अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

sāntvyamānā tu rāmeṇa maithilī janaka ātmajā ।
vana vāsa nimittāya bhartāram idam abravīt ॥

sā tam uttama samvignā sītā vipula vakṣasam ।
praṇayāc ca abhimānāc ca paricikṣepa rāghavam ॥

kim tvā amanyata vaidehaḥ pitā me mithilā adhipaḥ ।
rāma jāmātaram prāpya striyam puruṣa vigraham ॥

anṛtam bala loko ayam ajñānāt yadd hi vakṣyati ।
tejo na asti param rāme tapati iva divā kare ॥

kim hi kṛtvā viṣaṇṇaḥ tvam kutaḥ vā bhayam asti te ।
yat parityaktu kāmaḥ tvam mām ananya parāyaṇām ॥

dyumatsena sutam vīra satyavantam anuvratām ।
sāvitrīm iva mām viddhi tvam ātma vaśa vartinīm ॥

na tu aham manasā api anyam draṣṭā asmi tvad ṛte anagha ।
tvayā rāghava gacceyam yathā anyā kula pāmsanī ॥

svayam tu bhāryām kaumārīm ciram adhyuṣitām satīm ।
śailūṣaiva mām rāma parebhyo dātum iccasi ॥

yasya pathyam ca rāmāttha yasya cārthe'varudhyase ।
tvam tasya bhava vaśyaśca vidheyaścha sadānagha ॥

sa mām anādāya vanam na tvam prasthātum arhasi ।
tapo vā yadi vā araṇyam svargo vā syāt saha tvayā ॥

na ca me bhavitā tatra kaścit pathi pariśramaḥ ।
pṛṣṭhataḥ tava gaccantyā vihāra śayaneṣv api ॥

kuśa kāśa śara iṣīkā ye ca kaṇṭakino drumāḥ ।
tūla ajina sama sparśā mārge mama saha tvayā ॥

mahā vāta samuddhūtam yan mām avakariṣyati ।
rajo ramaṇa tan manye para ardhyam iva candanam ॥

śādvaleṣu yad āsiṣye vana ante vana goracā ।
kuthā āstaraṇa talpeṣu kim syāt sukhataram tataḥ ॥

patram mūlam phalam yat tvam alpam vā yadi vā bahu ।
dāsyasi svayam āhṛtya tan me amṛta rasa upamam ॥

na mātur na pitus tatra smariṣyāmi na veśmanaḥ ।
ārtavāni upabhunjānā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca ॥

na ca tatra gataḥ kimcit draṣṭum arhasi vipriyam ।
mat kṛte na ca te śoko na bhaviṣyāmi durbharā ॥

yaḥ tvayā saha sa svargo nirayo yaḥ tvayā vinā ।
iti jānan parām prītim gacca rāma mayā saha ॥

atha mām evam avyagrām vanam na eva nayiṣyasi ।
viṣam adya eva pāsyāmi mā viśam dviṣatām vaśam ॥

paścāt api hi duhkhena mama na eva asti jīvitam ।
ujjhitāyāḥ tvayā nātha tadā eva maraṇam varam ॥

idam hi sahitum śokam muhūrtam api na utsahe ।
kim punar daśa varṣāṇi trīṇi ca ekam ca duhkhitā ॥

iti sā śoka samtaptā vilapya karuṇam bahu ।
cukrośa patim āyastā bhṛśam ālingya sasvaram ॥

sā viddhā bahubhir vākyaiḥ digdhaiḥ iva gaja anganā ।
cira samniyatam bāṣpam mumoca agnim iva araṇiḥ ॥

tasyāḥ sphaṭika samkāśam vāri samtāpa sambhavam ।
netrābhyām parisusrāva pankajābhyām iva udakam ॥

taccaivāmalacandhrabham mukhamāyatalocanam ।
paryaśuṣyata bāṣpeṇa jaloddhṛtamivāmubujam ॥

tām pariṣvajya bāhubhyām visamjñām iva duhkhitām ।
uvāca vacanam rāmaḥ pariviśvāsayams tadā ॥

na devi tava duhkhena svargam api abhirocaye ।
na hi me asti bhayam kimcit svayambhor iva sarvataḥ ॥

tava sarvam abhiprāyam avijñāya śubha ānane ।
vāsam na rocaye araṇye śaktimān api rakṣaṇe ॥

yat sṛṣṭā asi mayā sārdham vana vāsāya maithili ।
na vihātum mayā śakyā kīrtir ātmavatā yathā ॥

dharmaḥ tu gaja nāsa ūru sadbhir ācaritaḥ purā ।
tam ca aham anuvarte adya yathā sūryam suvarcalā ॥

na khalvaham na gaccheyam vanam janakanandini ।
vacanam tnnayati mām pituḥ satyopabṛṁhitam ॥

eṣa dharmaḥ tu suśroṇi pitur mātuḥ ca vaśyatā ।
ataḥ ca ājñām vyatikramya na aham jīvitum utsahe ॥

asvādhīnam katham daivam prakārairabhirādhyate ।
svādhīnam samatikramya mātaram pitaram gurum ॥

yattrayam tattrayo lokāḥ pavitram tatsamam bhuvi ।
nānyadasti śubhāpāṅge tenedamabhirādhyate ॥

na satyam dānamānau vā na yajñāścāptadakṣiṇāḥ ।
tathā balakarāḥ sīte yathā sevā piturmatā ॥

svargo dhanam vā dhānyam vā vidyāḥ putrāḥ sukhāni ca ।
guruvṛttyanurodhena na kimcit\dapi durlabham ॥

devagandharvagolokān brahmalokam tathāparān ।
prāpnuvanti mahātmāno mātāpitṛparāyaṇāḥ ॥

sa mām pitā yathā śāsti satya dharma pathe sthitaḥ ।
tathā vartitum iccāmi sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ॥

mama sannā matiḥ sīte tvām netum daṇḍakāvanam ।
vasiṣyāmīti sātvam māmanuyātum suniścitā ॥

sā hi diṣṭā'navadyāṅgī vanāya vadirekṣaṇe ।
anugaccasva mām bhīru saha dharma carī bhava ॥

sarvathā sadṛśam sīte mama svasya kulasya ca ।
vyavasāyamanukrāntā kānte tvamatiśobhanam ॥

ārabhasva śubhaśroṇi vanavāsakṣamāḥ kriyāḥ ।
nedānīm tvadṛte sīte svargo'pi mama rocate ॥

brāhmaṇebhyaḥ ca ratnāni bhikṣukebhyaḥ ca bhojanam ।
dehi ca āśamsamānebhyaḥ samtvarasva ca māciram ॥

bhūṣaṇāni mahārhāṇi varavastrāṇi yāni ca ।
ramaṇīyāśca ye kecitkrīḍārthāścāpuyupaskarāḥ ॥

śayanīyāni yānāni mama cānyāni yāni ca ।
dehi svabhṛtyavargasya brāhmaṇānāmanantaram ॥

anukūlam tu sā bhartur jñātvā gamanam ātmanaḥ ।
kṣipram pramuditā devī dātum eva upacakrame ॥

tataḥ prahṛṣṭā paripūrṇa mānasā ।
yaśasvinī bhartur avekṣya bhāṣitam ।
dhanāni ratnāni ca dātum anganā ।
pracakrame dharmabhṛtām manasvinī ॥