.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 73

atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
āpṛcchya tau ca rājānau jagāmottaraparvatam .. 1..

viśvāmitro gate rājā vaidehaṃ mithilādhipam .
āpṛcchyātha jagāmāśu rājā daśarathaḥ purīm .. 2..

atha rājā videhānāṃ dadau kanyādhanaṃ bahu .
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi bahūni mithileśvaraḥ .. 3..

kambalānāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ kṣaumakoṭyambarāṇi ca .
hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ divyarūpaṃ svalaṅkṛtam .. 4..

dadau kanyā pitā tāsāṃ dāsīdāsamanuttamam .
hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya muktānāṃ vidrumasya ca .. 5..

dadau paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ kanyādhanamanuttamam .
dattvā bahudhanaṃ rājā samanujñāpya pārthivam .. 6..

praviveśa svanilayaṃ mithilāṃ mithileśvaraḥ .
rājāpyayodhyādhipatiḥ saha putrairmahātmabhiḥ .. 7..

ṛṣīnsarvānpuraskṛtya jagāma sabalānugaḥ .
gacchantaṃ tu naravyāghraṃ sarṣisaṅghaṃ sarāghavam .. 8..

ghorāḥ sma pakṣiṇo vāco vyāharanti tatastataḥ .
bhaumāścaiva mṛgāḥ sarve gacchanti sma pradakṣiṇam .. 9..

tāndṛṣṭvā rājaśārdūlo vasiṣṭhaṃ paryapṛcchata .
asaumyāḥ pakṣiṇo ghorā mṛgāścāpi pradakṣiṇāḥ .
kimidaṃ hṛdayotkampi mano mama viṣīdati .. 10..

rājño daśarathasyaitacchrutvā vākyaṃ mahānṛṣiḥ .
uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ śrūyatām asya yatphalam .. 11..

upasthitaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ divyaṃ pakṣimukhāccyutam .
mṛgāḥ praśamayantyete santāpastyajyatām ayam .. 12..

teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra vāyuḥ prādurbabhūva ha .
kampayanmedinīṃ sarvāṃ pātayaṃśca drumāṃḥ śubhān .. 13..

tamasā saṃvṛtaḥ sūryaḥ sarvā na prababhurdiśaḥ .
bhasmanā cāvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ saṃmūḍhamiva tadbalam .. 14..

vasiṣṭha ṛṣayaścānye rājā ca sasutastadā .
sasaṃjñā iva tatrāsansarvamanyadvicetanam .. 15..

tasmiṃstamasi ghore tu bhasmacchanneva sā camūḥ .
dadarśa bhīmasaṅkāśaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam .. 16..

kailāsamiva durdharṣaṃ kālāgnimiva duḥsaham .
jvalantamiva tejobhirdurnirīkṣyaṃ pṛthagjanaiḥ .. 17..

skandhe cāsajya paraśuṃ dhanurvidyudgaṇopamam .
pragṛhya śaramukhyaṃ ca tripuraghnaṃ yathā haram .. 18..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasaṅkāśaṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam .
vasiṣṭhapramukhā viprā japahomaparāyaṇāḥ .
saṅgatā munayaḥ sarve sañjajalpuratho mithaḥ .. 19..

kaccitpitṛvadhāmarṣī kṣatraṃ notsādayiṣyati .
pūrvaṃ kṣatravadhaṃ kṛtvā gatamanyurgatajvaraḥ .
kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ bhūyo na khalvasya cikīrṣitam .. 20..

evamuktvārghyamādāya bhārgavaṃ bhīmadarśanam .
ṛṣayo rāma rāmeti madhurāṃ vācamabruvan .. 21..

pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāmṛṣidattāṃ pratāpavān .
rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ rāmo jāmadagnyo.abhyabhāṣata .. 22..




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