अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

tasmimstu puruṣvyāghre niṣkrāmati kṛtāñjalau ।
ārtaśacdo mahān jajñe strīṇāma ntaḥpure tadā ॥

kR^tyeṣvacoditaḥ pitrā sarvasyāntaḥ purasya ca ।
gatiryaḥ śaraṇam cāsīt sa roomo'dya pravatsyati ॥

kausalyāyām yathā yukto jananyām vartate sadā ।
tathaiva vartate'smāsu janmaprabhṛti rāghavaḥ ॥

na krudhyatyabhiśasto'pi krodhanīyāni varjayan ।
kṛddhān prasādayan sarvān sa ito'dya pravatsyati ॥

abhuddhirbata no rājā jīvalokam caratyayam ।
yo gatim sarvabhūtānām parityajati rāghavam ॥

iti sarvā mahiṣyastā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ ।
patimācukruśuścaiva sasvaram cāpi cukruśuḥ ॥

sa hi cāntaḥ pure ghoramārtaśabdham mahīpatiḥ ।
putraśokābhisantaptaḥ śrutvā vyālīyatāsane ॥

rāmaḥ tu bhRśam āyastaḥ nihśvasann iva kunjaraḥ ।
jagāma sahitaḥ bhrātrā mātur antaḥ puram vaśī ॥

so apaśyat puruṣam tatra vRddham parama pūjitam ।
upaviṣṭam gRha dvāri tiṣṭhataḥ ca aparān bahūn ॥

dR^ṣṭvai tu tadā rāmaṁ te sarve sahasotthitāḥ ।
jayena jayatām śreṣṭham vardhayanti sma rāghavam ॥

praviśya prathamām kakṣyām dvitīyāyām dadarśa saḥ ।
brāhmaṇān veda sampannān vRddhān rājñā abhisatkRtān ॥

praṇamya rāmaḥ tān vRddhāms tRtīyāyām dadarśa saḥ ।
striyo vRddhāḥ ca bālāḥ ca dvāra rakṣaṇa tatparāḥ ॥

vardhayitvā prahRṣṭāḥ tāḥ praviśya ca gRham striyaḥ ।
nyavedayanta tvaritā rāma mātuḥ priyam tadā ॥

kausalyā api tadā devī rātrim sthitvā samāhitā ।
prabhāte tu akarot pūjām viṣṇoh putra hita eṣiṇī ॥

sā kṣauma vasanā hRṣṭā nityam vrata parāyaṇā ।
agnim juhoti sma tadā mantravat kRta mangalā ॥

praviśya ca tadā rāmaḥ mātur antaḥ puram śubham ।
dadarśa mātaram tatra hāvayantīm huta aśanam ॥

devakāryanimittam ca tatrāpaśyat samudyatam ।
dadhyakṣatam ghṛtam caiva modakān haviṣastadā ॥

lājān mālyāni śuklāni pāyasam kṛsaram tathā ।
samidhaḥ pūrṇakumbhāmścha dadarśa raghunamdanaḥ ॥

tām śuklakṣaumasamvītām vratayogena karśitām ।
tarpayantīm dadarśādbhiḥ devatām devavarṇinīm ॥

sā cirasya ātmajam dRṣṭvā mātR nandanam āgatam ।
abhicakrāma samhRṣṭā kiśoram vaḍavā yathā ॥

sa mātaramabhikrāntāmupasamgṛhya rāghavaḥ ।
pariṣvaktaśca bāhubhyāmupāgrātaśca mūrdhani ॥

tam uvāca durādharṣam rāghavam sutam ātmanaḥ ।
kausalyā putra vātsalyāt idam priya hitam vacaḥ ॥

vRddhānām dharma śīlānām rājarṣīṇām mahātmanām ।
prāpnuhi āyuḥ ca kīrtim ca dharmam ca upahitam kule ॥

satya pratijñam pitaram rājānam paśya rāghava ।
adya eva hi tvām dharma ātmā yauvarājye abhiṣekṣyati ॥

dattamāsanamālabhya bhojanena nimantritaḥ ।
mātaram rāghavaḥ kimcit prasārya anjalim abravīt ॥

sa svabhāva vinītaḥ ca gauravāc ca tadā ānataḥ ।
prasthito daṇḍakāraṇyamāpraṣṭumupacakrame ॥

devi nūnam na jānīṣe mahad bhayam upasthitam ।
idam tava ca duhkhāya vaidehyā lakṣmaṇasya ca ॥

gamiṣye daṇḍakāraṇyam kimanenāsanena me ।
viṣṭarāsanayogyo hi kālo'yam māmupasthitaḥ ॥

caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane ।
madhu mūla phalaiḥ jīvan hitvā munivad āmiṣam ॥

bharatāya mahā rājo yauvarājyam prayaccati ।
mām punar daṇḍaka araṇyam vivāsayati tāpasam ॥

sa ṣṭcāaṣṭau ca varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane ।
āsevamāno vanyāni phalamūlaiśca cartayan ॥

sā nikṛttaiva sālasya yaṣṭiḥ paraśunā vane ।
papāta sahasā devī devateva divaścyutā ॥

tām aduhkha ucitām dRṣṭvā patitām kadalīm iva ।
rāmaḥ tu utthāpayām āsa mātaram gata cetasam ॥

upāvRtya utthitām dīnām vaḍavām iva vāhitām ।
pāmśu guṇṭhita sarva agnīm vimamarśa ca pāṇinā ॥

sā rāghavam upāsīnam asukha ārtā sukha ucitā ।
uvāca puruṣa vyāghram upaśRṇvati lakṣmaṇe ॥

yadi putra na jāyethā mama śokāya rāghava ।
na sma duhkham ataḥ bhūyaḥ paśyeyam aham aprajā ॥

ekaeva hi vandhyāyāḥ śoko bhavati mānavaḥ ।
aprajā asmi iti samtāpo na hi anyaḥ putra vidyate ॥

na dRṣṭa pūrvam kalyāṇam sukham vā pati pauruṣe ।
api putre vipaśyeyam iti rāma āsthitam mayā ॥

sā bahūni amanojñāni vākyāni hRdayaccidām ।
aham śroṣye sapatnīnām avarāṇām varā satī ॥

ataḥ duhkhataram kim nu pramadānām bhaviṣyati ।
tvayi samnihite api evam aham āsam nirākRtā ॥

tvayi sannihite'pyevamahamāsaṁ nirākṛtā ।
kim punaḥ proṣite tāta dhruvam maraṇam eva me ॥

atyantanigṛhītāsmi bharturnitymatantritā ।
parivāreṇa kaikeyyā samā vāpyathavā'varā ॥

yo hi mām sevate kaścit atha vā api anuvartate ।
kaikeyyāḥ putram anvīkṣya sa jano na abhibhāṣate ॥

nityakrodhatayā tasyāḥ kathaṁ nu kharavādi tat ।
kaikeyyā vadanam draṣṭum putra śakṣyāmi durgatā ॥

daśa sapta ca varṣāṇi tava jātasya rāghava ।
asitāni prakānkṣantyā mayā duhkha parikṣayam ॥

tadakṣayam mahādduḥkham notsahe sahitum ciram ।
viprakāram sapatnīnāmevam jīrṇāpi rāghava ॥

apaśyantī tava mukham paripūrṇaśaśiprabham ।
kṛpaṇā vartayiṣyāmi katham kṛpaṇajīvikām ॥

upavāsaiḥ ca yogaiḥ ca bahubhiḥ ca pariśramaiḥ ।
duhkham samvardhitaḥ mogham tvam hi durgatayā mayā ॥

sthiram tu hṛdayam manye mama idam yan na dīryate ।
prāvṛṣi iva mahā nadyāḥ spṛṣṭam kūlam nava ambhasā ॥

mama eva nūnam maraṇam na vidyate ।
na ca avakāśo asti yama kṣaye mama ।
yad antako adya eva na mām jihīrṣati ।
prasahya simho rudatīm mRgīm iva ॥

sthiram hi nūnam hṛdayam mama āyasam ।
na bhidyate yad bhuvi na avadīryate ।
anena duḥkhena ca deham arpitam ।
dhruvam hi akāle maraṇam na vidyate ॥

idam tu duḥkham yad anarthakāni me ।
vratāni dānāni ca samyamāḥ ca hi ।
tapaḥ ca taptam yad apatya kāraṇāt ।
suniṣphalam bījam iva uptam ūṣare ॥

yadi hi akāle maraṇam svayā iccayā ।
labheta kaścit guru duḥkha karśitaḥ ।
gatā aham adya eva pareta samsadam ।
vinā tvayā dhenur iva ātmajena vai ॥

athāpi kim jīvita madya me vṛthā ।
tvayā vinā cndranibhānanaprabha ।
anuvrajiṣyāmi vanam tvayaiva gauḥ ।
sudurbalā vatsamivānukāṅkṣayā ॥

bhṛśam asukham amarṣitā tadā ।
bahu vilalāpa samīkṣya rāghavam ।
vyasanam upaniśāmya sā mahat ।
sutam iva baddham avekṣya kimnarī ॥