaram kartum iccasi ।
ātmānam ca nara reṣṭha mama vākyam idam śRṇu ॥

sa nideśe pitus tiṣṭha yathā tena pratiśrutam ।
tvayā araṇyam praveṣṭavyam nava varṣāṇi panca ca ॥

bharatastvabhiṣicyeta yadetadabhiṣecanm ।
tvadarthe vihitam rājñā tena sarveṇa rāghava ॥

sapta sapta ca varṣāṇi daṇḍaka araṇyam āśritaḥ ।
abhiṣekam imam tyaktvā jaṭā cīra dharaḥ vasa ॥

bharataḥ kosala pure praśāstu vasudhām imām ।
nānā ratna samākīrṇam savāji ratha kunjarām ॥

etena tvāṁ narendroyam kāruṇyena samāplutaḥ ।
śokasaṁkliṣṭavadano na śaknoti nirīkṣitum ॥

etatkuru narendhrasya vacanaṁ raghunandana ।
satyana mahatā rāma tārayasva nareśvaram ॥

itīva tasyāṁ paruṣam vadantyām ।
nacaiva rāmaḥ praviveśa śokam ।
pravivyadhe cāpi mahānubhāvo ।
rājā tu putravyasanābhitaptaḥ ॥