.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 71

tamuktavantaṃ vaidehaṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
uvāca vacanaṃ vīraṃ vasiṣṭhasahito nṛpam .. 1..

acintyānyaprameyāni kulāni narapuṅgava .
ikṣvākūṇāṃ videhānāṃ naiṣāṃ tulyo.asti kaś cana .. 2..

sadṛśo dharmasambandhaḥ sadṛśo rūpasampadā .
rāmalakṣmaṇayo rājansītā cormilayā saha .. 3..

vaktavyaṃ na naraśreṣṭha śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama .. 4..

bhrātā yavīyāndharmajña eṣa rājā kuśadhvajaḥ .
asya dharmātmano rājanrūpeṇāpratimaṃ bhuvi .
sutā dvayaṃ naraśreṣṭha patnyarthaṃ varayāmahe .. 5..

bharatasya kumārasya śatrughnasya ca dhīmataḥ .
varayema sute rājaṃstayorarthe mahātmanoḥ .. 6..

putrā daśarathasyeme rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ .
lokapālopamāḥ sarve devatulyaparākramāḥ .. 7..

ubhayorapi rājendra sambandhenānubadhyatām .
ikṣvākukulamavyagraṃ bhavataḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ .. 8..

viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā vasiṣṭhasya mate tadā .
janakaḥ prāñjalirvākyamuvāca munipuṅgavau .. 9..

sadṛśaṃ kulasambandhaṃ yadājñāpayathaḥ svayam .
evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ vaḥ kuśadhvajasute ime .
patnyau bhajetāṃ sahitau śatrughnabharatāvubhau .. 10..

ekāhnā rājaputrīṇāṃ catasṝṇāṃ mahāmune .
pāṇīngṛhṇantu catvāro rājaputrā mahābalāḥ .. 11..

uttare divase brahmanphalgunībhyāṃ manīṣiṇaḥ .
vaivāhikaṃ praśaṃsanti bhago yatra prajāpatiḥ .. 12..

evamuktvā vacaḥ saumyaṃ pratyutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ .
ubhau munivarau rājā janako vākyamabravīt .. 13..

paro dharmaḥ kṛto mahyaṃ śiṣyo.asmi bhavatoḥ sadā .
imānyāsanamukhyāni āsetāṃ munipuṅgavau .. 14..

yathā daśarathasyeyaṃ tathāyodhyā purī mama .
prabhutve nāsitsandeho yathārhaṃ kartumarhathaḥ .. 15..

tathā bruvati vaidehe janake raghunandanaḥ .
rājā daśaratho hṛṣṭaḥ pratyuvāca mahīpatim .. 16..

yuvāmasaṅkhyeya guṇau bhrātarau mithileśvarau .
ṛṣayo rājasaṅghāśca bhavadbhyāmabhipūjitāḥ .. 17..

svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te gamiṣyāmi svamālayam .
śrāddhakarmāṇi sarvāṇi vidhāsya iti cābravīt .. 18..

tamāpṛṣṭvā narapatiṃ rājā daśarathastadā .
munīndrau tau puraskṛtya jagāmāśu mahāyaśāḥ .. 19..

sa gatvā nilayaṃ rājā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .
prabhāte kālyamutthāya cakre godānamuttamam .. 20..

gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi brāhmaṇebhyo narādhipaḥ .
ekaikaśo dadau rājā putrānuddhiśya dharmataḥ .. 21..

suvarṇaśṛṅgāḥ sampannāḥ savatsāḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ .
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi catvāri puruṣarṣabhaḥ .. 22..

vittamanyacca subahu dvijebhyo raghunandanaḥ .
dadau godānamuddiśya putrāṇāṃ putravatsalaḥ .. 23..

sa sutaiḥ kṛtagodānairvṛtaśca nṛpatistadā .
lokapālairivābhāti vṛtaḥ saumyaḥ prajāpatiḥ .. 24..




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