अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

tathā tu vilapantīm tām kausalyām rāma mātaram ।
uvāca lakṣmaṇo dīnaḥ tat kāla sadṛśam vacaḥ ॥

na rocate mama api etat ārye yad rāghavo vanam ।
tyaktvā rājya śriyam gaccet striyā vākya vaśam gataḥ ॥

viparītaḥ ca vṛddhaḥ ca viṣayaiḥ ca pradharṣitaḥ ।
nṛpaḥ kim iva na brūyāc codyamānaḥ samanmathaḥ ॥

na asya aparādham paśyāmi na api doṣam tathā vidham ।
yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrāt vana vāsāya rāghavaḥ ॥

na tam paśyāmy aham loke parokṣam api yo naraḥ ।
svamitro'pi nirasto'pi yo'syadoṣamudāharet ॥

deva kalpam ṛjum dāntam ripūṇām api vatsalam ।
avekṣamāṇaḥ ko dharmam tyajet putram akāraṇāt ॥

tat idam vacanam rājñaḥ punar bālyam upeyuṣaḥ ।
putraḥ ko hṛdaye kuryāt rāja vRttam anusmaran ॥

yāvad eva na jānāti kaścit artham imam naraḥ ।
tāvad eva mayā sādham ātmastham kuru śāsanam ॥

mayā pārśve sadhanuṣā tava guptasya rāghava ।
kaḥ samartho adhikam kartum kṛta antasya iva tiṣṭhataḥ ॥

nirmanuṣyām imām sarvām ayodhyām manuja ṛṣabha ।
kariṣyāmi śaraiaḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ yadi sthāsyati vipriye ॥

bharatasya atha pakṣyo vā yo vā asya hitam iccati ।
sarvān etān vadhiṣyāmi mṛdur hi paribhūyate ॥

protsāhito'yam kaikeyyā sa duṣṭo yadiḥ pitā ।
amitrabhūto nissaṅgam vadhyatām badhyatāmapi ॥

gurorapyavaliptasya kāryākāryamajānataḥ ।
utphatham pratipannasya kāryam bhavati śāsanm ॥

balameṣa kimāśritya hetum vā puruṣarṣabha ।
dātumicchati kaikeyya rājyam sthitamidam tava ॥

tvayā caiva mayā caiva kṛtvā vairam anuttamam ।
kasya śaktiḥ śriyam dātum bharatāya ari śāsana ॥

anuraktaḥ asmi bhāvena bhrātaram devi tattvataḥ ।
satyena dhanuṣā caiva dattena iṣṭena te śape ॥

dīptam agnim araṇyam vā yadi rāmaḥ pravekṣyate ।
praviṣṭam tatra mām devi tvam pūrvam avadhāraya ॥

harāmi vīryāt duhkham te tamaḥ sūryaiva uditaḥ ।
devī paśyatu me vīryam rāghavaḥ caiva paśyatu ॥

etat tu vacanam śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ ।
uvāca rāmam kausalyā rudantī śoka lālasā ॥

bhrātus te vadataḥ putra lakṣmaṇasya śrutam tvayā ।
yad atra anantaram tat tvam kuruṣva yadi rocate ॥

na ca adharmyam vacaḥ śrutvā sapatnyā mama bhāṣitam ।
vihāya śoka samtaptām gantum arhasi mām itaḥ ॥

dharmajña yadi dharmiṣṭho dharmam caritum iccasi ।
śuśrūṣa mām ihasthaḥ tvam cara dharmam anuttamam ॥

śuśrūṣur jananīm putra sva gṛhe niyataḥ vasan ।
pareṇa tapasā yuktaḥ kāśyapaḥ tridivam gataḥ ॥

yathā eva rājā pūjyaḥ te gauraveṇa tathā hi aham ।
tvām na aham anujānāmi na gantavyam itaḥ vanam ॥

tvad viyogān na me kāryam jīvitena sukhena vā ।
tvayā saha mama śreyaḥ tṛṇānām api bhakṣaṇam ॥

yadi tvam yāsyasi vanam tyaktvā mām śoka lālasām ।
aham prāyam iha āsiṣye na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum ॥

tataḥ stvam prāpsyase putra nirayam loka viśrutam ।
brahma hatyām iva adharmāt samudraḥ saritām patiḥ ॥

vilapantīm tathā dīnām kausalyām jananīm tataḥ ।
uvāca rāmaḥ dharma atmā vacanam dharma samhitam ॥

na asti śaktiḥ pitur vākyam samatikramitum mama ।
prasādaye tvām śirasā gantum iccāmy aham vanam ॥

ṛṣiṇā ca pitur vākyam kurvatā vrata cāriṇā ।
gaur hatā jānatā dharmam kaṇḍunā api vipaścitā ॥

asmākam ca kule pūrvam sagarasya ājñayā pituḥ ।
khanadbhiḥ sāgaraiḥ bhūtim avāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ ॥

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa reṇukā jananī svayam ।
kṛttā paraśunā araṇye pitur vacana kāriṇā ॥

etairanyaiśca bahubhirdevi devasamaiḥ kṛtam ।
piturvacanamaklībam kariṣyāmi piturśitam ॥

na khalv etan mayā ekena kriyate pitṛ śāsanam ।
etairapi kṛtam devi ye mayā tava kīrtitāḥ ॥

nāham dharmamapūrvam te pratikūlam pravartaye ।
pūrvaiḥ ayam abhipretaḥ gataḥ mārgo anugamyate ॥

tat etat tu mayā kāryam kriyate bhuvi na anyathā ।
pitur hi vacanam kurvan na kaścin nāma hīyate ॥

tām evam uktvā jananīm lakṣmaṇam punar abravīt ।
tava lakṣmaṇa jānāmi mayi sneham anuttamam ॥

tava lakṣmaṇa jānāmi mayi snehamanuttamam ।
vikramam caiva satyam ca tejaśca sudurāsadam ॥

mama māturmahadduḥkhamatulam śubhalakṣamṇa ।
abhiprāyam avijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca ॥

dharmaḥ hi paramaḥ loke dharme satyam pratiṣṭhitam ।
dharma samśritam etac ca pitur vacanam uttamam ॥

samśrutya ca pitur vākyam mātur vā brāhmaṇasya vā ।
na kartavyam vṛthā vīra dharmam āśritya tiṣṭhatā ॥

so aham na śakṣyāmi pitur niyogam ativartitum ।
pitur hi vacanāt vīra kaikeyyā aham pracoditaḥ ॥

tat enām visṛja anāryām kṣatra dharma āśritām matim ।
dharmam āśraya mā taikṣṇyam mad buddhir anugamyatām ॥

tam evam uktvā sauhārdāt bhrātaram lakṣmaṇa agrajaḥ ।
uvāca bhūyaḥ kausalyām prānjaliḥ śirasā ānataḥ ॥

anumanyasva mām devi gamiṣyantam itaḥ vanam ।
śāpitā asi mama prāṇaiḥ kuru svastyayanāni me ॥

tīrṇa pratijñaḥ ca vanāt punar eṣyāmy aham purīm ।
yayātiriva rājarṣiḥ purā hitvā punardhivam ॥

śokassamdhāryatām mātarhṛdaye sādhu mā śucaḥ ।
vanavāsādihaiṣyāmi punaḥ kṛtvā piturvacaḥ ॥

tvayā mayā ca vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena sumitrayā ।
piturniyoge sthātavyameṣa dharmaḥ sanāanaḥ ॥

amba samhṛtya sambhārān duḥkham hṛdi nigṛhya ca ।
vanavāsakṛtā buddhirmama dharmyānuvartyatām ॥

etadvaca stasya niśamya mātā ।
sudharmyamavyagramaviklabam ca ।
mṛteva samjñām pratilabhya devī ।
samīkṣya rāmam punarityuvāca ॥

yathaiva te putra pitā tathāham ।
guruḥ svadharmeṇa suhṛttayā ca ।
na tvānujānāmi na māṁvihāya ।
suduḥkhitāmarhasi gantumevam ॥

kim jīviteneha vinā tvayā me ।
lokena vā kim svadhayā'mṛtena ।
śreyo muhūrtam tava sannidhānam ।
mameha kṛtsnādapi jīvalokāt ॥

narairivolkābhirapohyamāno ।
mahāgajo'dhvānamanupraviṣṭaḥ ।
bhūyaḥ prajajvāla vilāpamevam ।
niśamya rāmaḥ karuṇam jananyā ॥

sa mātaram caiva visamjñakalpā ।
mārtam ca saumitri mabhiprataptam ।
dharme sthito dharmyamuvāca vākyam ।
yathā sa evārhati tatra vaktum ॥

aham hi te lakṣmaṇa nityameva ।
jānāmi bhaktim ca parākramam ca ।
mama tvabhiprāya masannirīkṣya ।
mātrā sahābhyardasi mā suduḥkham ॥

dharmārthakāmāḥ khalu tāta loke ।
samīkṣitā dharmaphalodayeṣu ।
te tatra sarve syurasamśayam me ।
bhāryeva vaśyābhimatā suputrā ॥

yasmimstu sarve syurasanniviṣṭā ।
dharmo yataḥ syāt tadupakrameta ।
dveṣyo bhavatyarthaparo hi loke ।
kāmātmatā khalvapi na praśastā ॥

guruśca rājā ca pitā ca vṛddhaḥ ।
krodhātpraharṣa dyadi vāpi kāmāt ।
yadvyādiśet kāryamavekṣya dharmam ।
kastanna kuryādanṛdanṛśamsavṛttiḥ ॥

savai na śaknomi pituḥ pratijñā ।
mimāmakartum sakalam yathāvat ।
sa hyavayostata gururniyoge ।
devāśca bhartā sa gatissa dharmaḥ ॥

tasmin punarjīvati dharmarāje ।
viśeṣataḥ sve pathi vartamāne ।
devī mayā sārthamito'pagacchet ।
katham svidanyā vidhaveva nārī ॥

sā mānumanyasva vanam vrajantam ।
kuruṣva naḥ svastyayanāni devi ।
yathā samāpte punarāvrajeyam ।
yathā hi styena punaryayātiḥ ॥

yaśo hyaham kevalarājyakāraṇāt ।
na pṛṣṭhataḥ kartumalam mahodayam ।
adīrghakāle na tu devi jīvite ।
vṛṇe'varāmadya mahīmadharmataḥ ॥

prasādayan nara vṛṣabhaḥ sa mātaram ।
parākramājjigamiṣureva domḍakān ।
atha anujam bhRśam anuśāsya darśanam ।
cakāra tām hRdi jananīm pradakṣiṇam ॥