śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha trayodaśādhikaśatatamassargaḥ |
tata śśirasi kṛtvā tu pāduke bharatastadā |
āruroha rathaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ śatrughnena samanvitaḥ || 1 ||
vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca jābāliśca dṛḍhavrataḥ |
agrataḥ prayayu ssarve mantriṇo mantrapūjitāḥ || 2 ||
mandākinīṃ nadīṃ ramyāṃ prāṅmukhāste yayustadā |
pradakṣiṇaṃ ca kurvāṇāścitrakūṭaṃ mahāgirim || 3 ||
paśyandhātusahasrāṇi ramyāṇi vividhāni ca |
prayayau tasya pārśvena sasainyo bharatastadā || 4 ||
adūrāccitrakūṭasya dadarśa bharatastadā |
āśramaṃ yatra sa munirbharadvājaḥ kṛtālayaḥ || 5 ||
sa tamāśramamāgamya bharadvājasya buddhimān |
avatīrya rathātpādau vavande bharatastadā || 6 ||
tato hṛṣṭo bharadvājo bharataṃ vākyamabravīt |
api kṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ tāta rāmeṇa ca samāgatam || 7 ||
evamukta ssa tu tato bharadvājena dhīmatā |
pratyuvāca bharadvājaṃ bharato dharmavatsalaḥ || 8 ||
sa yācyamāno guruṇā mayā ca dṛḍhavikramaḥ |
rāghavaḥ paramaprīto vasiṣṭhaṃ vākyamabravīt || 9 ||
pituḥ pratijñāṃ tāmeva pālayiṣyāmi tattvataḥ |
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi yā pratijñā piturmama || 10 ||
evamukto mahāprājño vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca ha |
vākyajño vākyakuśalaṃ rāghavaṃ vacanaṃ mahat || 11 ||
ete prayaccha saṃhṛṣṭaḥ pāduke hemabhūṣite |
ayodhyāyāṃ mahāprājña yogakṣemakare tava || 12 ||
evamukto vasiṣṭhena rāghavaḥ prāṅmukhaḥ sthitaḥ |
pāduke hyadhiruhyaite mama rājyāya vai dadau || 13 ||
nivṛtto'hamanujñāto rāmeṇa sumahātmanā |
ayodhyāmeva gacchāmi gṛhītvā pāduke śubhe || 14 ||
etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ bharatasya mahātmanaḥ |
bharadvājaśśubhataraṃ munirvākyamuvāca tam || 15 ||
naitaccitraṃ naravyāghra śīlavṛttavatāṃ vara |
yadāryaṃ tvayi tiṣṭhettu nimne sṛṣṭamivodakam || 16 ||
amṛta ssamahābāhuḥ pitā daśarathastava |
yasya tvamīdṛśaḥ putro dharmajño dharmavatsalaḥ || 17 ||
tamṛṣiṃ tu mahātmānamuktavākyaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ |
āmantrayitumārebhe caraṇāvupagṛhya ca || 18 ||
tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā bharadvājaṃ punaḥ punaḥ |
bharatastu yayau śrīmānayodhyāṃ saha mantribhiḥ || 19 ||
yānaiśca śakaṭaiścaiva hayairnāgaiśca sā camūḥ |
punarnivṛttā vistīrṇā bharatasyānuyāyinī || 20 ||
tataste yamunāṃ divyāṃ nadīṃ tīrtvormimālinīm |
dadṛśustāṃ puna ssarve gaṅgāṃ śubhajalāṃ nadīm || 21 ||
tāṃ ramyajalasampūrṇāṃ santīrya sahabāndhavaḥ śṛṅgiberapuraṃ ramyaṃ praviveśa sasainikaḥ |
śṛṅgiberapurādbhūya stvayodhyāṃ sandadarśa ha || 22 ||
ayodhyāṃ ca tato dṛṣṭvā pitrā bhrātrā vivarjitām |
bharato duḥkha santapta ssārathiṃ cedamabravīt || 23 ||
sārathe paśya vidhvastā sā'yodhyā na prakāśate |
nirākārā nirānandā dīnā pratihatasvarā || 24 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe trayodaśādhikaśatatamassargaḥ ||