śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha ekacatvāriṃśassargaḥ |
putrāṃściragatān jñātvā sagaro raghunandana |
naptāramabravīdrājā dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā || 1 ||
śūraśca kṛtavidyaśca pūrvaistulyo'si tejasā |
pitṛṇāṃ gatimanviccha yena cāśvo'pavāhitaḥ || 2 ||
antarbhaumāni sattvāni vīryavanti mahānti ca |
teṣāṃ tvaṃ pratighātārthaṃ sāstraṃ gṛhṇīṣva kārmukam || 3 ||
abhivādyābhivādyāṃstvaṃ hatvā vighnakarānapi |
siddhārthassannivartasva mama yajñasya pāragaḥ || 4 ||
evamuktoṃ'śumānsamyak sagareṇa mahātmanā |
dhanurādāya khaḍgaṃ ca jagāma laghuvikramaḥ || 5 ||
sa khātaṃ pitṛbhirmārgamantarbhaumaṃ mahātmabhiḥ |
prāpadyata naraśreṣṭha tena rājñā'bhicoditaḥ || 6 ||
daityadānavarakṣobhiḥ piśācapatagoragaiḥ |
pūjyamānaṃ mahātejā diśāgajamapaśyata || 7 ||
sa taṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā pṛṣṭvā cāpi nirāmayam |
pitṛn sa paripapraccha vājihartārameva ca || 8 ||
diśāgajastu tacchrutvā pratyāhāṃśumato vacaḥ |
āsamañja kṛtārthastvaṃ sahāśvaśśīghrameṣyasi || 9 ||
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarvāneva diśāgajān |
yathākramaṃ yathānyāyaṃ praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame || 10 ||
taiśca sarvairdiśāpālairvākyajñairvākyakovidaiḥ |
pūjitassahayaścaiva gantā'sītyabhicoditaḥ || 11 ||
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jagāma laghuvikramaḥ |
bhasmarāśīkṛtā yatra pitarastasya sāgarāḥ || 12 ||
sa duḥkhavaśamāpannastvasamañjasutastadā |
cukrośa paramārtastu vadhātteṣāṃ suduḥkhitaḥ || 13 ||
yajñīyaṃ ca hayaṃ tatra carantamavidūrataḥ |
dadarśa puruṣavyāghro duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ || 14 ||
sa teṣāṃ rājaputrāṇāṃ kartukāmo jalakriyām |
salilārthī mahātejā na cāpaśyajjalāśayam || 15 ||
visārya nipuṇāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ tato'paśyatkhagādhipam |
pitṛṇāṃ mātulaṃ rāma suparṇamanilopamam || 16 ||
sa caivamabravīdvākyaṃ vainateyo mahābala ḥ |
mā śucaḥ puruṣavyāghra vadho'yaṃ lokasammataḥ || 17 ||
kapilenāprameyena dagdhā hīme mahābalāḥ |
salilaṃ nārhasi prājña dātumeṣāṃ hi laukikam || 18 ||
gaṅgā himavato jyeṣṭhā duhitā puruṣarṣabha |
tasyāṃ kuru mahābāho pitṛṇāṃ tu jalakriyām || 19 ||
bhasmarāśīkṛtānetān plāvayellokapāvanī |
tayā klinnamidaṃ bhasma gaṅgayā lokakāntayā || 20 ||
ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi svargalokaṃ ca neṣyati |
gaccha cāśvaṃ mahābhāga taṃ gṛhya puruṣarṣabha || 21 ||
yajñaṃ paitāmahaṃ vīra saṃvartayitumarhasi |
suparṇavacanaṃ śrutvā soṃ'śumānativīryavān || 22 ||
tvaritaṃ hayamādāya punarāyānmahāyaśāḥ |
tato rājānamāsādya dīkṣitaṃ raghunandana || 23 ||
nyavedayadyathāvṛttaṃ suparṇavacanaṃ tathā |
tacchrutvā ghorasaṅkāśaṃ vākyamaṃśumato nṛpaḥ || 24 ||
yajñaṃ nivartayāmāsa yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi |
svapuraṃ cāgamacchrīmāniṣṭayajñomahīpatiḥ || 25 ||
gaṅgāyāścāgame rājā niścayaṃ nādhyagacchata |
akṛtvā niścayaṃ rājā kālena mahatā mahān |
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi rājyaṃ kṛtvā divaṃ gataḥ || 26 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe ekacatvāriṃśassargaḥ ||