अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

iti bruvati rāme tu lakṣmaṇo adhaḥ śirā muhuḥ ।
śrutvā madhyam jagāma iva manasā duhkha harṣayoh ॥

tadā tu baddhvā bhrukuṭīm bhruvor madhye nara ṛṣabha ।
niśaśvāsa mahā sarpo bilasyaiva roṣitaḥ ॥

tasya duṣprativīkṣyam tat bhrukuṭī sahitam tadā ।
babhau kruddhasya simhasya mukhasya sadṛśam mukham ॥

agrahaḥ tam vidhunvams tu hastī hastam ivātmanaḥ ।
tiryag ūrdhvam śarīre ca pātayitvā śiraḥ dharām ॥

agra akṣṇā vīkṣamāṇaḥ tu tiryag bhrātaram abravīt ।
asthāne sambhramaḥ yasya jātaḥ vai sumahān ayam ॥

dharma doṣa prasangena lokasya anatiśankayā ।
katham hi etat asambhrāntaḥ tvad vidho vaktum arhati ॥

yathā daivam aśauṇḍīram śauṇḍīraḥ kṣatriya ṛṣabhaḥ ।
kim nāma kṛpaṇam daivam aśaktam abhiśamsati ।
pāpayos tu katham nāma tayoh śankā na vidyate ॥

santi dharma upadhāḥ ślakṣṇā dharmātman kim na budhyase ॥

tayossucaritam svārtham śāṭhyāt parijihīrṣatoḥ ।
yadi naivam vyavasitam syāddhi prāgreva rāghava ।
tayoḥ prāgeva dattaśca syādvaraḥ prakṛtaśca saḥ ॥

loka vidviṣṭam ārabdham tvad anyasya abhiṣecanam ।
notsahe sahitum vīra tatra me kṣantumarhasi ॥

yena iyam āgatā dvaidham tava buddhir mahī pate ।
sa hi dharmaḥ mama dveṣyaḥ prasangāt yasya muhyasi ॥

katham tvam karmaṇā śaktaḥ kaikeyīvaśavartinaḥ ।
kariṣyasi piturvākyamadharmiṣṭham vigarhitam ॥

yady api pratipattis te daivī ca api tayoḥ matam ।
tathā api upekṣaṇīyam te na me tat api rocate ॥

mansā'pi katham kāmam kuryāstvam kāmavṛttayoḥ ।
tayostvahitayornityam śatrvoḥ pitrabhidhānayoḥ ॥

yadyapi pratipattiste daivī cāpi tayormatam ।
tathā pyupekṣaṇīyam te na me tadapi rocate ॥

viklavo vīrya hīno yaḥ sa daivam anuvartate ।
vīrāḥ sambhāvita ātmāno na daivam paryupāsate ॥

daivam puruṣa kāreṇa yaḥ samarthaḥ prabādhitum ।
na daivena vipanna arthaḥ puruṣaḥ so avasīdati ॥

drakṣyanti tu adya daivasya pauruṣam puruṣasya ca ।
daiva mānuṣayoḥ adya vyaktā vyaktir bhaviṣyati ॥

adya mat pauruṣa hatam daivam drakṣyanti vai janāḥ ।
yad daivāt āhatam te adya dRṣṭam rājya abhiṣecanam ॥

atyankuśam iva uddāmam gajam mada bala uddhatam ।
pradhāvitam aham daivam pauruṣeṇa nivartaye ॥

loka pālāḥ samastāḥ te na adya rāma abhiṣecanam ।
na ca kRtsnāḥ trayo lokā vihanyuḥ kim punaḥ pitā ॥

yaiḥ vivāsaḥ tava araṇye mitho rājan samarthitaḥ ।
araṇye tu vivatsyanti catur daśa samāḥ tathā ॥

aham tadā āśām cetsyāmi pitus tasyāḥ ca yā tava ।
abhiṣeka vighātena putra rājyāya vartate ॥

mad balena viruddhāya na syāt daiva balam tathā ।
prabhaviṣyati duhkhāya yathā ugram pauruṣam mama ॥

ūrdhvam varṣa sahasra ante prajā pālyam anantaram ।
ārya putrāḥ kariṣyanti vana vāsam gate tvayi ॥

pūrva rāja Rṣi vRttyā hi vana vāso vidhīyate ।
prajā nikṣipya putreṣu putravat paripālane ॥

sa ced rājani aneka agre rājya vibhrama śankayā ।
na evam iccasi dharmātman rājyam rāma tvam ātmani ॥

pratijāne ca te vīra mā bhūvam vīra loka bhāk ।
rājyam ca tava rakṣeyam aham velā iva sāgaram ॥

mangalaiḥ abhiṣincasva tatra tvam vyāpRtaḥ bhava ।
aham eko mahī pālān alam vārayitum balāt ॥

na śobha arthāv imau bāhū na dhanur bhūṣaṇāya me ।
na asirā bandhana arthāya na śarāḥ stambha hetavaḥ ॥

amitra damana artham me sarvam etac catuṣṭayam ।
na ca aham kāmaye atyartham yaḥ syāt śatrur mataḥ mama ॥

asinā tīkṣṇa dhāreṇa vidyuc calita varcasā ।
pragRhītena vai śatrum vajriṇam vā na kalpaye ॥

khaḍga niṣpeṣa niṣpiṣṭaiḥ gahanā duścarā ca me ।
hasti aśva nara hasta ūru śirobhir bhavitā mahī ॥

khaḍga dhārā hatā me adya dīpyamānāiva adrayaḥ ।
patiṣyanti dvipā bhūmau meghāiva savidyutaḥ ॥

baddha godhā anguli trāṇe pragṛhīta śara āsane ।
katham puruṣa mānī syāt puruṣāṇām mayi sthite ॥

bahubhiḥ ca ekam atyasyann ekena ca bahūn janān ।
viniyokṣyāmy aham bāṇān nṛ vāji gaja marmasu ॥

adya me astra prabhāvasya prabhāvaḥ prabhaviṣyati ।
rājñaḥ ca aprabhutām kartum prabhutvam ca tava prabho ॥

adya candana sārasya keyūrā mokṣaṇasya ca ।
vasūnām ca vimokṣasya suhRdām pālanasya ca ॥

anurūpāv imau bāhū rāma karma kariṣyataḥ ।
abhiṣecana vighnasya kartṛuṇām te nivāraṇe ॥

bravīhi ko adya eva mayā viyujyatām ।
tava asuhRd prāṇa yaśaḥ suhRj janaiḥ ।
yathā tava iyam vasudhā vaśe bhavet ।
tathā eva mām śādhi tava asmi kimkaraḥ ॥

vimRjya bāṣpam parisāntvya ca asakṛt ।
sa lakṣmaṇam rāghava vamśa vardhanaḥ ।
uvāca pitrye vacane vyavasthitam ।
nibodha mām eṣa hi saumya sat pathaḥ ॥