अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

evam śrutvā tu samvādam lakṣmaṇaḥ pūrvamāgataḥ ।
bāṣpaparyākulamukhaḥ śokam soḍhumaśaknuvan ॥

sa bhrātuścaraṇau gāḍham nipīḍya raghunandanaḥ ।
sītāmuvācātiyaśām rāghavam ca mahāvratam ॥

yadi gantum kṛtā buddhirvanam mṛgagajāyutam ।
aham tvānugamiṣyāmi vanamadre dhanurdharaḥ ॥

mayā sameto'raṇyāni bahūni vicariṣyasi ।
pakṣibhirmṛgayūthaiśca samghuṣṭāni samantataḥ ॥

na devalokākramaṇam nāmaratvamaham vṛṇe ।
aiśvaryam vāpi lokānām kāmaye na tvayā vinā ॥

evam bruvāṇaḥ saumitrirvinavāsāya niścitaḥ ।
rāmeṇa bahubhiḥ sānvairniṣiddhaḥ punarabravīt ॥

anujñātaśca bhavatā pūrvameva yadasmyaham ।
kimidānīm punaridam kriyate me nivāraṇam ॥

yadartham pratiṣedho me kriyate gantumicchataḥ ।
etadicchāmi vijñātum samśayo hi mamānagha ॥

tataḥ abravīn mahā tejā rāmaḥ lakṣmaṇam agrataḥ ।
sthitam prāg gāminam vīram yācamānam kṛta anjalim ॥

snigdho dharmarato vīrassatatam satpathe sthitaḥ ।
priyaḥ prāṇasamo vaśo bhrātā cāpi sakhā ca me ॥

mayā adya saha saumitre tvayi gaccati tat vanam ।
ko bhariṣyati kausalyām sumitrām vā yaśasvinīm ॥

abhivarṣati kāmaiḥ yaḥ parjanyaḥ pṛthivīm iva ।
sa kāma pāśa paryastaḥ mahā tejā mahī patiḥ ॥

sā hi rājyam idam prāpya nṛpasya aśva pateḥ sutā ।
duhkhitānām sapatnīnām na kariṣyati śobhanam ॥

na smariṣyati kausalyām sumitrām ca suduḥkhitām ।
bharato rājyamāsādya kaikeyyām paryavasthitaḥ ॥

tāmāryām svayameveha rājā'nugrahaṇena vā ।
saumitre bhara kausalyā muktamarthamimam cara ॥

evam mama ca te bhaktirbhaviṣyati sudarśitā ।
dharmajña gurupūjāyām dharmaścāpyatulo mahān ॥

evam kuruṣva saumitre matkR^te raghunandana ।
asmābhirviprahīnāyā māturno na bhavetsukham ॥

evam uktaḥ tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā ।
pratyuvāca tadā rāmam vākyajño vākya kovidam ॥

tava eva tejasā vīra bharataḥ pūjayiṣyati ।
kausalyām ca sumitrām ca prayataḥ na atra samśayaḥ ॥

kausalyā bibhṛyāt āryā sahasram api mad vidhān ।
yasyāḥ sahasram grāmāṇām samprāptam upajīvanam ॥

tadātmabharaṇe caiva mama mātustathaiva ca ।
paryāptā madvidhānām ca bharaṇāya yaśasvinī ॥

kuruṣva māmanucaram vaidharmyam neha vidyate ।
kṛtārtho'ham bhaviṣyāmi tava cārthaḥ prakalpate ॥

dhanur ādāya saśaram khanitra piṭakā dharaḥ ।
agrataḥ te gamiṣyāmi panthānam anudarśayan ॥

āhariṣyāmi te nityam mūlāni ca phalāni ca ।
vanyāni yāni ca anyāni svāhārāṇi tapasvinām ॥

bhavāms tu saha vaidehyā giri sānuṣu ramsyate ।
aham sarvam kariṣyāmi jāgrataḥ svapataḥ ca te ॥

rāmaḥ tu anena vākyena suprītaḥ pratyuvāca tam ।
vraja āpṛccasva saumitre sarvam eva suhṛj janam ॥

ye ca rājño dadau divye mahātmā varuṇaḥ svayam ।
janakasya mahā yajñe dhanuṣī raudra darśane ॥

abhedya kavace divye tūṇī ca akṣaya sāyakau ।
āditya vimalau ca ubhau khaḍgau hema pariṣkṛtau ॥

satkṛtya nihitam sarvam etat ācārya sadmani ।
sa tvam āyudham ādāya kṣipram āvraja lakṣmaṇa ॥

sa suhṛj janam āmantrya vana vāsāya niścitaḥ ।
iṣkvāku gurum āmantrya jagrāha āyudham uttamam ॥

tat divyam rāja śārdūlaḥ satkṛtam mālya bhūṣitam ।
rāmāya darśayām āsa saumitriḥ sarvam āyudham ॥

tam uvāca ātmavān rāmaḥ prītyā lakṣmaṇam āgatam ।
kāle tvam āgataḥ saumya kānkṣite mama lakṣmaṇa ॥

aham pradātum iccāmi yad idam māmakam dhanam ।
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ tapasvibhyaḥ tvayā saha paramtapa ॥

vasanti iha dṛḍham bhaktyā guruṣu dvija sattamāḥ ।
teṣām api ca me bhūyaḥ sarveṣām ca upajīvinām ॥

vasiṣṭha putram tu suyajñam āryam ।
tvam ānaya āśu pravaram dvijānām ।
abhiprayāsyāmi vanam samastān ।
abhyarcya śiṣṭān aparān dvijātīn ॥