अयोध्याकाण्डम्Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa

tām ārya gaṇa sampūrṇām bharataḥ pragrahām sabhām ।
dadarśa buddhi sampannaḥ pūrṇa candrām niśām iva ॥

āsanāni yathā nyāyam āryāṇām viśatām tadā ।
adṛśyata ghana apāye pūrṇa candrā iva śarvarī ॥

sā vidvajjanasampūrṇā sabhā surucirā tadā ।
adṛśyata ghanāpāye pūrṇacandreva śarvarī ॥

rājñaḥ tu prakṛtīḥ sarvāḥ samagrāḥ prekṣya dharmavit ।
idam purohitaḥ vākyam bharatam mṛdu ca abravīt ॥

tāta rājā daśarathaḥ svar gataḥ dharmam ācaran ।
dhana dhānyavatīm sphītām pradāya pṛthivīm tava ॥

rāmaḥ tathā satya dhṛtiḥ satām dharmam anusmaran ।
na ajahāt pitur ādeśam śaśī jyotsnām iva uditaḥ ॥

pitrā bhrātrā ca te dattam rājyam nihata kaṇṭakam ।
tat bhunkṣva mudita amātyaḥ kṣipram eva abhiṣecaya ॥

udīcyāḥ ca pratīcyāḥ ca dākṣiṇātyāḥ ca kevalāḥ ।
koṭyā apara antāḥ sāmudrā ratnāni abhiharantu te ॥

tat śrutvā bharataḥ vākyam śokena abhipariplutaḥ ।
jagāma manasā rāmam dharmajño dharma kānkṣayā ॥

sa bāṣpa kalayā vācā kala hamsa svaraḥ yuvā ।
vilalāpa sabhā madhye jagarhe ca purohitam ॥

carita brahmacaryasya vidyā snātasya dhīmataḥ ।
dharme prayatamānasya ko rājyam madvidho haret ॥

katham daśarathāj jātaḥ bhaved rājya apahārakaḥ ।
rājyam ca aham ca rāmasya dharmam vaktum iha arhasi ॥

jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ ca dharma ātmā dilīpa nahuṣa upamaḥ ।
labdhum arhati kākutstho rājyam daśaratho yathā ॥

anārya juṣṭam asvargyam kuryām pāpam aham yadi ।
ikṣvākūṇām aham loke bhaveyam kula pāmsanaḥ ॥

yadd hi mātrā kṛtam pāpam na aham tat abhirocaye ।
ihastho vana durgastham namasyāmi kṛta anjaliḥ ॥

rāmam eva anugaccāmi sa rājā dvipadām varaḥ ।
trayāṇām api lokānām rāghavo rājyam arhati ॥

tat vākyam dharma samyuktam śrutvā sarve sabhāsadaḥ ।
harṣān mumucur aśrūṇi rāme nihita cetasaḥ ॥

yadi tu āryam na śakṣyāmi vinivartayitum vanāt ।
vane tatra eva vatsyāmi yathā āryo lakṣmaṇaḥ tathā ॥

sarva upāyam tu vartiṣye vinivartayitum balāt ।
samakṣam ārya miśrāṇām sādhūnām guṇa vartinām ॥

viṣṭikarmāntikāḥ sarve mārgaśodhanarakṣakāḥ ।
prasthāpitā mayā pūrvam yātrāpi mama rocate ॥

evam uktvā tu dharma ātmā bharataḥ bhrātṛ vatsalaḥ ।
samīpastham uvāca idam sumantram mantra kovidam ॥

tūrṇam utthāya gacca tvam sumantra mama śāsanāt ।
yātrām ājñāpaya kṣipram balam caiva samānaya ॥

evam uktaḥ sumantraḥ tu bharatena mahātmanā ।
hṛṣṭaḥ so adiśat sarvam yathā samdiṣṭam iṣṭavat ॥

tāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ prakṛtayo bala adhyakṣā balasya ca ।
śrutvā yātrām samājñaptām rāghavasya nivartane ॥

tataḥ yodha anganāḥ sarvā bhartṛṛn sarvān gṛhe gṛhe ।
yātrā gamanam ājñāya tvarayanti sma harṣitāḥ ॥

te hayaiḥ go rathaiḥ śīghraiḥ syandanaiḥ ca mano javaiḥ ।
saha yodhaiḥ bala adhyakṣā balam sarvam acodayan ॥

sajjam tu tat balam dṛṣṭvā bharataḥ guru samnidhau ।
ratham me tvarayasva iti sumantram pārśvataḥ abravīt ॥

bharatasya tu tasya ājñām pratigṛhya praharṣitaḥ ।
ratham gṛhītvā prayayau yuktam parama vājibhiḥ ॥

sa rāghavaḥ satya dhṛtiḥ pratāpavān ।
bruvan suyuktam dṛḍha satya vikramaḥ ।
gurum mahā araṇya gatam yaśasvinam ।
prasādayiṣyan bharataḥ abravīt tadā ॥

tūṇa samutthāya sumantra gacca ।
balasya yogāya bala pradhānān ।
ānetum iccāmi hi tam vanastham ।
prasādya rāmam jagataḥ hitāya ॥

sa sūta putraḥ bharatena samyag ।
ājñāpitaḥ samparipūrṇa kāmaḥ ।
śaśāsa sarvān prakṛti pradhānān ।
balasya mukhyāmaḥ ca suhṛj janam ca ॥

tataḥ samutthāya kule kule te ।
rājanya vaiśyā vṛṣalāḥ ca viprāḥ ।
ayūyujann uṣṭra rathān kharāmaḥ ca ।
nāgān hayāmaḥ caiva kula prasūtān ॥