.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 48

aphalastu tataḥ śakro devānagnipurogamān .
abravīttrastavadanaḥ sarṣisaṅghānsacāraṇān .. 1..

kurvatā tapaso vighnaṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ .
krodhamutpādya hi mayā surakāryamidaṃ kṛtam .. 2..

aphalo.asmi kṛtastena krodhātsā ca nirākṛtā .
śāpamokṣeṇa mahatā tapo.asyāpahṛtaṃ mayā .. 3..

tanmāṃ suravarāḥ sarve sarṣisaṅghāḥ sacāraṇāḥ .
surasāhyakaraṃ sarve saphalaṃ kartumarhatha .. 4..

śatakratorvacaḥ śrutvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ .
pitṛdevānupetyāhuḥ saha sarvairmarudgaṇaiḥ .. 5..

ayaṃ meṣaḥ savṛṣaṇaḥ śakro hyavṛṣaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ .
meṣasya vṛṣaṇau gṛhya śakrāyāśu prayacchata .. 6..

aphalastu kṛto meṣaḥ parāṃ tuṣṭiṃ pradāsyati .
bhavatāṃ harṣaṇārthāya ye ca dāsyanti mānavāḥ .. 7..

agnestu vacanaṃ śrutvā pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ .
utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyavedayan .. 8..

tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ .
aphalānbhuñjate meṣānphalaisteṣām ayojayan .. 9..

indrastu meṣavṛṣaṇastadā prabhṛti rāghava .
gautamasya prabhāvena tapasaśca mahātmanaḥ .. 10..

tadāgaccha mahāteja āśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ .
tārayaināṃ mahābhāgāmahalyāṃ devarūpiṇīm .. 11..

viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya āśramaṃ praviveśa ha .. 12..

dadarśa ca mahābhāgāṃ tapasā dyotitaprabhām .
lokairapi samāgamya durnirīkṣyāṃ surāsuraiḥ .. 13..

prayatnānnirmitāṃ dhātrā divyāṃ māyāmayīm iva .
dhūmenābhiparītāṅgīṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva .. 14..

satuṣārāvṛtāṃ sābhrāṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva .
madhye.ambhaso durādharṣāṃ dīptāṃ sūryaprabhām iva .. 15..

sa hi gautamavākyena durnirīkṣyā babhūva ha .
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ yāvadrāmasya darśanam .. 16..

rāghavau tu tatastasyāḥ pādau jagṛhatustadā .
smarantī gautamavacaḥ pratijagrāha sā ca tau .. 17..

pādyamarghyaṃ tathātithyaṃ cakāra susamāhitā .
pratijagrāha kākutstho vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. 18..

puṣpavṛṣṭirmahatyāsīddevadundubhinisvanaiḥ .
gandharvāpsarasāṃ cāpi mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ .. 19..

sādhu sādhviti devāstāmahalyāṃ samapūjayan .
tapobalaviśuddhāṅgīṃ gautamasya vaśānugām .. 20..

gautamo.api mahātejā ahalyāsahitaḥ sukhī .
rāmaṃ sampūjya vidhivattapastepe mahātapāḥ .. 21..

rāmo.api paramāṃ pūjāṃ gautamasya mahāmuneḥ .
sakāśādvidhivatprāpya jagāma mithilāṃ tataḥ .. 22..




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