Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.106

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 106
snigdhagambhīraghoṣeṇa syandanenopayān prabhuḥ /
ayodhyāṃ bharataḥ kṣipraṃ praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ

biḍālolūkacaritām ālīnanaravāraṇām /
timirābhyāhatāṃ kālīm aprakāśāṃ niśām iva

rāhuśatroḥ priyāṃ patnīṃ śriyā prajvalitaprabhām /
graheṇābhyutthitenaikāṃ rohiṇīm iva pīḍitām

alpoṣṇakṣubdhasalilāṃ gharmottaptavihaṃgamām /
līnamīnajhaṣagrāhāṃ kṛśāṃ girinadīm iva

vidhūmām iva hemābhām adhvarāgnisamutthitām /
havirabhyukṣitāṃ paścāc chikhāṃ vipralayaṃ gatām

vidhvastakavacāṃ rugṇagajavājirathadhvajām /
hatapravīrām āpannāṃ camūm iva mahāhave

saphenāṃ sasvanāṃ bhūtvā sāgarasya samutthitām /
praśāntamārutoddhūtāṃ jalormim iva niḥsvanām

tyaktāṃ yajñāyudhaiḥ sarvair abhirūpaiś ca yājakaiḥ /
sutyākāle vinirvṛtte vediṃ gataravām iva

goṣṭhamadhye sthitām ārtām acarantīṃ navaṃ tṛṇam /
govṛṣeṇa parityaktāṃ gavāṃ patnīm ivotsukām

prabhākarālaiḥ susnigdhaiḥ prajvaladbhir ivottamaiḥ /
viyuktāṃ maṇibhir jātyair navāṃ muktāvalīm iva

sahasā calitāṃ sthānān mahīṃ puṇyakṣayād gatām /
saṃhṛtadyutivistārāṃ tārām iva divaś cyutām

puṣpanaddhāṃ vasantānte mattabhramaraśālinīm /
drutadāvāgnivipruṣṭāṃ klāntāṃ vanalatām iva

saṃmūḍhanigamāṃ sarvāṃ saṃkṣiptavipaṇāpaṇām /
pracchannaśaśinakṣatrāṃ dyām ivāmbudharair vṛtām

kṣīṇapānottamair bhinnaiḥ śarāvair abhisaṃvṛtām /
hataśauṇḍām ivākāśe pānabhūmim asaṃskṛtām

vṛkṇabhūmitalāṃ nimnāṃ vṛkṇapātraiḥ samāvṛtām /
upayuktodakāṃ bhagnāṃ prapāṃ nipatitām iva

vipulāṃ vitatāṃ caiva yuktapāśāṃ tarasvinām /
bhūmau bāṇair viniṣkṛttāṃ patitāṃ jyām ivāyudhāt

sahasā yuddhaśauṇḍena hayāroheṇa vāhitām /
nikṣiptabhāṇḍām utsṛṣṭāṃ kiśorīm iva durbalām

prāvṛṣi pravigāḍhāyāṃ praviṣṭasyābhramaṇḍalam /
pracchannāṃ nīlajīmūtair bhāskarasya prabhām iva

bharatas tu rathasthaḥ sañ śrīmān daśarathātmajaḥ /
vāhayantaṃ rathaśreṣṭhaṃ sārathiṃ vākyam abravīt

kiṃ nu khalv adya gambhīro mūrchito na niśamyate /
yathāpuram ayodhyāyāṃ gītavāditraniḥsvanaḥ

vāruṇīmadagandhāś ca mālyagandhaś ca mūrchitaḥ /
dhūpitāgarugandhaś ca na pravāti samantataḥ

yānapravaraghoṣaś ca snigdhaś ca hayaniḥsvanaḥ /
pramattagajanādaś ca mahāṃś ca rathaniḥsvanaḥ /
nedānīṃ śrūyate puryām asyāṃ rāme vivāsite // RamS_2,106.22* //
taruṇaiś cāruveṣaiś ca narair unnatagāmibhiḥ /
saṃpatadbhir ayodhyāyāṃ na vibhānti mahāpathāḥ

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ jalpan viveśa vasatiṃ pituḥ /
tena hīnāṃ narendreṇa siṃhahīnāṃ guhām iva