अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

tat apriyam amitraghnaḥ vacanam maraṇa upamam ।
śrutvā na vivyathe rāmaḥ kaikeyīm ca idam abravīt ॥

evam astu gamiṣyāmi vanam vastum aham tu ataḥ ।
jaṭā cīra dharaḥ rājñaḥ pratijñām anupālayan ॥

idam tu jñātum iccāmi kim artham mām mahī patiḥ ।
na abhinandati durdharṣo yathā puram arim damaḥ ॥

manyur na ca tvayā kāryo devi brūhi tava agrataḥ ।
yāsyāmi bhava suprītā vanam cīra jaṭā dharaḥ ॥

hitena guruṇā pitrā kRtajñena nRpeṇa ca ।
niyujyamāno viśrabdham kim na kuryāt aham priyam ॥

alīkam mānasam tu ekam hRdayam dahati iva me ।
svayam yan na āha mām rājā bharatasya abhiṣecanam ॥

aham hi sītām rājyam ca prāṇān iṣṭān dhanāni ca ।
hRṣṭaḥ bhrātre svayam dadyām bharatāya apracoditaḥ ॥

kim punar manuja indreṇa svayam pitrā pracoditaḥ ।
tava ca priya kāma artham pratijñām anupālayan ॥

tat āśvāsaya hi imam tvam kim nv idam yan mahī patiḥ ।
vasudhā āsakta nayano mandam aśrūṇi muncati ॥

gaccantu ca eva ānayitum dūtāḥ śīghra javaiḥ hayaiḥ ।
bharatam mātula kulāt adya eva nRpa śāsanāt ॥

daṇḍaka araṇyam eṣo aham itaḥ gaccāmi satvaraḥ ।
avicārya pitur vākyam samāvastum catur daśa ॥

sā hRṣṭā tasya tat vākyam śrutvā rāmasya kaikayī ।
prasthānam śraddadhānā hi tvarayām āsa rāghavam ॥

evam bhavatu yāsyanti dūtāḥ śīghra javaiḥ hayaiḥ ।
bharatam mātula kulāt upāvartayitum narāḥ ॥

tava tu aham kṣamam manye na utsukasya vilambanam ।
rāma tasmāt itaḥ śīghram vanam tvam gantum arhasi ॥

vrīḍā anvitaḥ svayam yac ca nRpaḥ tvām na abhibhāṣate ।
na etat kimcin nara śreṣṭha manyur eṣo apanīyatām ॥

yāvat tvam na vanam yātaḥ purāt asmāt abhitvaran ।
pitā tāvan na te rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate api vā ॥

dhik kaṣṭam iti nihśvasya rājā śoka pariplutaḥ ।
mūrcitaḥ nyapatat tasmin paryanke hema bhūṣite ॥

rāmaḥ api utthāpya rājānam kaikeyyā abhipracoditaḥ ।
kaśayā iva āhataḥ vājī vanam gantum kRta tvaraḥ ॥

tat apriyam anāryāyā vacanam dāruṇa udaram ।
śrutvā gata vyatho rāmaḥ kaikeyīm vākyam abravīt ॥

na aham artha paraḥ devi lokam āvastum utsahe ।
viddhi mām Rṣibhis tulyam kevalam dharmam āsthitam ॥

yad atrabhavataḥ kimcit śakyam kartum priyam mayā ।
prāṇān api parityajya sarvathā kRtam eva tat ॥

na hi ataḥ dharma caraṇam kimcit asti mahattaram ।
yathā pitari śuśrūṣā tasya vā vacana kriyā ॥

anuktaḥ api atrabhavatā bhavatyā vacanāt aham ।
vane vatsyāmi vijane varṣāṇi iha catur daśa ॥

na nūnam mayi kaikeyi kimcit āśamsase guṇam ।
yad rājānam avocaḥ tvam mama īśvaratarā satī ॥

yāvan mātaram āpRcce sītām ca anunayāmy aham ।
tataḥ adya eva gamiṣyāmi daṇḍakānām mahad vanam ॥

bharataḥ pālayed rājyam śuśrūṣec ca pitur yathā ।
tahā bhavatyā kartavyam sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ॥

sa rāmasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhRśam duhkha hataḥ pitā ।
śokāt aśaknuvan bāṣpam praruroda mahā svanam ॥

vanditvā caraṇau rāmaḥ visamjñasya pitus tadā ।
kaikeyyāḥ ca api anāryāyā niṣpapāta mahā dyutiḥ ॥

sa rāmaḥ pitaram kRtvā kaikeyīm ca pradakṣiṇam ।
niṣkramya antaḥ purāt tasmāt svam dadarśa suhRj janam ॥

tam bāṣpa paripūrṇa akṣaḥ pRṣṭhataḥ anujagāma ha ।
lakṣmaṇaḥ parama kruddhaḥ sumitra ānanda vardhanaḥ ॥

ābhiṣecanikam bhāṇḍam kRtvā rāmaḥ pradakṣiṇam ।
śanaiḥ jagāma sāpekṣo dRṣṭim tatra avicālayan ॥

na ca asya mahatīm lakṣmīm rājya nāśo apakarṣati ।
loka kāntasya kāntatvam śīta raśmer iva kṣapā ॥

na vanam gantu kāmasya tyajataḥ ca vasumdharām ।
sarva loka atigasya iva lakṣyate citta vikriyā ॥

pratiṣiddhya śubham chatraṁ vyajane ca svalaṁkṛte ।
visarjayitvā svajanaṁ ratham paurāstathā jannān ॥

dhārayan manasā duhkham indriyāṇi nigRhya ca ।
praviveśa ātmavān veśma mātura priya śamsivān ॥

sarvo hyabhijanaḥ śrīmān śrīmataḥ satyavādinaḥ ।
nālakṣayat rāmasya kimcidākāramānane ॥

ucitam ca mahābāhurna jahau harṣamātmanaḥ ।
śāradaḥ samudīrṇāmśuścandrasteja ivātmajam ॥

vācā madhurayā rāmaḥ srvaṁ sammānayan janam ।
mātussamīpaṁ dhīrātmā praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ ॥

taṁ guṇaissamatāṁ prāpto bhrātā vipulavikramaḥ ।
saumitriranuvavrāja dhārayan duḥkhamātmajam ॥

praviśya veśma atibhRśam mudā anvitam ।
samīkṣya tām ca artha vipattim āgatām ।
na caiva rāmaḥ atra jagāma vikriyām ।
suhRj janasya ātma vipatti śankayā ॥