.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 5

sarvāpūrvamiyaṃ yeṣāmāsītkṛtsnā vasundharā .
prajāpatimupādāya nṛpāṇāṃ jayaśālinām .. 1..

yeṣāṃ sa sagaro nāma sāgaro yena khānitaḥ .
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi yaṃ yāntaṃ paryavārayan .. 2..

ikṣvākūṇāmidaṃ teṣāṃ rājñāṃ vaṃśe mahātmanām .
mahadutpannamākhyānaṃ rāmāyaṇamiti śrutam .. 3..

tadidaṃ vartayiṣyāmi sarvaṃ nikhilamāditaḥ .
dharmakāmārthasahitaṃ śrotavyamanasūyayā .. 4..

kosalo nāma muditaḥ sphīto janapado mahān .
niviṣṭaḥ sarayūtīre prabhūtadhanadhānyavān .. 5..

ayodhyā nāma nagarī tatrāsīllokaviśrutā .
manunā mānavendreṇa yā purī nirmitā svayam .. 6..

āyatā daśa ca dve ca yojanāni mahāpurī .
śrīmatī trīṇi vistīrṇā suvibhaktamahāpathā .. 7..

rājamārgeṇa mahatā suvibhaktena śobhitā .
muktapuṣpāvakīrṇena jalasiktena nityaśaḥ .. 8..

tāṃ tu rājā daśaratho mahārāṣṭravivardhanaḥ .
purīmāvāsayāmāsa divi devapatiryathā .. 9..

kapāṭatoraṇavatīṃ suvibhaktāntarāpaṇām .
sarvayantrāyudhavatīmupetāṃ sarvaśilpibhiḥ .. 10..

sūtamāgadhasambādhāṃ śrīmatīmatulaprabhām .
uccāṭṭāladhvajavatīṃ śataghnīśatasaṅkulām .. 11..

vadhūnāṭakasaṅghaiśca saṃyuktāṃ sarvataḥ purīm .
udyānāmravaṇopetāṃ mahatīṃ sālamekhalām .. 12..

durgagambhīraparighāṃ durgāmanyairdurāsadām .
vājivāraṇasampūrṇāṃ gobhiruṣṭraiḥ kharaistathā .. 13..

sāmantarājasaṅghaiśca balikarmabhirāvṛtām .
nānādeśanivāsaiśca vaṇigbhirupaśobhitām .. 14..

prasādai ratnavikṛtaiḥ parvatairupaśobhitām .
kūṭāgāraiśca sampūrṇāmindrasyevāmarāvatīm .. 15..

citrāmaṣṭāpadākārāṃ varanārīgaṇairyutām .
sarvaratnasamākīrṇāṃ vimānagṛhaśobhitām .. 16..

gṛhagāḍhāmavicchidrāṃ samabhūmau niveśitām .
śālitaṇḍulasampūrṇāmikṣukāṇḍarasodakām .. 17..

dundubhībhirmṛdaṅgaiśca vīṇābhiḥ paṇavaistathā .
nāditāṃ bhṛśamatyarthaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tāmanuttamām .. 18..

vimānamiva siddhānāṃ tapasādhigataṃ divi .
suniveśitaveśmāntāṃ narottamasamāvṛtām .. 19..

ye ca bāṇairna vidhyanti viviktamaparāparam .
śabdavedhyaṃ ca vitataṃ laghuhastā viśāradāḥ .. 20..

siṃhavyāghravarāhāṇāṃ mattānāṃ nadatāṃ vane .
hantāro niśitaiḥ śastrairbalādbāhubalairapi .. 21..

tādṛśānāṃ sahasraistāmabhipūrṇāṃ mahārathaiḥ .
purīmāvāsayāmāsa rājā daśarathastadā .. 22..

tāmagnimadbhirguṇavadbhirāvṛtāṃ
dvijottamairvedaṣaḍaṅgapāragaiḥ .
sahasradaiḥ satyaratairmahātmabhir
maharṣikalpairṛṣibhiśca kevalaiḥ .. 23..




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