Book 2: Chapter 88

1 dīrghakāloṣitas tasmin girau girivanapriyaḥ videhyāḥ priyamākāṅkṣan svaṃ ca cittaṃ vilobhayan 2 atha dāśarathiś citraṃ citrakūṭam adarśayat bhāryām amarasaṃkāśaḥ śacīm iva puraṃdaraḥ 3 na rājyād bhraṃśanaṃ bhadre na suhṛdbhir vinābhavaḥ mano me bādhate dṛṣṭvā ramaṇīyam imaṃ girim 4 paśyemam acalaṃ bhadre nānādvijagaṇāyutam śikharaiḥ kham ivodviddhair dhātumadbhir vibhūṣitam 5 ke cid rajatasaṃkāśāḥ ke cit kṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāś ca ke cin maṇivaraprabhāḥ 6 puṣyārkaketukābhāś ca ke cij jyotī rasaprabhāḥ virājante 'calendrasya deśā dhātuvibhūṣitāḥ 7 nānāmṛgagaṇadvīpitarakṣvṛkṣagaṇair vṛtaḥ aduṣṭair bhāty ayaṃ śailo bahupakṣisamākulaḥ 8 āmrajambvasanair lodhraiḥ priyālaiḥ panasair dhavaiḥ aṅkolair bhavyatiniśair bilvatindukaveṇubhiḥ 9 kāśmaryariṣṭavaraṇair madhūkais tilakais tathā badaryāmalakair nīpair vetradhanvanabījakaiḥ 10 puṣpavadbhiḥ phalopetaiś chāyāvadbhir manoramaiḥ evamādibhir ākīrṇaḥ śriyaṃ puṣyaty ayaṃ giriḥ 11 śailaprastheṣu ramyeṣu paśyemān kāmaharṣaṇān kinnarān dvaṃdvaśo bhadre ramamāṇān manasvinaḥ 12 śākhāvasaktān khaḍgāṃś ca pravarāṇy ambarāṇi ca paśya vidyādharastrīṇāṃ krīḍed deśān manoramān 13 jalaprapātair udbhedair niṣyandaiś ca kva cit kva cit sravadbhir bhāty ayaṃ śailaḥ sravan mada iva dvipaḥ 14 guhāsamīraṇo gandhān nānāpuṣpabhavān vahan ghrāṇatarpaṇam abhyetya kaṃ naraṃ na praharṣayet 15 yadīha śarado 'nekās tvayā sārdham anindite

yadīha śarado 'nekās tvayā sārdham anindite lakṣmaṇena ca vatsyāmi na māṃ śokaḥ pradhakṣyati 16 bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānādvijagaṇāyute vicitraśikhare hy asmin ratavān asmi bhāmini 17 anena vanavāsena mayā prāptaṃ phaladvayam pituś cānṛṇatā dharme bharatasya priyaṃ tathā 18 vaidehi ramase kac cic citrakūṭe mayā saha paśyantī vividhān bhāvān manovākkāyasaṃyatān 19 idam evāmṛtaṃ prāhū rājñāṃ rājarṣayaḥ pare vanavāsaṃ bhavārthāya pretya me prapitāmahāḥ 20 śilāḥ śailasya śobhante viśālāḥ śataśo 'bhitaḥ bahulā bahulair varṇair nīlapītasitāruṇaiḥ 21 niśi bhānty acalendrasya hutāśanaśikhā iva oṣadhyaḥ svaprabhā lakṣmyā bhrājamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ 22 ke cit kṣayanibhā deśāḥ ke cid udyānasaṃnibhāḥ ke cid ekaśilā bhānti parvatasyāsya bhāmini 23 bhittveva vasudhāṃ bhāti citrakūṭaḥ samutthitaḥ citrakūṭasya kūṭo 'sau dṛśyate sarvataḥ śivaḥ 24 kuṣṭhapuṃnāgatagarabhūrjapatrottaracchadān kāmināṃ svāstarān paśya kuśeśayadalāyutān 25 mṛditāś cāpaviddhāś ca dṛśyante kamalasrajaḥ kāmibhir vanite paśya phalāni vividhāni ca 26 vasvaukasārāṃ nalinīm atyetīvottarān kurūn parvataś citrakūṭo 'sau bahumūlaphalodakaḥ 27 imaṃ tu kālaṃ vanite vijahrivāṃs; tvayā ca sīte saha lakṣmaṇena ca ratiṃ prapatsye kuladharmavardhinīṃ; satāṃ pathi svair niyamaiḥ paraiḥ sthitaḥ 1 थीर्घकालॊषितस तस्मिन गिरौ गिरिवनप्रियः विथेह्याः परियमाकाङ्क्षन सवं च चित्तं विलॊभयन 2 अद थाशरदिश चित्रं चित्रकूटम अथर्शयत भार्याम अमरसंकाशः शचीम इव पुरंथरः