śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha ṣaḍviṃśassargaḥ |
munervacanamaklībaṃ śrutvā naravarātmajaḥ |
rāghavaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā pratyuvāca dṛḍhavrataḥ || 1 ||
piturvacananirdeśātpiturvacanagauravāt |
vacanaṃ kauśikasyeti kartavyamaviśaṅkayā || 2 ||
anuśiṣṭo'smyayodhyāyāṃ gurumadhye mahātmanā |
pitrā daśarathenāhaṃ nāvajñeyaṃ hi tadvacaḥ || 3 ||
so'haṃ piturvacaśśrutvā śāsanādbrahmavādinaḥ |
kariṣyāmi na sandehastāṭakāvadhamuttamam || 4 ||
gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya deśasyāsya sukhāya ca |
tava caivāprameyasya vacanaṃ kartumudyataḥ || 5 ||
evamuktvā dhanurmadhye badhvā muṣṭimarindamaḥ |
jyāśabdamakarottīvraṃ diśaśśabdena nādayan || 6 ||
tena śabdena vitrastāstāṭakāvanavāsinaḥ |
tāṭakā ca susaṅkruddhā tena śabdena mohitā || 7 ||
taṃ śabdamabhinidhyāya rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā |
śrutvā cābhyadravadvegādyataśśabdo vinissṛtaḥ || 8 ||
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ kruddhāṃ vikṛtāṃ vikṛtānanām |
pramāṇenātivṛddhāṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ so'bhyabhāṣata || 9 ||
paśya lakṣmaṇa yakṣiṇyā bhairavaṃ dāruṇaṃ vapuḥ |
bhidyeran darśanādasyā bhīrūṇāṃ hṛdayāni ca || 10 ||
enāṃ paśya durādharṣāṃ māyābalasamanvitām |
vinivṛttāṃ karomyadya hṛtakarṇāgranāsikām || 11 ||
na hyenāmutsahe hantuṃ strīsvabhāvena rakṣitām |
vīryaṃ cāsyāṃ gatiṃ cāpi haniṣyāmīti me matiḥ || 12 ||
evaṃ bruvāṇe rāme tu tāṭakā krodhamūrchitā |
udyamya bāhū garjantī rāmamevābhyadhāvata || 13 ||
viśvāmitrastu brahmarṣirhuṅkāreṇābhibhartsyatām |
svasti rāghavayorastu jayaṃ caivābhyabhāṣata || 14 ||
uddhūnvānā rajo ghoraṃ tāṭakā rāghavāvubhau |
rajomohena mahatā muhūrtaṃ sā vyamohayat || 15 ||
tato māyāṃ samāsthāya śilāvarṣeṇa rāghavau |
avākiratsumahatā tataścukrodha rāghavaḥ || 16 ||
śilāvarṣaṃ mahattasyāśśaravarṣeṇa rāghavaḥ |
pratihatyopadhāvantyāḥ karau ciccheda patribhiḥ || 17 ||
tataśchinnabhujāṃ śrāntāmabhyāśe parigarjatīm |
saumitrirakarotkrodhāddhṛtakarṇāgranāsikām || 18 ||
kāmarūpadharā sadyaḥ kṛtvā rūpāṇyanekaśaḥ |
antardhānaṃ gatā yakṣī mohayantīva māyayā || 19 ||
aśmavarṣaṃ vimuñcantī bhairavaṃ vicacāra ha |
tatastāvaśmavarṣeṇa kīryamāṇau samantataḥ || 20 ||
dṛṣṭvā gādhisutaśśrīmānidaṃ vacanamabravīt |
alaṃ te ghṛṇayā rāma pāpaiṣā duṣṭacāriṇī || 21 ||
yajñavighnakarī yakṣī purāvardhati māyayā |
vadhyatāṃ tāvadevaiṣā purā sandhyā pravartate || 22 ||
rakṣāṃsi sandhyākāleṣu durdharṣāṇi bhavanti vai |
ityuktastu tadā yakṣī aśmavṛṣṭyābhivarṣatīm || 23 ||
darśayan śabdavedhitvaṃ tāṃ rurodha sa sāyakaiḥ |
sā ruddhā śarajālena māyābalasamanvitā || 24 ||
abhidudrāva kākutsthaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca vineduṣī |
tāmāpatantīṃ vegena vikrāntāmaśanīmiva || 25 ||
śareṇorasi vivyātha sā papāta mamāra ca |
tāṃ hatāṃ bhīmasaṅkāśāṃ dṛṣṭvā surapatistadā || 26 ||
sādhu sādhviti kākutsthaṃ surāśca samapūjayan |
uvāca paramaprīta ssahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ || 27 ||
surāśca sarve saṃhṛṣṭā viśvāmitramathābruvan |
mune kauśika bhadraṃ te sendrāssarve marudgaṇāḥ || 28 ||
toṣitāḥ karmaṇā'nena snehaṃ darśaya rāghave |
prajāpaterbhṛśāśvasya putrān satyaparākramān || 29 ||
tapobalabhṛto brahman rāghavāya nivedaya |
pātrabhūtaśca te brahmaṃstavānugamane dhṛtaḥ || 30 ||
kartavyaṃ ca mahatkarma surāṇāṃ rājasūnunā |
evamuktvā surāssarve hṛṣṭā jagmuryathāgatam || 31 ||
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya tatassandhyā pravartate |
tato munivaraḥ prītastāṭakāvadhatoṣitaḥ || 32 ||
mūrdhni rāmamupāghrāya idaṃ vacanamabravīt |
ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana || 33 ||
śvaḥ prabhāte gamiṣyāmastadāśramapadaṃ mama |
viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā hṛṣṭo daśarathātmajaḥ || 34 ||
uvāsa rajanīṃ tatra tāṭakāyā vane sukham |
muktaśāpaṃ vanaṃ tacca tasminneva tadāhani || 35 ||
ramaṇīyaṃ vibabhrāja yathā caitrarathaṃ vanam |
nihatya tāṃ yakṣasutāṃ sa rāmaḥ praśasyamānassurasiddhasaṅghaiḥ |
uvāsa tasminmuninā sahaiva prabhātavelāṃ pratibodhyamānaḥ || 36 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe ṣaḍviṃśassargaḥ ||