.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 29

atha tau deśakālajñau rājaputrāvarindamau .
deśe kāle ca vākyajñāvabrūtāṃ kauśikaṃ vacaḥ .. 1..

bhagavañśrotumicchāvo yasminkāle niśācarau .
saṃrakṣaṇīyau tau brahmannātivarteta tatkṣaṇam .. 2..

evaṃ bruvāṇau kākutsthau tvaramāṇau yuyutsayā .
sarve te munayaḥ prītāḥ praśaśaṃsurnṛpātmajau .. 3..

adya prabhṛti ṣaḍrātraṃ rakṣataṃ rāghavau yuvām .
dīkṣāṃ gato hyeṣa munirmaunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati .. 4..

tau tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrau yaśasvinau .
anidrau ṣaḍahorātraṃ tapovanamarakṣatām .. 5..

upāsāṃ cakraturvīrau yattau paramadhanvinau .
rarakṣaturmunivaraṃ viśvāmitramarindamau .. 6..

atha kāle gate tasminṣaṣṭhe.ahani samāgate .
saumitramabravīdrāmo yatto bhava samāhitaḥ .. 7..

rāmasyaivaṃ bruvāṇasya tvaritasya yuyutsayā .
prajajvāla tato vediḥ sopādhyāyapurohitā .. 8..

mantravacca yathānyāyaṃ yajño.asau sampravartate .
ākāśe ca mahāñśabdaḥ prādurāsīdbhayānakaḥ .. 9..

āvārya gaganaṃ megho yathā prāvṛṣi nirgataḥ .
tathā māyāṃ vikurvāṇau rākṣasāvabhyadhāvatām .. 10..

mārīcaśca subāhuśca tayoranucarāstathā .
āgamya bhīmasaṅkāśā rudhiraughānavāsṛjan .. 11..

tāvāpatantau sahasā dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanaḥ .
lakṣmaṇaṃ tvabhisamprekṣya rāmo vacanamabravīt .. 12..

paśya lakṣmaṇa durvṛttānrākṣasānpiśitāśanān .
mānavāstrasamādhūtānanilena yathāghanān .. 13..

mānavaṃ paramodāramastraṃ paramabhāsvaram .
cikṣepa paramakruddho mārīcorasi rāghavaḥ .. 14..

sa tena paramāstreṇa mānavena samāhitaḥ .
sampūrṇaṃ yojanaśataṃ kṣiptaḥ sāgarasamplave .. 15..

vicetanaṃ vighūrṇantaṃ śīteṣubalapīḍitam .
nirastaṃ dṛśya mārīcaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt .. 16..

paśya lakṣmaṇa śīteṣuṃ mānavaṃ dharmasaṃhitam .
mohayitvā nayatyenaṃ na ca prāṇairviyujyate .. 17..

imānapi vadhiṣyāmi nirghṛṇānduṣṭacāriṇaḥ .
rākṣasānpāpakarmasthānyajñaghnānrudhirāśanān .. 18..

vigṛhya sumahaccāstramāgneyaṃ raghunandanaḥ .
subāhurasi cikṣepa sa viddhaḥ prāpatadbhuvi .. 19..

śeṣānvāyavyamādāya nijaghāna mahāyaśāḥ .
rāghavaḥ paramodāro munīnāṃ mudamāvahan .. 20..

sa hatvā rākṣasānsarvānyajñaghnānraghunandanaḥ .
ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitastatra yathendro vijaye purā .. 21..

atha yajñe samāpte tu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
nirītikā diśo dṛṣṭvā kākutsthamidamabravīt .. 22..

kṛtārtho.asmi mahābāho kṛtaṃ guruvacastvayā .
siddhāśramamidaṃ satyaṃ kṛtaṃ rāma mahāyaśaḥ .. 23..




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