अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

sa prān mukho rāja gṛhāt abhiniryāya vīryavān ।
tataḥ sudāmām dyutimān samtīrvāvekṣya tām nadīm ॥

hlādinīm dūra pārām ca pratyak srotaḥ tarangiṇīm ।
śatadrūm atarat śrīmān nadīm ikṣvāku nandanaḥ ॥

ela dhāne nadīm tīrtvā prāpya ca apara parpaṭān ।
śilām ākurvatīm tīrtvāāgneyam śalya kartanam ॥

satya samdhaḥ śuciḥ śrīmān prekṣamāṇaḥ śilā vahām ।
atyayāt sa mahā śailān vanam caitra ratham prati ॥

sarasvatīm ca gaṅgām ca ugmena pratipadya ca ।
uttaram vīramatsyānām bhāruṇḍam prāviśadvanam ॥

veginīm ca kulinga ākhyām hrādinīm parvata āvṛtām ।
yamunām prāpya samtīrṇo balam āśvāsayat tadā ॥

śītīkṛtya tu gātrāṇi klāntān āśvāsya vājinaḥ ।
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca prāyāt ādāya ca udakam ॥

rāja putraḥ mahā araṇyam anabhīkṣṇa upasevitam ।
bhadraḥ bhadreṇa yānena mārutaḥ kham iva atyayāt ॥

bhāgīrathīm duṣpratarāmamśudhāne mahānadīm ।
upāyādrāghavastūrṇam prāgvaṭe viśrute pure ॥

sa gaṅgām prāgvaṭE tīrtve samāyātkuṭikoṣṭhikām ।
sabalastām sa tīrtvātha samāyāddharmavardhanam ॥

toraṇam dakṣiṇa ardhena jambū prastham upāgamat ।
varūtham ca yayau ramyam grāmam daśaratha ātmajaḥ ॥

tatra ramye vane vāsam kṛtvā asau prān mukho yayau ।
udyānam ujjihānāyāḥ priyakā yatra pādapāḥ ॥

sālāms tu priyakān prāpya śīghrān āsthāya vājinaḥ ।
anujñāpya atha bharataḥ vāhinīm tvaritaḥ yayau ॥

vāsam kṛtvā sarva tīrthe tīrtvā ca uttānakām nadīm ।
anyā nadīḥ ca vividhāḥ pārvatīyaiaḥ turam gamaiḥ ॥

hasti pṛṣṭhakam āsādya kuṭikām atyavartata ।
tatāra ca nara vyāghraḥ lauhitye sa kapīvatīm ॥

eka sāle sthāṇumatīm vinate gomatīm nadīm ।
kalinga nagare ca api prāpya sāla vanam tadā ॥

bharataḥ kṣipram āgaccat supariśrānta vāhanaḥ ।
vanam ca samatītya āśu śarvaryām aruṇa udaye ॥

ayodhyām manunā rājñā nirmitām sa dadarśa ha ।
tām purīm puruṣa vyāghraḥ sapta rātra uṣiṭaḥ pathi ॥

ayodhyām agrataḥ dṛṣṭvā rathe sārathim abravīt ।
eṣā na atipratītā me puṇya udyānā yaśasvinī ॥

ayodhyā dṛśyate dūrāt sārathe pāṇḍu mṛttikā ।
yajvabhir guṇa sampannaiḥ brāhmaṇaiḥ veda pāragaiḥ ॥

bhūyiṣṭham ṛṣaiḥ ākīrṇā rāja ṛṣi vara pālitā ।
ayodhyāyām purā śabdaḥ śrūyate tumulo mahān ॥

samantān nara nārīṇām tam adya na śṛṇomy aham ।
udyānāni hi sāya ahne krīḍitvā uparataiḥ naraiḥ ॥

samantāt vipradhāvadbhiḥ prakāśante mama anyadā ।
tāni adya anurudanti iva parityaktāni kāmibhiḥ ॥

araṇya bhūtā iva purī sārathe pratibhāti me ।
na hi atra yānaiḥ dṛśyante na gajaiḥ na ca vājibhiḥ ॥

niryāntaḥ vā abhiyāntaḥ vā nara mukhyā yathā puram ।
udyānāni purā bhānti mattapramuditāni ca ॥

janānām ratisamyogeṣvatyantaguṇavanti ca ।
tānyetānyadya vaśyāmi nirānandāni sarvaśaḥ ॥

srastaparṇairanupatham vikrośadbhiriva drumaiḥ ।
nādyāpi śrūyate śabdo mattānām mṛgapakṣiṇām ॥

samraktām madhurām vāṇīm kalam vyāharatām bahu ।
candanāgurusampṛkto dhūpasammūrcito'tulaḥ ॥

pravāti pavanaḥ śrīmān kim nu nādya yathāpuram ।
bherīmṛdaṅgavīṇānām koṇasamghaṭṭitaḥ punaḥ ॥

kimadya śabdo virataḥ sadā'dīnagatiḥ purā ।
aniṣṭāni ca pāpāni paśyāmi vividhāni ca ॥

nimittāni amanojñāni tena sīdati te manaḥ ।
sarvathā kuśalam sūta durlabham mama bandhuṣu ॥

tathā hyasati sammohe hṛdayam sīdatīva me ।
viṣaṇṇaḥ śāntahṛdayastrastaḥ sululitendriyaḥ ॥

bharataḥ praviveśāśu purīmikṣvākupālitām ।
dvāreṇa vaijayantena prāviśat śrānta vāhanaḥ ॥

dvāhsthaiḥ utthāya vijayam pṛṣṭaḥ taiḥ sahitaḥ yayau ।
sa tu aneka agra hṛdayo dvāhstham pratyarcya tam janam ॥

sūtam aśva pateḥ klāntam abravīt tatra rāghavaḥ ।
kimaham tvarayānītaḥ kāraṇena vinānagha ॥

aśubhāśaṅki hṛdayam śīlam ca patatīva me ।
śrutā no yādṛśāḥ pūrvam nṛpatīnām vināśane ॥

ākārāḥ tān aham sarvān iha paśyāmi sārathe ।
sammārjanavihīnāni paruṣāṇyupalakṣaye ॥

asamyatakavāṭāni śrīvihīnāni sarvaśaḥ ।
balikarmavihīnāni dhūpasammedanena ca ॥

anāśitakuṭumbāni prabhāhīnajanāni ca ।
alaksmīkāni paśyāmi kuṭumbibhavanānyaham ॥

apetamālyaśobhāni asammṛṣṭājirāṇi ca ।
devāgārāṇi śūnyāni na cābhānti yathāpuram ॥

devatārcāḥ praviddhāśca yajñgoṣṭhyastathāvidhāḥ ।
mālyāpaṇeṣu rājante nādya paṇyāni vā tathā ॥

dṛśyante vaṇijo'pyadya na yathāpūrvamatravai ।
dhyānasamvignahṛdayāḥ naṣṭavyāpārayantritāḥ ॥

devāyatanacaityeṣudīnāḥ pakṣigaṇāstathā ॥

malinam ca aśru pūrṇa akṣam dīnam dhyāna param kṛśam ।
sastrī pumsam ca paśyāmi janam utkaṇṭhitam pure ॥

iti evam uktvā bharataḥ sūtam tam dīna mānasaḥ ।
tāni aniṣṭāni ayodhyāyām prekṣya rāja gṛham yayau ॥

tām śūnya śṛnga aṭaka veśma rathyām ।
rajo aruṇa dvāra kapāṭa yantrām ।
dṛṣṭvā purīm indra purī prakāśām ।
duhkhena sampūrṇataraḥ babhūva ॥

bahūni paśyan manaso apriyāṇi ।
yāni annyadā na asya pure babhūvuḥ ।
avāk śirā dīna manā nahṛṣṭaḥ ।
pitur mahātmā praviveśa veśma ॥