.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 10

bhūya eva ca rājendra śṛṇu me vacanaṃ hitam .
yathā sa devapravaraḥ kathayāmāsa buddhimān .. 1..

ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jāto bhaviṣyati sudhārmikaḥ .
rājā daśaratho nāmnā śrīmānsatyapratiśravaḥ .. 2..

aṅgarājena sakhyaṃ ca tasya rājño bhaviṣyati .
kanyā cāsya mahābhāgā śāntā nāma bhaviṣyati .. 3..

putrastvaṅgasya rājñastu romapāda iti śrutaḥ .
taṃ sa rājā daśaratho gamiṣyati mahāyaśāḥ .. 4..

anapatyo.asmi dharmātmañśāntā bhāryā mama kratum .
āhareta tvayājñaptaḥ santānārthaṃ kulasya ca .. 5..

śrutvā rājño.atha tadvākyaṃ manasā sa vicintya ca .
pradāsyate putravantaṃ śāntā bhartāramātmavān .. 6..

pratigṛhya ca taṃ vipraṃ sa rājā vigatajvaraḥ .
āhariṣyati taṃ yajñaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā .. 7..

taṃ ca rājā daśaratho yaṣṭukāmaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ .
ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ varayiṣyati dharmavit .. 8..

yajñārthaṃ prasavārthaṃ ca svargārthaṃ ca nareśvaraḥ .
labhate ca sa taṃ kāmaṃ dvija mukhyādviśāṃ patiḥ .. 9..

putrāścāsya bhaviṣyanti catvāro.amitavikramāḥ .
vaṃśapratiṣṭhānakarāḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutāḥ .. 10..

evaṃ sa devapravaraḥ pūrvaṃ kathitavānkathām .
sanatkumāro bhagavānpurā devayuge prabhuḥ .. 11..

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla tamānaya susatkṛtam .
svayameva mahārāja gatvā sabalavāhanaḥ .. 12..

anumānya vasiṣṭhaṃ ca sūtavākyaṃ niśamya ca .
sāntaḥpuraḥ sahāmātyaḥ prayayau yatra sa dvijaḥ .. 13..

vanāni saritaścaiva vyatikramya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ .
abhicakrāma taṃ deśaṃ yatra vai munipuṅgavaḥ .. 14..

āsādya taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ romapādasamīpagam .
ṛṣiputraṃ dadarśādau dīpyamānamivānalam .. 15..

tato rājā yathānyāyaṃ pūjāṃ cakre viśeṣataḥ .
sakhitvāttasya vai rājñaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā .. 16..

romapādena cākhyātamṛṣiputrāya dhīmate .
sakhyaṃ sambandhakaṃ caiva tadā taṃ pratyapūjayat .. 17..

evaṃ susatkṛtastena sahoṣitvā nararṣabhaḥ .
saptāṣṭadivasānrājā rājānamidamabravīt .. 18..

śāntā tava sutā rājansaha bhartrā viśāmpate .
madīyaṃ nagaraṃ yātu kāryaṃ hi mahadudyatam .. 19..

tatheti rājā saṃśrutya gamanaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ .
uvāca vacanaṃ vipraṃ gaccha tvaṃ saha bhāryayā .. 20..

ṛṣiputraḥ pratiśrutya tathetyāha nṛpaṃ tadā .
sa nṛpeṇābhyanujñātaḥ prayayau saha bhāryayā .. 21..

tāvanyonyāñjaliṃ kṛtvā snehātsaṃśliṣya corasā .
nanandaturdaśaratho romapādaśca vīryavān .. 22..

tataḥ suhṛdamāpṛcchya prasthito raghunandanaḥ .
paurebhyaḥ preṣayāmāsa dūtānvai śīghragāminaḥ .
kriyatāṃ nagaraṃ sarvaṃ kṣiprameva svalaṅkṛtam .. 23..

tataḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ paurāste śrutvā rājānamāgatam .
tathā pracakrustatsarvaṃ rājñā yatpreṣitaṃ tadā .. 24..

tataḥ svalaṅkṛtaṃ rājā nagaraṃ praviveśa ha .
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ puraskṛtya dvijarṣabham .. 25..

tataḥ pramuditāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā vai nāgarā dvijam .
praveśyamānaṃ satkṛtya narendreṇendrakarmaṇā .. 26..

antaḥpuraṃ praveśyainaṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā tu śāstrataḥ .
kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadātmānaṃ mene tasyopavāhanāt .. 27..

antaḥpurāṇi sarvāṇi śāntāṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāgatām .
saha bhartrā viśālākṣīṃ prītyānandamupāgaman .. 28..

pūjyamānā ca tābhiḥ sā rājñā caiva viśeṣataḥ .
uvāsa tatra sukhitā kaṃ citkālaṃ saha dvijā .. 29..




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