.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 25

munervacanamaklībaṃ śrutvā naravarātmajaḥ .
rāghavaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā pratyuvāca dṛḍhavrataḥ .. 1..

piturvacananirdeśātpiturvacanagauravāt .
vacanaṃ kauśikasyeti kartavyamaviśaṅkayā .. 2..

anuśiṣṭo.asmyayodhyāyāṃ gurumadhye mahātmanā .
pitrā daśarathenāhaṃ nāvajñeyaṃ ca tadvacaḥ .. 3..

so.ahaṃ piturvacaḥ śrutvā śāsanādbrahma vādinaḥ .
kariṣyāmi na sandehastāṭakāvadhamuttamam .. 4..

gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya deśasyāsya sukhāya ca .
tava caivāprameyasya vacanaṃ kartumudyataḥ .. 5..

evamuktvā dhanurmadhye baddhvā muṣṭimarindamaḥ .
jyāśabdamakarottīvraṃ diśaḥ śabdena pūrayan .. 6..

tena śabdena vitrastāstāṭakā vanavāsinaḥ .
tāṭakā ca susaṅkruddhā tena śabdena mohitā .. 7..

taṃ śabdamabhinidhyāya rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā .
śrutvā cābhyadravadvegādyataḥ śabdo viniḥsṛtaḥ .. 8..

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ kruddhāṃ vikṛtāṃ vikṛtānanām .
pramāṇenātivṛddhāṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ so.abhyabhāṣata .. 9..

paśya lakṣmaṇa yakṣiṇyā bhairavaṃ dāruṇaṃ vapuḥ .
bhidyerandarśanādasyā bhīrūṇāṃ hṛdayāni ca .. 10..

enāṃ paśya durādharṣāṃ māyā balasamanvitām .
vinivṛttāṃ karomyadya hṛtakarṇāgranāsikām .. 11..

na hyenāmutsahe hantuṃ strīsvabhāvena rakṣitām .
vīryaṃ cāsyā gatiṃ cāpi haniṣyāmīti me matiḥ .. 12..

evaṃ bruvāṇe rāme tu tāṭakā krodhamūrchitā .
udyamya bāhū garjantī rāmamevābhyadhāvata .. 13..

tāmāpatantīṃ vegena vikrāntāmaśanīm iva .
śareṇorasi vivyādha sā papāta mamāra ca .. 14..

tāṃ hatāṃ bhīmasaṅkāśāṃ dṛṣṭvā surapatistadā .
sādhu sādhviti kākutsthaṃ surāśca samapūjayan .. 15..

uvāca paramaprītaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ .
surāśca sarve saṃhṛṣṭā viśvāmitramathābruvan .. 16..

mune kauśike bhadraṃ te sendrāḥ sarve marudgaṇāḥ .
toṣitāḥ karmaṇānena snehaṃ darśaya rāghave .. 17..

prajāpaterbhṛśāśvasya putrānsatyaparākramān .
tapobalabhṛtānbrahmanrāghavāya nivedaya .. 18..

pātrabhūtaśca te brahmaṃstavānugamane dhṛtaḥ .
kartavyaṃ ca mahatkarma surāṇāṃ rājasūnunā .. 19..

evamuktvā surāḥ sarve hṛṣṭā jagmuryathāgatam .
viśvāmitraṃ pūjayitvā tataḥ sandhyā pravartate .. 20..

tato munivaraḥ prītistāṭakā vadhatoṣitaḥ .
mūrdhni rāmamupāghrāya idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 21..

ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana .
śvaḥ prabhāte gamiṣyāmastadāśramapadaṃ mama .. 22..




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