.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 7

aṣṭau babhūvurvīrasya tasyāmātyā yaśasvinaḥ .
śucayaścānuraktāśca rājakṛtyeṣu nityaśaḥ .. 1..

dhṛṣṭirjayanto vijayaḥ siddhārtho arthasādhakaḥ .
aśoko mantrapālaśca sumantraścāṣṭamo.abhavat .. 2..

ṛtvijau dvāvabhimatau tasyāstāmṛṣisattamau .
vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca mantriṇaśca tathāpare .. 3..

śrīmantaśca mahātmānaḥ śāstrajñā dṛḍhavikramāḥ .
kīrtimantaḥ praṇihitā yathā vacanakāriṇaḥ .. 4..

tejaḥkṣamāyaśaḥprāptāḥ smitapūrvābhibhāṣiṇaḥ .
krodhātkāmārthahetorvā na brūyuranṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. 5..

teṣāmaviditaṃ kiṃ citsveṣu nāsti pareṣu vā .
kriyamāṇaṃ kṛtaṃ vāpi cāreṇāpi cikīrṣitam .. 6..

kuśalā vyavahāreṣu sauhṛdeṣu parīkṣitāḥ .
prāptakālaṃ yathā daṇḍaṃ dhārayeyuḥ suteṣvapi .. 7..

kośasaṅgrahaṇe yuktā balasya ca parigrahe .
ahitaṃ cāpi puruṣaṃ na vihiṃsyuradūṣakam .. 8..

vīrāṃśca niyatotsāhā rāja śāstramanuṣṭhitāḥ .
śucīnāṃ rakṣitāraśca nityaṃ viṣayavāsinām .. 9..

brahmakṣatramahiṃsantaste kośaṃ samapūrayan .
sutīkṣṇadaṇḍāḥ samprekṣya puruṣasya balābalam .. 10..

śucīnāmekabuddhīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ samprajānatām .
nāsītpure vā rāṣṭre vā mṛṣāvādī naraḥ kva cit .. 11..

kaścinna duṣṭastatrāsītparadāraratirnaraḥ .
praśāntaṃ sarvamevāsīdrāṣṭraṃ puravaraṃ ca tat .. 12..

suvāsasaḥ suveśāśca te ca sarve suśīlinaḥ .
hitārthaṃ ca narendrasya jāgrato nayacakṣuṣā .. 13..

gurau guṇagṛhītāśca prakhyātāśca parākramaiḥ .
videśeṣvapi vijñātāḥ sarvato buddhiniścayāt .. 14..

īdṛśaistairamātyaistu rājā daśaratho.anaghaḥ .
upapanno guṇopetairanvaśāsadvasundharām .. 15..

avekṣamāṇaścāreṇa prajā dharmeṇa rañjayan .
nādhyagacchadviśiṣṭaṃ vā tulyaṃ vā śatrumātmanaḥ .. 16..

tairmantribhirmantrahitairniviṣṭair
vṛto.anuraktaiḥ kuśalaiḥ samarthaiḥ .
sa pārthivo dīptimavāpa yuktas
tejomayairgobhirivodito.arkaḥ .. 17..




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