अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

te tu tasmin mahā vṛkṣauṣitvā rajanīm śivām ।
vimale abhyudite sūrye tasmāt deśāt pratasthire ॥

yatra bhāgīrathī gangā yamunām abhivartate ।
jagmus tam deśam uddiśya vigāhya sumahad vanam ॥

te bhūmim āgān vividhān deśāmaḥ ca api mano ramān ।
adṛṣṭa pūrvān paśyantaḥ tatra tatra yaśasvinaḥ ॥

yathā kṣemeṇa gaccan sa paśyamaḥ ca vividhān drumān ।
nivṛtta mātre divase rāmaḥ saumitrim abravīt ॥

prayāgam abhitaḥ paśya saumitre dhūmam unnatam ।
agner bhagavataḥ ketum manye samnihitaḥ muniḥ ॥

nūnam prāptāḥ sma sambhedam gangā yamunayoḥ vayam ।
tathā hi śrūyate śambdo vāriṇā vāri ghaṭṭitaḥ ॥

dārūṇi paribhinnāni vanajaiḥ upajīvibhiḥ ।
bharadvāja āśrame ca ete dṛśyante vividhā drumāḥ ॥

dhanvinau tau sukham gatvā lambamāne divā kare ।
gangā yamunayoh samdhau prāpatur nilayam muneḥ ॥

rāmaḥ tu āśramam āsādya trāsayan mṛga pakṣiṇaḥ ।
gatvā muhūrtam adhvānam bharadvājam upāgamat ॥

tataḥ tu āśramam āsādya muner darśana kānkṣiṇau ।
sītayā anugatau vīrau dūrāt eva avatasthatuḥ ॥

sa praviśya mahātmānamṛṣim śiṣyagaṇairvaṛtam ।
samśitavratamekāgram tapasā labdhacakṣuṣam ॥

huta agni hotram dṛṣṭvā eva mahā bhāgam kṛta anjaliḥ ।
rāmaḥ saumitriṇā sārdham sītayā ca abhyavādayat ॥

nyavedayata ca ātmānam tasmai lakṣmaṇa pūrvajaḥ ।
putrau daśarathasya āvām bhagavan rāma lakṣmaṇau ॥

bhāryā mama iyam vaidehī kalyāṇī janaka ātmajā ।
mām ca anuyātā vijanam tapo vanam aninditā ॥

pitrā pravrājyamānam mām saumitrir anujaḥ priyaḥ ।
ayam anvagamad bhrātā vanam eva dṛḍha vrataḥ ॥

pitrā niyuktā bhagavan praveṣyāmaḥ tapo vanam ।
dharmam eva ācariṣyāmaḥ tatra mūla phala aśanāḥ ॥

tasya tat vacanam śrutvā rāja putrasya dhīmataḥ ।
upānayata dharma ātmā gām arghyam udakam tataḥ ॥

nānāvidhānannarasān vanyamūlaphalāśrayān ।
tebhyo dadau taptatapā vāsam caivābhyakalpayat ॥

mṛga pakṣibhir āsīno munibhiḥ ca samantataḥ ।
rāmam āgatam abhyarcya svāgatena āha tam muniḥ ॥

pratigṛhya ca tām arcām upaviṣṭam sa rāghavam ।
bharadvājo abravīd vākyam dharma yuktam idam tadā ॥

cirasya khalu kākutstha paśyāmi tvām iha āgatam ।
śrutam tava mayā ca idam vivāsanam akāraṇam ॥

avakāśo viviktaḥ ayam mahā nadyoh samāgame ।
puṇyaḥ ca ramaṇīyaḥ ca vasatu iha bhagān sukham ॥

evam uktaḥ tu vacanam bharadvājena rāghavaḥ ।
pratyuvāca śubham vākyam rāmaḥ sarva hite rataḥ ॥

bhagavann itāasannaḥ paura jānapado janaḥ ।
sudarśamiha mām prekṣya manye'ha mimamāśramam ॥

āgamiṣyati vaidehīm mām ca api prekṣako janaḥ ।
anena kāraṇena aham iha vāsam na rocaye ॥

eka ante paśya bhagavann āśrama sthānam uttamam ।
ramate yatra vaidehī sukha arhā janaka ātmajā ॥

etat śrutvā śubham vākyam bharadvājo mahā muniḥ ।
rāghavasya tataḥ vākyam artha grāhakam abravīt ॥

daśa krośaitaḥ tāta girir yasmin nivatsyasi ।
maharṣi sevitaḥ puṇyaḥ sarvataḥ sukha darśanaḥ ॥

go lāngūla anucaritaḥ vānara ṛṣka niṣevitaḥ ।
citra kūṭaiti khyātaḥ gandha mādana samnibhaḥ ॥

yāvatā citra kūṭasya naraḥ śṛngāṇi avekṣate ।
kalyāṇāni samādhatte na pāpe kurute manaḥ ॥

ṛṣayaḥ tatra bahavo vihṛtya śaradām śatam ।
tapasā divam ārūdhāḥ kapāla śirasā saha ॥

praviviktam aham manye tam vāsam bhavataḥ sukham ।
iha vā vana vāsāya vasa rāma mayā saha ॥

sa rāmam sarva kāmaiaḥ tam bharadvājaḥ priya atithim ।
sabhāryam saha ca bhrātrā pratijagrāha dharmavit ॥

tasya prayāge rāmasya tam maharṣim upeyuṣaḥ ।
prapannā rajanī puṇyā citrāḥ kathayataḥ kathāḥ ॥

sītātṛtīya kākutsthah pariśrāntaḥ sukhocitaḥ ।
bharadvājāśrame ramye tām rātri mavastsukham ॥

prabhātāyām rajanyām tu bharadvājam upāgamat ।
uvāca nara śārdūlo munim jvalita tejasam ॥

śarvarīm bhavanann adya satya śīla tava āśrame ।
uṣitāḥ sma iha vasatim anujānātu no bhavān ॥

rātryām tu tasyām vyuṣṭāyām bharadvājo abravīd idam ।
madhu mūla phala upetam citra kūṭam vraja iti ha ॥

vāsamaupayikam manye tava rāma mahābala ।
nānānagagaṇopetaḥ kinnaroragasevitah ॥

mayūranādābhiruto gajarājaniṣevitaḥ ।
gamyatām bhavatā śailaścitrakūṭaḥ sa viśrutaḥ ॥

puṇyaśca ramaṇīyaśca bahumūlaphalāyutaḥ ।
tatra kunjara yūthāni mṛga yūthāni ca abhitaḥ ॥

vicaranti vana anteṣu tāni drakṣyasi rāghava ।
saritprasravaṇaprasthān darīkandharanirgharān ॥

carataḥ sītayā sārdham nandiṣyati manastava ।
prahṛṣṭa koyaṣṭika kokila svanaiḥ ।
rvināditam tam vasudhā dharam śivam ।
mṛgaiḥ ca mattaiḥ bahubhiḥ ca kunjaraiḥ ।
suramyam āsādya samāvasa āśramam ॥