.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 23

tataḥ prabhāte vimale kṛtāhnikamarindamau .
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya nadyāstīramupāgatau .. 1..

te ca sarve mahātmāno munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ .
upasthāpya śubhāṃ nāvaṃ viśvāmitramathābruvan .. 2..

ārohatu bhavānnāvaṃ rājaputrapuraskṛtaḥ .
ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānaṃ mā bhūtkālasya paryayaḥ .. 3..

viśvāmitrastathetyuktvā tānṛṣīnabhipūjya ca .
tatāra sahitastābhyāṃ saritaṃ sāgaraṃ gamām .. 4..

atha rāmaḥ sarinmadhye papraccha munipuṅgavam .
vāriṇo bhidyamānasya kimayaṃ tumulo dhvaniḥ .. 5..

rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā kautūhala samanvitam .
kathayāmāsa dharmātmā tasya śabdasya niścayam .. 6..

kailāsaparvate rāma manasā nirmitaṃ saraḥ .
brahmaṇā naraśārdūla tenedaṃ mānasaṃ saraḥ .. 7..

tasmātsusrāva sarasaḥ sāyodhyāmupagūhate .
saraḥpravṛttā sarayūḥ puṇyā brahmasaraścyutā .. 8..

tasyāyamatulaḥ śabdo jāhnavīm abhivartate .
vārisaṅkṣobhajo rāma praṇāmaṃ niyataḥ kuru .. 9..

tābhyāṃ tu tāvubhau kṛtvā praṇāmamatidhārmikau .
tīraṃ dakṣiṇamāsādya jagmaturlaghuvikramau .. 10..

sa vanaṃ ghorasaṅkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpavarātmajaḥ .
aviprahatamaikṣvākaḥ papraccha munipuṅgavam .. 11..

aho vanamidaṃ durgaṃ jhillikāgaṇanāditam .
bhairavaiḥ śvāpadaiḥ kīrṇaṃ śakuntairdāruṇāravaiḥ .. 12..

nānāprakāraiḥ śakunairvāśyadbhirbhairavasvanaiḥ .
siṃhavyāghravarāhaiśca vāraṇaiścāpi śobhitam .. 13..

dhavāśvakarṇakakubhairbilvatindukapāṭalaiḥ .
saṅkīrṇaṃ badarībhiśca kiṃ nvidaṃ dāruṇaṃ vanam .. 14..

tamuvāca mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
śrūyatāṃ vatsa kākutstha yasyaitaddāruṇaṃ vanam .. 15..

etau janapadau sphītau pūrvamāstāṃ narottama .
maladāśca karūṣāśca devanirmāṇa nirmitau .. 16..

purā vṛtravadhe rāma malena samabhiplutam .
kṣudhā caiva sahasrākṣaṃ brahmahatyā yadāviśat .. 17..

tamindraṃ snāpayandevā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ .
kalaśaiḥ snāpayāmāsurmalaṃ cāsya pramocayan .. 18..

iha bhūmyāṃ malaṃ dattvā dattvā kāruṣameva ca .
śarīrajaṃ mahendrasya tato harṣaṃ prapedire .. 19..

nirmalo niṣkarūṣaśca śucirindro yadābhavat .
dadau deśasya suprīto varaṃ prabhuranuttamam .. 20..

imau janapadau sthītau khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyataḥ .
maladāśca karūṣāśca mamāṅgamaladhāriṇau .. 21..

sādhu sādhviti taṃ devāḥ pākaśāsanamabruvan .
deśasya pūjāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtāṃ śakreṇa dhīmatā .. 22..

etau janapadau sthītau dīrghakālamarindama .
maladāśca karūṣāśca muditau dhanadhānyataḥ .. 23..

kasya cittvatha kālasya yakṣī vai kāmarūpiṇī .
balaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayantī tadā hyabhūt .. 24..

tāṭakā nāma bhadraṃ te bhāryā sundasya dhīmataḥ .
mārīco rākṣasaḥ putro yasyāḥ śakraparākramaḥ .. 25..

imau janapadau nityaṃ vināśayati rāghava .
maladāṃśca karūṣāṃśca tāṭakā duṣṭacāriṇī .. 26..

seyaṃ panthānamāvārya vasatyatyardhayojane .
ata eva ca gantavyaṃ tāṭakāyā vanaṃ yataḥ .. 27..

svabāhubalamāśritya jahīmāṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm .
manniyogādimaṃ deśaṃ kuru niṣkaṇṭakaṃ punaḥ .. 28..

na hi kaścidimaṃ deśaṃ śakrotyāgantumīdṛśam .
yakṣiṇyā ghorayā rāma utsāditamasahyayā .. 29..

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathaitaddaruṇaṃ vanam .
yakṣyā cotsāditaṃ sarvamadyāpi na nivartate .. 30..




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