अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

apaśyams tu tataḥ tatra pitaram pitur ālaye ।
jagāma bharataḥ draṣṭum mātaram mātur ālaye ॥

anuprāptam tu tam dṛṣṭvā kaikeyī proṣitam sutam ।
utpapāta tadā hṛṣṭā tyaktvā sauvarṇa mānasam ॥

sa praviśya eva dharma ātmā sva gṛham śrī vivarjitam ।
bharataḥ prekṣya jagrāha jananyāḥ caraṇau śubhau ॥

sā tam mūrdhni samupāghrāya pariṣvajya yaśasvinam ।
aṅke bharatam āropya praṣṭum samupacakrame ॥

adya te katicit rātryaḥ cyutasya āryaka veśmanaḥ ।
api na adhva śramaḥ śīghram rathena āpatataḥ tava ॥

āryakaḥ te sukuśalo yudhā jin mātulaḥ tava ।
pravāsāc ca sukham putra sarvam me vaktum arhasi ॥

evam pṛṣṭhaḥ tu kaikeyyā priyam pārthiva nandanaḥ ।
ācaṣṭa bharataḥ sarvam mātre rājīva locanaḥ ॥

adya me saptamī rātriḥ cyutasya āryaka veśmanaḥ ।
ambāyāḥ kuśalī tātaḥ yudhājin mātulaḥ ca me ॥

yan me dhanam ca ratnam ca dadau rājā param tapaḥ ।
pariśrāntam pathi abhavat tataḥ aham pūrvam āgataḥ ॥

rāja vālya haraiḥ dūtaiaḥ tvaryamāṇo aham āgataḥ ।
yad aham praṣṭum iccāmi tat ambā vaktum arhasi ॥

śūnyo ayam śayanīyaḥ te paryanko hema bhūṣitaḥ ।
na ca ayam ikṣvāku janaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ pratibhāti me ॥

rājā bhavati bhūyiṣṭhgam iha ambāyā niveśane ।
tam aham na adya paśyāmi draṣṭum iccann iha āgataḥ ॥

pitur grahīṣye caraṇau tam mama ākhyāhi pṛccataḥ ।
āhosvid amba jyeṣṭhāyāḥ kausalyāyā niveśane ॥

tam pratyuvāca kaikeyī priyavad ghoram apriyam ।
ajānantam prajānantī rājya lobhena mohitā ॥

yā gatiḥ sarva bhūtānām tām gatim te pitā gataḥ ।
rājā mahātmā tejasvī yāyajūkaḥ satām gatiḥ ॥

tat śrutvā bharataḥ vākyam dharma abhijanavān śuciḥ ।
papāta sahasā bhūmau pitṛ śoka bala arditaḥ ॥

hā hāto'smīti kṛpaṇām dīnām vācamudīrayan ।
nipapāta mahābāhurbāhu vikṣipya vīryavān ॥

tataḥ śokena samvītaḥ pitur maraṇa duhkhitaḥ ।
vilalāpa mahā tejā bhrānta ākulita cetanaḥ ॥

etat suruciram bhāti pitur me śayanam purā ।
śaśinevāmalam rātrau gaganam toyadātyaye ॥

tat idam na vibhāti adya vihīnam tena dhīmatā ।
vyomeva śśinā hīnamapbhuṣka iva sāgaraḥ ॥

bāṣpamutsṛjya kaṇṭhe svātmanā paripīḍitaḥ ।
āccādya vadanam śrīmadvastreṇa jayatām varaḥ ॥

tam ārtam deva samkāśam samīkṣya patitam bhuvi ।
nikṛttamiva sālasya skandham paraśunā vane ॥

mattamātaṅgasamkāśam candrārkasadṛśam bhuvaḥ ।
utthāpayitvā śoka ārtam vacanam ca idam abravīt ॥

uttiṣṭha uttiṣṭha kim śeṣe rāja putra mahā yaśaḥ ।
tvad vidhā na hi śocanti santaḥ sadasi sammatāḥ ॥

dānayajñādhikārā hi śīlaśrutivaconugā ।
buddhiste buddhisampanna prabhevārkasya mandire ॥

sa rudatyā ciram kālam bhūmau viparivṛtya ca ।
jananīm pratyuvāca idam śokaiḥ bahubhir āvṛtaḥ ॥

abhiṣekṣyati rāmam tu rājā yajñam nu yakṣyati ।
iti aham kṛta samkalpo hṛṣṭaḥ yātrām ayāsiṣam ॥

tat idam hi anyathā bhūtam vyavadīrṇam mano mama ।
pitaram yo na paśyāmi nityam priya hite ratam ॥

amba kena atyagāt rājā vyādhinā mayy anāgate ।
dhanyā rāma ādayaḥ sarve yaiḥ pitā samskṛtaḥ svayam ॥

na nūnam mām mahā rājaḥ prāptam jānāti kīrtimān ।
upajighredd hi mām mūrdhni tātaḥ samnamya satvaram ॥

kva sa pāṇiḥ sukha sparśaḥ tātasya akliṣṭa karmaṇaḥ ।
yena mām rajasā dhvastam abhīkṣṇam parimārjati ॥

yo me bhrātā pitā bandhur yasya dāso asmi dhīmataḥ ।
tasya mām śīghram ākhyāhi rāmasya akliṣṭa karmaṇaḥ ॥

pitā hi bhavati jyeṣṭho dharmam āryasya jānataḥ ।
tasya pādau grahīṣyāmi sa hi idānīm gatir mama ॥

dharmaviddharmanityaśca satyasandho dṛḍhavrataḥ ।
ārye kim abravīd rājā pitā me satya vikramaḥ ॥

paścimam sādhu samdeśam iccāmi śrotum ātmanaḥ ।
iti pṛṣṭā yathā tattvam kaikeyī vākyam abravīt ॥

rāma iti rājā vilapan hā sīte lakṣmaṇa iti ca ।
sa mahātmā param lokam gataḥ gatimatām varaḥ ॥

imām tu paścimām vācam vyājahāra pitā tava ।
kāla dharma parikṣiptaḥ pāśaiḥ iva mahā gajaḥ ॥

siddha arthāḥ tu narā rāmam āgatam sītayā saha ।
lakṣmaṇam ca mahā bāhum drakṣyanti punar āgatam ॥

tat śrutvā viṣasāda eva dvitīyā priya śamsanāt ।
viṣaṇṇa vadano bhūtvā bhūyaḥ papracca mātaram ॥

kva ca idānīm sa dharma ātmā kausalya ānanda vardhanaḥ ।
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā sītayā ca samam gataḥ ॥

tathā pṛṣṭā yathā tattvam ākhyātum upacakrame ।
mātā asya yugapad vākyam vipriyam priya śankayā ॥

sa hi rāja sutaḥ putra cīra vāsā mahā vanam ।
daṇḍakān saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇa anucaraḥ gataḥ ॥

tat śrutvā bharataḥ trastaḥ bhrātuḥ cāritra śankayā ।
svasya vamśasya māhātmyāt praṣṭum samupacakrame ॥

kaccin na brāhmaṇa vadham hṛtam rāmeṇa kasyacit ।
kaccin na āḍhyo daridraḥ vā tena apāpo vihimsitaḥ ॥

kaccin na para dārān vā rāja putraḥ abhimanyate ।
kasmāt sa daṇḍaka araṇye bhrūṇahā iva vivāsitaḥ ॥

atha asya capalā mātā tat sva karma yathā tatham ।
tena eva strī svabhāvena vyāhartum upacakrame ॥

evamuktā tu kaikeyī bharatena mahātmanā ।
uvāca vacanam hṛṣṭā mūḍhā paṇḍitamāninī ॥

na brāhmaṇa dhanam kimcidd hṛtam rāmeṇa kasyacit ।
kaścin na āḍhyo daridraḥ vā tena apāpo vihimsitaḥ ॥

na rāmaḥ para dārāmaḥ ca cakṣurbhyām api paśyati ।
mayā tu putra śrutvā eva rāmasya eva abhiṣecanam ॥

yācitaḥ te pitā rājyam rāmasya ca vivāsanam ।
sa sva vṛttim samāsthāya pitā te tat tathā akarot ॥

rāmaḥ ca saha saumitriḥ preṣitaḥ saha sītayā ।
tam apaśyan priyam putram mahī pālo mahā yaśāḥ ॥

putra śoka paridyūnaḥ pancatvam upapedivān ।
tvayā tu idānīm dharmajña rājatvam avalambyatām ॥

tvat kṛte hi mayā sarvam idam evam vidham kṛtam ।
mā śokam mā ca samtāpam dhairyamāśraya putraka ॥

tvadadhīnā hi nagarī rājyam caitadanāmayam ।
tat putra śīghram vidhinā vidhijñaiḥ ।
vasiṣṭha mukhyaiḥ sahitaḥ dvija indraiḥ ।
samkālya rājānam adīna sattvam ।
ātmānam urvyām abhiṣecayasva ॥