.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 56

tataḥ santaptahṛdayaḥ smarannigrahamātmanaḥ .
viniḥśvasya viniḥśvasya kṛtavairo mahātmanā .. 1..

sa dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ gatvā mahiṣyā saha rāghava .
tatāpa paramaṃ ghoraṃ viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ .
phalamūlāśano dāntaścacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ .. 2..

athāsya jajñire putrāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ .
haviṣpando madhuṣpando dṛḍhanetro mahārathaḥ .. 3..

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .
abravīnmadhuraṃ vākyaṃ viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam .. 4..

jitā rājarṣilokāste tapasā kuśikātmaja .
anena tapasā tvāṃ hi rājarṣiriti vidmahe .. 5..

evamuktvā mahātejā jagāma saha daivataiḥ .
triviṣṭapaṃ brahmalokaṃ lokānāṃ parameśvaraḥ .. 6..

viśvāmitro.api tacchrutvā hriyā kiṃ cidavāṅmukhaḥ .
duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭaḥ samanyuridamabravīt .. 7..

tapaśca sumahattaptaṃ rājarṣiriti māṃ viduḥ .
devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve nāsti manye tapaḥphalam .. 8..

evaṃ niścitya manasā bhūya eva mahātapāḥ .
tapaścacāra kākutstha paramaṃ paramātmavān .. 9..

etasminneva kāle tu satyavādī jitendriyaḥ .
triśaṅkuriti vikhyāta ikṣvāku kulanandanaḥ .. 10..

tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā yajeyamiti rāghava .
gaccheyaṃ svaśarīreṇa devānāṃ paramāṃ gatim .. 11..

sa vasiṣṭhaṃ samāhūya kathayāmāsa cintitam .
aśakyamiti cāpyukto vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā .. 12..

pratyākhyāto vasiṣṭhena sa yayau dakṣiṇāṃ diśam .
vasiṣṭhā dīrgha tapasastapo yatra hi tepire .. 13..

triśaṅkuḥ sumahātejāḥ śataṃ paramabhāsvaram .
vasiṣṭhaputrāndadṛśe tapyamānānyaśasvinaḥ .. 14..

so.abhigamya mahātmānaḥ sarvāneva guroḥ sutān .
abhivādyānupūrvyeṇa hriyā kiṃ cidavāṅmukhaḥ .
abravītsumahātejāḥ sarvāneva kṛtāñjaliḥ .. 15..

śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapadye.ahaṃ śaraṇyāñśaraṇāgataḥ .
pratyākhyāto.asmi bhadraṃ vo vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā .. 16..

yaṣṭukāmo mahāyajñaṃ tadanujñātumarthatha .
guruputrānahaṃ sarvānnamaskṛtya prasādaye .. 17..

śirasā praṇato yāce brāhmaṇāṃstapasi sthitān .
te māṃ bhavantaḥ siddhyarthaṃ yājayantu samāhitāḥ .
saśarīro yathāhaṃ hi devalokamavāpnuyām .. 18..

pratyākhyāto vasiṣṭhena gatimanyāṃ tapodhanāḥ .
guruputrānṛte sarvānnāhaṃ paśyāmi kāṃ cana .. 19..

ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ purodhāḥ paramā gatiḥ .
tasmādanantaraṃ sarve bhavanto daivataṃ mama .. 20..




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