अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

tataḥ prabhāta samaye divase atha caturdaśe ।
sametya rāja kartāraḥ bharatam vākyam abruvan ॥

gataḥ daśarathaḥ svargam yo no gurutaraḥ guruḥ ।
rāmam pravrājya vai jyeṣṭham lakṣmaṇam ca mahā balam ॥

tvam adya bhava no rājā rāja putra mahā yaśaḥ ।
samgatyā na aparādhnoti rājyam etat anāyakam ॥

ābhiṣecanikam sarvam idam ādāya rāghava ।
pratīkṣate tvām sva janaḥ śreṇayaḥ ca nṛpa ātmaja ॥

rājyam gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛ paitāmaham mahat ।
abhiṣecaya ca ātmānam pāhi ca asmān nara ṛṣabha ॥

ābhiṣecanikam bhāṇḍam kṛtvā sarvam pradakṣiṇam ।
bharataḥ tam janam sarvam pratyuvāca dhṛta vrataḥ ॥

jyeṣṭhasya rājatā nityam ucitā hi kulasya naḥ ।
na evam bhavantaḥ mām vaktum arhanti kuśalā janāḥ ॥

rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahī patiḥ ।
aham tu araṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava panca ca ॥

yujyatām mahatī senā catur anga mahā balā ।
ānayiṣyāmy aham jyeṣṭham bhrātaram rāghavam vanāt ॥

ābhiṣecanikam caiva sarvam etat upaskṛtam ।
puraḥ kṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāma hetor vanam prati ॥

tatra eva tam nara vyāghram abhiṣicya puraḥ kṛtam ।
āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmam havya vāham iva adhvarāt ॥

na sakāmā kariṣyāmi svam imām mātṛ gandhinīm ।
vane vatsyāmy aham durge rāmaḥ rājā bhaviṣyati ॥

kriyatām śilpibhiḥ panthāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca ।
rakṣiṇaḥ ca anusamyāntu pathi durga vicārakāḥ ॥

evam sambhāṣamāṇam tam rāma hetor nṛpa ātmajam ।
pratyuvāca janaḥ sarvaḥ śrīmad vākyam anuttamam ॥

evam te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīr upatiṣṭhatām ।
yaḥ tvam jyeṣṭhe nṛpa sute pṛthivīm dātum iccasi ॥

anuttamam tat vacanam nṛpa ātmaja ।
prabhāṣitam samśravaṇe niśamya ca ।
praharṣajāḥ tam prati bāṣpa bindavo ।
nipetur ārya ānana netra sambhavāḥ ॥

ūcus te vacanam idam niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ ।
sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyāta śokāḥ ।
panthānam nara vara bhaktimān janaḥ ca ।
vyādiṣṭaḥ tava vacanāc ca śilpi vargaḥ ॥