Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.14

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 14
sa tadantaḥpuradvāraṃ samatītya janākulam /
praviviktāṃ tataḥ kakṣyām āsasāda purāṇavit

prāsakārmukabibhradbhir yuvabhir mṛṣṭakuṇḍalaiḥ /
apramādibhir ekāgraiḥ svanuraktair adhiṣṭhitām

tatra kāṣāyiṇo vṛddhān vetrapāṇīn svalaṃkṛtān /
dadarśa viṣṭhitān dvāri stryadhyakṣān susamāhitān

te samīkṣya samāyāntaṃ rāmapriyacikīrṣavaḥ /
sahabhāryāya rāmāya kṣipram evācacakṣire

prativeditam ājñāya sūtam abhyantaraṃ pituḥ /
tatraivānāyayāmāsa rāghavaḥ priyakāmyayā

taṃ vaiśravaṇasaṃkāśam upaviṣṭaṃ svalaṃkṛtam /
dadarśa sūtaḥ paryaṅke sauvarṇe sottaracchade

varāharudhirābheṇa śucinā ca sugandhinā /
anuliptaṃ parārdhyena candanena paraṃtapam

sthitayā pārśvataś cāpi vālavyajanahastayā /
upetaṃ sītayā bhūyaś citrayā śaśinaṃ yathā

taṃ tapantam ivādityam upapannaṃ svatejasā /
vavande varadaṃ bandī niyamajño vinītavat

prāñjalis tu sukhaṃ pṛṣṭvā vihāraśayanāsane /
rājaputram uvācedaṃ sumantro rājasatkṛtaḥ

kausalyā suprabhā deva pitā tvāṃ draṣṭum icchati /
mahiṣyā saha kaikeyyā gamyatāṃ tatra māciram

evam uktas tu saṃhṛṣṭo narasiṃho mahādyutiḥ /
tataḥ saṃmānayāmāsa sītām idam uvāca ha

devi devaś ca devī ca samāgamya madantare /
mantrayete dhruvaṃ kiṃcid abhiṣecanasaṃhitam

lakṣayitvā hy abhiprāyaṃ priyakāmā sudakṣiṇā /
saṃcodayati rājānaṃ madarthaṃ madirekṣaṇā

yādṛśī pariṣat tatra tādṛśo dūta āgataḥ /
dhruvam adyaiva māṃ rājā yauvarājye 'bhiṣekṣyati

hanta śīghram ito gatvā drakṣyāmi ca mahīpatim /
saha tvaṃ parivāreṇa sukham āsva ramasva ca

patisaṃmānitā sītā bhartāram asitekṣaṇā /
ādvāram anuvavrāja maṅgalāny abhidadhyuṣī

sa sarvān arthino dṛṣṭvā sametya pratinandya ca /
tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśam āruroha rathottamam

muṣṇantam iva cakṣūṃṣi prabhayā hemavarcasam /
kareṇuśiśukalpaiś ca yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ

hariyuktaṃ sahasrākṣo ratham indra ivāśugam /
prayayau tūrṇam āsthāya rāghavo jvalitaḥ śriyā

sa parjanya ivākāśe svanavān abhinādayan /
niketān niryayau śrīmān mahābhrād iva candramāḥ

chattracāmarapāṇis tu lakṣmaṇo rāghavānujaḥ /
jugopa bhrātaraṃ bhrātā ratham āsthāya pṛṣṭhataḥ

tato halahalāśabdas tumulaḥ samajāyata /
tasya niṣkramamāṇasya janaughasya samantataḥ

sa rāghavas tatra kathāpralāpaṃ śuśrāva lokasya samāgatasya /
ātmādhikārā vividhāś ca vācaḥ prahṛṣṭarūpasya pure janasya

eṣa śriyaṃ gacchati rāghavo 'dya rājaprasādād vipulāṅgam iṣyan /
ete vayaṃ sarvasamṛddhakāmā yeṣām ayaṃ no bhavitā praśāstā /
lābho janasyāsya yad eṣa sarvaṃ prapatsyate rāṣṭram idaṃ cirāya // RamS_2,14.25* //
sa ghoṣavadbhiś ca hayaiḥ sanāgaiḥ puraḥsaraiḥ svastikasūtamāgadhaiḥ /
mahīyamānaḥ pravaraiś ca vādakair abhiṣṭuto vaiśravaṇo yathā yayau

kareṇumātaṃgarathāśvasaṃkulaṃ mahājanaughaiḥ paripūrṇacatvaram /
prabhūtaratnaṃ bahupaṇyasaṃcayaṃ dadarśa rāmo ruciraṃ mahāpatham