.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - bālakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 8

tasya tvevaṃ prabhāvasya dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ .
sutārthaṃ tapyamānasya nāsīdvaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ .. 1..

cintayānasya tasyaivaṃ buddhirāsīnmahātmanaḥ .
sutārthaṃ vājimedhena kimarthaṃ na yajāmyaham .. 2..

sa niścitāṃ matiṃ kṛtvā yaṣṭavyamiti buddhimān .
mantribhiḥ saha dharmātmā sarvaireva kṛtātmabhiḥ .. 3..

tato.abravīdidaṃ rājā sumantraṃ mantrisattamam .
śīghramānaya me sarvāngurūṃstānsapurohitān .. 4..

etacchrutvā rahaḥ sūto rājānamidamabravīt .
ṛtvigbhirupadiṣṭo.ayaṃ purāvṛtto mayā śrutaḥ .. 5..

sanatkumāro bhagavānpūrvaṃ kathitavānkathām .
ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājaṃstava putrāgamaṃ prati .. 6..

kāśyapasya tu putro.asti vibhāṇḍaka iti śrutaḥ .
ṛṣyaśṛṅga iti khyātastasya putro bhaviṣyati .. 7..

sa vane nityasaṃvṛddho munirvanacaraḥ sadā .
nānyaṃ jānāti viprendro nityaṃ pitranuvartanāt .. 8..

dvaividhyaṃ brahmacaryasya bhaviṣyati mahātmanaḥ .
lokeṣu prathitaṃ rājanvipraiśca kathitaṃ sadā .. 9..

tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kālaḥ samabhivartata .
agniṃ śuśrūṣamāṇasya pitaraṃ ca yaśasvinam .. 10..

etasminneva kāle tu romapādaḥ pratāpavān .
aṅgeṣu prathitā rājā bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ .. 11..

tasya vyatikramādrājño bhaviṣyati sudāruṇā .
anāvṛṣṭiḥ sughorā vai sarvabhūtabhayāvahā .. 12..

anāvṛṣṭyāṃ tu vṛttāyāṃ rājā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ .
brāhmaṇāñśrutavṛddhāṃśca samānīya pravakṣyati .. 13..

bhavantaḥ śrutadharmāṇo loke cāritravedinaḥ .
samādiśantu niyamaṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathā bhavet .. 14..

vakṣyanti te mahīpālaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ .
vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ rājansarvopāyairihānaya .. 15..

ānāyya ca mahīpāla ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ susatkṛtam .
prayaccha kanyāṃ śāntāṃ vai vidhinā susamāhitaḥ .. 16..

teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā cintāṃ prapatsyate .
kenopāyena vai śakyamihānetuṃ sa vīryavān .. 17..

tato rājā viniścitya saha mantribhirātmavān .
purohitamamātyāṃśca preṣayiṣyati satkṛtān .. 18..

te tu rājño vacaḥ śrutvā vyathitā vanatānanāḥ .
na gacchema ṛṣerbhītā anuneṣyanti taṃ nṛpam .. 19..

vakṣyanti cintayitvā te tasyopāyāṃśca tānkṣamān .
āneṣyāmo vayaṃ vipraṃ na ca doṣo bhaviṣyati .. 20..

evamaṅgādhipenaiva gaṇikābhirṛṣeḥ sutaḥ .
ānīto.avarṣayaddevaḥ śāntā cāsmai pradīyate .. 21..

ṛṣyaśṛṅgastu jāmātā putrāṃstava vidhāsyati .
sanatkumārakathitametāvadvyāhṛtaṃ mayā .. 22..

atha hṛṣṭo daśarathaḥ sumantraṃ pratyabhāṣata .
yatharṣyaśṛṅgastvānīto vistareṇa tvayocyatām .. 23..




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