अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

rāmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā muni veṣa dharam ca tam ।
samīkṣya saha bhāryābhī rājā vigata cetanaḥ ॥

na enam duhkhena samtaptaḥ pratyavaikṣata rāghavam ।
na ca enam abhisamprekṣya pratyabhāṣata durmanāḥ ॥

sa muhūrtam iva asamjño duhkhitaḥ ca mahī patiḥ ।
vilalāpa mahā bāhū rāmam eva anucintayan ॥

manye khalu mayā pūrvam vivatsā bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ ।
prāṇino himsitā vā api tasmāt idam upasthitam ॥

na tu eva anāgate kāle dehāc cyavati jīvitam ।
kaikeyyā kliśyamānasya mṛtyur mama na vidyate ॥

mo aham pāvaka samkāśam paśyāmi purataḥ sthitam ।
vihāya vasane sūkṣme tāpasa āccādam ātmajam ॥

ekasyāḥ khalu kaikeyyāḥ kṛte ayam kliśyate janaḥ ।
sva arthe prayatamānāyāḥ samśritya nikṛtim tvimām ॥

evam uktvā tu vacanam bāṣpeṇa pihita īkṣṇaha ।
rāma iti sakṛd eva uktvā vyāhartum na śaśāka ha ॥

samjñām tu pratilabhya eva muhūrtāt sa mahī patiḥ ।
netrābhyām aśru pūrṇābhyām sumantram idam abravīt ॥

aupavāhyam ratham yuktvā tvam āyāhi haya uttamaiḥ ।
prāpaya enam mahā bhāgam itaḥ jana padāt param ॥

evam manye guṇavatām guṇānām phalam ucyate ।
pitrā mātrā ca yat sādhur vīraḥ nirvāsyate vanam ॥

rājño vacanam ājñāya sumantraḥ śīghra vikramaḥ ।
yojayitvā āyayau tatra ratham aśvaiḥ alamkṛtam ॥

tam ratham rāja putrāya sūtaḥ kanaka bhūṣitam ।
ācacakṣe anjalim kṛtvā yuktam parama vājibhiḥ ॥

rājā satvaram āhūya vyāpṛtam vitta samcaye ।
uvāca deśa kālajño niścitam sarvataḥ śuci ॥

vāsāmsi ca mahā arhāṇi bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi ca ।
varṣāṇi etāni samkhyāya vaidehyāḥ kṣipram ānaya ॥

nara indreṇa evam uktaḥ tu gatvā kośa gṛham tataḥ ।
prāyaccat sarvam āhṛtya sītāyai kṣipram eva tat ॥

sā sujātā sujātāni vaidehī prasthitā vanam ।
bhūṣayām āsa gātrāṇi taiḥ vicitraiḥ vibhūṣaṇaiḥ ॥

vyarājayata vaidehī veśma tat suvibhūṣitā ।
udyataḥ amśumataḥ kāle kham prabhā iva vivasvataḥ ॥

tām bhujābhyām pariṣvajya śvaśrūr vacanam abravīt ।
anācarantīm kṛpaṇam mūdhni upāghrāya maithilīm ॥

asatyaḥ sarva loke asmin satatam satkṛtāḥ priyaiḥ ।
bhartāram na anumanyante vinipāta gatam striyaḥ ॥

eṣa svabhāvo nārīṇāmanubhūya purā sukham ।
alpāmapyāpadam prāpya duṣyanti prajahatyapi ॥

asatyaśīlā vikṛtā durrgāhyāhṛdayāstathā ।
yuvatyaḥ pāpasamkalpāḥ kṣaṇamātrādvirāgiṇaḥ ॥

na kulam na kṛtam vidyā na dattam nāpi samgrahaḥ ।
strīṇām gṛhṇāti hṛdayamanityahṛdayā hi tāḥ ॥

sādhvīnām hi sthitānām tu śīle satye śrute śame ।
strīṇām pavitram paramam patireko viśiṣyate ॥

sa tvayā na avamantavyaḥ putraḥ pravrājitaḥ mama ।
tava daivatam astu eṣa nirdhanaḥ sadhano api vā ॥

vijñāya vacanam sītā tasyā dharma artha samhitam ।
kṛta anjalir uvāca idam śvaśrūm abhimukhe sthitā ॥

kariṣye sarvam eva aham āryā yad anuśāsti mām ।
abhijñā asmi yathā bhartur vartitavyam śrutam ca me ॥

na mām asaj janena āryā samānayitum arhati ।
dharmāt vicalitum na aham alam candrāt iva prabhā ॥

na atantrī vādyate vīṇā na acakraḥ vartate rathaḥ ।
na apatiḥ sukham edhate yā syāt api śata ātmajā ॥

mitam dadāti hi pitā mitam mātā mitam sutaḥ ।
amitasya hi dātāram bhartāram kā na pūjayet ॥

sā aham evam gatā śreṣṭhā śruta dharma para avarā ।
ārye kim avamanyeyam strīṇām bhartā hi daivatam ॥

sītāyā vacanam śrutvā kausalyā hṛdayam gamam ।
śuddha sattvā mumoca aśru sahasā duhkha harṣajam ॥

tām prānjalir abhikramya mātṛ madhye atisatkṛtām ।
rāmaḥ parama dharmajño mātaram vākyam abravīt ॥

amba mā duhkhitā bhūs tvam paśya tvam pitaram mama ।
kṣayo hi vana vāsasya kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati ॥

suptāyāḥ te gamiṣyanti nava varṣāṇi panca ca ।
sā samagram iha prāptam mām drakṣyasi suhṛd vṛtam ॥

etāvad abhinīta artham uktvā sa jananīm vacaḥ ।
trayaḥ śata śata ardhā hi dadarśa avekṣya mātaraḥ ॥

tāḥ ca api sa tathaiva ārtā mātṛṛr daśaratha ātmajaḥ ।
dharma yuktam idam vākyam nijagāda kṛta anjaliḥ ॥

samvāsāt paruṣam kimcit ajñānāt vā api yat kṛtam ।
tan me samanujānīta sarvāḥ ca āmantrayāmi vaḥ ॥

vacanam rāghavasyaitaddharmayuktam samāhitam ।
śuśruvu stāḥ striyam sarvāḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ ॥

jajñe atha tāsām samnādaḥ krauncīnām iva nihsvanaḥ ।
mānava indrasya bhāryāṇām evam vadati rāghave ॥

muraja paṇava megha ghoṣava ।
ddaśaratha veśma babhūva yat purā ।
vilapita paridevana ākulam ।
vyasana gatam tat abhūt suduhkhitam ॥