अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

vadhamapratirūpam tu maharṣestasya rāghavaḥ ।
vilapanne va dharmātmā kausalyām puna rabravīt ॥

tat ajñānān mahat pāpam kṛtvā samkulita indriyaḥ ।
ekaḥ tu acintayam buddhyā katham nu sukṛtam bhavet ॥

tataḥ tam ghaṭam ādaya pūrṇam parama vāriṇā ।
āśramam tam aham prāpya yathā ākhyāta patham gataḥ ॥

tatra aham durbalāv andhau vṛddhāv apariṇāyakau ।
apaśyam tasya pitarau lūna pakṣāv iva dvijau ॥

tan nimittābhir āsīnau kathābhir aparikramau ।
tām āśām mat kṛte hīnāv udāsīnāv anāthavat ॥

śokopahatacittaśca bhayasamtrastacetanaḥ ।
taccāśramapadam gatvā bhūyaḥ śokamaham gataḥ ॥

pada śabdam tu me śrutvā munir vākyam abhāṣata ।
kim cirāyasi me putra pānīyam kṣipram ānaya ॥

yan nimittam idam tāta salile krīḍitam tvayā ।
utkaṇṭhitā te mātā iyam praviśa kṣipram āśramam ॥

yad vyalīkam kṛtam putra mātrā te yadi vā mayā ।
na tan manasi kartavyam tvayā tāta tapasvinā ॥

tvam gatis tu agatīnām ca cakṣus tvam hīna cakṣuṣām ।
samāsaktāḥ tvayi prāṇāḥ kimcin nau na abhibhāṣase ॥

munim avyaktayā vācā tam aham sajjamānayā ।
hīna vyanjanayā prekṣya bhītaḥ bhītaiva abruvam ॥

manasaḥ karma ceṣṭābhir abhisamstabhya vāg balam ।
ācacakṣe tu aham tasmai putra vyasanajam bhayam ॥

kṣatriyo aham daśaratho na aham putraḥ mahātmanaḥ ।
sajjana avamatam duhkham idam prāptam sva karmajam ॥

bhagavamaḥ ca apahastaḥ aham sarayū tīram āgataḥ ।
jighāmsuḥ śvā padam kimcin nipāne vā āgatam gajam ॥

tataḥ śrutaḥ mayā śabdo jale kumbhasya pūryataḥ ।
dvipo ayam iti matvā hi bāṇena abhihataḥ mayā ॥

gatvā nadyāḥ tataḥ tīram apaśyam iṣuṇā hṛdi ।
vinirbhinnam gata prāṇam śayānam bhuvi tāpasam ॥

bhagavan śabdam ālakṣya mayā gaja jighāmsunā ।
visṛṣṭaḥ ambhasi nārācaḥ tena te nihataḥ sutaḥ ॥

tatastasyaiva vacanādupetya paritapyataḥ ।
sa mayā sahasā baṇa uddhṛto marmatastadā ॥

sa ca uddhṛtena bāṇena tatra eva svargam āsthitaḥ ।
bhagavantāv ubhau śocann andhāv iti vilapya ca ॥

ajñānāt bhavataḥ putraḥ sahasā abhihataḥ mayā ।
śeṣam evam gate yat syāt tat prasīdatu me muniḥ ॥

sa tat śrutvā vacaḥ krūram nihśvasan śoka karśitaḥ ।
nāśakattīvramāyāsamakartum bhagavānṛṣiḥ ॥

sabāṣpapūrṇavadano niḥśvasan śokakarśitaḥ ।
mām uvāca mahā tejāḥ kṛta anjalim upasthitam ॥

yady etat aśubham karma na sma me kathayeḥ svayam ।
phalen mūrdhā sma te rājan sadyaḥ śata sahasradhā ॥

kṣatriyeṇa vadho rājan vānaprasthe viśeṣataḥ ।
jñāna pūrvam kṛtaḥ sthānāc cyāvayed api vajriṇam ॥

saptadhā tu phalenmūrdhā munau tapasi tiṣṭhati ।
jñānādvisṛjataḥ śastram tādṛśe brahmacāriṇi ॥

ajñānādd hi kṛtam yasmāt idam tena eva jīvasi ।
api hi adya kulam nasyāt rāghavāṇām kutaḥ bhavān ॥

naya nau nṛpa tam deśam iti mām ca abhyabhāṣata ।
adya tam draṣṭum iccāvaḥ putram paścima darśanam ॥

rudhireṇa avasita angam prakīrṇa ajina vāsasam ।
śayānam bhuvi nihsamjñam dharma rāja vaśam gatam ॥

atha aham ekaḥ tam deśam nītvā tau bhṛśa duhkhitau ।
asparśayam aham putram tam munim saha bhāryayā ॥

tau putram ātmanaḥ spṛṣṭvā tam āsādya tapasvinau ।
nipetatuḥ śarīre asya pitā ca asya idam abravīt ॥

na nv aham te priyaḥ putra mātaram paśya dhārmika ।
kim nu na ālingase putra sukumāra vaco vada ॥

na tvaham te priyaḥ putra mātaram pasya dhārmika ।
kim nu nāliṅgase putra sukumāra vaco vada ॥

kasya vā apara rātre aham śroṣyāmi hṛdayam gamam ।
adhīyānasya madhuram śāstram vā anyad viśeṣataḥ ॥

ko mām samdhyām upāsya eva snātvā huta huta aśanaḥ ।
ślāghayiṣyati upāsīnaḥ putra śoka bhaya arditam ॥

kanda mūla phalam hṛtvā ko mām priyam iva atithim ।
bhojayiṣyati akarmaṇyam apragraham anāyakam ॥

imām andhām ca vṛddhām ca mātaram te tapasvinīm ।
katham putra bhariṣyāmi kṛpaṇām putra gardhinīm ॥

tiṣṭha mā mā gamaḥ putra yamasya sadanam prati ।
śvo mayā saha gantā asi jananyā ca samedhitaḥ ॥

ubhāv api ca śoka ārtāv anāthau kṛpaṇau vane ।
kṣipram eva gamiṣyāvaḥ tvayā hīnau yama kṣayam ॥

tataḥ vaivasvatam dṛṣṭvā tam pravakṣyāmi bhāratīm ।
kṣamatām dharma rājo me bibhṛyāt pitarāv ayam ॥

dātumarhati dharmātmā lokapālo mahāyaśāḥ ।
īdṛṣasya mamākṣayyā mekāmabhayadakṣiṇām ॥

apāpo asi yathā putra nihataḥ pāpa karmaṇā ।
tena satyena gacca āśu ye lokāḥ śastra yodhinām ॥

yānti śūrā gatim yām ca samgrāmeṣv anivartinaḥ ।
hatāḥ tu abhimukhāḥ putra gatim tām paramām vraja ॥

yām gatim sagaraḥ śaibyo dilīpo janamejayaḥ ।
nahuṣo dhundhumāraḥ ca prāptāḥ tām gacca putraka ॥

yā gatiḥ sarva sādhūnām svādhyāyāt patasaḥ ca yā ।
bhūmidasya āhita agneḥ caeka patnī vratasya ca ॥

go sahasra pradātṛṛṇām yā yā gurubhṛtām api ।
deha nyāsa kṛtām yā ca tām gatim gacca putraka ॥

na hi tu asmin kule jātaḥ gaccati akuśalām gatim ।
sa tu yāsyati yena tvam nihato mama bāndhavaḥ ॥

evam sa kṛpaṇam tatra paryadevayata asakṛt ।
tataḥ asmai kartum udakam pravṛttaḥ saha bhāryayā ॥

sa tu divyena rūpeṇa muni putraḥ sva karmabhiḥ ।
svargamādhyāruhat khṣipram śakreṇa saha kharmavit ॥

ābabhāṣe ca vṛddhau tau saha śakreṇa tāpasaḥ ।
āśvāsya ca muhūrtam tu pitarau vākyam abravīt ॥

sthānam asmi mahat prāptaḥ bhavatoh paricāraṇāt ।
bhavantāv api ca kṣipram mama mūlam upaiṣyataḥ ॥

evam uktvā tu divyena vimānena vapuṣmatā ।
āruroha divam kṣipram muni putraḥ jita indriyaḥ ॥

sa kṛtvā tu udakam tūrṇam tāpasaḥ saha bhāryayā ।
mām uvāca mahā tejāḥ kṛta anjalim upasthitam ॥

adya eva jahi mām rājan maraṇe na asti me vyathā ।
yat śareṇa eka putram mām tvam akārṣīr aputrakam ॥

tvayā tu yad avijñānān nihataḥ me sutaḥ śuciḥ ।
tena tvām abhiśapsyāmi suduhkham atidāruṇam ॥

putra vyasanajam duhkham yad etan mama sāmpratam ।
evam tvam putra śokena rājan kālam kariṣyasi ॥

ajñānāttu hato yasmāt kṣatriyeṇa tvayā muniḥ ।
tasmāttvām nāviśatyāśu brahmahatyā narādhipa ॥

tvāmapyetādṛśo bhāvaḥ kṣiprameva gamiṣyati ।
jīvitāntakaro ghoro dātāramiva dakṣiṇā ॥

evam śāpam mayi nyasya vilapya karuṇam bahu ।
citāmāropya deham tanmithunam svargamabhyayāt ॥

tadetaccintayānena smaṛtam pāpam mayā svayam ।
tadā bālyātkṛtam devi śabdavedhyanukarṣiṇā ॥

tasyāyam karmaṇo devi vipākaḥ samupasthitaḥ ।
apathyaiḥ saha sambhukte vyādhirannarase yathā ॥

tasmān mām āgatam bhadre tasya udārasya tat vacaḥ ।
yad aham putra śokena samtyakṣyāmy adya jīvitam ॥

cakṣurbhyām tvām na paśyāmi kausalye sādhu māmsphṛśa ।
ityuktvā sa rudamstrasto bhāryāmāha ca bhūmipaḥ ॥

etanme sadṛśam devi yanmayā rāghave kṛtam ।
sadṛśam tattu tasyaiva yadanena kṛtam mayi ॥

durvṛttamapi kaḥ putram tyajedbhuvi vicakṣaṇaḥ ।
kaśca pravrājyamāno vā nāsūyetpitaram sutaḥ ॥

yadi mām samspṛśed rāmaḥ sakṛdadya labheta vā ।
yamakṣayamanuprāptā drakṣyanti na hi mānavāḥ ॥

cakṣuṣā tvām na paśyāmi smṛtir mama vilupyate ।
dūtā vaivasvatasya ete kausalye tvarayanti mām ॥

ataḥ tu kim duhkhataram yad aham jīvita kṣaye ।
na hi paśyāmi dharmajñam rāmam satya parākyamam ॥

tasyādarśanajaḥ śokaḥ sutasyāpratikarmaṇaḥ ।
uccoṣayati me prāṇānvāri stokamivātavaḥ ॥

na te manuṣyā devāḥ te ye cāru śubha kuṇḍalam ।
mukham drakṣyanti rāmasya varṣe panca daśe punaḥ ॥

padma patra īkṣaṇam subhru sudamṣṭram cāru nāsikam ।
dhanyā drakṣyanti rāmasya tārā adhipa nibham mukham ॥

sadṛśam śāradasya indoh phullasya kamalasya ca ।
sugandhi mama nāthasya dhanyā drakṣyanti tan mukham ॥

nivṛtta vana vāsam tam ayodhyām punar āgatam ।
drakṣyanti sukhino rāmam śukram mārga gatam yathā ॥

kausalye citta mohena hṛdayam sīdatīva me ।
vedaye na ca samuktān śabdasparśarasānaham ॥

cittanāśādvipadyante sarvāṇyevendriyāṇi me ।
kṣiṇasnehasya dīpasya samsaktā raśmayo yathā ॥

ayam ātma bhavaḥ śoko mām anātham acetanam ।
samsādayati vegena yathā kūlam nadī rayaḥ ॥

hā rāghava mahā bāho hā mama āyāsa nāśana ।
hā pitṛpriya me nātha hādya kvāsi gataḥ suta ॥

hā kausalye naśiṣyāmi hā sumitre tapasvini ।
hā nṛśamse mamāmitre kaikeyi kulapāmsani ॥

iti rāmasya mātuśca sumitrāyāśca sannidhau ।
rājā daśarathaḥ śocan jīvita antam upāgamat ॥

yathā tu dīnam kathayan nara adhipaḥ ।
priyasya putrasya vivāsana āturaḥ ।
gate ardha rātre bhṛśa duhkha pīḍitaḥ ।
tadā jahau prāṇam udāra darśanaḥ ॥