.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 74

rāma dāśarathe vīra vīryaṃ te śrūyate.adhutam .
dhanuṣo bhedanaṃ caiva nikhilena mayā śrutam .. 1..

tadadbhutamacintyaṃ ca bhedanaṃ dhanuṣastvayā .
tacchrutvāhamanuprāpto dhanurgṛhyāparaṃ śubham .. 2..

tadidaṃ ghorasaṅkāśaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahaddhanuḥ .
pūrayasva śareṇaiva svabalaṃ darśayasva ca .. 3..

tadahaṃ te balaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanuṣo.asya prapūraṇe .
dvandvayuddhaṃ pradāsyāmi vīryaślāghyamidaṃ tava .. 4..

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā daśarataḥstadā .
viṣaṇṇavadano dīnaḥ prāñjalirvākyamabravīt .. 5..

kṣatraroṣātpraśāntastvaṃ brāhmaṇasya mahāyaśāḥ .
bālānāṃ mama putrāṇāmabhayaṃ dātumarhasi .. 6..

bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ svādhyāyavrataśālinām .
sahasrākṣe pratijñāya śastraṃ nikṣiptavānasi .. 7..

sa tvaṃ dharmaparo bhūtvā kāśyapāya vasundharām .
dattvā vanamupāgamya mahendrakṛtaketanaḥ .. 8..

mama sarvavināśāya samprāptastvaṃ mahāmune .
na caikasminhate rāme sarve jīvāmahe vayam .. 9..

bruvatyevaṃ daśarathe jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān .
anādṛtyaiva tadvākyaṃ rāmamevābhyabhāṣata .. 10..

ime dve dhanuṣī śreṣṭhe divye lokābhiviśrute .
dṛḍhe balavatī mukhye sukṛte viśvakarmaṇā .. 11..

atisṛṣṭaṃ surairekaṃ tryambakāya yuyutsave .
tripuraghnaṃ naraśreṣṭha bhagnaṃ kākutśa yattvayā .. 12..

idaṃ dvitīyaṃ durdharṣaṃ viṣṇordattaṃ surottamaiḥ .
samānasāraṃ kākutstha raudreṇa dhanuṣā tvidam .. 13..

tadā tu devatāḥ sarvāḥ pṛcchanti sma pitāmaham .
śitikaṇṭhasya viṣṇośca balābalanirīkṣayā .. 14..

abhiprāyaṃ tu vijñāya devatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ .
virodhaṃ janayāmāsa tayoḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ .. 15..

virodhe ca mahadyuddhamabhavadromaharṣaṇam .
śitikaṇṭhasya viṣṇośca parasparajayaiṣiṇoḥ .. 16..

tadā tajjṛmbhitaṃ śaivaṃ dhanurbhīmaparākramam .
huṅkāreṇa mahādevaḥ stambhito.atha trilocanaḥ .. 17..

devaistadā samāgamya sarṣisaṅghaiḥ sacāraṇaiḥ .
yācitau praśamaṃ tatra jagmatustau surottamau .. 18..

jṛmbhitaṃ taddhanurdṛṣṭvā śaivaṃ viṣṇuparākramaiḥ .
adhikaṃ menire viṣṇuṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstadā .. 19..

dhanū rudrastu saṅkruddho videheṣu mahāyaśāḥ .
devarātasya rājarṣerdadau haste sasāyakam .. 20..

idaṃ ca viṣṇavaṃ rāma dhanuḥ parapurañjayam .
ṛcīke bhārgave prādādviṣṇuḥ sa nyāsamuttamam .. 21..

ṛcīkastu mahātejāḥ putrasyāpratikarmaṇaḥ .
piturmama dadau divyaṃ jamadagnermahātmanaḥ .. 22..

nyastaśastre pitari me tapobalasamanvite .
arjuno vidadhe mṛtyuṃ prākṛtāṃ buddhimāsthitaḥ .. 23..

vadhamapratirūpaṃ tu pituḥ śrutvā sudāruṇam .
kṣatramutsādayaṃ roṣājjātaṃ jātamanekaśaḥ .. 24..

pṛthivīṃ cākhilāṃ prāpya kāśyapāya mahātmane .
yajñasyānte tadā rāma dakṣiṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇe .. 25..

dattvā mahendranilayastapobalasamanvitaḥ .
śrutavāndhanuṣo bhedaṃ tato.ahaṃ drutamāgataḥ .. 26..

tadidaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ rāma pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat .
kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya gṛhṇīṣva dhanuruttamam .. 27..

yojayasva dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe śaraṃ parapurañjayam .
yadi śaknoṣi kākutstha dvandvaṃ dāsyāmi te tataḥ .. 28..




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