अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

sā apanīya tam āyāsam upaspṛśya jalam śuci ।
cakāra mātā rāmasya mangalāni manasvinī ॥

na śakyase vārayauitum gacchedānīm raghuttama ।
śrīghram ca vinivartasva vartasva ca satām krame ॥

yam pālayasi dharmam tvam dhṛtyā ca niyamena ca ।
savai rāghavaśārdula! dharmastvāmabhirakṣatu ॥

yebhyaḥ praṇamase putra caityeṣvāyataneṣu ca ।
te ca tvāmabhirakṣantu vane saha maharṣibhiḥ ॥

yāni dattāni te' strāṇi viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā ।
tāni tvāmabhirakṣantu guṇaissamuditam sadā ॥

pitṛśuśruṣayā putra mātṛśu śrūṣayā tathā ।
satyena ca mahābāho ciram jīvābhirakṣitaḥ ॥

samitkuśapavitrāṇi vedyaścāyatanāni ca ।
sthaṇḍhilāni vicitrāṇi śailā vṛkṣāḥ kuśuphā hradāḥ ॥

pataṅgāḥ pannagāḥ simhāstvām rakṣantu narottama ।
svasti sādhyāḥ ca viśve ca marutaḥ ca maharṣayaḥ ॥

svasti dhātā vidhātā ca svasti pūṣā bhago aryamā ।
ṛtavaḥ caiva pakṣāḥ ca māsāḥ samvatsarāḥ kṣapāḥ ॥

ṛtavaścaiva pakṣāśca māsāssamvatsarāḥ kṣapāḥ ।
dināni ca muhūrtāḥ ca svasti kurvantu te sadā ॥

smṛtir dhṛtiḥ ca dharmaḥ ca pāntu tvām putra sarvataḥ ।
skandaḥ ca bhagavān devaḥ somaḥ ca sabṛhaspatiḥ ॥

sapta ṛṣayo nāradaḥ ca te tvām rakṣantu sarvataḥ ।
yāścāpi sarvataḥ siddā diśśca sadigīśvarāḥ ॥

stutā mayā vane tasmin pāntutvām putra nityaśaḥ ।
śailāḥ sarve samudrāśca rājā varuṇa eva ca ॥

dyaurantarikṣam pṛthivī nadyassarvāstathaiva ca ।
nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi grahāḥ ca sahadevatāḥ ॥

ahorātre tathā sandhye pāntu tvām vanamāśritam ।
ṛtavaścaiva ṣṭpuṇyā māsāḥ samvatsarāstathā ॥

kalāśca kāṣṭhāśca tathā tava śarma diśantu te ।
mahā vanāni carataḥ muni veṣasya dhīmataḥ ॥

tavādityāśca daityāśca bhavantu sukhadāḥ sadā ।
rākṣasānām piśācānām raudrāṇām krūrakarmaṇām ॥

kravyādānām ca sarveṣam mābhūtputraka te bhayam ।
plavagā vṛścikā damśā maśakāḥ caiva kānane ॥

sarī sṛpāḥ ca kīṭāḥ ca mā bhūvan gahane tava ।
mahā dvipāḥ ca simhāḥ ca vyāghrāṛkṣāḥ ca damṣṭriṇaḥ ॥

mahiṣāḥ śṛngiṇo raudrā na te druhyantu putraka ।
nṛ māmsa bhojanā raudrā ye ca anye sattva jātayaḥ ॥

mā ca tvām himsiṣuḥ putra mayā sampūjitāḥ tu iha ।
āgamāḥ te śivāḥ santu sidhyantu ca parākramāḥ ॥

sarva sampattayo rāma svastimān gacca putraka ।
svasti te astu āntarikṣebhyaḥ pārthivebhyaḥ punaḥ punaḥ ॥

sarvebhyaḥ caiva devebhyo ye ca te paripanthinaḥ ।
guruḥ somaśca sūryaśca dhanado'tha yamastathā ॥

pāntu tvāmarcitā rāma! daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinam ।
agnirvāyustathā dhūmomantrāścarṣimukhāccyutāḥ ॥

upasparśanakāle tu pāntu tvām raghundadana ।
sarva loka prabhur brahmā bhūta bhartā tathā ṛṣayaḥ ॥

ye ca śeṣāḥ surāḥ te tvām rakṣantu vana vāsinam ।
iti mālyaiḥ sura gaṇān gandhaiḥ ca api yaśasvinī ॥

stutibhiḥ ca anurūpābhir ānarca āyata locanā ।
jvalanam samupādāya brāhmaṇena mahātmanā ॥

hāvayāmāsa vidhinā rāmamaṅgalakāraṇāt ।
ghṛtam śvetāni mālyāni samidhaḥ śvetasarṣapān ॥

upasampādayāmāsa kausalyā pamāṅganā ।
upādhyāyaḥ sa vidhinā hutva śāntimanāmayam ॥

hutahavyāvaśeṣeṇa bāhyam balimakalpayat ।
madhudadyakṣataghṛtaiḥ svastivācya dvijām stataḥ ॥

vācayāmāsa rāmasya vane svastyayanakriyāḥ ।
tatastanmai dvijendrāya rāmamātā yaśasvinī ॥

dakṣiṇām pradadau kāmyām rāghavam cedamabravīt ।
yan mangalam sahasra akṣe sarva deva namaḥ kṛte ॥

vṛtra nāśe samabhavat tat te bhavatu mangalam ।
yan mangalam suparṇasya vinatā akalpayat purā ॥

amṛtam prārthayānasya tat te bhavatu mangalam ।
amṛtotpādane daityān ghnato vajradharasya yat ॥

aditirmaṅgaLam prādāt tatte bhavatu maṅgaLam ।
tīnvikramān prakamato viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ ॥

yadāsīnmaṅgaLam prādāt tatte bhavatu maṅgaLam ।
ṛtavaḥ sāgarā dvīpā vedā lokā diśścate ॥

mamgaLāni mahābāho diśantu śubhavaṅgaLāḥ ।
iti putrasya śeṣāśca kṛtvā śirasi bhāminī ॥

gandāmścāpi samālabhya rāmamāyatalo canā ।
oṣadhīm ca api siddha arthām viśalya karaṇīm śubhām ॥

cakāra rakṣām kausalyā mantraiḥ abhijajāpa ca ।
uvācātiprahṛṣṭeva sā duḥkhavaśartinī ॥

vāṅmātreṇa na bhāvena vācā samsajjamānayā ।
ānamya mūrdhni ca āghrāya pariṣvajya yaśasvinī ॥

avadat putra siddha artho gacca rāma yathā sukham ।
arogam sarva siddha artham ayodhyām punar āgatam ॥

paśyāmi tvām sukham vatsa susthitam rāja veśmani ।
praṇaṣṭakuḥkhasamkalpā harṣavidyotitānanā ॥

drakṣyāmi tvām vanātrpāptam pūrṇacandramivoditam ।
bhadrāsanagatam rāma vanavāsādihāgatam ॥

drakṣāmi ca punastvām tu tīrṇavantam piturvacaḥ ।
maṅgaśairupasampanno vanavāsādihāgataḥ ॥

padhvā mama ca nityam tvam kāmān samvardha yāhi bhoḥ ।
mayā arcitā deva gaṇāḥ śiva ādayo ।
maharṣayo bhūta mahā asura uragāḥ ।
abhiprayātasya vanam cirāya te ।
hitāni kānkṣantu diśaḥ ca rāghava ॥

iti iva ca aśru pratipūrṇa locanā ।
samāpya ca svastyayanam yathā vidhi ।
pradakṣiṇam caiva cakāra rāghavam ।
punaḥ punaḥ ca api nipīḍya sasvaje ॥

tathā tu devyā sa kṛta pradakṣiṇo ।
nipīḍya mātuḥ caraṇau punaḥ punaḥ ।
jagāma sītā nilayam mahā yaśāḥ ।
sa rāghavaḥ prajvalitaḥ svayā śriyā ॥