.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 60

viśvāmitro mahātmātha prasthitānprekṣya tānṛṣīn .
abravīnnaraśārdūla sarvāṃstānvanavāsinaḥ .. 1..

mahāvighnaḥ pravṛtto.ayaṃ dakṣiṇāmāsthito diśam .
diśamanyāṃ prapatsyāmastatra tapsyāmahe tapaḥ .. 2..

paścimāyāṃ viśālāyāṃ puṣkareṣu mahātmanaḥ .
sukhaṃ tapaścariṣyāmaḥ paraṃ taddhi tapovanam .. 3..

evamuktvā mahātejāḥ puṣkareṣu mahāmuniḥ .
tapa ugraṃ durādharṣaṃ tepe mūlaphalāśanaḥ .. 4..

etasminneva kāle tu ayodhyādhipatirnṛpaḥ .
ambarīṣa iti khyāto yaṣṭuṃ samupacakrame .. 5..

tasya vai yajamānasya paśumindro jahāra ha .
pranaṣṭe tu paśau vipro rājānamidamabravīt .. 6..

paśuradya hṛto rājanpranaṣṭastava durnayāt .
arakṣitāraṃ rājānaṃ ghnanti doṣā nareśvara .. 7..

prāyaścittaṃ mahaddhyetannaraṃ vā puruṣarṣabha .
ānayasva paśuṃ śīghraṃ yāvatkarma pravartate .. 8..

upādhyāya vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā puruṣarṣabha .
anviyeṣa mahābuddhiḥ paśuṃ gobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 9..

deśāñjanapadāṃstāṃstānnagarāṇi vanāni ca .
āśramāṇi ca puṇyāni mārgamāṇo mahīpatiḥ .. 10..

sa putrasahitaṃ tāta sabhāryaṃ raghunandana .
bhṛgutunde samāsīnamṛcīkaṃ sandadarśa ha .. 11..

tamuvāca mahātejāḥ praṇamyābhiprasādya ca .
brahmarṣiṃ tapasā dīptaṃ rājarṣiramitaprabhaḥ .
pṛṣṭvā sarvatra kuśalamṛcīkaṃ tamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 12..

gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa vikriṇīṣe sutaṃ yadi .
paśorarthe mahābhāga kṛtakṛtyo.asmi bhārgava .. 13..

sarve parisṛtā deśā yajñiyaṃ na labhe paśum .
dātumarhasi mūlyena sutamekamito mama .. 14..

evamukto mahātejā ṛcīkastvabravīdvacaḥ .
nāhaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ vikrīṇīyāṃ kathaṃ cana .. 15..

ṛcīkasya vacaḥ śrutvā teṣāṃ mātā mahātmanām .
uvāca naraśārdūlamambarīṣaṃ tapasvinī .. 16..

mamāpi dayitaṃ viddhi kaniṣṭhaṃ śunakaṃ nṛpa .. 17..

prāyeṇa hi naraśreṣṭha jyeṣṭhāḥ pitṛṣu vallabhāḥ .
mātṝṇāṃ ca kanīyāṃsastasmādrakṣe kanīyasaṃ .. 18..

uktavākye munau tasminmunipatnyāṃ tathaiva ca .
śunaḥśepaḥ svayaṃ rāma madhyamo vākyamabravīt .. 19..

pitā jyeṣṭhamavikreyaṃ mātā cāha kanīyasaṃ .
vikrītaṃ madhyamaṃ manye rājanputraṃ nayasva mām .. 20..

gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa śunaḥśepaṃ nareśvaraḥ .
gṛhītvā paramaprīto jagāma raghunandana .. 21..

ambarīṣastu rājarṣī rathamāropya satvaraḥ .
śunaḥśepaṃ mahātejā jagāmāśu mahāyaśāḥ .. 22..




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