Rāmāyaṇa-southern-2 (southern recension) · Chapter 2.88

Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 88
dīrghakāloṣitas tasmin girau girivanapriyaḥ /
vaidehyāḥ priyamākāṅkṣan svaṃ ca cittaṃ vilobhayan

atha dāśarathiś citraṃ citrakūṭam adarśayat /
bhāryām amarasaṃkāśaḥ śacīm iva puraṃdaraḥ

na rājyād bhraṃśanaṃ bhadre na suhṛdbhir vinābhavaḥ /
mano me bādhate dṛṣṭvā ramaṇīyam imaṃ girim

paśyemam acalaṃ bhadre nānādvijagaṇāyutam /
śikharaiḥ kham ivodviddhair dhātumadbhir vibhūṣitam

kecid rajatasaṃkāśāḥ kecit kṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ /
pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāś ca kecin maṇivaraprabhāḥ

puṣpārkaketakābhāś ca kecij jyotīrasaprabhāḥ /
virājante 'calendrasya deśā dhātuvibhūṣitāḥ

nānāmṛgagaṇadvīpitarakṣvṛkṣagaṇair vṛtaḥ /
aduṣṭair bhāty ayaṃ śailo bahupakṣisamākulaḥ

āmrajambvasanair lodhraiḥ priyālaiḥ panasair dhavaiḥ /
aṅkolair bhavyatiniśair bilvatindukaveṇubhiḥ

kāśmaryariṣṭavaraṇair madhūkais tilakais tathā /
badaryāmalakair nīpair vetradhanvanabījakaiḥ

puṣpavadbhiḥ phalopetaiś chāyāvadbhir manoramaiḥ /
evamādibhir ākīrṇaḥ śriyaṃ puṣyaty ayaṃ giriḥ

śailaprastheṣu ramyeṣu paśyemān kāmaharṣaṇān /
kiṃnarān dvaṃdvaśo bhadre ramamāṇān manasvinaḥ

śākhāvasaktān khaḍgāṃś ca pravarāṇy ambarāṇi ca /
paśya vidyādharastrīṇāṃ krīḍoddeśān manoramān

jalaprapātair udbhedair nisyandaiś ca kvacit kvacit /
sravadbhir bhāty ayaṃ śailaḥ sravan mada iva dvipaḥ

guhāsamīraṇo gandhān nānāpuṣpabhavān vahan /
ghrāṇatarpaṇam abhyetya kaṃ naraṃ na praharṣayet

yadīha śarado 'nekās tvayā sārdham anindite /
lakṣmaṇena ca vatsyāmi na māṃ śokaḥ pradhakṣyati

bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānādvijagaṇāyute /
vicitraśikhare hy asmin ratavān asmi bhāmini

anena vanavāsena mayā prāptaṃ phaladvayam /
pituś cānṛṇatā dharme bharatasya priyaṃ tathā

vaidehi ramase kaccic citrakūṭe mayā saha /
paśyantī vividhān bhāvān manovākkāyasaṃyatān

idam evāmṛtaṃ prāhū rājñāṃ rājarṣayaḥ pare /
vanavāsaṃ bhavārthāya pretya me prapitāmahāḥ

śilāḥ śailasya śobhante viśālāḥ śataśo 'bhitaḥ /
bahulā bahulair varṇair nīlapītasitāruṇaiḥ

niśi bhānty acalendrasya hutāśanaśikhā iva /
oṣadhyaḥ svaprabhā lakṣmyā bhrājamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ

kecit kṣayanibhā deśāḥ kecid udyānasaṃnibhāḥ /
kecid ekaśilā bhānti parvatasyāsya bhāmini

bhittveva vasudhāṃ bhāti citrakūṭaḥ samutthitaḥ /
citrakūṭasya kūṭo 'sau dṛśyate sarvataḥ śivaḥ

kuṣṭhapuṃnāgatagarabhūrjapatrottarachadān /
kāmināṃ svāstarān paśya kuśeśayadalāyutān

mṛditāś cāpaviddhāś ca dṛśyante kamalasrajaḥ /
kāmibhir vanite paśya phalāni vividhāni ca

vasvaukasārāṃ nalinīm atyetīvottarān kurūn /
parvataś citrakūṭo 'sau bahumūlaphalodakaḥ

imaṃ tu kālaṃ vanite vijahrivāṃs tvayā ca sīte saha lakṣmaṇena ca /
ratiṃ prapatsye kuladharmavardhinīṃ satāṃ pathi svair niyamaiḥ paraiḥ sthitaḥ