.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 16

putratvaṃ tu gate viṣṇau rājñastasya mahātmanaḥ .
uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ svayambhūrbhagavānidam .. 1..

satyasandhasya vīrasya sarveṣāṃ no hitaiṣiṇaḥ .
viṣṇoḥ sahāyānbalinaḥ sṛjadhvaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .. 2..

māyāvidaśca śūrāṃśca vāyuvegasamāñjave .
nayajñānbuddhisampannānviṣṇutulyaparākramān .. 3..

asaṃhāryānupāyajñāndivyasaṃhananānvitān .
sarvāstraguṇasampannānamṛtaprāśanāniva .. 4..

apsaraḥsu ca mukhyāsu gandharvīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca .
yakṣapannagakanyāsu ṛṣkavidyādharīṣu ca .. 5..

kiṃnarīṇāṃ ca gātreṣu vānarīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca .
sṛjadhvaṃ harirūpeṇa putrāṃstulyaparākramān .. 6..

te tathoktā bhagavatā tatpratiśrutya śāsanam .
janayāmāsurevaṃ te putrānvānararūpiṇaḥ .. 7..

ṛṣayaśca mahātmānaḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ .
cāraṇāśca sutānvīrānsasṛjurvanacāriṇaḥ .. 8..

te sṛṣṭā bahusāhasrā daśagrīvavadhodyatāḥ .
aprameyabalā vīrā vikrāntāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ .. 9..

te gajācalasaṅkāśā vapuṣmanto mahābalāḥ .
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipramevābhijajñire .. 10..

yasya devasya yadrūpaṃ veṣo yaśca parākramaḥ .
ajāyata samastena tasya tasya sutaḥ pṛthak .. 11..

golāṅgūlīṣu cotpannāḥ ke citsaṃmatavikramāḥ .
ṛkṣīṣu ca tathā jātā vānarāḥ kiṃnarīṣu ca .. 12..

śilāpraharaṇāḥ sarve sarve pādapayodhinaḥ .
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ sarve sarve sarvāstrakovidāḥ .. 13..

vicālayeyuḥ śailendrānbhedayeyuḥ sthirāndrumān .
kṣobhayeyuśca vegena samudraṃ saritāṃ patim .. 14..

dārayeyuḥ kṣitiṃ padbhyāmāplaveyurmahārṇavam .
nabhastalaṃ viśeyuśca gṛhṇīyurapi toyadān .. 15..

gṛhṇīyurapi mātaṅgānmattānpravrajato vane .
nardamānāṃśca nādena pātayeyurvihaṅgamān .. 16..

īdṛśānāṃ prasūtāni harīṇāṃ kāmarūpimām .
śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi yūthapānāṃ mahātmanām .
babhūvuryūthapaśreṣṭhā vīrāṃścājanayanharīn .. 17..

anye ṛkṣavataḥ prasthānupatasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ .
anye nānāvidhāñśailānkānanāni ca bhejire .. 18..

sūryaputraṃ ca sugrīvaṃ śakraputraṃ ca vālinam .
bhrātarāvupatasthuste sarva eva harīśvarāḥ .. 19..

tairmeghavṛndācalatulyakāyair
mahābalairvānarayūthapālaiḥ .
babhūva bhūrbhīmaśarīrarūpaiḥ
samāvṛtā rāmasahāyahetoḥ .. 20..




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