.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 64

atha haimavatīṃ rāma diśaṃ tyaktvā mahāmuniḥ .
pūrvāṃ diśamanuprāpya tapastepe sudāruṇam .. 1..

maunaṃ varṣasahasrasya kṛtvā vratamanuttamam .
cakārāpratimaṃ rāma tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram .. 2..

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu kāṣṭhabhūtaṃ mahāmunim .
vighnairbahubhirādhūtaṃ krodho nāntaramāviśat .. 3..

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ pannagāsurarākṣasāḥ .
mohitāstejasā tasya tapasā mandaraśmayaḥ .
kaśmalopahatāḥ sarve pitāmahamathābruvan .. 4..

bahubhiḥ kāraṇairdeva viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
lobhitaḥ krodhitaścaiva tapasā cābhivardhate .. 5..

na hyasya vṛjinaṃ kiṃ ciddṛśyate sūkṣmamapyatha .
na dīyate yadi tvasya manasā yadabhīpsitam .
vināśayati trailokyaṃ tapasā sacarācaram .
vyākulāśca diśaḥ sarvā na ca kiṃ citprakāśate .. 6..

sāgarāḥ kṣubhitāḥ sarve viśīryante ca parvatāḥ .
prakampate ca pṛthivī vāyurvāti bhṛśākulaḥ .. 7..

buddhiṃ na kurute yāvannāśe deva mahāmuniḥ .
tāvatprasādyo bhagavānagnirūpo mahādyutiḥ .. 8..

kālāgninā yathā pūrvaṃ trailokyaṃ dahyate.akhilam .
devarājye cikīrṣeta dīyatām asya yanmatam .. 9..

tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve pitāmahapurogamāḥ .
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ vākyaṃ madhuramabruvan .. 10..

brahmarṣe svāgataṃ te.astu tapasā sma sutoṣitāḥ .
brāhmaṇyaṃ tapasogreṇa prāptavānasi kauśika .. 11..

dīrghamāyuśca te brahmandadāmi samarudgaṇaḥ .
svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te gaccha saumya yathāsukham .. 12..

pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām .
kṛtvā praṇāmaṃ mudito vyājahāra mahāmuniḥ .. 13..

brāhmaṇyaṃ yadi me prāptaṃ dīrghamāyustathaiva ca .
oṅkāro.atha vaṣaṭkāro vedāśca varayantu mām .. 14..

kṣatravedavidāṃ śreṣṭho brahmavedavidām api .
brahmaputro vasiṣṭho māmevaṃ vadatu devatāḥ .
yadyayaṃ paramaḥ kāmaḥ kṛto yāntu surarṣabhāḥ .. 15..

tataḥ prasādito devairvasiṣṭho japatāṃ varaḥ .
sakhyaṃ cakāra brahmarṣirevamastviti cābravīt .. 16..

brahmarṣitvaṃ na sandehaḥ sarvaṃ sampatsyate tava .
ityuktvā devatāścāpi sarvā jagmuryathāgatam .. 17..

viśvāmitro.api dharmātmā labdhvā brāhmaṇyamuttamam .
pūjayāmāsa brahmarṣiṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam .. 18..

kṛtakāmo mahīṃ sarvāṃ cacāra tapasi sthitaḥ .
evaṃ tvanena brāhmaṇyaṃ prāptaṃ rāma mahātmanā .. 19..

eṣa rāma muniśreṣṭha eṣa vigrahavāṃstapaḥ .
eṣa dharmaḥ paro nityaṃ vīryasyaiṣa parāyaṇam .. 20..

śatānandavacaḥ śrutvā rāmalakṣmaṇasaṃnidhau .
janakaḥ prāñjalirvākyamuvāca kuśikātmajam .. 21..

dhanyo.asmyanugṛhīto.asmi yasya me munipuṅgava .
yajñaṃ kākutstha sahitaḥ prāptavānasi dhārmika .. 22..

pāvito.ahaṃ tvayā brahmandarśanena mahāmune .
guṇā bahuvidhāḥ prāptāstava sandarśanānmayā .. 23..

vistareṇa ca te brahmankīrtyamānaṃ mahattapaḥ .
śrutaṃ mayā mahātejo rāmeṇa ca mahātmanā .. 24..

sadasyaiḥ prāpya ca sadaḥ śrutāste bahavo guṇāḥ .. 25..

aprameyaṃ tapastubhyamaprameyaṃ ca te balam .
aprameyā guṇāścaiva nityaṃ te kuśikātmaja .. 26..

tṛptirāścaryabhūtānāṃ kathānāṃ nāsti me vibho .
karmakālo muniśreṣṭha lambate ravimaṇḍalam .. 27..

śvaḥ prabhāte mahātejo draṣṭumarhasi māṃ punaḥ .
svāgataṃ tapasāṃ śreṣṭha māmanujñātumarhasi .. 28..

evamuktvā muniśreṣṭhaṃ vaideho mithilādhipaḥ .
pradakṣiṇaṃ cakārāśu sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ .. 29..

viśvāmitro.api dharmātmā saharāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ .
svaṃ vāṭamabhicakrāma pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ .. 30..





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