.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 4

prāptarājyasya rāmasya vālmīkirbhagavānṛṣiḥ .
cakāra caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vicitrapadamātmavān .. 1..

kṛtvā tu tanmahāprājñaḥ sabhaviṣyaṃ sahottaram .
cintayāmāsa ko nvetatprayuñjīyāditi prabhuḥ .. 2..

tasya cintayamānasya maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .
agṛhṇītāṃ tataḥ pādau muniveṣau kuśīlavau .. 3..

kuśīlavau tu dharmajñau rājaputrau yaśasvinau .
bhrātarau svarasampannau dadarśāśramavāsinau .. 4..

sa tu medhāvinau dṛṣṭvā vedeṣu pariniṣṭhitau .
vedopabṛhmaṇārthāya tāvagrāhayata prabhuḥ .. 5..

kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sītāyāścaritaṃ mahat .
paulastya vadhamityeva cakāra caritavrataḥ .. 6..

pāṭhye geye ca madhuraṃ pramāṇaistribhiranvitam .
jātibhiḥ saptabhiryuktaṃ tantrīlayasamanvitam .. 7..

hāsyaśṛṅgārakāruṇyaraudravīrabhayānakaiḥ .
bībhatsādirasairyuktaṃ kāvyametadagāyatām .. 8..

tau tu gāndharvatattvajñau sthāna mūrcchana kovidau .
bhrātarau svarasampannau gandharvāviva rūpiṇau .. 9..

rūpalakṣaṇasampannau madhurasvarabhāṣiṇau .
bimbādivoddhṛtau bimbau rāmadehāttathāparau .. 10..

tau rājaputrau kārtsnyena dharmyamākhyānamuttamam .
vāco vidheyaṃ tatsarvaṃ kṛtvā kāvyamaninditau .. 11..

ṛṣīṇāṃ ca dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāṃ ca samāgame .
yathopadeśaṃ tattvajñau jagatustau samāhitau .
mahātmānau mahābhāgau sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitau .. 12..

tau kadā citsametānāmṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām .
āsīnānāṃ samīpasthāvidaṃ kāvyamagāyatām .. 13..

tacchrutvā munayaḥ sarve bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ .
sādhu sādhvitytāvūcatuḥ paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ .. 14..

te prītamanasaḥ sarve munayo dharmavatsalāḥ .
praśaśaṃsuḥ praśastavyau gāyamānau kuśīlavau .. 15..

aho gītasya mādhuryaṃ ślokānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .
ciranirvṛttamapyetatpratyakṣamiva darśitam .. 16..

praviśya tāvubhau suṣṭhu tadā bhāvamagāyatām .
sahitau madhuraṃ raktaṃ sampannaṃ svarasampadā .. 17..

evaṃ praśasyamānau tau tapaḥślāghyairmaharṣibhiḥ .
saṃraktataramatyarthaṃ madhuraṃ tāvagāyatām .. 18..

prītaḥ kaścinmunistābhyāṃ saṃsthitaḥ kalaśaṃ dadau .
prasanno valkalaṃ kaściddadau tābhyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ .. 19..

āścaryamidamākhyānaṃ muninā samprakīrtitam .
paraṃ kavīnāmādhāraṃ samāptaṃ ca yathākramam .. 20..

praśasyamānau sarvatra kadā cittatra gāyakau .
rathyāsu rājamārgeṣu dadarśa bharatāgrajaḥ .. 21..

svaveśma cānīya tato bhrātarau sakuśīlavau .
pūjayāmāsa pūjārhau rāmaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ .. 22..

āsīnaḥ kāñcane divye sa ca siṃhāsane prabhuḥ .
upopaviṣṭaiḥ sacivairbhrātṛbhiśca parantapaḥ .. 23..

dṛṣṭvā tu rūpasampannau tāvubhau vīṇinau tataḥ .
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmaḥ śatrughnaṃ bharataṃ tathā .. 24..

śrūyatāmidamākhyānamanayordevavarcasoḥ .
vicitrārthapadaṃ samyaggāyatormadhurasvaram .. 25..

imau munī pārthivalakṣmaṇānvitau
kuśīlavau caiva mahātapasvinau .
mamāpi tadbhūtikaraṃ pracakṣate
mahānubhāvaṃ caritaṃ nibodhata .. 26..

tatastu tau rāmavacaḥ pracoditāv
agāyatāṃ mārgavidhānasampadā .
sa cāpi rāmaḥ pariṣadgataḥ śanair
bubhūṣayāsaktamanā babhūva .. 27..




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