.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 11

tataḥ kāle bahutithe kasmiṃś citsumanohare .
vasante samanuprāpte rājño yaṣṭuṃ mano.abhavat .. 1..

tataḥ prasādya śirasā taṃ vipraṃ devavarṇinam .
yajñāya varayāmāsa santānārthaṃ kulasya ca .. 2..

tatheti ca sa rājānamuvāca ca susatkṛtaḥ .
sambhārāḥ sambhriyantāṃ te turagaśca vimucyatām .. 3..

tato rājābravīdvākyaṃ sumantraṃ mantrisattamam .
sumantrāvāhaya kṣipramṛtvijo brahmavādinaḥ .. 4..

tataḥ sumantrastvaritaṃ gatvā tvaritavikramaḥ .
samānayatsa tānviprānsamastānvedapāragān .. 5..

suyajñaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca jābālimatha kāśyapam .
purohitaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca ye cānye dvijasattamāḥ .. 6..

tānpūjayitvā dharmātmā rājā daśarathastadā .
idaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 7..

mama lālapyamānasya putrārthaṃ nāsti vai sukham .
tadarthaṃ hayamedhena yakṣyāmīti matirmama .. 8..

tadahaṃ yaṣṭumicchāmi śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā .
ṛṣiputraprabhāvena kāmānprāpsyāmi cāpyaham .. 9..

tataḥ sādhviti tadvākyaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ pratyapūjayan .
vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarve pārthivasya mukhāccyutam .. 10..

ṛṣyaśṛṅgapurogāśca pratyūcurnṛpatiṃ tadā .
sambhārāḥ sambhriyantāṃ te turagaśca vimucyatām .. 11..

sarvathā prāpyase putrāṃścaturo.amitavikramān .
yasya te dhārmikī buddhiriyaṃ putrārthamāgatāḥ .. 12..

tataḥ prīto.abhavadrājā śrutvā taddvijabhāṣitam .
amātyāṃścābravīdrājā harṣeṇedaṃ śubhākṣaram .. 13..

gurūṇāṃ vacanācchīghraṃ sambhārāḥ sambhriyantu me .
samarthādhiṣṭhitaścāśvaḥ sopādhyāyo vimucyatām .. 14..

sarayvāścottare tīre yajñabhūmirvidhīyatām .
śāntayaścābhivardhantāṃ yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi .. 15..

śakyaḥ kartumayaṃ yajñaḥ sarveṇāpi mahīkṣitā .
nāparādho bhavetkaṣṭo yadyasminkratusattame .. 16..

chidraṃ hi mṛgayante.atra vidvāṃso brahmarākṣasāḥ .
vidhihīnasya yajñasya sadyaḥ kartā vinaśyati .. 17..

tadyathāvidhi pūrvaṃ me kratureṣa samāpyate .
tathāvidhānaṃ kriyatāṃ samarthāḥ karaṇeṣviha .. 18..

tatheti ca tataḥ sarve mantriṇaḥ pratyapūjayan .
pārthivendrasya tadvākyaṃ yathājñaptamakurvata .. 19..

tato dvijāste dharmajñamastuvanpārthivarṣabham .
anujñātāstataḥ sarve punarjagmuryathāgatam .. 20..

gatānāṃ tu dvijātīnāṃ mantriṇastānnarādhipaḥ .
visarjayitvā svaṃ veśma praviveśa mahā dyutiḥ .. 21..




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