.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 21

tathā vasiṣṭhe bruvati rājā daśarathaḥ sutam .
prahṛṣṭavadano rāmamājuhāva salakṣmaṇam .. 1..

kṛtasvastyayanaṃ mātrā pitrā daśarathena ca .
purodhasā vasiṣṭhena maṅgalairabhimantritam .. 2..

sa putraṃ mūrdhnyupāghrāya rājā daśarathaḥ priyam .
dadau kuśikaputrāya suprītenāntarātmanā .. 3..

tato vāyuḥ sukhasparśo virajasko vavau tadā .
viśvāmitragataṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanam .. 4..

puṣpavṛṣṭirmahatyāsīddevadundubhinisvanaḥ .
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ prayāte tu mahātmani .. 5..

viśvāmitro yayāvagre tato rāmo mahāyaśāḥ .
kākapakṣadharo dhanvī taṃ ca saumitriranvagāt .. 6..

kalāpinau dhanuṣpāṇī śobhayānau diśo daśa .
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ triśīrṣāviva pannagau .
anujagmaturakṣudrau pitāmahamivāśvinau .. 7..

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau khaḍgavantau mahādyutī .
sthāṇuṃ devamivācintyaṃ kumārāviva pāvakī .. 8..

adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe .
rāmeti madhurā vāṇīṃ viśvāmitro.abhyabhāṣata .. 9..

gṛhāṇa vatsa salilaṃ mā bhūtkālasya paryayaḥ .
mantragrāmaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ balāmatibalāṃ tathā .. 10..

na śramo na jvaro vā te na rūpasya viparyayaḥ .
na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā dharṣayiṣyanti nairṛtāḥ .. 11..

na bāhvoḥ sadṛśo vīrye pṛthivyāmasti kaś cana .
triṣu lokeṣu vā rāma na bhavetsadṛśastava .. 12..

na saubhāgye na dākṣiṇye na jñāne buddhiniścaye .
nottare pratipattavyo samo loke tavānagha .. 13..

etadvidyādvaye labdhe bhavitā nāsti te samaḥ .
balā cātibalā caiva sarvajñānasya mātarau .. 14..

kṣutpipāse na te rāma bhaviṣyete narottama .
balāmatibalāṃ caiva paṭhataḥ pathi rāghava .
vidyādvayamadhīyāne yaśaścāpyatulaṃ bhuvi .. 15..

pitāmahasute hyete vidye tejaḥsamanvite .
pradātuṃ tava kākutstha sadṛśastvaṃ hi dhārmika .. 16..

kāmaṃ bahuguṇāḥ sarve tvayyete nātra saṃśayaḥ .
tapasā sambhṛte caite bahurūpe bhaviṣyataḥ .. 17..

tato rāmo jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śuciḥ .
pratijagrāha te vidye maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .
vidyāsamudito rāmaḥ śuśubhe bhūrivikramaḥ .. 18..

gurukāryāṇi sarvāṇi niyujya kuśikātmaje .
ūṣustāṃ rajanīṃ tatra sarayvāṃ susukhaṃ trayaḥ .. 19..




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