.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ .
kumbhayonirmahātejā vākyametaduvāca ha .. 1..

śṛṇu rājanyathāvṛttaṃ yasya tejobalaṃ mahat .
jaghāna ca ripūnyuddhe yathāvadhyaśca śatrubhiḥ .. 2..

ahaṃ te rāvaṇasyedaṃ kulaṃ janma ca rāghava .
varapradānaṃ ca tathā tasmai dattaṃ bravīmi te .. 3..

purā kṛtayuge rāma prajāpatisutaḥ prabhuḥ .
pulastyo nāma brahmarṣiḥ sākṣādiva pitāmahaḥ .. 4..

nānukīrtyā guṇāstasya dharmataḥ śīlatastathā .
prajāpateḥ putra iti vaktuṃ śakyaṃ hi nāmataḥ .. 5..

sa tu dharmaprasaṅgena meroḥ pārśve mahāgireḥ .
tṛṇabindvāśramaṃ gatvā nyavasanmunipuṅgavaḥ .. 6..

tapastepe sa dharmātmā svādhyāyaniyatendriyaḥ .
gatvāśramapadaṃ tasya vighnaṃ kurvanti kanyakāḥ .. 7..

devapannagakanyāśca rājarṣitanayāśca yāḥ .
krīḍantyo.apsarasaścaiva taṃ deśamupapedire .. 8..

sarvartuṣūpabhogyatvādramyatvātkānanasya ca .
nityaśastāstu taṃ deśaṃ gatvā krīḍanti kanyakāḥ .. 9..

atha ruṣṭo mahātejā vyājahāra mahāmuniḥ .
yā me darśanamāgacchetsā garbhaṃ dhārayiṣyati .. 10..

tāstu sarvāḥ pratigatāḥ śrutvā vākyaṃ mahātmanaḥ .
brahmaśāpabhayādbhītāstaṃ deśaṃ nopacakramuḥ .. 11..

tṛṇabindostu rājarṣestanayā na śṛṇoti tat .
gatvāśramapadaṃ tasya vicacāra sunirbhayā .. 12..

tasminneva tu kāle sa prajāpatyo mahānṛṣiḥ .
svādhyāyamakarottatra tapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ .. 13..

sā tu vedadhvaniṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā caiva tapodhanam .
abhavatpāṇḍudehā sā suvyañjitaśarīrajā .. 14..

dṛṣṭvā paramasaṃvignā sā tu tadrūpamātmanaḥ .
idaṃ me kiṃ nviti jñātvā piturgatvāgrataḥ sthitāḥ .. 15..

tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tathā bhūtāṃ tṛṇabindurathābravīt .
kiṃ tametattvasadṛśaṃ dhārayasyātmano vapuḥ .. 16..

sā tu kṛtvāñjaliṃ dīnā kanyovāca tapodhanam .
na jāne kāraṇaṃ tāta yena me rūpamīdṛśam .. 17..

kiṃ tu pūrvaṃ gatāsmyekā maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .
pulastyasyāśramaṃ divyamanveṣṭuṃ svasakhījanam .. 18..

na ca paśyāmyahaṃ tatra kāṃ cidapyāgatāṃ sakhīm .
rūpasya tu viparyāsaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāhamihāgatā .. 19..

tṛṇabindustu rājarṣistapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ .
dhyānaṃ viveśa taccāpi apaśyadṛṣikarmajam .. 20..

sa tu vijñāya taṃ śāpaṃ maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .
gṛhītvā tanayāṃ gatvā pulastyamidamabravīt .. 21..

bhagamaṃstanayāṃ me tvaṃ guṇaiḥ svaireva bhūṣitām .
bhikṣāṃ pratigṛhāṇemāṃ maharṣe svayamudyatām .. 22..

tapaścaraṇayuktasya śrāmyamāṇendriyasya te .
śuśrūṣā tatparā nityaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 23..

taṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ rājarṣiṃ dhārmikaṃ tadā .
jighṛkṣurabbravītkanyāṃ bāḍhamityeva sa dvijaḥ .. 24..

dattvā tu sa gato rājā svamāśramapadaṃ tadā .
sāpi tatrāvasatkanyā toṣayantī patiṃ guṇaiḥ .
prītaḥ sa tu mahātejā vākyametaduvāca ha .. 25..

parituṣṭo.asmi bhadraṃ te guṇānāṃ sampadā bhṛśam .
tasmātte viramāmyadya putramātmasamaṃ guṇaiḥ .
ubhayorvaṃśakartāraṃ paulastya iti viśrutam .. 26..

yasmāttu viśruto vedastvayehābhyasyato mama .
tasmātsa viśravā nāma bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 27..

evamuktā tu sā kanyā prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā .
acireṇaiva kālena sūtā viśravasaṃ sutam .. 28..

sa tu lokatraye khyātaḥ śaucadharmasamanvitaḥ .
piteva tapasā yukto viśravā munipuṅgavaḥ .. 29..




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