śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha viṃśassargaḥ |
tasmiṃstu puruṣavyāghre niṣkrāmati kṛtāñjalau |
ārtaśabdo mahān jajñe strīṇāmantaḥpure tadā || 1 ||
kṛtyeṣvacoditaḥ pitrā sarvasyāntaḥpurasya ca |
gatiryaśśaraṇaṃ cāpi sa rāmo'dya pravatsyati || 2 ||
kauśalyāyāṃ yathā yukto jananyāṃ vartate sadā |
tathaiva vartate'smāsu janmaprabhṛti rāghavaḥ || 3 ||
na krudhyatyabhiśapto'pi krodhanīyāni varjayan |
kruddhānprasādayansarvān sa ito'dya pravatsyati || 4 ||
abuddhirbata no rājā jīvalokaṃ caratyayam |
yo gatiṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ parityajati rāghavam || 5 ||
iti sarvā mahiṣyastā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ |
patimācukruśuścaiva sasvaraṃ cāpi cukruśuḥ || 6 ||
sa hi cāntaḥpure ghoramārtaśabdaṃ mahīpatiḥ |
putraśokābhisantaptaḥ śrutvā vyālīyatā'sane || 7 ||
rāmastu bhṛśamāyasto niśśvasanniva kuñjaraḥ |
jagāma sahito bhrātrā māturantaḥpuraṃ vaśī || 8 ||
so'paśyatpuruṣaṃ tatra vṛddhaṃ paramapūjitam |
upaviṣṭaṃ gṛhadvāri tiṣṭhataścāparānbahūn || 9 ||
dṛṣṭvaiva tu tadā rāmaṃ te sarve sahasotthitāḥ |
jayena jayatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vardhayanti sma rāghavam || 10 ||
praviśya prathamāṃ kakṣyāṃ dvitīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ |
brāhmaṇānvedasampannānvṛddhānrājñā'bhisatkṛtān || 11 ||
praṇamya rāmastānviprāṃstṛtīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ |
striyo vṛddhāstathā bālā dvārarakṣaṇatatparāḥ || 12 ||
vardhayitvā prahṛṣṭāstāḥ praviśya ca gṛhaṃ striyaḥ |
nyavedayanta tvaritā rāmamātuḥ priyaṃ tadā || 13 ||
kauśalyāpi tadā devī rātriṃ sthitvā samāhitā |
prabhāte tvakarotpūjāṃ viṣṇoḥ putrahitaiṣiṇī || 14 ||
sā kṣaumavasanā hṛṣṭā nityaṃ vrataparāyaṇā |
agniṃ juhoti sma tadā mantravatkṛtamaṅgalā || 15 ||
praviśya ca tadā rāmo māturantaḥpuraṃ śubham |
dadarśa mātaraṃ tatra hāvayantīṃ hutāśanam || 16 ||
devakāryanimittaṃ ca tatrāpaśyatsamudyatam |
dadhyakṣataṃ ghṛtaṃ caiva modakānhaviṣastathā || 17 ||
lājānmālyāni śuklāni pāyasaṃ kṛsaraṃ tathā |
samidhaḥ pūrṇakumbhāṃśca dadarśa raghunandanaḥ || 18 ||
tāṃ śuklakṣaumasaṃvītāṃ vratayogena karśitām |
tarpayantīṃ dadarśādbhirdevatāṃ devavarṇinīm || 19 ||
sā cirasyātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā mātṛnandanamāgatam |
abhicakrāma saṃhṛṣṭā kiśoraṃ baḍabā yathā || 20 ||
sa mātaramabhikrāntāmupasaṅgṛhya rāghavaḥ |
pariṣvaktaśca bāhubhyāmupāghrātaśca mūrdhani || 21 ||
tamuvāca durādharṣaṃ rāghavaṃ sutamātmanaḥ |
kauśalyā putravātsalyādidaṃ priyahitaṃ vacaḥ || 22 ||
vṛddhānāṃ dharmaśīlānāṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām |
prāpnuhyāyuśca kīrtiṃ ca dharmaṃ copahitaṃ kule || 23 ||
satyapratijñaṃ pitaraṃ rājānaṃ paśya rāghava |
adyaiva hi tvāṃ dharmātmā yauvarājye'bhiṣekṣyati || 24 ||
dattamāsanamālabhya bhojanena nimantritaḥ |
mātaraṃ rāghavaḥ kiñcidvrīḍātprasāryāñjalimabravīt || 25 ||
sa svabhāvavinītaśca gauravācca tadā nataḥ |
prasthito daṇḍakāraṇyamāpraṣṭumupacakrame || 26 ||
devi nūnaṃ na jānīṣe mahadbhayamupasthitam |
idaṃ tava ca duḥkhāya vaidehyā lakṣmaṇasya ca || 27 ||
gamiṣye daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ kimanenāsanena me |
viṣṭarāsanayogyo hi kālo'yaṃ māmupasthitaḥ || 28 ||
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane |
madhumūlaphalairjīvanhitvā munivadāmiṣam || 29 ||
bharatāya mahārājo yauvarājyaṃ prayacchati |
māṃ punardaṇḍakāraṇye vivāsayati tāpasam || 30 ||
sa ṣaṭcāṣṭau ca varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane |
āsevamāno vanyāni phalamūlaiśca vartayan || 31 ||
sā nikṛtteva sālasya yaṣṭiḥ paraśunā vane |
papāta sahasā devī devateva divaścyutā || 32 ||
tāmaduḥkhocitāṃ dṛṣṭvā patitāṃ kadalīmiva |
rāmastūtthāpayāmāsa mātaraṃ gatacetasam || 33 ||
upāvṛttyotthitāṃ dīnāṃ baḍabāmiva vāhitām |
pāṃsukuṇṭhitasarvāṅgīṃ vimamarśa ca pāṇinā || 34 ||
sā rāghavamupāsīnamasukhārtā sukhocitā |
uvāca puruṣavyāghramupaśṛṇvati lakṣmaṇe || 35 ||
yadi putra na jāyethā mama śokāya rāghava |
na sma duḥkhamato bhūyaḥ paśyeyamahamaprajāḥ || 36 ||
eka eva hi vandhyāyā śśoko bhavati mānasaḥ |
aprajā'smīti santāpo na hyanyaḥ putra vidyate || 37 ||
na dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kalyāṇaṃ sukhaṃ vā patipauruṣe |
api putre 'pi paśyeyamiti rāmā'sthitaṃ mayā || 38 ||
sā bahūnyamanojñāni vākyāni hṛdayacchidām |
ahaṃ śroṣye sapatnīnāmavarāṇāṃ varā satī || 39 ||
ato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu pramadānāṃ bhaviṣyati |
mama śoko vilāpaśca yādṛśo'yamanantakaḥ || 40 ||
tvayi sannihite'pyevamahamāsaṃ nirākṛtā |
kiṃ punaḥ proṣite tāta dhruvaṃ maraṇameva me || 41 ||
atyantanigṛhītāsmi bharturnityamatantritā |
parivāreṇa kaikeyyā ssamā vāpyathavā'varā || 42 ||
yo'hi māṃ sevate kaścidathavāpyanuvartate |
kaikeyyāḥ putramanvīkṣya svaści jano nābhibhāṣate || 43 ||
nityakrodhatayā tasyāḥ kathaṃ nu kharavāditat |
kaikeyyā vadanaṃ draṣṭuṃ putra śakṣyāmi durgatā || 44 ||
daśa sapta ca varṣāṇi jātasya tava rāghava atitāni prakāṅkṣantyā mayā duḥkhaparikṣayam || 45 ||
tadakṣayaṃ mahadduḥkhaṃ notsahe sahituṃ ciram |
viprakāraṃ sapatnīnāmevaṃ jīrṇā'pi rāghava || 46 ||
apaśyantī tava mukhaṃ paripūrṇaśaśiprabham |
kṛpaṇā vartayiṣyāmi kathaṃ kṛpaṇajīvikām || 47 ||
upavāsaiśca yogaiśca bahubhiśca pariśramaiḥ |
duḥkhaṃ saṃvardhito moghaṃ tvaṃ hi durgatayā mayā || 48 ||
sthiraṃ tu hṛdayaṃ manye mamedaṃ yanna dīryate |
prāvṛṣīva mahānadyā spṛṣṭaṃ kūlaṃ navāmbhasā || 49 ||
mamaiva nūnaṃ maraṇaṃ na vidyate na cāvakā'śosti yamakṣaye'mama |
yadantako'dyaiva na māṃ jihīrṣati |
prasahya siṃho rudatīṃ mṛgīmiva || 50 ||
sthiraṃ hi nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mamāyasaṃ na bhidyate yadbhuvi nāvadīryate |
anena duḥkhena ca dehamarpitaṃ dhruvaṃ hyakāle maraṇaṃ na vidyate || 51 ||
idaṃ hi duḥkhaṃ yadanarthakāni me vratāni dānāni ca saṃyamāśca hi |
tapaśca taptaṃ yadapatyakāraṇā tsuniṣphalaṃ bījamivoptamūṣare || 52 ||
yadi hyakāle maraṇaṃ svayecchayā labheta kaścidguruduḥkhakarśitaḥ |
gatāhamadyaiva paretasaṃsadaṃ vinā tvayā dhenurivātmajena vai || 53 ||
athāpi kiṃ jīvitamadya me vṛthā tvayā vinā candranibhānanaprabha |
anuvrajiṣyāmi vanaṃ tvayaiva gau ssudurbalā vatsamivānukāṅkṣayā || 54 ||
bhṛśamasukhamamarṣitā tadā bahu vilalāpa samīkṣya rāghavam |
vyasanamupaniśamya sā maha tsutamiva baddhamavekṣya kinnarī || 55 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe viṃśassargaḥ ||