अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

atha rātryām vyatītāyām avasuptam anantaram ।
prabodhayām āsa śanaiḥ lakṣmaṇam raghu nandanaḥ ॥

saumitre śṛṇu vanyānām valgu vyāharatām svanam ।
sampratiṣṭhāmahe kālaḥ prasthānasya param tapa ॥

sa suptaḥ samaye bhrātrā lakṣmaṇaḥ pratibodhitaḥ ।
jahau nidrām ca tandrīm ca prasaktam ca pathi śramam ॥

tatautthāya te sarve spṛṣṭvā nadyāḥ śivam jalam ।
panthānam ṛṣiṇā uddiṣṭam citra kūṭasya tam yayuḥ ॥

tataḥ samprasthitaḥ kāle rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha ।
sītām kamala patra akṣīm idam vacanam abravīt ॥

ādīptān iva vaidehi sarvataḥ puṣpitān nagān ।
svaiḥ puṣpaiḥ kimśukān paśya mālinaḥ śiśira atyaye ॥

paśya bhallātakān phullān naraiḥ anupasevitān ।
phala patraiḥ avanatān nūnam śakṣyāmi jīvitum ॥

paśya droṇa pramāṇāni lambamānāni lakṣmaṇa ।
madhūni madhu kārībhiḥ sambhṛtāni nage nage ॥

eṣa krośati natyūhaḥ tam śikhī pratikūjati ।
ramaṇīye vana uddeśe puṣpa samstara samkaṭe ॥

mātamga yūtha anusṛtam pakṣi samgha anunāditam ।
citra kūṭam imam paśya pravṛddha śikharam girim ॥

samabhūmitale ramye drumairbahubhirāvṛte ।
puṇye ramsyāmahe tāta citrakūṭasya kānane ॥

tataḥ tau pāda cāreṇa gaccantau saha sītayā ।
ramyam āsedatuḥ śailam citra kūṭam mano ramam ॥

tam tu parvatam āsādya nānā pakṣi gaṇa āyutam ।
bahumūlaphalam ramyam sampannam sarasodakam ॥

manojJno'yam tiriḥ saumya nānādrumalatāyatah ।
bahumūlaphalo ramyaḥ svājīvaḥ pratibhāti me ॥

manayaśca mahātmāno vasantya śiloccaye ।
ayam vāso bhavet tāvad atra saumya ramemahi ॥

iti sītā ca rāmaśca lakṣmaṇaśca kṛtāñjaliḥ ।
abhigamyāśramam sarve vālmīki mabhivādayan ॥

tānmaharṣiḥ pramuditaḥ pūjayāmāsa dharmavit ।
āsyatāmiti covāca svāgatam tu nivedya ca ॥

tato'bravīnmahābāhurlakamaṇam lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ ।
samnivedya yathānyāya mātmānamṛṣye prabhuḥ ॥

lakṣmaṇa ānaya dārūṇi dṛḍhāni ca varāṇi ca ।
kuruṣva āvasatham saumya vāse me abhiratam manaḥ ॥

tasya tat vacanam śrutvā saumitrir vividhān drumān ।
ājahāra tataḥ cakre parṇa śālām arim dama ॥

tām niṣṭhatām baddhakaṭām dṛṣṭvā ramaḥ sudarśanām ।
śuśrūṣamāṇam eka agram idam vacanam abravīt ॥

aiṇeyam māmsam āhṛtya śālām yakṣyāmahe vayam ।
kartvyam vāstuśamanam saumitre cirajīvabhiḥ ॥

mṛgam hatvā''naya kṣipram lakṣmaṇeha śubhekṣaṇakartavyaḥ śāstradṛṣṭo hi vidhirdarmamanusmara ॥

bhrāturvacana mājñāya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā ।
cakāra sa yathoktam ca tam rāmaḥ punarabravīt ॥

iṇeyam śrapayasvaitacccālām yakṣyamahe vayam ।
tvarasaumya muhūrto'yam dhruvaśca divaso'pyayam ॥

sa lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛṣṇa mṛgam hatvā medhyam patāpavān ।
atha cikṣepa saumitriḥ samiddhe jāta vedasi ॥

tam tu pakvam samājñāya niṣṭaptam cinna śoṇitam ।
lakṣmaṇaḥ puruṣa vyāghram atha rāghavam abravīt ॥

ayam kṛṣṇaḥ samāpta angaḥ śṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa mṛgo yathā ।
devatā deva samkāśa yajasva kuśalo hi asi ॥

rāmaḥ snātvā tu niyataḥ guṇavān japya kovidaḥ ।
samgraheṇākarotsarvān mantran satrāvasānikān ॥

iṣṭvā devagaṇān sarvān viveśāvasatham śuciḥ ।
babhūva ca manohlādo rāmasyāmitatejasaḥ ॥

vaiśvadevabalim kṛtvā raudram vaiṣṇavameva ca ।
vāstusamśamanīyāni maṅgaLāni pravartayan ॥

japam ca nyāyataḥ kṛtvā snātvā nadyām yathāvidhi ।
pāpa samśamanam rāmaḥ cakāra balim uttamam ॥

vedisthalavidhānāni caityānyāyatanāni ca ।
āśramasyānurūpāṇi sthāpayāmāsa rāghavaḥ ॥

vanyairmālyaiḥ phalairmūlaiḥ pakvairmāmsairyathāvidhi ।
adbharjapaiśca vedoktai rdharbhaiśca sasamitkuśaiḥ ॥

tau tarpayitvā bhūtāni rāghavau saha sītayā ।
tadā viviśatuḥ śālām suśubhām śubhalakṣaṇau ॥

tām vṛkṣa parṇac cadanām manojñām ।
yathā pradeśam sukṛtām nivātām ।
vāsāya sarve viviśuḥ sametāḥ ।
sabhām yathā deva gaṇāḥ sudharmām ॥

aneka nānā mṛga pakṣi samkule ।
vicitra puṣpa stabalaiḥ drumaiḥ yute ।
vana uttame vyāla mṛga anunādite ।
tathā vijahruḥ susukham jita indriyāḥ ॥

suramyam āsādya tu citra kūṭam ।
nadīm ca tām mālyavatīm sutīrthām ।
nananda hṛṣṭaḥ mṛga pakṣi juṣṭām ।
jahau ca duhkham pura vipravāsāt ॥