.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 22

prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
abhyabhāṣata kākutsthaṃ śayānaṃ parṇasaṃstare .. 1..

kausalyā suprajā rāma pūrvā sandhyā pravartate .
uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla kartavyaṃ daivamāhnikam .. 2..

tasyarṣeḥ paramodāraṃ vacaḥ śrutvā nṛpātmajau .
snātvā kṛtodakau vīrau jepatuḥ paramaṃ japam .. 3..

kṛtāhnikau mahāvīryau viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam .
abhivādyābhisaṃhṛṣṭau gamanāyopatasthatuḥ .. 4..

tau prayāte mahāvīryau divyaṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm .
dadṛśāte tatastatra sarayvāḥ saṅgame śubhe .. 5..

tatrāśramapadaṃ puṇyamṛṣīṇāmugratejasām .
bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapyatāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ .. 6..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītau rāghavau puṇyamāśramam .
ūcatustaṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvāmitramidaṃ vacaḥ .. 7..

kasyāyamāśramaḥ puṇyaḥ ko nvasminvasate pumān .
bhagavañśrotumicchāvaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi nau .. 8..

tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya munipuṅgavaḥ .
abravīcchrūyatāṃ rāma yasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ .. 9..

kandarpo mūrtimānāsītkāma ityucyate budhaiḥ .. 10..

tapasyantamiha sthāṇuṃ niyamena samāhitam .
kṛtodvāhaṃ tu deveśaṃ gacchantaṃ samarudgaṇam .
dharṣayāmāsa durmedhā huṅkṛtaśca mahātmanā .. 11..

dagdhasya tasya raudreṇa cakṣuṣā raghunandana .
vyaśīryanta śarīrātsvātsarvagātrāṇi durmateḥ .. 12..

tasya gātraṃ hataṃ tatra nirdagdhasya mahātmanā .
aśarīraḥ kṛtaḥ kāmaḥ krodhāddeveśvareṇa ha .. 13..

anaṅga iti vikhyātastadā prabhṛti rāghava .
sa cāṅgaviṣayaḥ śrīmānyatrāṅgaṃ sa mumoca ha .. 14..

tasyāyamāśramaḥ puṇyastasyeme munayaḥ purā .
śiṣyā dharmaparā vīra teṣāṃ pāpaṃ na vidyate .. 15..

ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana .
puṇyayoḥ saritormadhye śvastariṣyāmahe vayam .. 16..

teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra tapo dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā .
vijñāya paramaprītā munayo harṣamāgaman .. 17..

arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathātithyaṃ nivedyakuśikātmaje .
rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ paścādakurvannatithikriyām .. 18..

satkāraṃ samanuprāpya kathābhirabhirañjayan .
nyavasansusukhaṃ tatra kāmāśramapade tadā .. 19..




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