\documentstyle[11pt,multicol,itrans]{iarticle} #include=ijag.inc #endwordvowel=.h \portraitpage \parindent=0pt % no indents \let\usedvng=\normaldvng % \Largedvng \pagestyle{headings} \begin{document} #indian \centerline{\hugedvng .. vaalmiiki raamaayaNa..}\medskip ##\setcounter{section}{0}## ##\begin{center}## \section{baalakaaNDa} ##\end{center}## \medskip 49 tataH prAguttarA.n gatvA rAmaH saumitriNA saha . vishvAmitraM puraskR^itya yaGYavATamupAgamat .. 1..\\ rAmastu munishArdUlamuvAcha sahalakShmaNaH . sAdhvI yaGYasamR^iddhirhi janakasya mahAtmanaH .. 2..\\ bahUnIha sahasrANi nAnAdeshanivAsinAm . brAhmaNAnAM mahAbhAga vedAdhyayanashAlinAm .. 3..\\ R^iShivATAshcha dR^ishyante shakaTIshatasa~NkulAH . desho vidhIyatAM brahmanyatra vatsyAmahe vayam .. 4..\\ rAmasya vachana.n shrutvA vishvAmitro mahAmuniH . niveshamakaroddeshe vivikte salilAyute .. 5..\\ vishvAmitraM munishreShTha.n shrutvA sa nR^ipatistadA . shatAnandaM puraskR^itya purohitamaninditam .. 6..\\ R^itvijo.api mahAtmAnastvarghyamAdAya satvaram . vishvAmitrAya dharmeNa dadurmantrapuraskR^itam .. 7..\\ pratigR^ihya tu tAM pUjA.n janakasya mahAtmanaH . paprachchha kushala.n rAGYo yaGYasya cha nirAmayam .. 8..\\ sa tAMshchApi munInpR^iShTvA sopAdhyAya purodhasaH . yathAnyAya.n tataH sarvaiH samAgachchhatprahR^iShTavAn .. 9..\\ atha rAjA munishreShTha.n kR^itA~njalirabhAShata . Asane bhagavAnAstA.n sahaibhirmunisattamaiH .. 10..\\ janakasya vachaH shrutvA niShasAda mahAmuniH . purodhA R^itvijashchaiva rAjA cha saha mantribhiH .. 11..\\ AsaneShu yathAnyAyamupaviShTAnsamantataH . dR^iShTvA sa nR^ipatistatra vishvAmitramathAbravIt .. 12..\\ adya yaGYasamR^iddhirme saphalA daivataiH kR^itA . adya yaGYaphalaM prAptaM bhagavaddarshanAnmayA .. 13..\\ dhanyo.asmyanugR^ihIto.asmi yasya me munipu~Ngava . yaGYopasadanaM brahmanprApto.asi munibhiH saha .. 14..\\ dvAdashAha.n tu brahmarShe sheShamAhurmanIShiNaH . tato bhAgArthino devAndraShTumarhasi kaushika .. 15..\\ ityuktvA munishArdUlaM prahR^iShTavadanastadA . punastaM paripaprachchha prA~njaliH prayato nR^ipaH .. 16..\\ imau kumArau bhadra.n te devatulyaparAkramau . gajasi.nhagatI vIrau shArdUlavR^iShabhopamau .. 17..\\ padmapatravishAlAkShau khaDgatUNIdhanurdharau . ashvinAviva rUpeNa samupasthitayauvanau .. 18..\\ yadR^ichchhayaiva gAM prAptau devalokAdivAmarau . kathaM padbhyAmiha prAptau kimartha.n kasya vA mune .. 19..\\ varAyudhadharau vIrau kasya putrau mahAmune . bhUShayantAvima.n deshaM chandrasUryAvivAmbaram .. 20..\\ parasparasya sadR^ishau pramANe~NgitacheShTitaiH . kAkapakShadharau vIrau shrotumichchhAmi tattvataH .. 21..\\ tasya tadvachana.n shrutvA janakasya mahAtmanaH . nyavedayanmahAtmAnau putrau dasharathasya tau .. 22..\\ siddhAshramanivAsa.n cha rAkShasAnA.n vadhaM tathA . tachchAgamanamavyagra.n vishAlAyAshcha darshanam .. 23..\\ ahalyAdarshana.n chaiva gautamena samAgamam . mahAdhanuShi jiGYAsA.n kartumAgamanaM tathA .. 24..\\ etatsarvaM mahAtejA janakAya mahAtmane . nivedya virarAmAtha vishvAmitro mahAmuniH .. 25..\\ ##\end{multicols}## ## \medskip\hrule\medskip The files in this directory are revised versions of the digital files produced by Professor Muneo Tokunaga, Kyoto University, and copyrighted by him. I am grateful to Professor Tokunaga for his agreement to this use of his original files and for permitting the revised versions to be made publicly available. \\ Dr J. D. Smith ; email: jds10@cam.ac.uk ; http://bombay.oriental.cam.ac.uk/index.html \medskip\hrule\medskip ITRANS conversion questions to: Avinash Chopde \medskip\hrule\medskip Last updated on \today ; Send corrections to sanskrit@cheerful.com \end{document}