Sarga 1: Entry into the Dandaka Forest
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān । dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 1 ॥
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam । yathākāśe'rciṣāṃ dīptaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamaṇḍalam ॥ 2 ॥
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃpramṛṣṭamajiraṃ śubham । mṛgairbahubhirākīrṇamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam ॥ 3 ॥
agnihotraiśca hutavadbhirbrahmaghoṣanināditam । puṣpaiśca bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ phalamūlairmanoharaiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca vīryavān । rāmaḥ pramudito dhīmān viveśāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 5 ॥
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān । dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 1 ॥
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam । yathākāśe'rciṣāṃ dīptaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamaṇḍalam ॥ 2 ॥
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃpramṛṣṭamajiraṃ śubham । mṛgairbahubhirākīrṇamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam ॥ 3 ॥
agnihotraiśca hutavadbhirbrahmaghoṣanināditam । puṣpaiśca bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ phalamūlairmanoharaiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca vīryavān । rāmaḥ pramudito dhīmān viveśāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 5 ॥
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān । dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 1 ॥
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam । yathākāśe'rciṣāṃ dīptaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamaṇḍalam ॥ 2 ॥
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃpramṛṣṭamajiraṃ śubham । mṛgairbahubhirākīrṇamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam ॥ 3 ॥
agnihotraiśca hutavadbhirbrahmaghoṣanināditam । puṣpaiśca bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ phalamūlairmanoharaiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca vīryavān । rāmaḥ pramudito dhīmān viveśāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 5 ॥
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān । dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 1 ॥
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam । yathākāśe'rciṣāṃ dīptaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamaṇḍalam ॥ 2 ॥
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃpramṛṣṭamajiraṃ śubham । mṛgairbahubhirākīrṇamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam ॥ 3 ॥
agnihotraiśca hutavadbhirbrahmaghoṣanināditam । puṣpaiśca bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ phalamūlairmanoharaiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca vīryavān । rāmaḥ pramudito dhīmān viveśāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 5 ॥
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān । dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 1 ॥
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam । yathākāśe'rciṣāṃ dīptaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamaṇḍalam ॥ 2 ॥
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃpramṛṣṭamajiraṃ śubham । mṛgairbahubhirākīrṇamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam ॥ 3 ॥
agnihotraiśca hutavadbhirbrahmaghoṣanināditam । puṣpaiśca bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ phalamūlairmanoharaiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca vīryavān । rāmaḥ pramudito dhīmān viveśāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 5 ॥
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān । dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 1 ॥
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam । yathākāśe'rciṣāṃ dīptaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamaṇḍalam ॥ 2 ॥
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃpramṛṣṭamajiraṃ śubham । mṛgairbahubhirākīrṇamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam ॥ 3 ॥
agnihotraiśca hutavadbhirbrahmaghoṣanināditam । puṣpaiśca bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ phalamūlairmanoharaiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca vīryavān । rāmaḥ pramudito dhīmān viveśāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 5 ॥
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān । dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam ॥ 1 ॥
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam । yathākāśe'rciṣāṃ dīptaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamaṇḍalam ॥ 2 ॥
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃpramṛṣṭamajiraṃ śubham । mṛgairbahubhirākīrṇamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam ॥ 3 ॥