Chapter I

śrīvālmīkiruvāca |
upaśamaprakaraṇādanantaramidaṃ śrṛṇu |
tvaṃ nirvāṇaprakaraṇaṃ jñātaṃ nirvāṇadāyi yat || 1 ||
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kathayatyevamuddāmavacane munināyake |
śravaṇaikarase maunasthite rājakumārake || 2 ||
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munivāgarthanikṣiptamanasyastatapaḥkriye |
rājaloke gataspande citrārpita iva sthite || 3 ||
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vasiṣṭhavacasāmarthaṃ vicārayati sādaram |
lasadaṅgulibhaṅgena munisārthe sphuradbhuvi || 4 ||
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vismayālokanollāsaprotphullanayanālini |
purandhrivarge gambhīratarumañjaritāṃ gate || 5 ||
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khe vāsaracaturbhāgadeśe dinakare sthite |
kiṃcijjñānodayātsaumye kiṃcicchamamupeyuṣi || 6 ||
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śravaṇāyeva saṃśānte vitānaspandamālite |
maunaṃ maruti mandāramadhurāmodadāyini || 7 ||
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puṣpadāmasuṣuptāsu mahābhramarapaṃktiṣu |
jñātajñeyatayā nūnaṃ samyagdhyānavatīṣviva || 8 ||
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muktājālakalāpāntargatāsvantarabhūmiṣu |
kacatyapagataspandaṃ toye śrotumivāsthite || 9 ||
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gṛhāntaraṃ praviṣṭeṣu gavākṣe dūramaṃśuṣu |
viśrāmārthamivādīrghaṃ nabhaḥpāntheṣu śītalam || 10 ||
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muktājālaprabhājālabhasmanoddhūlitātmani |
śaṃsatīva śamaṃ śāmyaddinadehe divātape || 11 ||
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kare līlāsarojeṣu śekhareṣu ca bhūbhṛtām |
śrutvā surasamāmodādavṛttiṣu manassviva || 12 ||
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bālakeṣvajñalokeṣu līlāpakṣiṣu sādaram |
bhojanārthaṃ vadhūlokamuparundhatsvanāratam || 13 ||
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bhramadbhramarapakṣotthavātadhūtarajasyalam |
kaumude pariviśrānte cāmareṣvakṣipakṣmasu || 14 ||
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raśmiṣvagaguhonmuktacchāyājālabhayādiva |
gavākṣādiṣvivoḍḍīya praviṣṭeṣu gṛhāntaram || 15 ||
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āsīddinacaturbhāgasattāvedanatatparaḥ |
bherīpaṭahaśaṅkhānāṃ diṅmukhāpūrako dhvaniḥ || 16 ||
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tena tattāramapyāśu vaco'ntardhānamāyayau |
maunaṃ jaladanādena māyūra iva nisvanaḥ || 17 ||
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ākṣubdhā kṣubdhapakṣāliḥ pañjarasthā khagāvalī |
bhūkampe tarasā''tālīpallaveva vanāvalī || 18 ||
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āyayurbhayavitrastā bālā dhātrīkucāntaram |
sāravaṃ prāvṛṣīvābdāḥ pronnataṃ śrṛṅgakoṭaram || 19 ||
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uttasthuravataṃsebhyo bhūbhṛtāṃ bhramarasrajaḥ |
īṣatkarālavāhābhyaḥ saridbhyo'mbukaṇā iva || 20 ||
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evaṃ prakṣubhite tasmingṛhe dāśarathe tadā |
prāpte vāsaravṛddhatve śāntaśaṅkhasvane śanaiḥ || 21 ||
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saṃharanprastutaṃ vastu vaco madhuravṛttimat |
uvāca muniśārdūlaḥ sabhāmadhye raghūdvaham || 22 ||
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rāghavānagha vāgjālaṃ mayaitatpravisāritam |
tena cittakhagaṃ baddhvā kroḍīkṛtyātmatāṃ naya || 23 ||
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kaccidgṛhīto bhavatā madgirāmartha īdṛśaḥ |
tyaktvā durbodhamakṣīṇo haṃsenevāmbhasaḥ payaḥ || 24 ||
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vicāryaitadaśeṣeṇa svadhiyaivaṃ punaḥpunaḥ |
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 tyaktadīpo vāndho niśāsviva || 27 ||
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asaṅgena yathāprāpto vyavahāro'sya siddhaye |
ityeva śāstrasiddhāntamādāyodāravānbhava || 28 ||
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he sabhyā he mahārāja rāmalakṣmaṇabhūmipāḥ |
sarva eva bhavanto'dya tāvadvyāpāramāhnikam || 29 ||
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kurvantvayaṃ hi divasaḥ prāyaḥ pariṇatākṛtiḥ |
śeṣaṃ vicārayiṣyāmo vicāryaṃ prātarāgatāḥ || 30 ||
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śrīvālmīkiruvāca |
ityuktā muninā tena sā sarvaiva tadā sabhā |
prottasthau padmavadanā savikāseva padminī || 31 ||
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rājānaḥ stutarājānaḥ kṛtarāghavavandanāḥ |
pariṣṭute vasiṣṭhe te jagmurātmaniveśanam || 32 ||
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viśvāmitreṇa sahito vasiṣṭho gantumāśramam |
uttasthāvāsanācchrīmānnamaskṛtanabhaścaraḥ || 33 ||
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daśarathaprabhṛtayo rājāno munayastathā |
yathānurūpaṃ vaktāramanugamya muniṃ ciram || 34 ||
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āpṛcchya kecidgaganaṃ yayuḥ kecidvanāntaram |
kecidrājagṛhaṃ santo bhṛṅgāḥ padmotthitā iva || 35 ||
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vasiṣṭhapādayostyaktvā puṣpāñjalimanāvilam |
dārairanugato rājā praviveśa gṛhāntaram || 36 ||
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rāmalakṣmaṇaśatrughnāḥ prāptasya svāśramaṃ guroḥ |
abhyarcya caraṇau bhaktyā tvājagmurnṛpamandiram || 37 ||
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sadanāni samāsādya śrotāraḥ sarva eva te |
sasnurānarcurabhyeyurdevānviprānpitṛṃstathā || 38 ||
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yathākramaṃ svabhṛtyāntairviprādyaiśca paricchadaiḥ |
samaṃ bubhujire bhojyaṃ varṇadharmakramoditam || 39 ||
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astaṃ gate dinakare samaṃ divasakarmabhiḥ |
abhyāgate rātrikare samaṃ rajanikarmabhiḥ || 40 ||
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sthitvā talpeṣu kauśeyaśayaneṣvāsaneṣu ca |
bhūcarā munirājāno rājaputrā maharṣayaḥ || 41 ||
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saṃsārottaraṇopāyaṃ vasiṣṭhavadaneritam |
yathāvadekāgradhiyaścintayāmāsurādṛtāḥ || 42 ||
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tataḥ praharamātreṇa nidrāmāmudritānanāḥ |
utsvapnasundarīmīyuḥ padmā iva dinārthinaḥ || 43 ||
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rāmalakṣmaṇaśatrughnāḥ praharatrayameva tat |
vāsiṣṭhamupadeśaṃ te cintayāmāsurakṣatam || 44 ||
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praharasyārdhamātraṃ te tata āmudritekṣaṇāḥ |
utsvapnamāyayurnidrāṃ kṣaṇādvidrāvitaśramām || 45 ||
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iti śubhamanasāṃ vivekabhājāmadhigatasāratayoditāśayānām |
abhajata viratiṃ tadā triyāmā malinaniśākaravakratāṃ jagāma || 46 ||
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