śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha ekatriṃśassargaḥ |
atha tāṃ rajanīṃ tatra kṛtārthau rāmalakṣmaṇau |
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ūṣaturmuditau vīrau prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā || 1 ||
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ kṛtapaurvāhṇikakriyau |
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viśvāmitramṛṣīṃścānyān sahitāvabhijagmatuḥ || 2 ||
abhivādya muniśreṣṭhaṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam |
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ūcaturmadhurodāraṃ vākyaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇau || 3 ||
imau sma muniśārdūla kiṅkarau samupasthitau |
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ājñāpaya yatheṣṭaṃ vai śāsanaṃ karavāva kim || 4 ||
evamuktā statastābhyāṃ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ |
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viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya rāmaṃ vacanamabruvan || 5 ||
maithilasya naraśreṣṭha janakasya bhaviṣyati |
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yajñaḥ paramadharmiṣṭhastasya yāsyāmahe vayam || 6 ||
tvaṃ caiva naraśārdūla sahāsmābhirgamiṣyasi |
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adbhutaṃ dhanuratnaṃ ca tatra tadraṣṭumarhasi || 7 ||
taddhi pūrvaṃ naraśreṣṭha dattaṃ sadasi daivataiḥ |
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aprameyabalaṃ ghoraṃ makhe paramabhāsvaram || 8 ||
nāsya devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ |
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kartumāropaṇaṃ śaktā na kathañcana mānuṣāḥ || 9 ||
dhanuṣastasya vīryaṃ tu jijñāsanto mahīkṣitaḥ |
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na śekurāropayituṃ rājaputrā mahābalāḥ || 10 ||
taddhanurnaraśārdūla maithilasya mahātmanaḥ |
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tatra drakṣyasi kākutstha yajñaṃ cādbhutadarśanam || 11 ||
taddhi yajñaphalaṃ tena maithilenottamaṃ dhanuḥ |
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yācitaṃ naraśārdūla sunābhaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ || 12 ||
āyāgabhūtaṃ nṛpatestasya veśmani rāghava |
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arcitaṃ vividhairgandhairdhūpaiścāgarugandhibhiḥ || 13 ||
evamuktvā munivaraḥ prasthānamakarottadā |
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sarṣisaṅgha ssakākutsthaḥ āmantrya vanadevatāḥ || 14 ||
svasti vo'stu gamiṣyāmi sidvassiddhāśramādaham |
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uttare jāhnavītīre himavantaṃ śiloccayam || 15 ||
pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā siddhāśramamanuttamam |
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uttarāṃ diśamuddiśya prasthātumupacakrame || 16 ||
taṃ prayāntaṃ munivaramanvayādanusāriṇam |
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śakaṭīśatamātraṃ tu prāyeṇa brahmavādinām || 17 ||
mṛgapakṣigaṇāścaiva siddhāśramanivāsinaḥ |
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anujagmurmahātmānaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim || 18 ||
nivartayāmāsa tataḥ pakṣisaṅghān mṛgānapi |
te gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare |
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vāsaṃ cakrurmunigaṇāḥ śoṇākūle samāhitāḥ || 19 ||
te'staṃ gate dinakare snātvā hutahutāśanāḥ |
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viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya niṣeduramitaujasaḥ || 20 ||
rāmo'pi sahasaumitrirmunīṃ stānabhipūjya ca |
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agrato niṣasādātha viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ || 21 ||
atha rāmo mahātejāḥ viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim |
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papraccha naraśārdūlaḥ kautūhalasamanvitaḥ || 22 ||
bhagavan ko'nvayaṃ deśassamṛddhavanaśobhitaḥ |
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śrotumicchāmi bhadraṃ te vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ || 23 ||
codito rāmavākyena kathayāmāsa suvrataḥ |
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tasya deśasya nikhilamṛṣimadhye mahātapāḥ || 24 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe ekatriṃśassargaḥ ||