सुन्दरकाण्डम्Sundara Kāṇḍa

sa vīkṣamāṇaḥ tatrastho mārgamāṇaḥ ca maithilīm ।
avekṣamāṇaḥ ca mahīm sarvām tām anvavaikṣata ॥

santāna kalatābhiḥ ca pādapair upaśobhitām ।
divya gandha rasa upetām sarvataḥ samalamkṛtām ॥

tām sa nandana samkāśām mṛga pakṣibhir āvṛtām ।
harmya prāsāda sambādhām kokila ākula nihsvanām ॥

kāncana utpala padmābhiḥ vāpībhiḥ upaśobhitām ।
bahva āsana kuthā upetām bahu bhūmi gṛha āyutām ॥

sarva ṛtu kusumaiḥ ramyaiḥ phalavadbhiḥ ca pādapaiḥ ।
puṣpitānām aśokānām śriyā sūrya udaya prabhām ॥

pradīptām iva tatrastho mārutiḥ samudaikṣata ।
niṣpatra śākhām vihagaiḥ kriyamāṇām iva asakṛt ॥

viniṣpatadbhiḥ śataśaḥ citraiḥ puṣpa avatamsakaiḥ ।
āmūla puṣpa nicitair aśokaiḥ śoka nāśanaiḥ ॥

puṣpa bhāra atibhāraiḥ ca spṛśadbhir iva medinīm ।
karṇikāraiḥ kusumitaiḥ kimśukaiḥ ca supuṣpitaiḥ ॥

sa deśaḥ prabhayā teṣām pradīpta iva sarvataḥ ।
pumnāgāḥ sapta parṇāḥ ca campaka uddālakāḥ tathā ॥

vivṛddha mūlā bahavaḥ śobhante sma supuṣpitāḥ ।
śāta kumbha nibhāḥ kecit kecid agni śikha upamāḥ ॥

nīla anjana nibhāḥ kecit tatra aśokāḥ sahasraśaḥ ।
nandanam vividha udyānam citram caitraratham yathā ॥

ativṛttam iva acintyam divyam ramyam śriyā vṛtam ।
dvitīyam iva ca ākāśam puṣpa jyotir gaṇa āyutam ॥

puṣpa ratna śataiḥ citram pancamam sāgaram yathā ।
sarva ṛtu puṣpair nicitam pādapair madhu gandhibhiḥ ॥

nānā ninādaiḥ udyānam ramyam mṛga gaṇair dvijaiḥ ।
aneka gandha pravaham puṇya gandham mano ramam ॥

śaila indram iva gandha āḍhyam dvitīyam gandha mādanam ।
aśoka vanikāyām tu tasyām vānara pumgavaḥ ॥

sa dadarśa avidūrastham caitya prāsādam ūrjitam ।
madhye stambha sahasreṇa sthitam kailāsa pāṇḍuram ॥

pravāla kṛta sopānam tapta kāncana vedikam ।
muṣṇantam iva cakṣūmṣi dyotamānam iva śriyā ॥

vimalam prāmśu bhāvatvād ullikhantam iva ambaram ।
tato malina samvītām rākṣasībhiḥ samāvṛtām ॥

upavāsa kṛśām dīnām nihśvasantīm punaḥ punaḥ ।
dadarśa śukla pakṣa ādau candra rekhām iva amalām ॥

manda prakhyāyamānena rūpeṇa rucira prabhām ।
pinaddhām dhūma jālena śikhām iva vibhāvasoḥ ॥

pītena ekena samvītām kliṣṭena uttama vāsasā ।
sapankām analamkārām vipadmām iva padminīm ॥

vrīḍitām duhkha samtaptām parimlānām tapasvinīm ।
graheṇa angārakeṇa eva pīḍitām iva rohiṇīm ॥

aśru pūrṇa mukhīm dīnām kṛśām ananaśena ca ।
śoka dhyāna parām dīnām nityam duhkha parāyaṇām ॥

priyam janam apaśyantīm paśyantīm rākṣasī gaṇam ।
sva gaṇena mṛgīm hīnām śva gaṇa abhivṛtām iva ॥

nīla nāga ābhayā veṇyā jaghanam gatayā ekayā ।
nīlayā nīradāpāye vanarājyā mahīmiva ॥

sukha arhām duhkha samtaptām vyasanānām akodivām ।
tām samīkṣya viśāla akṣīm adhikam malinām kṛśām ॥

tarkayām āsa sītā iti kāraṇaiḥ upapādibhiḥ ।
hriyamāṇā tadā tena rakṣasā kāma rūpiṇā ॥

yathā rūpā hi dṛṣṭā vai tathā rūpā iyam anganā ।
pūrṇa candra ānanām subhrūm cāru vṛtta payo dharām ॥

kurvantīm prabhayā devīm sarvā vitimirā diśaḥ ।
tām nīla keśīm bimba oṣṭhīm sumadhyām supratiṣṭhitām ॥

sītām padma palāśa akṣīm manmathasya ratim yathā ।
iṣṭām sarvasya jagataḥ pūrṇa candra prabhām iva ॥

bhūmau sutanum āsīnām niyatām iva tāpasīm ।
niḥśvāsa bahulām bhīrum bhujaga indra vadhūm iva ॥

śoka jālena mahatā vitatena na rājatīm ।
samsaktām dhūma jālena śikhām iva vibhāvasoḥ ॥

tām smṛtīm iva samdighdām ṛddhim nipatitām iva ।
vihatām iva ca śraddhām āśām pratihatām iva ॥

sa upasargām yathā siddhim buddhim sakaluṣām iva ।
abhūtena apavādena kīrtim nipatitām iva ॥

rāma uparodha vyathitām rakṣo haraṇa karśitām ।
abalām mṛga śāva akṣīm vīkṣamāṇām tataḥ tataḥ ॥

bāṣpa ambu pratipūrṇena kṛṣṇa vaktra akṣi pakṣmaṇā ।
vadanena aprasannena nihśvasantīm punaḥ punaḥ ॥

mala panka dharām dīnām maṇḍana arhām amaṇḍitām ।
prabhām nakṣatra rājasya kāla meghaiḥ iva āvṛtām ॥

tasya samdidihe buddhiḥ muhuḥ sītām nirīkṣya tu ।
āmnāyānām ayogena vidyām praśithilām iva ॥

duhkhena bubudhe sītām hanumān analamkṛtām ।
samskāreṇa yathā hīnām vācam artha antaram gatām ॥

tām samīkṣya viśāla akṣīm rāja putrīm aninditām ।
tarkayām āsa sītā iti kāraṇaiḥ upapādayan ॥

vaidehyā yāni ca angeṣu tadā rāmo anvakīrtayat ।
tāni ābharaṇa jālāni gātra śobhīni alakṣayat ॥

sukṛtau karṇa veṣṭau ca śva damṣṭrau ca susamsthitau ।
maṇi vidruma citrāṇi hasteṣv ābharaṇāni ca ॥

śyāmāni cira yuktatvāt tathā samsthānavanti ca ।
tāni eva etāni manye aham yāni rāmo anvakīrtayat ॥

tatra yāni avahīnāni tāni aham na upalakṣaye ।
yāni asyā na avahīnāni tāni imāni na samśayaḥ ॥

pītam kanaka paṭṭa ābham srastam tad vasanam śubham ।
uttarīyam naga āsaktam tadā dṛṣṭam plavam gamaiḥ ॥

bhūṣaṇāni ca mukhyāni dṛṣṭāni dharaṇī tale ।
anayā eva apaviddhāni svanavanti mahānti ca ॥

idam cira gṛhītatvād vasanam kliṣṭavattaram ।
tathā hi nūnam tad varṇam tathā śrīmad yathā itarat ॥

iyam kanaka varṇa angī rāmasya mahiṣī priyā ।
pranaṣṭā api satī yasya manaso na praṇaśyati ॥

iyam sā yat kṛte rāmaḥ caturbhiḥ paritapyate ।
kāruṇyena ānṛśamsyena śokena madanena ca ॥

strī pranaṣṭā iti kāruṇyād āśritā iti ānṛśamsyataḥ ।
patnī naṣṭā iti śokena priyeti madanena ca ॥

asyā devyā yathā rūpam anga pratyanga sauṣṭhavam ।
rāmasya ca yathā rūpam tasya iyam asita īkṣaṇā ॥

asyā devyā manaḥ tasmimaḥ tasya ca asyām pratiṣṭhitam ।
tena iyam sa ca dharma ātmā muhūrtam api jīvati ॥

duṣkaram kurute rāmo imām matta kāśinīm ।
sītām vinā mahā bāhuḥ muhūrtam api jīvati ॥

evam sītām tadā dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭaḥ pavana sambhavaḥ ।
jagāma manasā rāmam praśaśamsa ca tam prabhum ॥