śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe araṇyakāṇḍam |
atha ṣoḍaśassargaḥ |
vasatastasya tu sukhaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ |
śaradvyapāye hemantaṛturiṣṭaḥ pravartata || 1 ||
sa kadācitprabhātāyāṃ śarvaryāṃ raghunandanaḥ |
prayayāvabhiṣekārthaṃ ramyāṃ godāvarīṃ nadīm || 2 ||
prahvaḥ kalaśahastastaṃ sītayā saha vīryavān |
pṛṣṭhato'nuvrajanbhrātā saumitriridamabravīt || 3 ||
ayaṃ sa kālaḥ samprāptaḥ priyo yaste priyaṃvada |
alaṅkṛta ivābhāti yena saṃvatsaraḥ śubhaḥ || 4 ||
nīhāraparuṣo lokaḥ pṛthivī sasyaśālinī |
jalānyanupabhogyāni subhago havyavāhanaḥ || 5 ||
navāgrayaṇapūjābhirabhyarcya pitṛdevatāḥ |
kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ kāle santo vigatakalmaṣāḥ || 6 ||
prājyakāmā janapadāssampannataragorasāḥ |
vicaranti mahīpālā yātrāsthā vijigīṣavaḥ || 7 ||
sevamāne dṛḍhaṃ sūrye diśamantaka sevitām |
vihīnatilakeva strī nottarā dikprakāśate || 8 ||
prakṛtyā himakośāḍhyo dūrasūryaśca sāmpratam |
yathārthanāmā suvyaktaṃ himavānhimavāngiriḥ || 9 ||
atyantasukhasañcārā madhyāhne sparśatassukhāḥ |
divasāssubhagādityāścāyāsaliladurbhagāḥ || 10 ||
mṛdusūryāssanīhārāḥ paṭuśītāssamārutāḥ |
śūnyāraṇyā himadhvastā divasā bhāntisāmpratam || 11 ||
nivṛttākāśaśayanāḥ puṣyanītā himāruṇāḥ |
śītā vṛddhatarāyāmāstriyāmā yānti sāmpratam || 12 ||
ravisaṅkrāntasaubhāgya stuṣārāruṇamaṇḍalaḥ |
niśśvāsāndha ivādarśanchandramā na prakāśate || 13 ||
jyotsna tuṣāramalinā paurṇamāsyāṃ na rājate |
sīteva cātapaśyāmā lakṣyate na tu śobhate || 14 ||
prakṛtyā śītalasparśo himaviddhaśca sāmpratam |
pravāti paścimo vāyuḥ kāle dviguṇaśītalaḥ || 15 ||
bāṣpacchannānyaraṇyāni yavagodhūmavanti ca |
śobhante'bhyudite sūrye nadbhi krauñcasārasaiḥ || 16 ||
kharjūrapuṣpākṛtibhiśśirobhiḥ pūrṇataṇḍulaiḥ |
śobhante kiñcidānamrāśśālayaḥ kanakaprabhāḥ || 17 ||
mayūkhairupasarpadbhirhimanīhārasaṃvṛtaiḥ |
dūramabhyuditassūryaśśaśāṅka iva lakṣyate || 18 ||
agrāhyavīryaḥ pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne sparśatassukhaḥ |
saṃraktaḥ kiñcidāpāṇḍurātapaśśobhate kṣitau || 19 ||
avaśyāyanipātena kiñcitpraklinnaśādvalā |
vanānāṃ śobhate bhūmirniviṣṭataruṇātapā || 20 ||
spṛśaṃstu vimalaṃ śītamudakaṃ dviradassukham |
atyantatṛṣito vanyaḥ pratisaṃharate karam || 21 ||
ete hi samupāsīnā vihagā jalacāriṇaḥ |
nāvagāhanti salilamapragalbhā ivāhavam || 22 ||
avaśyāyatamonaddhā nīhāratamasā'vṛtāḥ |
prasuptā iva lakṣyante vipuṣpā vanarājayaḥ || 23 ||
bāṣpasañchannasalilā rutavijñeyasārasāḥ |
himārdravālukaistīraissarito bhānti sāmpratam || 24 ||
tuṣārapatanāccaiva mṛdutvādbhāskarasya ca |
śaityādagāgrasthamapi prāyeṇa rasavajjalam || 25 ||
jarājarjaritaiḥ padmaiśaśīrṇakesarakarṇikaiḥ |
nālaṣerhimadhvassairna bhanti kamalākarāḥ || 26 ||
asmiṃstu puruṣavyāghraḥ kāle duḥkhasamanvitaḥ |
tapaścarati dharmātmā tvadbhaktyā bharataḥ pure || 27 ||
tyaktvā rājyaṃ ca mānaṃ ca bhogāṃśca vividhānbahūn |
tapassvī niyatāhāraśśete śīte mahītale || 28 ||
so'pi velāmimāṃ nūnamabhiṣekārthamudyataḥ |
vṛtaḥ prakṛtibhirnityaṃ prayāti sarayūṃ nadīm || 29 ||
atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhassukumārassukhocitaḥ |
kathaṃ nvapararātreṣu sarayūmavagāhate || 30 ||
padmapatrekṣaṇo vīraśśyāmo nirudaro mahān |
dharmajña ssatyavādī ca hrīniṣedho jitendriyaḥ || 31 ||
priyābhibhāṣī madhuro dīrghabāhurarindamaḥ |
santyajya vividhānbhogānāryaṃ sarvātmanā śritaḥ || 32 ||
jitassvargastava bhrātrā bharatena mahātmanā |
vanasthamapi tāpasye yastvāmanuvidhīyate || 33 ||
na pitryamanuvartante mātṛkaṃ dvipadā iti |
khyāto lokapravādo'yaṃ bharatenānyathā kṛtaḥ || 34 ||
bhartā daśaratho yasyāssādhuśca bharatassutaḥ |
kathaṃ nu sā'mbā kaikeyī tādṛśī krūraśīlinī || 35 ||
ityevaṃ lakṣmaṇe vākyaṃ snehādbruvati dhārmike |
parivādaṃ jananyāstamasahanrāghavo'bravīt || 36 ||
sa te'mbā madhyamā tāta garhitavyā kathañcana |
tāmevekṣvākunāthasya bharatasya kathāṃ kuru || 37 ||
niścitā'pi hi me buddhirvanavāse dṛḍhavratā |
bharatasnehasantaptā bāliśīkriyate punaḥ || 38 ||
saṃsmarāmyasya vākyāni priyāṇi madhurāṇi ca |
hṛdyānyamṛtakalpāni manaḥprahlādanāni ca || 39 ||
kadānvahaṃ sameṣyāmi bharatena mahātmanā |
śatrughnena ca vīreṇa tvayā ca raghunandana || 40 ||
ityevaṃ vilapaṃstatra prāpya godāvarīṃ nadīm |
cakre'bhiṣekaṃ kākutsthassānujassaha sītayā || 41 ||
tarpayitvā'tha salilaiste pitṛndaivatāni ca |
stuvanti smoditaṃ sūryaṃ devatāśca samāhitāḥ || 42 ||
kṛtābhiṣekassararāja rāmaḥ sītādvitīyassaha lakṣmaṇena |
kṛtābhiṣeko girirājaputryā rudrassanandī bhagavāniveśaḥ || 43 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye araṇyakāṇḍe ṣoḍaśassargaḥ ||