अरण्यकाण्डम्Araṇya Kāṇḍa

rāmaḥ tu saha saumitriḥ sutīkṣṇena abhipūjitaḥ ।
pariṇāmya niśām tatra prabhāte pratyabudhyata ॥

utthāya ca yathā kālam rāghavaḥ saha sītayā ।
upaspṛśya su śītena toyena utpala gaṁdhinā ॥

atha te agnim surām ca eva vaidehī rāma lakṣmaṇau ।
kālyam vidhivat abhyarcya tapasvi śaraṇe vane ॥

udayantam dinakaram dṛṣṭvā vigata kalmaṣāḥ ।
sutīkṣṇam abhigamya idam ślakṣṇam vacanam abruvan ॥

sukhoṣitāḥ sma bhagavan tvayā pūjyena pūjitāḥ ।
āpṛcchāmaḥ prayāsyāmo munayaḥ tvarayanti naḥ ॥

tvarāmahe vayam draṣṭum kṛtsnam āśrama maṇḍalam ।
ṛṣīṇām puṇya śīlānām daṇḍakāraṇya vāsinām ॥

abhyanujñātum icchāmaḥ saha ebhiḥ munipuṅgavaiḥ ।
dharma nityaiḥ tapo dāntaiḥ viśikhaiḥ iva pāvakaiḥ ॥

aviṣahya ātapo yāvat sūryo na ati virājate ।
amārgeṇa āgatām lakṣmīm prāpya iva anvaya varjitaḥ ॥

tāvat icchāmahe gantum iti uktvā caraṇau muneḥ ।
vavande saha saumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ ॥

tau sam spṛśaṁtau caraṇau utthāpya munipuṁgavaḥ ।
gāḍham āśliṣya sasneham idam vacanam abravīt ॥

ariṣṭam gaccha panthānam rāma saumitriṇā saha ।
sītayā ca anayā sārdham chāya eva anuvṛttayā ॥

paśya āśrama padam ramyam daṇḍakāraṇya vāsinām ।
eṣām tapasvinām vīra tapasā bhāvita ātmanām ॥

suprājya phala mūlāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca ।
praśasta mṛga yūthāni śānta pakṣi gaṇāni ca ॥

phulla paṁkaja khaṇḍāni prasanna salilāni ca ।
kāraṇḍava vikīrṇāni taṭākāni sarāṁsi ca ॥

drakṣyase dṛṣṭi ramyāṇi giri prasravaṇāni ca ।
ramaṇīyāni araṇyāni mayūra abhirutāni ca ॥

gamyatām vatsa saumitre bhavān api ca gacchatu ।
āgantavyam ca te dṛṣṭvā punaḥ eva āśramam prati ॥

evam uktaḥ tathā iti uktvā kākutsthaḥ saha lakṣmaṇaḥ ।
pradakṣiṇam munim kṛtvā prasthātum upacakrame ॥

tataḥ śubhatare tūṇī dhanuṣī ca āyatekṣaṇā ।
dadau sītā tayoḥ bhrātroḥ khaḍgau ca vimalau tataḥ ॥

ābadhya ca śubhe tūṇī cāpe ca ādāya sasvane ।
niṣkrāntau āśramāt gantum ubhau tau rāma lakṣmaṇau ॥

śīghram tau rūpasaṁpannau anujñātau maharṣiṇā ।
prasthitau dhṛta cāpā asī sītayā saha rāghavau ॥