अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

dīrghakālātsamutthāya samjñām labdhvā ca vīryavān ।
netrābhyāmaśrupūrṇābhyām dīnāmudvīkṣya mātaram ॥

so'mātyamadhyebharato jananīmabhyakutsayat ।
rājyam na kāmaye jātu mantraye nāpi mātaram ॥

abhiṣekam na jānāmi yo.bhūdrajJnā samīkṣitaḥ ।
viprakṛṣṭe hyaham deśe śatrughna sahito'vasam ॥

vanavāsam na jānāmi rāmasyaham mahātmanaḥ ।
vivāsanam vā saumitreḥ sītāyāśca yathābhavat ॥

tathaiva krośataḥ tasya bharatasya mahātmanaḥ ।
kausalyā śabdam ājñāya sumitrām idam abravīt ॥

āgataḥ krūra kāryāyāḥ kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ ।
tam aham draṣṭum iccāmi bharatam dīrgha darśinam ॥

evam uktvā sumitrām sā vivarṇā malina ambarā ।
pratasthe bharataḥ yatra vepamānā vicetanā ॥

sa tu rāma anujaḥ ca api śatrughna sahitaḥ tadā ।
pratasthe bharataḥ yatra kausalyāyā niveśanam ॥

tataḥ śatrughna bharatau kausalyām prekṣya duhkhitau ।
paryaṣvajetām duhkha ārtām patitām naṣṭa cetanām ॥

rudantau rudatīm duḥkhātsametyāryām manassvinīm ।
bharatam pratyuvāca idam kausalyā bhṛśa duhkhitā ॥

idam te rājya kāmasya rājyam prāptam akaṇṭakam ।
samprāptam bata kaikeyyā śīghram krūreṇa karmaṇā ॥

prasthāpya cīra vasanam putram me vana vāsinam ।
kaikeyī kam guṇam tatra paśyati krūra darśinī ॥

kṣipram mām api kaikeyī prasthāpayitum arhati ।
hiraṇya nābho yatra āste sutaḥ me sumahā yaśāḥ ॥

athavā svayam eva aham sumitra anucarā sukham ।
agni hotram puraḥ kṛtya prasthāsye yatra rāghavaḥ ॥

kāmam vā svayam eva adya tatra mām netum arhasi ।
yatra asau puruṣa vyāghraḥ tapyate me tapaḥ sutaḥ ॥

idam hi tava vistīrṇam dhana dhānya samācitam ।
hasti aśva ratha sampūrṇam rājyam niryātitam tayā ॥

ityādibahubhirvākyaiḥ krūraiḥ sambharstito'naghaḥ ।
vivyathe bharatastīvram vraṇe tudyeva sūcinā ॥

papāta caraṇau tasyāstadā sambhrāntacetanaḥ ।
vilapya bahudhā'samjño labdhasamjñstataḥ sthitaḥ ॥

evam vilapamānām tām bharataḥ prānjalis tadā ।
kausalyām pratyuvāca idam śokaiḥ bahubhir āvṛtām ॥

ārye kasmāt ajānantam garhase mām akilbiṣam ।
vipulām ca mama prītim sthirām jānāsi rāghave ॥

kṛtā śāstra anugā buddhir mā bhūt tasya kadācana ।
satya samdhaḥ satām śreṣṭho yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

praiṣyam pāpīyasām yātu sūryam ca prati mehatu ।
hantu pādena gām suptām yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

kārayitvā mahat karma bhartā bhṛtyam anarthakam ।
adharmaḥ yo asya so asyāḥ tu yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

paripālayamānasya rājño bhūtāni putravat ।
tataḥ tu druhyatām pāpam yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

bali ṣaḍ bhāgam uddhṛtya nṛpasya arakṣataḥ prajāḥ ।
adharmaḥ yo asya so asya astu yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

samśrutya ca tapasvibhyaḥ satre vai yajña dakṣiṇām ।
tām vipralapatām pāpam yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

hasti aśva ratha sambādhe yuddhe śastra samākule ।
mā sma kārṣīt satām dharmam yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

upadiṣṭam susūkṣma artham śāstram yatnena dhīmatā ।
sa nāśayatu duṣṭa ātmā yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

mā ca tam pyūḍhabāhvamsam candrārkasamtejanam ।
drākṣīdrājyasthamāsīnam yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

pāyasam kṛsaram cāgam vṛthā so aśnātu nirghṛṇaḥ ।
gurūmaḥ ca api avajānātu yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

gāśca spṛśatu pādena gurūn parivadetsvayam ।
mitre druhyeta so'tyantam yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

viśvāsātkathitam kimcitparivādam mithaḥ kvacit ।
vivṛṇotu sa duṣṭātmā yasyāryoo'numate gataḥ ॥

akartā hyakṛtajñaśca tyaktātmā nirapatrapaḥ ।
loke bhavatu vidveṣyo yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

putraiḥ dāraiḥ ca bhṛtyaiḥ ca sva gṛhe parivāritaḥ ।
sa eko mṛṣṭam aśnātu yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

aprāpya sadṛśān dārānanapatyaḥ pramīyatām ।
anavāpya kriyām dharmyām yaśyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

mātmanaḥ samtatim drākṣītsveṣu dāreṣu duḥkhitaḥ ।
āyuḥ samagramaprāpya yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

rāja strī bāla vṛddhānām vadhe yat pāpam ucyate ।
bhṛtya tyāge ca yat pāpam tat pāpam pratipadyatām ॥

lākṣayā madhumāmsena lohena ca viṣeṇa ca ।
sadaiva bibhṛyādbhṛtyān yasyāryo'sumate gataḥ ॥

samgrāme samupoḍhe sa śatrupakṣbhayamkare ।
palāyāmāno vadhyeta yasyāryo'nume gataḥ ॥

kapālapāṇiḥ pṛthivīmaṭatām cīrasamvṛtaḥ ।
bhiksamāṇo yathonmatto yasyāryo'numate gatah ॥

pāne prasakto bhavatu strīṣvakṣeṣu ca nityaśaḥ ।
kāmkrodhābhibhūtastu yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

yasya dharme mano bhūyādadharmam sa niṣevatām ।
apātravarṣī bhavatu yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

samcitānyasya vittāni vividhāni sahasraśaḥ ।
dasyubhirvipralupyantām yaśyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

ubhe samdhye śayānasya yat pāpam parikalpyate ।
tac ca pāpam bhavet tasya yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

yad agni dāyake pāpam yat pāpam guru talpage ।
mitra drohe ca yat pāpam tat pāpam pratipadyatām ॥

devatānām pitṛṛṇām ca mātā pitros tathaiva ca ।
mā sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣām yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

satām lokāt satām kīrtyāḥ saj juṣṭāt karmaṇaḥ tathā ।
bhraśyatu kṣipram adya eva yasya āryo anumate gataḥ ॥

apāsya mātṛśuśrūṣāmanarthe so'vatiṣṭhatām ।
dīrghabāhurmahāvakṣā yasyāryo'sumate gataḥ ॥

bahuputro daridraśca jvararogasamanvitaḥ ।
sa bhūyātsatatakleśī yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

āśāmāśam samānānām dīnānāmūrdhvacakṣuṣām ।
ārthinām vitathām kuryādyasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

māyayā ramatām nityam paruṣaḥ piśuno'śuciḥ ।
rājJno bhīta stvadharmātmā yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

ṛtusnātām satīm bhāryāmṛtukālānurodhinīm ।
ativarteta duṣṭātmā yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

dharmadārān parityajya paradārānni ṣevatām ।
tyaktadharmaratirmūḍho yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

vipralu ptaprajātasya duṣkṛtam brāhmaṇasya yat ।
tadeva pratipadyeta yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

pānīyadūṣake pāpam tathaiva viṣadāyake ।
yattadekaḥ sa labhatām yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

brāhmaṇāyodyatām pūjām vihantu kaluṣendriyaḥ ।
bālavatsām ca gām dogdu yasyaryo'numate gataḥ ॥

tṛṣṇārtam sati pānīye vipralambhena yojayet ।
labheta tasya yatpāpam yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

bhaktyā vivadamāneṣu mārgamāśritya paśyataḥ ।
tasya pāpena yujyeta yasyāryo'numate gataḥ ॥

vihīnām pati putrābhyām kausalyām pārthiva ātmajaḥ ।
evam āśvasayann eva duhkha ārtaḥ nipapāta ha ॥

tathā tu śapathaiḥ kaṣṭaiḥ śapamānam acetanam ।
bharatam śoka samtaptam kausalyā vākyam abravīt ॥

mama duhkham idam putra bhūyaḥ samupajāyate ।
śapathaiḥ śapamāno hi prāṇān uparuṇatsi me ॥

diṣṭyā na calitaḥ dharmāt ātmā te saha lakṣmaṇaḥ ।
vatsa satya pratijño me satām lokān avāpsyasi ॥

ityuktvā cāṅkamānīya bharatam bhrātṛvatsalam ।
pariṣvajya mahābāhum ruroda bhṛśaduḥkhitā ॥

evam vilapamānasya duhkha ārtasya mahātmanaḥ ।
mohāc ca śoka samrodhāt babhūva lulitam manaḥ ॥

lālapyamānasya vicetanasya ।
pranaṣṭa buddheḥ patitasya bhūmau ।
muhur muhur nihśvasataḥ ca dīrgham ।
sā tasya śokena jagāma rātriḥ ॥