.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 15

tato nārāyaṇo viṣṇurniyuktaḥ surasattamaiḥ .
jānannapi surānevaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 1..

upāyaḥ ko vadhe tasya rākṣasādhipateḥ surāḥ .
yamahaṃ taṃ samāsthāya nihanyāmṛṣikaṇṭakam .. 2..

evamuktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcurviṣṇumavyayam .
mānuṣīṃ tanumāsthāya rāvaṇaṃ jahi saṃyuge .. 3..

sa hi tepe tapastīvraṃ dīrghakālamarindama .
yena tuṣṭo.abhavadbrahmā lokakṛllokapūjitaḥ .. 4..

santuṣṭaḥ pradadau tasmai rākṣasāya varaṃ prabhuḥ .
nānāvidhebhyo bhūtebhyo bhayaṃ nānyatra mānuṣāt .. 5..

avajñātāḥ purā tena varadānena mānavāḥ .
tasmāttasya vadho dṛṣṭo mānuṣebhyaḥ parantapa .. 6..

ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā surāṇāṃ viṣṇurātmavān .
pitaraṃ rocayāmāsa tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam .. 7..

sa cāpyaputro nṛpatistasminkāle mahādyutiḥ .
ayajatputriyāmiṣṭiṃ putrepsurarisūdanaḥ .. 8..

tato vai yajamānasya pāvakādatulaprabham .
prādurbhūtaṃ mahadbhūtaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahābalam .. 9..

kṛṣṇaṃ raktāmbaradharaṃ raktāsyaṃ dundubhisvanam .
snigdhaharyakṣatanujaśmaśrupravaramūrdhajam .. 10..

śubhalakṣaṇasampannaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitam .
śailaśṛṅgasamutsedhaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam .. 11..

divākarasamākāraṃ dīptānalaśikhopamam .
taptajāmbūnadamayīṃ rājatāntaparicchadām .. 12..

divyapāyasasampūrṇāṃ pātrīṃ patnīmiva priyām .
pragṛhya vipulāṃ dorbhyāṃ svayaṃ māyāmayīm iva .. 13..

samavekṣyābravīdvākyamidaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam .
prājāpatyaṃ naraṃ viddhi māmihābhyāgataṃ nṛpa .. 14..

tataḥ paraṃ tadā rājā pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ .
bhagavansvāgataṃ te.astu kimahaṃ karavāṇi te .. 15..

atho punaridaṃ vākyaṃ prājāpatyo naro.abravīt .
rājannarcayatā devānadya prāptamidaṃ tvayā .. 16..

idaṃ tu naraśārdūla pāyasaṃ devanirmitam .
prajākaraṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ dhanyamārogyavardhanam .. 17..

bhāryāṇāmanurūpāṇāmaśnīteti prayaccha vai .
tāsu tvaṃ lapsyase putrānyadarthaṃ yajase nṛpa .. 18..

tatheti nṛpatiḥ prītaḥ śirasā pratigṛhyatām .
pātrīṃ devānnasampūrṇāṃ devadattāṃ hiraṇmayīm .. 19..

abhivādya ca tadbhūtamadbhutaṃ priyadarśanam .
mudā paramayā yuktaścakārābhipradakṣiṇam .. 20..

tato daśarathaḥ prāpya pāyasaṃ devanirmitam .
babhūva paramaprītaḥ prāpya vittamivādhanaḥ .. 21..

tatastadadbhutaprakhyaṃ bhūtaṃ paramabhāsvaram .
saṃvartayitvā tatkarma tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 22..

harṣaraśmibhirudyotaṃ tasyāntaḥpuramābabhau .
śāradasyābhirāmasya candrasyeva nabho.aṃśubhiḥ .. 23..

so.antaḥpuraṃ praviśyaiva kausalyāmidamabravīt .
pāyasaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva putrīyaṃ tvidamātmanaḥ .. 24..

kausalyāyai narapatiḥ pāyasārdhaṃ dadau tadā .
ardhādardhaṃ dadau cāpi sumitrāyai narādhipaḥ .. 25..

kaikeyyai cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ dadau putrārthakāraṇāt .
pradadau cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ pāyasasyāmṛtopamam .. 26..

anucintya sumitrāyai punareva mahīpatiḥ .
evaṃ tāsāṃ dadau rājā bhāryāṇāṃ pāyasaṃ pṛthak .. 27..

tāstvetatpāyasaṃ prāpya narendrasyottamāḥ striyaḥ .
saṃmānaṃ menire sarvāḥ praharṣoditacetasaḥ .. 28..




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