अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

anuraktā mahātmānam rāmam satya parakramam ।
anujagmuḥ prayāntam tam vana vāsāya mānavāḥ ॥

nivartite api ca balāt suhṛd varge ca rājini ।
na eva te samnyavartanta rāmasya anugatā ratham ॥

ayodhyā nilayānām hi puruṣāṇām mahā yaśāḥ ।
babhūva guṇa sampannaḥ pūrṇa candraiva priyaḥ ॥

sa yācyamānaḥ kākutsthaḥ svābhiḥ prakṛtibhis tadā ।
kurvāṇaḥ pitaram satyam vanam eva anvapadyata ॥

avekṣamāṇaḥ sasneham cakṣuṣā prapibann iva ।
uvāca rāmaḥ snehena tāḥ prajāḥ svāḥ prajāiva ॥

yā prītir bahumānaḥ ca mayy ayodhyā nivāsinām ।
mat priya artham viśeṣeṇa bharate sā niveśyatām ॥

sa hi kalyāṇa cāritraḥ kaikeyyā ānanda vardhanaḥ ।
kariṣyati yathāvad vaḥ priyāṇi ca hitāni ca ॥

jñāna vṛddho vayo bālo mṛdur vīrya guṇa anvitaḥ ।
anurūpaḥ sa vo bhartā bhaviṣyati bhaya apahaḥ ॥

sa hi rāja guṇaiḥ yuktaḥ yuva rājaḥ samīkṣitaḥ ।
api ca api mayā śiṣṭaiḥ kāryam vo bhartṛ śāsanam ॥

na ca tapyed yathā ca asau vana vāsam gate mayi ।
mahā rājaḥ tathā kāryo mama priya cikīrṣayā ॥

yathā yathā dāśarathir dharmam eva āsthitaḥ abhavat ।
tathā tathā prakṛtayo rāmam patim akāmayan ॥

bāṣpeṇa pihitam dīnam rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha ।
cakarṣa iva guṇaiḥ baddhvā janam punar iva āsanam ॥

te dvijāḥ trividham vṛddhā jñānena vayasā ojasā ।
vayaḥ prakampa śiraso dūrāt ūcur idam vacaḥ ॥

vahantaḥ javanā rāmam bho bho jātyāḥ turam gamāḥ ।
nivartadhvam na gantavyam hitā bhavata bhartari ॥

karṇavanti hi bhūtāni viśeṣaṇa turamgamāḥ ।
yūyam tasmānnivartadhvam yācanām prativeditāḥ ॥

dharmataḥ sa viśuddhātmā vīraḥ śubhadṛḍhapratah ।
upavāhyaḥ tu vo bhartā na apavāhyaḥ purāt vanam ॥

evam ārta pralāpāms tān vṛddhān pralapataḥ dvijān ।
avekṣya sahasā rāmaḥ rathāt avatatāra ha ॥

padbhyām eva jagāma atha sasītaḥ saha lakṣmaṇaḥ ।
samnikṛṣṭa pada nyāso rāmaḥ vana parāyaṇaḥ ॥

dvijātīms tu padātīms tān rāmaḥ cāritra vatsalaḥ ।
na śaśāka ghṛṇā cakṣuḥ parimoktum rathena saḥ ॥

gaccantam eva tam dṛṣṭvā rāmam sambhrānta mānasāḥ ।
ūcuḥ parama samtaptā rāmam vākyam idam dvijāḥ ॥

brāhmaṇyam kṛtsnam etat tvām brahmaṇyam anugaccati ।
dvija skandha adhirūḍhāḥ tvām agnayo api anuyānti amī ॥

vājapeya samutthāni catrāṇi etāni paśya naḥ ।
pṛṣṭhataḥ anuprayātāni hamsān iva jala atyaye ॥

anavāpta ātapatrasya raśmi samtāpitasya te ।
ebhiḥ cāyām kariṣyāmaḥ svaiḥ catraiḥ vājapeyikaiḥ ॥

yā hi naḥ satatam buddhir veda mantra anusāriṇī ।
tvat kṛte sā kṛtā vatsa vana vāsa anusāriṇī ॥

hṛdayeṣv avatiṣṭhante vedā ye naḥ param dhanam ।
vatsyanti api gṛheṣv eva dārāḥ cāritra rakṣitāḥ ॥

na punar niścayaḥ kāryaḥ tvad gatau sukṛtā matiḥ ।
tvayi dharma vyapekṣe tu kim syāt dharmam avekṣitum ॥

yācitaḥ no nivartasva hamsa śukla śiraḥ ruhaiḥ ।
śirobhir nibhṛta ācāra mahī patana pāmśulaiḥ ॥

bahūnām vitatā yajñā dvijānām yaiha āgatāḥ ।
teṣām samāptir āyattā tava vatsa nivartane ॥

bhaktimanti hi bhūtāni jamgama ajamgamāni ca ।
yācamāneṣu teṣu tvam bhaktim bhakteṣu darśaya ॥

anugamtum aśaktāḥ tvām mūlaiḥ uddhiṛta vegibhiḥ ।
unnatā vāyu vegena vikrośanti iva pādapāḥ ॥

niśceṣṭa āhāra samcārā vṛkṣa eka sthāna viṣṭhitāḥ ।
pakṣiṇo api prayācante sarva bhūta anukampinam ॥

evam vikrośatām teṣām dvijātīnām nivartane ।
dadṛśe tamasā tatra vārayanti iva rāghavam ॥

tataḥ sumantro'pi rathādvimucya ।
śrāntānhayānsamparivartya śrīghrām ।
pītodakāmstoyapariplutāṅgā ।
nacārayadvai tamasāvidūre ॥