.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 42

devadeve gate tasminso.aṅguṣṭhāgranipīḍitām .
kṛtvā vasumatīṃ rāma saṃvatsaramupāsata .. 1..

atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ .
umāpatiḥ paśupatī rājānamidamabravīt .. 2..

prītaste.ahaṃ naraśreṣṭha kariṣyāmi tava priyam .
śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi śailarājasutām aham .. 3..

tato haimavatī jyeṣṭhā sarvalokanamaskṛtā .
tadā sātimahadrūpaṃ kṛtvā vegaṃ ca duḥsaham .
ākāśādapatadrāma śive śivaśirasyuta .. 4..

naiva sā nirgamaṃ lekhe jaṭāmaṇḍalamohitā .
tatraivābabhramaddevī saṃvatsaragaṇānbahūn .. 5..

anena toṣitaścāsīdatyarthaṃ raghunandana .
visasarja tato gaṅgāṃ haro bindusaraḥ prati .. 6..

gaganācchaṅkaraśirastato dharaṇimāgatā .
vyasarpata jalaṃ tatra tīvraśabdapuraskṛtam .. 7..

tato devarṣigandharvā yakṣāḥ siddhagaṇāstathā .
vyalokayanta te tatra gaganādgāṃ gatāṃ tadā .. 8..

vimānairnagarākārairhayairgajavaraistathā .
pāriplavagatāścāpi devatāstatra viṣṭhitāḥ .. 9..

tadadbhutatamaṃ loke gaṅgā patanamuttamam .
didṛkṣavo devagaṇāḥ sameyuramitaujasaḥ .. 10..

sampatadbhiḥ suragaṇaisteṣāṃ cābharaṇaujasā .
śatādityamivābhāti gaganaṃ gatatoyadam .. 11..

śiṃśumāroragagaṇairmīnairapi ca cañcalaiḥ .
vidyudbhiriva vikṣiptairākāśamabhavattadā .. 12..

pāṇḍuraiḥ salilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaiḥ sahasradhā .
śāradābhrairivākrītṇaṃ gaganaṃ haṃsasamplavaiḥ .. 13..

kva ciddrutataraṃ yāti kuṭilaṃ kva cidāyatam .
vinataṃ kva ciduddhūtaṃ kva cidyāti śanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. 14..

salilenaiva salilaṃ kva cidabhyāhataṃ punaḥ .
muhurūrdhvapathaṃ gatvā papāta vasudhāṃ punaḥ .. 15..

tacchaṅkaraśirobhraṣṭaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ bhūmitale punaḥ .
vyarocata tadā toyaṃ nirmalaṃ gatakalmaṣam .. 16..

tatrarṣigaṇagandharvā vasudhātalavāsinaḥ .
bhavāṅgapatitaṃ toyaṃ pavitramiti paspṛśuḥ .. 17..

śāpātprapatitā ye ca gaganādvasudhātalam .
kṛtvā tatrābhiṣekaṃ te babhūvurgatakalmaṣāḥ .. 18..

dhūpapāpāḥ punastena toyenātha subhāsvatā .
punarākāśamāviśya svā.Nllokānpratipedire .. 19..

mumude mudito lokastena toyena bhāsvatā .
kṛtābhiṣeko gaṅgāyāṃ babhūva vigataklamaḥ .. 20..

bhagīratho.api rājarṣirdivyaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ .
prāyādagre mahātejāstaṃ gaṅgā pṛṣṭhato.anvagāt .. 21..

devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve daityadānavarākṣasāḥ .
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ .. 22..

sarvāścāpsaraso rāma bhagīratharathānugāḥ .
gaṅgāmanvagamanprītāḥ sarve jalacarāś ca ye .. 23..

yato bhagīratho rājā tato gaṅgā yaśasvinī .
jagāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpavināśinī .. 24..




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