.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 41

kāladharmaṃ gate rāma sagare prakṛtījanāḥ .
rājānaṃ rocayāmāsuraṃśumantaṃ sudhārmikam .. 1..

sa rājā sumahānāsīdaṃśumānraghunandana .
tasya putro mahānāsīddilīpa iti viśrutaḥ .. 2..

tasminrājyaṃ samāveśya dilīpe raghunandana .
himavacchikhare ramye tapastepe sudāruṇam .. 3..

dvādtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇi sumahāyaśāḥ .
tapovanagato rājā svargaṃ lebhe tapodhanaḥ .. 4..

dilīpastu mahātejāḥ śrutvā paitāmahaṃ vadham .
duḥkhopahatayā buddhyā niścayaṃ nādhyagacchata .. 5..

kathaṃ gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ jalakriyā .
tārayeyaṃ kathaṃ caitāniti cintā paro.abhavat .. 6..

tasya cintayato nityaṃ dharmeṇa viditātmanaḥ .
putro bhagīratho nāma jajñe paramadhārmikaḥ .. 7..

dilīpastu mahātejā yajñairbahubhiriṣṭavān .
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi rājā rājyamakārayat .. 8..

agatvā niścayaṃ rājā teṣāmuddharaṇaṃ prati .
vyādhinā naraśārdūla kāladharmamupeyivān .. 9..

indralokaṃ gato rājā svārjitenaiva karmaṇā .
ramye bhagīrathaṃ putramabhiṣicya nararṣabhaḥ .. 10..

bhagīrathastu rājarṣirdhārmiko raghunandana .
anapatyo mahātejāḥ prajākāmaḥ sa cāprajaḥ .. 11..

sa tapo dīrghamātiṣṭhadgokarṇe raghunandana .
ūrdhvabāhuḥ pañcatapā māsāhāro jitendriyaḥ .. 12..

tasya varṣasahasrāṇi ghore tapasi tiṣṭhataḥ .
suprīto bhagavānbrahmā prajānāṃ patirīśvaraḥ .. 13..

tataḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārdhamupāgamya pitāmahaḥ .
bhagīrathaṃ mahātmānaṃ tapyamānamathābravīt .. 14..

bhagīratha mahābhāga prītaste.ahaṃ janeśvara .
tapasā ca sutaptena varaṃ varaya suvrata .. 15..

tamuvāca mahātejāḥ sarvalokapitāmaham .
bhagīratho mahābhāgaḥ kṛtāñjaliravasthitaḥ .. 16..

yṛadi me bhagavānprīto yadyasti tapasaḥ phalam .
sagarasyātmajāḥ sarve mattaḥ salilamāpnuyuḥ .. 17..

gaṅgāyāḥ salilaklinne bhasmanyeṣāṃ mahātmanām .
svargaṃ gaccheyuratyantaṃ sarve me prapitāmahāḥ .. 18..

deyā ca santatordeva nāvasīdetkulaṃ ca naḥ .
ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule deva eṣa me.astu varaḥ paraḥ .. 19..

uktavākyaṃ tu rājānaṃ sarvalokapitāmahaḥ .
pratyuvāca śubhāṃ vāṇīṃ madhurāṃ madhurākṣarām .. 20..

manoratho mahāneṣa bhagīratha mahāratha .
evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te ikṣvākukulavardhana .. 21..

iyaṃ haimavatī gaṅgā jyeṣṭhā himavataḥ sutā .
tāṃ vai dhārayituṃ rājanharastatra niyujyatām .. 22..

gaṅgāyāḥ patanaṃ rājanpṛthivī na sahiṣyate .
tau vai dhārayituṃ vīra nānyaṃ paśyāmi śūlinaḥ .. 23..

tamevamuktvā rājānaṃ gaṅgāṃ cābhāṣya lokakṛt .
jagāma tridivaṃ devaḥ saha sarvairmarudgaṇaiḥ .. 24..




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