śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha ekonaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamassargaḥ |
anasūyā tu dharmajñā śrutvā tāṃ mahatīṃ kathām |
paryaṣvajata bāhubhyāṃ śirasyāghrāya maithilīm || 1 ||
vyaktākṣarapadaṃ citraṃ bhāṣitaṃ madhuraṃ tvayā |
yathā svayaṃvaraṃ vṛttaṃ tatsarvaṃ hi śrutaṃ mayā || 2 ||
rame'haṃ kathayā te tu dṛḍhaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇi |
ravirastaṅgataśśrīmānupohya rajanīṃ śivām || 3 ||
divasaṃ pratikīrṇānāmāhārārthaṃ patatriṇām |
sandhyākāle nilīnānāṃ nidrārthaṃ śrūyate dhvaniḥ || 4 ||
ete cāpyabhiṣekārdrā munayaḥ kalaśodyatāḥ |
sahitā upavartante salilāplutavalkalāḥ || 5 ||
ṛṣīṇāmagnihotreṣu huteṣu vidhipūrvakam |
kapotāṅgāruṇo dhūmo dṛśyate pavanoddhataḥ || 6 ||
alpaparṇā hi taravo ghanībhūtāssamantataḥ |
viprakṛṣṭendriye deśe'sminna prakāśanti vai diśaḥ || 7 ||
rajanīcarasattvāni pracaranti samantataḥ |
tapovanamṛgā hyete veditīrtheṣu śerate || 8 ||
sampravṛttāniśā sīte nakṣatrasamalaṅkṛtā |
jyotsnāprāvaraṇaścandro dṛśyate'bhyudito'mbare || 9 ||
gamyatāmanujānāmi rāmasyānucarī bhava |
kathāyantyā hi madhuraṃ tvayā'haṃ paritoṣitā || 10 ||
alaṅkuru ca tāvattvaṃ pratyakṣaṃ mama maithili |
prītiṃ janaya me vatse divyālaṅkāraśobhitā || 11 ||
sā tathā samalaṅkṛtya sītā surasutopamā |
praṇamya śirasā tasyai rāmaṃ tvabhimukhī yayau || 12 ||
tathā tu bhūṣitāṃ sītāṃ dadarśa vadatāṃ varaḥ |
rāghavaḥ prītidānena tapasvinyā jaharṣa ca || 13 ||
nyavedayattatassarvaṃ sītā rāmāya maithilī |
prītidānaṃ tapasvinyā vasanābharaṇasrajam || 14 ||
prahṛṣṭastvabhavadrāmo lakṣmaṇaśca mahārathaḥ |
maithilyāssatkriyāṃ dṛṣṭvā mānuṣeṣu sudurlabhām || 15 ||
tatastāṃ śarvarīṃ prītaḥ puṇyāṃ śaśinibhānanaḥ |
arcitastāpasai ssiddhairuvāsa raghunandanaḥ || 16 ||
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāmabhiṣicya hutāgnikān |
āpṛcchetāṃ naravyāghrau tāpasānvanagocarān || 17 ||
tāvūcuste vanacarāstāpasā dharmacāriṇaḥ |
vanasya tasya sañcāraṃ rākṣasaissamabhiplutam || 18 ||
rakṣāṃsi puruṣādāni nānārūpāṇi rāghava |
vasantyasminmahāraṇye vyālāśca rudhirāśanāḥ || 19 ||
ucchiṣṭaṃ vā pramattaṃ vā tāpasaṃ dharmacāriṇam |
adantyasminmahāraṇye tānnivāraya rāghava || 20 ||
eṣa panthā maharṣīṇāṃ phalānyāharatāṃ vane |
anena tu vanaṃ durgaṃ gantuṃ rāghava te kṣamam || 21 ||
itīva taiḥ prāñjalibhistapasvibhirdvijaiḥ kṛtasvastyayanaḥ parantapaḥ |
vanaṃ sabhāryaḥ praviveśa rāghavassalakṣmaṇassūrya ivābhramaṇḍalam || 22 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe ekonaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamassargaḥ ||