अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

viśālān kosalān ramyān yātvā lakṣmaṇa pūrvajaḥ ।
ayodhyābhimukho dhīmān prāññlirvākvamabravīt ॥

āpṛcche tvām purīśreṣṭhe kākutsthaparipālite ।
daivatāni ca yāni tvām pālayantyāvasanti ca ॥

nivṛttavanavāsastvāmanṛṇo jagatīpateḥ ।
punardhrakṣyāmi mātrā ca pitrā ca saha samgataḥ ॥

tato rudhiratāmrākṣo bhujamudyamya dakṣiṇam ।
aśrupūrṇamukho dīno'bravījjānapadam janam ॥

anukrośo dayā caiva yathārham mayi vah kṛtaḥ ।
ciram duḥkhasya pāpīyo gamyatāmarthasiddhaye ॥

te'bhivādya mahātmānam kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam ।
vilapanto narā ghoram vyatiṣṭhanta kvacit kvacit ॥

tathā vilapatām teṣāmatṛptānām ca rāghavaḥ ।
acakṣuriṣayam prāyādyathārkaḥ kṣaṇadāmukhe ॥

tato dhānyadhanopetān dānaśīlajanān śivān ।
akutaścidbhayān ramyām ścaityayūpasamāvṛtān ॥

udyānāmravanopetān sampannasalilāśayān ।
tuṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇān gokulākulasevitān ॥

lakṣaṇīyānna remdrāṇām brahmaghoṣābhināditān ।
rathena puruṣavyāghraḥ kosalānatyavartata ॥

madhyena muditam sphītam ramyodyānasamākulam ।
rājyam bhogyam narendrāṇām yayau dhṛtimatām varaḥ ॥

tatra tripathagām divyām śiva toyām aśaivalām ।
dadarśa rāghavo gangām puṇyām ṛṣi nisevitām ॥

āśramairavidūrsthaiḥ śrīmadbhiḥ samalam kṛtām ।
kāle'psarobhirhṛṣṭābhiḥ sevitāmbhohradām śivām ॥

devadānavagandharvaiḥ kinnarairupaśobhitām ।
nāgagandharvapatnībhiḥ sevitām satatam śivām ॥

devākrīḍaśatākīrṇām devodyānaśatāyutām ।
devārthamākāśagamām vikhyātām devapadminīm ॥

jalaghātāṭṭahāsogrām phenanirmalahāsinīm ।
kvacidveṇīkṛtajalām kvacidāvartaśobhitām ॥

kvacitstimitagambhīrām kvacidvegajalākulām ।
kvacidgambhīranirghoṣām kvacidbhairavanisvanām ॥

devasamghāplutajalām nirmalotpalaśobhitām ।
kvacidābhogapulinām kvacinnarmalavālukām ॥

hamsa sarasa samghuṣṭām cakra vāka upakūjitām ।
sadāmadaiśca vihagairabhisamnāditām tarām ॥

kvacittīraruhairvṛkṣairmālābhiriva śobhitām ।
kvacitphullotpalacchannām kvacitpadmavanākulām ॥

kvacitkumudaṣṇḍaiśca kuḍmalairupaśobhitām ।
nānāpuṣparajodhvastām samadāmiva ca kvacit ॥

vyapetamalasamghātām maṇinirmaladarśanām ।
diśāgajairvanagajairmattaiśca varavāraṇaiḥ ॥

devopavāhyaśca muhuḥ samnāditavanāntarām ।
pramadāmiva yatne na bhūṣitām bhūṣaṇottamaiḥ ॥

phalaiḥ puṣpaiḥ kisalayairvaṛtām gulmaiddvijaistathā ।
śimśumaraiḥ ca nakraiḥ ca bhujamgaiḥ ca niṣevitām ॥

viṣṇupādacyutām divyāmapāpām pāpanāśinīm ।
tām śaṅkarajaṭājūṭādbhraṣṭām sāgaratejasā ॥

samudramahīṣīm gaṅgām sārasakrauñcanāditām ।
āsasāda mahābāhuḥ śṛṅgiberapuram prati ॥

tām ūrmi kalila āvartām anvavekṣya mahā rathaḥ ।
sumantram abravīt sūtam iha eva adya vasāmahe ॥

avidūrāt ayam nadyā bahu puṣpa pravālavān ।
sumahān ingudī vṛkṣo vasāmaḥ atra eva sārathe ॥

drakṣyāmaḥ saritām śreṣṭhām sammānyasalilām śivām ।
devadānavagandharvamṛgamānuṣapakṣiṇām ॥

lakṣaṇaḥ ca sumantraḥ ca bāḍham iti eva rāghavam ।
uktvā tam ingudī vṛkṣam tadā upayayatur hayaiḥ ॥

rāmaḥ abhiyāya tam ramyam vṛkṣam ikṣvāku nandanaḥ ।
rathāt avātarat tasmāt sabhāryaḥ saha lakṣmaṇaḥ ॥

sumantraḥ api avatīrya eva mocayitvā haya uttamān ।
vṛkṣa mūla gatam rāmam upatasthe kṛta anjaliḥ ॥

tatra rājā guho nāma rāmasya ātma samaḥ sakhā ।
niṣāda jātyo balavān sthapatiḥ ca iti viśrutaḥ ॥

sa śrutvā puruṣa vyāghram rāmam viṣayam āgatam ।
vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtaḥ amātyaiḥ jñātibhiḥ ca api upāgataḥ ॥

tataḥ niṣāda adhipatim dṛṣṭvā dūrāt avasthitam ।
saha saumitriṇā rāmaḥ samāgaccad guhena saḥ ॥

tam ārtaḥ sampariṣvajya guho rāghavam abravīt ।
yathā ayodhyā tathā idam te rāma kim karavāṇi te ॥

īdṛśam hi mahābāho kaḥ prapsyatyatithim priyam ।
tataḥ guṇavad anna adyam upādāya pṛthag vidham ।
arghyam ca upānayat kṣipram vākyam ca idam uvāca ha ॥

svāgatam te mahā bāho tava iyam akhilā mahī ।
vayam preṣyā bhavān bhartā sādhu rājyam praśādhi naḥ ॥

bhakṣyam bhojyam ca peyam ca lehyam ca idam upasthitam ।
śayanāni ca mukhyāni vājinām khādanam ca te ॥

guham eva bruvāṇam tam rāghavaḥ pratyuvāca ha ॥

arcitāḥ caiva hṛṣṭāḥ ca bhavatā sarvathā vayam ।
padbhyām abhigamāc caiva sneha samdarśanena ca ॥

bhujābhyām sādhu vṛttābhyām pīḍayan vākyam abravīt ।
diṣṭyā tvām guha paśyāmiarogam saha bāndhavaiḥ ॥

api te kūśalam rāṣṭre mitreṣu ca dhaneṣu ca ।
yat tu idam bhavatā kimcit prītyā samupakalpitam ।
sarvam tat anujānāmi na hi varte pratigrahe ॥

kuśa cīra ajina dharam phala mūla aśanam ca mām ।
viddhi praṇihitam dharme tāpasam vana gocaram ॥

aśvānām khādanena aham arthī na anyena kenacit ।
etāvatā atra bhavatā bhaviṣyāmi supūjitaḥ ॥

ete hi dayitā rājñaḥ pitur daśarathasya me ।
etaiḥ suvihitaiḥ aśvaiḥ bhaviṣyāmy aham arcitaḥ ॥

aśvānām pratipānam ca khādanam caiva so anvaśāt ।
guhaḥ tatra eva puruṣāms tvaritam dīyatām iti ॥

tataḥ cīra uttara āsangaḥ samdhyām anvāsya paścimām ।
jalam eva ādade bhojyam lakṣmaṇena āhṛtam svayam ॥

tasya bhūmau śayānasya pādau prakṣālya lakṣmaṇaḥ ।
sabhāryasya tataḥ abhyetya tasthau vṛṣkam upāśritaḥ ॥

guho api saha sūtena saumitrim anubhāṣayan ।
anvajāgrat tataḥ rāmam apramattaḥ dhanur dharaḥ ॥

tathā śayānasya tataḥ asya dhīmataḥ ।
yaśasvino dāśarather mahātmanaḥ ।
adṛṣṭa duhkhasya sukha ucitasya sā ।
tadā vyatīyāya cireṇa śarvarī ॥