.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 24

atha tasyāprameyasya munervacanamuttamam .
śrutvā puruṣaśārdūlaḥ pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram .. 1..

alpavīryā yadā yakṣāḥ śrūyante munipuṅgava .
kathaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayatyabalā balam .. 2..

viśvāmitro.abravīdvākyaṃ śṛṇu yena balottarā .
varadānakṛtaṃ vīryaṃ dhārayatyabalā balam .. 3..

pūrvamāsīnmahāyakṣaḥ suketurnāma vīryavān .
anapatyaḥ śubhācāraḥ sa ca tepe mahattapaḥ .. 4..

pitāmahastu suprītastasya yakṣapatestadā .
kanyāratnaṃ dadau rāma tāṭakāṃ nāma nāmataḥ .. 5..

dadau nāgasahasrasya balaṃ cāsyāḥ pitāmahaḥ .
na tveva putraṃ yakṣāya dadau brahmā mahāyaśāḥ .. 6..

tāṃ tu jātāṃ vivardhantīṃ rūpayauvanaśālinīm .
jambhaputrāya sundāya dadau bhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm .. 7..

kasya cittvatha kālalsya yakṣī putraṃ vyajāyata .
mārīcaṃ nāma durdharṣaṃ yaḥ śāpādrākṣaso.abhavat .. 8..

sunde tu nihate rāma agastyamṛṣisattamam .
tāṭakā saha putreṇa pradharṣayitumicchati .. 9..

rākṣasatvaṃ bhajasveti mārīcaṃ vyājahāra saḥ .
agastyaḥ paramakruddhastāṭakāmapi śaptavān .. 10..

puruṣādī mahāyakṣī virūpā vikṛtānanā .
idaṃ rūpamapahāya dāruṇaṃ rūpamastu te .. 11..

saiṣā śāpakṛtāmarṣā tāṭakā krodhamūrchitā .
deśamutsādayatyenamagastyacaritaṃ śubham .. 12..

enāṃ rāghava durvṛttāṃ yakṣīṃ paramadāruṇām .
gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya jahi duṣṭaparākramām .. 13..

na hyenāṃ śāpasaṃsṛṣṭāṃ kaścidutsahate pumān .
nihantuṃ triṣu lokeṣu tvāmṛte raghunandana .. 14..

na hi te strīvadhakṛte ghṛṇā kāryā narottama .
cāturvarṇyahitārthāya kartavyaṃ rājasūnunā .. 15..

rājyabhāraniyuktānāmeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .
adharmyāṃ jahi kākutśa dharmo hyasyā na vidyate .. 16..

śrūyate hi purā śakro virocanasutāṃ nṛpa .
pṛthivīṃ hantumicchantīṃ mantharāmabhyasūdayat .. 17..

viṣṇunā ca purā rāma bhṛgupatnī dṛḍhavratā .
anindraṃ lokamicchantī kāvyamātā niṣūditā .. 18..

etaiścānyaiśca bahubhī rājaputramahātmabhiḥ .
adharmaniratā nāryo hatāḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ .. 19..




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