śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍam |
atha aṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamassargaḥ |
sātvevamuktā vaidehī anasūyā'nasūyayā |
pratipūjya vaco mandaṃ pravaktumupacakrame || 1 ||
naitadāścaryamāryāyā yanmāṃ tvamabhibhāṣase |
viditantu mamāpyetadyathā nāryāḥ patirguruḥ || 2 ||
yadyapyeṣa bhavedbhartā mamā'rye vṛttavarjitaḥ |
advaidhamupacartavyastathāpyeṣa mayā bhavet || 3 ||
kiṃ punaryo guṇaślāghya ssānukrośo jitendriyaḥ |
sthirānurāgo dharmātmā mātṛvatpitṛvatpriyaḥ || 4 ||
yāṃ vṛttiṃ vartate rāmaḥ kausalyāyāṃ mahābalaḥ |
tāmeva nṛpanārīṇāmanyāsāmapi vartate || 5 ||
sakṛddṛṣṭāsvapi striṣu nṛpeṇa nṛpavatsalaḥ |
mātṛvadvartate vīro mānamutsṛjya dharmavit || 6 ||
āgacchantyāśca vijanaṃ vanamevaṃ bhayāvaham |
samāhitaṃ me śvaśrvā ca hṛdaye taddhṛtaṃ mahat || 7 ||
pāṇipradānakāle ca yatpurātvagni sannidhau |
anuśiṣṭā jananyā'smi vākyaṃ tadapi me dhṛtam || 8 ||
navīkṛtaṃ tu tatsarvaṃ vākyaiste dharmacāriṇi |
patiśuśrūṣaṇānnāryāstapo nānyadvidhīyate || 9 ||
sāvitrī patiśuśrūṣāṃ kṛtvā svarge mahīyate |
tathāvṛttiśca yātā tvaṃ patiśuśrūṣayā divam || 10 ||
variṣṭhā sarvanārīṇāmeṣā ca divi devatā |
rohiṇī na vinācandraṃ muhūrtamapi dṛśyate || 11 ||
evaṃvidhāśca pravarāḥ striyo bhartṛdṛḍhavratāḥ |
devaloke mahīyante puṇyena svena karmaṇā || 12 ||
tato'nasūyā saṃhṛṣṭā śrutvoktaṃ sītayā vacaḥ |
śirasyāghrāya covāca maithilīṃ harṣayantyuta || 13 ||
niyamairvividhairāptaṃ tapo hi mahadasti me |
tatsaṃśritya balaṃ sīte chandaye tvāṃ śucivrate || 14 ||
upapannaṃ manojñaṃ ca vacanaṃ tava maithili |
prītā cāsmyucitaṃ kiṃ te karavāṇi bravīhi me || 15 ||
tasyāstad vacanaṃ śrūtvā vismitā mandavismayā |
kṛtamityabravīt sītā tapobalasamanvitām || 16 ||
sā tvevamuktā dharmajñā tayā prītatarā'bhavat |
saphalaṃ ca praharṣaṃ te hanta sīte karomyaham || 17 ||
idaṃ divyaṃ varaṃ mālyaṃ vastramābharaṇāni ca |
aṅgarāgaṃ ca vaidehi mahārhaṃ cānulepanam || 18 ||
mayā dattamidaṃ sīte tava gātrāṇi śobhayet |
anurūpamasaṅkliṣṭaṃ nityameva bhaviṣyati || 19 ||
aṅgarāgeṇa divyena liptāṅgī janakātmaje |
śobhayiṣyasi bhartāraṃ yathā śrīrviṣṇumavyayam || 20 ||
sā vastramaṅgarāgaṃ ca bhūṣaṇāni srajastathā |
maithilī pratijagrāha prītidānamanuttamam || 21 ||
pratigṛhya ca tatsītā prītidānaṃ yaśasvinī |
śliṣṭāñjalipuṭā tatra samupāsta tapodhanām || 22 ||
tathā sītāmupāsīnāmanasūyā dṛḍhavratā |
vacanaṃ praṣṭumārebhe kāñcitpriyakathāmanu || 23 ||
svayaṃ vare kila prāptā tvamanena yaśasvinā |
rāghaveṇeti me site kathā śrutimupāgatā || 24 ||
tāṃ kathāṃ śrotumicchāmi vistareṇa ca maithili |
yathā'nubhūtaṃ kārtsnyena tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi || 25 ||
evamuktā tu sā sītā tāṃ tato dharmacāriṇīm |
śrūyatāmiti coktvā vai kathayāmāsa tāṃ kathām || 26 ||
mithilādhipatirvīro janako nāma dharmavit |
kṣatradharme hyabhirato nyāyataśśāsti medinīm || 27 ||
tasya lāṅgalahastanya karṣataḥ kṣetramaṇḍalam |
ahaṃ kilotthitā bhitvā jagatīṃ nṛpatessutā || 28 ||
sa māṃ dṛṣṭvā narapatirmuṣṭivikṣepatatparaḥ |
pāṃsukuṇṭhitasarvāṅgīṃ janako vismito'bhavat || 29 ||
anapatyena ca snehādaṅkamāropya ca svayam |
mameyaṃ tanayetyuktvā sneho mayi nipātitaḥ || 30 ||
antarikṣe ca vāguktā'pratimā'mānuṣī kila |
evametannarapate dharmeṇa tanayā tava || 31 ||
tataḥ prahṛṣṭo dharmātmā pitā me mithilādhipaḥ |
avāpto vipulāṃ buddhiṃ māmavāpya narādhipaḥ || 32 ||
dattā cāsmīṣṭavaddevyai jyeṣṭhāyai puṇyakarmaṇā |
tayā sambhāvitā cāsmi snigdhayā mātṛsauhṛdāt || 33 ||
patisaṃyogasulabhaṃ vayo dṛṣṭvā tu me pitā |
cintāmabhyagamaddhīno vittanāśādivādhanaḥ || 34 ||
sadṛśāccāpakṛṣṭācca loke kanyāpitā janāt |
pradharṣaṇāmavāpnoti śakreṇāpi samo bhuvi || 35 ||
tāṃ dharṣaṇāmadūrasthāṃ dṛṣṭvā cātmani pārthivaḥ |
cintārṇavagataḥ pāraṃ nāsasādāplavo yathā || 36 ||
ayonijāṃ hi māṃ jñātvā nādhyagacchadvicintayan |
sadṛśaṃ cānurūpaṃ ca mahīpālaḥ patiṃ mama || 37 ||
tasya buddhiriyaṃ jātā cintayānasya santatam |
svayaṃvaraṃ tanūjāyāḥ kariṣyāmīti dhīmataḥ || 38 ||
mahāyajñe tadā tasya varuṇena mahātmanā |
dattaṃ dhanurvaraṃ prītyā tūṇī cākṣayasāyakau || 39 ||
asañcālyaṃ manuṣyaiśca yatnenāpi ca gauravāt |
tanna śaktā namayituṃ svapneṣvapi narādhipāḥ || 40 ||
taddhanuḥ prāpya me pitrā vyāhṛtaṃ satyavādinā |
samavāye narendrāṇāṃ pūrvamāmantrya pārthivān || 41 ||
idaṃ ca dhanurudyamya sajyaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ |
tasya me duhitā bhāryā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 42 ||
tacca dṛṣṭvā dhanuśśreṣṭhaṃ gauravādgirisannibham |
abhivādya nṛpā jagmuraśaktāstasya tolane || 43 ||
sudīrghasya tu kālasya rāghavo'yaṃ mahādyutiḥ |
viśvāmitreṇa sahito yajñaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ || 44 ||
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā rāma ssatyaparākramaḥ |
viśvāmitrastu dharmātmā mama pitrā supūjitaḥ || 45 ||
provāca pitaraṃ tatra bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau |
sutau daśarathasyemau dhanurdarśakāṅkṣiṇau |
dhanurdarśaya rāmāya rājaputrāya daivikam || 46 ||
ityuktastena vipreṇa taddhanussamupānayat || 47 ||
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa tadā'namya mahābalaḥ |
jyāṃ samāropya jhaḍiti pūrayāmāsa vīryavān || 48 ||
tena pūrayatā vegānmadhye bhagnaṃ dvidhā dhanuḥ |
tasya śabdo bhavadbhīmaḥ patitasyāśaneriva || 49 ||
tato'haṃ tatra rāmāya pitrā satyābhisandhinā |
niścitā dātumudyamya jalabhājanamuttamam || 50 ||
dīyamānāṃ na tu tadā pratijagrāha rāghavaḥ |
avijñāya pituśchandamayodhyā'dhipateḥ prabhoḥ || 51 ||
tata śśvaśuramāmantrya vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam |
mama pitrā tvahaṃ dattā rāmāya viditātmane || 52 ||
mama caivānujā sādhvī ūrmilā priyadarśanā |
bhāryārthe lakṣmaṇasyāpi dattā pitrā mama svayam || 53 ||
evaṃ dattā'smi rāmāya tadā tasminsvayaṃvare |
anuraktā'smi dharmeṇa patiṃ vīryavatāṃ varam || 54 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye ayodhyākāṇḍe aṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamassargaḥ ||