अरण्यकाण्डम्Araṇya Kāṇḍa

evam uktvā tu paruṣam mārīco rāvaṇam tataḥ ।
gacchāvaḥ iti abravīt dīno bhayāt rātrim cara prabhoḥ ॥

dṛṣṭāḥ ca aham punaḥ tena śara cāpa asi dhāriṇā ।
madvadho udyata śastreṇa vinaṣṭam jīvitam ca me ॥

na hi rāmam parākramya jīvan prati nivartate ।
vartate prati rūpo asau yama daṇḍa hatasya te ॥

kim nu kartum mayā śakyam evam tvayi durātmani ।
eṣa gacchāmi aham tāta svasti te astu niśācaraḥ ॥

prahṛṣṭaḥ tu abhavat tena vacanena sa rākṣasaḥ ।
pariṣvajya susaṁśliṣṭam idam vacanam abravīt ॥

etat śauṇḍīrya - cauttirya -nyuktam te mat cchaṁda vaśa vartinaḥ ।
idānīm asi mārīcaḥ pūrvam anyo niśācaraḥ ॥

āruhyatām śīghram khago ratna vibhūṣitaḥ ।
mayā saha ratho yuktaḥ piśāca vadanaiḥ kharaiḥ ॥

pralobhayitvā vaidehīm yathā iṣṭam gantum arhasi ।
tām śūnye prasabham sītām ānayiṣyāmi maithilīm ॥

tathā iti uvāca enam rāvaṇam tāṭakā sutaḥ ।
tato rāvaṇa mārīcau vimānam iva tam ratham ॥

āruhya yayatuḥ śīghram tasmāt āśrama maṇḍalāt ।
tathaiva tatra paśyantau pattanāni vanāni ca ॥

girīm ca saritāḥ sarvā rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi ca ।
sametya daṇḍaka araṇyam rāghavasya āśramam tataḥ ॥

dadarśa saha marīco rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ ।
avatīrya rathāt tasmāt tataḥ kāṁcana bhūṣaṇāt ॥

haste gṛhītvā mārīcam rāvaṇo vākyam abravīt ।
etat rāma āśrama padam dṛśyate kadalī vṛtam ॥

kriyatām tat sakhe śīghram yat artham vayam āgatāḥ ।
sa rāvaṇa vacaḥ śrutvā mārīco rākṣasaḥ tadā ॥

mṛgo bhūtvā āśrama dvāri rāmasya vicacāra ha ।
sa tu rūpam samāsthāya mahat adbhuta darśanam ॥

maṇipravara śṛṁgāgraḥ sita asita mukhākṛtiḥ ।
raktapadmotpala mukha indranīlotpala śravāḥ ॥

kimcit abhyunnata grīva indranīla nibha udaraḥ ।
madhūka nibha pārśvaḥ ca kaṁja kiṁjalka samnibhaḥ ॥

vaidūrya saṁkāśa khuraḥ tanu jaṁghaḥ susaṁhataḥ ।
indra āyudha savarṇena pucchena ūrdhvam virājitaḥ ॥

manohara snigdha varṇo ratnaiḥ nānā vidhaiḥ vṛtaḥ ।
kṣaṇena rākṣaso jāto mṛgaḥ parama śobhanaḥ ॥

vanam prajvalayan ramyam rāma āśrama padam ca tat ।
manoharam darśanīyam rūpam kṛtvā sa rākṣasaḥ ॥

pralobhanārtham vaidehyā nānā dhātu vicitritam ।
vicaran gacchate samyak śādvalāni samaṁtataḥ ॥

ropyaiḥ bindu śataiḥ citro bhūtvā ca priya darśanaḥ ।
viṭapīnām kisalayān bhakṣayan vicacāra ha ॥

kadalī gṛhakam gatvā karṇikārāni tataḥ tataḥ ।
samāśrayan maṁdagatiḥ sītā saṁdarśanam tataḥ ॥

rājīva citra pṛṣṭhaḥ sa virarāja mahāmṛgaḥ ।
rāma āśrama pada abhyāśe vicacāra yathā sukham ॥

punar gatvā nivṛttaḥ ca vicacāra mṛgottamaḥ ।
gatvā muhūrtam tvarayā punaḥ prati nivartate ॥

vikrīḍan ca punar bhūmau punar eva niṣīdati ।
āśrama dvāram āgamya mṛga yūthāni gacchati ॥

mṛga yūthaiḥ anugataḥ punar eva nivartate ।
sītā darśanam ākāṁkṣan rākṣaso mṛgatām gataḥ ॥

paribhramati citrāṇi maṇḍalāni viniṣpatan ।
samudvīkṣya ca sarve tam mṛgā ye anye vanecarāḥ ॥

upagamya samāghrāya vidravanti diśo daśa ।
rākṣasaḥ so api tān vanyān mṛgān mṛgavadhe rataḥ ॥

pracchādanārtham bhāvasya na bhakṣayati saṁspṛśan ।
tasmin eva tataḥ kāle vaidehī śubhalocanā ॥

kusuma apacaye vyagrā pādapān abhyavartata ।
karṇikārān aśokān ca cūtām ca madirekṣaṇā ॥

kusumāni apacinvantī cacāra rucirānanā ।
anarhā araṇya vāsasya sā tam ratnamayam mṛgam ॥

muktā maṇi vicitra aṁgam dadarśa parama aṁganā ।
tam vai rucira daṁta oṣṭham rūpya dhātu tanū ruham ॥

vismayāt utphulla nayanā sa sneham samudaikṣata ।
sa ca tām rāma dayitām paśyan māyāmayo mṛgaḥ ॥

vicacāra tataḥ tatra dīpayan iva tat vanam ।
adṛṣṭa pūrvam dṛṣṭvā tam nānā ratnamayam mṛgam ।
vismayam paramam sītā jagāma janaka ātmajā ॥