Chapter 2

prathamāhṇikavarṇanaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
dvitīyaḥ sargaḥ |
vālmīkiḥ |
te sametya gṛhaṃ vīrā rājaputrāśśaśitviṣaḥ |
cakruḥ sarvamaśeṣeṇa svasadmasu dinakramam || 1 ||
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vasiṣṭho rāghavaścaiva rājāno munayo dvijāḥ |
iti cakruḥ svakāryāṇi tadā svagṛhavīthiṣu || 2 ||
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sasnuḥ kamalakalhārakumudotpalahāriṣu |
jalāśayeṣu cakrāhvahaṃsasārasarāviṣu || 3 ||
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gobhūtilahiraṇyāni śayanānyāsanāni ca |
dadurdānāni viprebhyo bhojanānyaṃśukāni ca || 4 ||
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hemaratnavicitreṣu sveṣu cāmarasadmasu |
ānarcuracyuteśānahutāśārkādikān surān || 5 ||
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putrapautrasuhṛdbhṛtyabandhumitragaṇaiḥ saha |
tata āsvādayāmāsurbhojanānyucitāni te || 6 ||
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etasmin samaye cāsminnagare divaso'bhavat |
tanuraṣṭāṃśaśeṣatvānmṛdvātapamanoharaḥ || 7 ||
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sāyantanavidhiṃ te te tatkālocitayecchayā |
anayanbandhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ yāvadastaṃ yayau raviḥ || 8 ||
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sandhyāṃ vavandire suṣṭhu jepuścaivāghamarṣaṇam |
peṭhuḥ stotrāṇi puṇyāni jagurgāthā manoramāḥ || 9 ||
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tataścābhyudite śyāmākāminīśokahāriṇi |
kṣīrodādiva māhendryāṃ candre'vaśyāyadāyini || 10 ||
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śanairāstīrṇapuṣpeṣu kīrṇakarpūramuṣṭiṣu |
dīrghendubimbaramyeṣu tasthustalpeṣu rāghavāḥ || 11 ||
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atha rāmādṛte'nyeṣāṃ tatra tadvyavahāriṇī |
vyatīyāya śanaiśśyāmā muhūrta iva sundarī || 12 ||
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tasthau rāmastu tāmeva vāsiṣṭhīṃ vacanāvalīm |
cintayanmadhurodārāṃ prākpītāṃ karabho yathā || 13 ||
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kimidaṃ nāma saṃsārabhramaṇaṃ kimime janāḥ |
bhūtānīha vicitrāṇi kimāyānti prayānti kim || 14 ||
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manasaḥ kīdṛśaṃ rūpaṃ kathaṃ caitatprasṛjyate |
māyeyaṃ sā kimutthā syātkathaṃ ceyaṃ nivartate || 15 ||
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nivṛttayā ca vā kaḥ syādguṇo doṣo'tha vā bhavet |
kathamātmani caivāyaṃ tate saṅkoca āgataḥ || 16 ||
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kimuktaṃ syādbhagavatā muninā manasaḥ kṣaye |
kimindriyajaye proktaṃ kimuktamatha cātmani || 17 ||
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jīvaścittaṃ mano māyetyevamādibhirātataiḥ |
rūpairātmaiva saṃsāraṃ tanotīmamasanmayaiḥ || 18 ||
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ebhireva manomātratantubaddhaiḥ kṣayaṃ gataiḥ |
duḥkhopaśāntiretāni sucikitsyāni naḥ katham || 19 ||
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bhogābhramālāvalanāddhībalākāmimāṃ katham |
pṛthakkaromi payaso dhārāṃ haṃsa ivāmbhasaḥ || 20 ||
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bhogāstyaktuṃ na śakyante tattyāgena vinā dhiyaḥ |
prabhavāmo na vipadāmaho saṅkaṭamāgatam || 21 ||
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manomātrajayaprāpyaṃ tanvevedaṃ prayojanam |
sampannaṃ me giriguru maurkhyād yakṣaśśiśoriva || 22 ||
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kadā svaśāntimāgatya gatasaṃsārasambhramā |
bāleva labdhadayitā sukhamāpsyati no matiḥ || 23 ||
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kadopaśāntasaṃrambhaṃ vigatāśeṣakautukam |
apārapadaviśrāntaṃ mama syātpāvanaṃ manaḥ || 24 ||
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kalākalāpasampūrṇācchaśāṅkādapi śītale |
pade surūdḥaṃ viśramya hasiṣyāmi kadā jagat || 25 ||
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kalanāpelavaṃ rūpamutsṛjyālīnamātmani |
kadaiṣyati manaśśāntiṃ payasīva taraṅgakaḥ || 26 ||
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tṛṣṇātaraṅgākulitaṃ māyāmakaramālitam |
kadā saṃsārajaladhiṃ tīrtvā syāmahamajvaraḥ || 27 ||
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kadopaśāntaśuddhāsu padavīṣu vicakṣaṇāḥ |
mumukṣūṇāṃ nivatsyāmo niśśokaṃ samadarśanāḥ || 28 ||
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santāpitasamastāṅgaḥ sarvadhātubhayaṅkaraḥ |
saṃsṛtijvara ādīrghaḥ kadā naścitta śāmyati || 29 ||
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nivātadīpalekheva kadoṣitvā gatabhramam |
śamameṣyasi he buddhe svaprakāśādanantaram || 30 ||
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kadendriyāṇi duḥkhebhyaḥ santariṣyatha helayā |
durīhādagdhadehāni garutmanta ivābdhitaḥ || 31 ||
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ayaṃ so'hamidaṃ tanme iti vyaktotthito bhramaḥ |
śaradīvāsito meghaḥ kadā na upaśāmyati || 32 ||
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mandāravanalekhāsu yā ratiḥ sā tṛṇāyate |
yatra tatpadamātmīyaṃ samprāpsyāmaḥ kadā vayam || 33 ||
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vītarāgajanaproktā nirmalā jñānadṛṣṭayaḥ |
kaccitpadaṃ tvayi manaḥ kariṣyantīti me vada || 34 ||
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hā tāta mātaḥ putreti girāṃ mā syāmahaṃ punaḥ |
bhājanaṃ citta madbandho bhojanaṃ duḥkhabhoginām || 35 ||
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he buddhe bhagini bhrāturarthitāṃ pūrayāśu me |
āvayorduḥkhamokṣāya vicāraya munergiraḥ || 36 ||
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āpadāpatati prītyā bhave sati suteva te |
tena bhavye bhavacchedabhūtaye susthirā bhava || 37 ||
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vasiṣṭhamuninā proktā viraktāḥ prathamaṃ giraḥ |
tato mumukṣorācāra utpattīnāṃ kramastataḥ || 38 ||
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tataḥ sthitiprakaraṇaṃ nānādṛṣṭāntasundaram |
vijñānagarbhaṃ sakalaṃ yathāvatsmara he mate || 39 ||
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kṛtamapi śataśo vicāritaṃ yad yadi tadupaiti na mānavasya buddhiḥ |
bhavati tadaphalaṃ śaradghanābhaṃ satatamato matireva kāryasāraḥ || 40 ||
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