अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

prabhātāyām tu śarvaryām paurāḥ te rāghavo vinā ।
śoka upahata niśceṣṭā babhūvur hata cetasaḥ ॥

śokaja aśru paridyūnā vīkṣamāṇāḥ tataḥ tataḥ ।
ālokam api rāmasya na paśyanti sma duhkhitāḥ ॥

te viṣādārtavadanā rahitāstena dhimatā ।
kṛpaṇāḥ karuṇā vāco vadanti sma manasvinaḥ ॥

dhigastu khalu nidrām tām yayāpahṛtacetasaḥ ।
nādya paśyāmahe rāmam pṛthūraskam mahābhujam ॥

katham nāma mahābāhuḥ sa tathā'vitathakriyaḥ ।
bhaktam janam parityajya pravāsam rāghavo gataḥ ॥

yo naḥ sadā pālayati pitā putrānivaurasān ।
katham raghūṇām sa śreṣṭhastyaktvā no vipinam gataḥ ॥

ihaiva nidhanam yāmo mahāprasthānameva vā ।
rāmeṇa rahitānām hi kimartham jīvitam hi naḥ ॥

santi śuṣkāṇi kāṣṭhāni prabhūtāni mahānti ca ।
taiḥ prajvālya citām sarve praviśāmo'tha pāvakam ॥

kim vkhsyāmo mahābāhuranasūyaḥ priyamvada ।
nītaḥ sa rāghavo'smābhirti vaktum katham kṣamam ॥

sā nūnam nagarī dīnā dṛṣṭvā'smān rāghavam vinā ।
bhaviṣyati nirānandā sastrībālavayodhikā ॥

niryātāstena vīreṇa saha nityam jitātmanā ।
vihināstena ca punaḥ katham paśyāma tām purīm ॥

itīva bahudhā vāco bāhumudyamya te janāḥ ।
vilapantisma duḥkhartā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ ॥

tataḥ mārga anusāreṇa gatvā kimcit kṣaṇam punaḥmārga nāśāt viṣādena mahatā samabhiplutaḥ ॥

rathasya mārga nāśena nyavartanta manasvinaḥ ।
kim idam kim kariṣyāmaḥ daivena upahatāiti ॥

tataḥ yathā āgatena eva mārgeṇa klānta cetasaḥ ।
ayodhyām agaman sarve purīm vyathita sajjanām ॥

ālokya nagarīm tām ca kṣayavyākulamānasāḥ ।
āvartayanta ta'śrūṇi nayanaiḥ śokapīḍitaiḥ ॥

eṣā rāmeṇa nagarī rahitā nātiśobhate ।
āpagā garuḍeneva hradāduddhṛtapannagā ॥

candrahīnamivākāśam toyahīnamivārṇavam ।
apaśyannihatānandam nagaram te vicetasaḥ ॥

te tāni veśmāni mahādhanāni ।
duḥkhena duḥkhopahatā viśantaḥ ।
naiva prajajñuḥ svajanam janam vā ।
nirīkṣamāṇāḥ praviṇaṣṭaharṣāḥ ॥