Chapter 1

punarupadeśakaraṇaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
samāptamupaśāntiprakaraṇam |
upaśāntiprakaraṇādanantaramidaṃ śṛṇu |
tvaṃ nirvāṇaprakaraṇaṃ jñātaṃ nirvāṇakāri yat || 1 ||
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vālmīkiḥ |
kathayatyevamuddāmavacanaṃ munināyake |
śravaṇaikarase maunaṃ sthite rājakumārake || 2 ||
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munivāgarthanikṣiptamanasyastetarakriye |
rājaloke gataspandaṃ citrārpita iva sthite || 3 ||
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vasiṣṭhavacasāmarthaṃ vicārayati sādaram |
lasadaṅgulibhaṅge ca munisārthe sphuradbhruvi || 4 ||
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vismayālokanollāsaprotphullanayanālini |
purandhrivarge pragrīvatarumañjaritāṃ gate || 5 ||
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khe vāsaracaturbhāgadeśe dinakare sthite |
śrutajñānatayā saumye kiñcicchamamupeyuṣi || 6 ||
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śravaṇāyeva saṃśāntavitānaspandamāsthite |
maunaṃ maruti mandāramadhurāmodadāyini || 7 ||
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puṣpadāmasu suptāsu madādbhramarapaṅktiṣu |
jñātajñeyatayā nūnaṃ samyagdhyānavatīṣviva || 8 ||
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jālamuktākalāpāntastathā makurabhūmiṣu |
kacatyapagataspandaṃ tāpe śrotumivāsthite || 9 ||
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gṛhāntaraṃ praviṣṭeṣu gavākṣairdūramaṃśuṣu |
viśramārthamivādīrghanabhaḥpāntheṣu śītalam || 10 ||
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muktājālaprabhājālabhasmanoddhūlitātmani |
śaṃsatīva śamaṃ śāmyaddinadehe dinātape || 11 ||
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karalīlāsarojeṣu śekhareṣu ca bhūbhṛtām |
śuṣyatsu rasasaṃśoṣādavṛttiṣu manassviva || 12 ||
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bālakeṣvajñalokeṣu līlāpakṣiṣu sāravam |
bhojanārthaṃ vadhūlokamuparundhatsvanāratam || 13 ||
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bhramadbhramarapakṣotthavātādhūte rajasyalam |
kausume pariviśrānte cāmareṣvakṣipakṣmasu || 14 ||
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raśmiṣvagragrahonmuktacchāyājālabhayādiva |
gavākṣādiṣvivoḍḍīya praviṣṭeṣu gṛhāntaram || 15 ||
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āsīddinacaturbhāgasattāvedanatatparaḥ |
bherīpaṇavaśaṅkhānāṃ diṅmukhāpūrako dhvaniḥ || 16 ||
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tena tattāramapyāśu vaco'ntardhānamāyayau |
maunaṃ jaladanādena māyūra iva nissvanaḥ || 17 ||
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cukṣubhe kṣubdhapakṣālī pañjarasthā khagāvalī |
bhūkampena lasattālīpallaveva vanāvalī || 18 ||
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āyayurbhayavitrastā bālā dhātrīkucāntaram |
sāravaṃ prāvṛśīvābdāḥ pronnataṃ śṛṅgakoṭaram || 19 ||
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uttasthuravataṃsebhyo bhūbhṛtāṃ bhramaravrajāḥ |
dṛṣatkarālavāhābhyaḥ saridbhyo'mbukaṇā iva || 20 ||
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evaṃ prakṣubhite tasmin gṛhe dāśarathe tadā |
proktavāsaravṛddhatve śānte śaṅkhasvane śanaiḥ || 21 ||
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saṃharanprastutaṃ vastu vaco madhuravṛttimat |
uvāca muniśārdūlaḥ sabhāmadhye raghūdvaham || 22 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
rāghavānagha vāgjālaṃ mayaitad yatprasāritam |
tena cittakhagaṃ baddhvā kroḍīkṛtyātmatāṃ naya || 23 ||
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kaccidgṛhīto bhavatā madgirāmartha īdṛśaḥ |
tyaktvā durbodhamakṣīṇo haṃsenevāmbhasaḥ payaḥ || 24 ||
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vicāryaitadaśeṣeṇa svadhiyaiva punaḥ punaḥ |
anenaiva pathā sādho gantavyaṃ bhavatādhunā || 25 ||
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anayaiva dhiyā rāma viharannaiva badhyase |
anyathādhaḥ patasyāśu vindhyakhāte yathā gajaḥ || 26 ||
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sugṛhītaṃ dhiyā rāma madvaco na karoṣi cet |
tatpatasyavaṭe tyaktadīpaḥ pāntho yathā niśi || 27 ||
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asaṅgena yathāprāpto vyavahāraḥ svasiddhaye |
ityevaṃ śāstrasiddhāntamādāyodayavānbhava || 28 ||
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he sabhyā he mahārāja rāma lakṣmaṇa bhūmipāḥ |
sarva eva bhavanto'dya tāvadvyāpāramāhnikam || 29 ||
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kurvantvayaṃ hi divasaḥ prāyaḥ pariṇatākṛtiḥ |
śeṣaṃ vicārayiṣyāmo vicāryaṃ prātarāgatāḥ || 30 ||
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vālmīkiḥ |
ityukte muninā tena sā sarvaiva sabhā tadā |
prottasthau padmavadanā savikāseva padminī || 31 ||
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rājānaḥ stutarājānaḥ kṛtarāghavavandanāḥ |
pariṣṭutavasiṣṭhāste jagmurātmaniveśanam || 32 ||
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viśvāmitreṇa sahito vasiṣṭho gantumāśramam |
uttasthāvāsanācchrīmānnamaskṛtanabhaścaraḥ || 33 ||
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daśarathaprabhṛtayo rājāno munayastathā |
yathānurūpaṃ vaktāramanugamya ciraṃ munim || 34 ||
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āpṛcchya kecidgaganaṃ yayuḥ kecidvanāntaram |
kecid rājagṛhaṃ santo bhṛṅgāḥ padmotthitā iva || 35 ||
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vasiṣṭhapādayostyaktvā puṣpāñjalimanābilam |
paurairanugato rājā praviveśa gṛhāntaram || 36 ||
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rāmalakṣmaṇaśatrughnāḥ prāptasya svāśramaṃ guroḥ |
abhyarcya caraṇau bhaktā ājagmurnṛpamandiram || 37 ||
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sadanāni samāsādya śrotāraḥ sarva eva te |
sasnurānarcurapyāśu devānviprānpitṝṃstathā || 38 ||
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yathākramaṃ ca viprādyairbhṛtyāntaiśca paricchadaiḥ |
samaṃ bubhujire bhojyaṃ varṇadharmakramocitam || 39 ||
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astaṅgate dinakare samaṃ divasakarmabhiḥ |
abhyāgate rātrikare samaṃ rajanikarmabhiḥ || 40 ||
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sthitāstalpeṣu kauśeyaśayaneṣvāsaneṣu ca |
bhūcarā munirājāno rājaputrā maharṣayaḥ || 41 ||
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saṃsārottaraṇopāyaṃ vasiṣṭhavacaneritam |
yathāvadekāgradhiyaścintayāmāsurādṛtāḥ || 42 ||
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tataḥ praharamātreṇa nidrāmāmudritānanāḥ |
tatsvapnasundarīmīyuḥ padmā iva dinārthinaḥ || 43 ||
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rāmalakṣmaṇaśatrughnāḥ praharatrayameva tat |
vāsiṣṭhamupadeśaṃ te cintayāmāsurakṣatam || 44 ||
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praharasyārdhamātraṃ tu tata āmudritekṣaṇāḥ |
tatsvapnāmāyayurnidrāṃ kṣaṇādvidrāvitaśramām || 45 ||
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iti śubhamanasāṃ vivekabhājāmadhigatasāratayoditāśayānām |
abhajata viratiṃ tadā triyāmā malinaniśākaravaktratāṃ jagāma || 46 ||
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