śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha aṣṭāviṃśassargaḥ |
sa evaṃ bruvatīṃ sītāṃ dharmajño dharmavatsalaḥ |
na netuṃ kurute buddhiṃ vane duḥkhāni cintayan || 1 ||
sāntvayitvā punastāṃ tu bāṣpadūṣitalocanām |
nivartanārthe dharmātmā vākyametaduvāca ha || 2 ||
sīte mahākulīnā'si dharme ca niratā sadā |
ihā'cara svadharmaṃ tvaṃ me yathā manasassukham || 3 ||
sīte yathā tvāṃ vakṣyāmi tathā kāryaṃ tvayā'bale |
vane hi bahavo doṣā vadatastānnibodha me || 4 ||
sīte vimucyatāmeṣā vanavāsakṛtā matiḥ |
bahudoṣaṃ hi kāntāraṃ vanamityabhidhīyate || 5 ||
hitabuddhyā khalu vaco mayaitadabhidhīyate |
sadā sukhaṃ na jānāmi duḥkhameva sadā vanam || 6 ||
girinirjharasambhūtā girikandara vāsinām |
siṃhānāṃ ninadā duḥkhā śśrotuṃ duḥkhamato vanam || 7 ||
krīḍamānāśca visrabdhā mattā śśūnye mahāmṛgāḥ |
dṛṣṭvā samabhivartante sīte duḥkhamato vanam || 8 ||
sagrāhā ssaritaścaiva paṅkavatyassu dustarāḥ |
mattairapi gajairnityamato duḥkhataraṃ vanam || 9 ||
latākaṇṭakasaṅkīrṇāḥ kṛkavākūpanāditāḥ |
nirapāśca sudurgāśca mārgā duḥkhamato vanam || 10 ||
supyate parṇaśayyāsu svayaṃ bhagnāsu bhūtale |
rātriṣu śramakhinnena tasmādduḥkhataraṃ vanam || 11 ||
ahorātraṃ ca santoṣaḥ kartavyo niyatātmanā |
phalairvṛkṣāvapatitai ssīte duḥkhamato vanam || 12 ||
upavāsaśca kartavyo yathā prāṇena maithili |
jaṭābhāraśca kartavyo valkalāmbaradhāriṇā || 13 ||
devatānāṃ pitrūṇāṃ kartavyaṃ vidhipūrvakam |
prāptānāmatithīnāṃ ca nityaśaḥ pratipūjanam || 14 ||
kāryastrirabhiṣekaśca kāle kāle ca nityaśaḥ |
caratā niyamenaiva tasmāddhuḥkhataraṃ vanam || 15 ||
upahāraśca kartavyaḥ kusumai ssvayamāhṛtaiḥ |
ārṣeṇa vidhinā vedyāṃ bāle duḥkhamato vanam || 16 ||
yathālabdhena kartavyaḥ santoṣastena maithili |
yatāhārairvanacarai rnityaṃ duḥkhamato vanam || 17 ||
atīva vātāstimiraṃ bubhukṣā cātra nityaśaḥ |
bhayāni ca mahāntyatra tato duḥkhataraṃ vanam || 18 ||
sarīsṛpāśca bahavo bahurūpāśca bhāmini |
caranti pṛthivīṃ darpāttato duḥkhataraṃ vanam || 19 ||
nadī nilayanā ssarpā nadīkuṭilagāminaḥ |
tiṣaṭhntyāvṛtya panthānaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ vanam || 20 ||
pataṅgā vṛścikāḥ kīṭā daṃśāśca maśakai ssaha |
bādhante nityamabale sarvaṃ duḥkhamato vanam || 21 ||
drumāḥ kaṇṭakinaścaiva kuśāḥ kāśāśca bhāmini |
vane vyākulaśākhāgrāstena duḥkhataraṃ vanam || 22 ||
kāyakleśāśca bahavo bhayāni vividhāni ca |
araṇyavāse vasato duḥkhameva tato vanam || 23 ||
krodhalobhau vimoktavyau kartavyā tapase matiḥ |
na bhetavyaṃ ca bhetavye nityaṃ duḥkhamato vanam || 24 ||
tadalaṃ te vanaṃ gatvā kṣamaṃ na hi vanaṃ tava |
vimṛśanniha paśyāmi bahudoṣataraṃ vanam || 25 ||
vanantu netuṃ na kṛtā matistadā babhūva rāmeṇa yadā mahātmanā |
na tasya sītā vacanaṃ cakāra ta ttato'bravīdrāmamidaṃ suduḥkhitā || 26 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe aṣṭāviṃśassargaḥ ||