.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 20

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya snehaparyākulākṣaram .
samanyuḥ kauśiko vākyaṃ pratyuvaca mahīpatim .. 1..

pūrvamarthaṃ pratiśrutya pratijñāṃ hātumicchasi .
rāgavāṇāmayukto.ayaṃ kulasyāsya viparyayaḥ .. 2..

yadidaṃ te kṣamaṃ rājangamiṣyāmi yathāgatam .
mithyāpratijñaḥ kākutstha sukhī bhava sabāndhavaḥ .. 3..

tasya roṣaparītasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ .
cacāla vasudhā kṛtsnā viveśa ca bhayaṃ surān .. 4..

trastarūpaṃ tu vijñāya jagatsarvaṃ mahānṛṣiḥ .
nṛpatiṃ suvrato dhīro vasiṣṭho vākyamabravīt .. 5..

ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ .
dhṛtimānsuvrataḥ śrīmānna dharmaṃ hātumarhasi .. 6..

triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto dharmātmā iti rāghavaḥ .
svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva nādharmaṃ voḍhumarhasi .. 7..

saṃśrutyaivaṃ kariṣyāmītyakurvāṇasya rāghava .
iṣṭāpūrtavadho bhūyāttasmādrāmaṃ visarjaya .. 8..

kṛtāstramakṛtāstraṃ vā nainaṃ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ .
guptaṃ kuśikaputreṇa jvalanenāmṛtaṃ yathā .. 9..

eṣa vigrahavāndharma eṣa vīryavatāṃ varaḥ .
eṣa buddhyādhiko loke tapasaśca parāyaṇam .. 10..

eṣo.astrānvividhānvetti trailokye sacarācare .
nainamanyaḥ pumānvetti na ca vetsyanti ke cana .. 11..

na devā narṣayaḥ ke cinnāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ .
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ .. 12..

sarvāstrāṇi kṛśāśvasya putrāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ .
kauśikāya purā dattā yadā rājyaṃ praśāsati .. 13..

te.api putrāḥ kṛśāśvasya prajāpatisutāsutāḥ .
nakarūpā mahāvīryā dīptimanto jayāvahāḥ .. 14..

jayā ca suprabhā caiva dakṣakanye sumadhyame .
te suvāte.astraśastrāṇi śataṃ parama bhāsvaram .. 15..

pañcāśataṃ sutā.Nllebhe jayā nāma varānpurā .
vadhāyāsurasainyānāmameyānkāmarūpiṇaḥ .. 16..

suprabhājanayaccāpi putrānpañcāśataṃ punaḥ .
saṃhārānnāma durdharṣāndurākrāmānbalīyasaḥ .. 17..

tāni cāstrāṇi vettyeṣa yathāvatkuśikātmajaḥ .
apūrvāṇāṃ ca janane śakto bhūyaś ca dharmavit .. 18..

evaṃ vīryo mahātejā viśvāmitrro mahātapāḥ .
na rāmagamane rājansaṃśayaṃ gantumarhasi .. 19..




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