śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha ṣaṭcatvāriṃśassargaḥ |
hateṣu teṣu putreṣu ditiḥ paramaduḥkhitā |
mārīcaṃ kāśyapaṃ rāma bhartāramidamabravīt || 1 ||
hataputrā'smi bhagavaṃstava putrairmahābalaiḥ |
śakrahantāramicchāmi putraṃ dīrghatapo'rjitam || 2 ||
sā'haṃ tapaścariṣyāmi garbhaṃ me dātumarhasi |
īśvaraṃ śakrahantāraṃ tvamanujñātumarhasi || 3 ||
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mārīcaḥ kāśyapastadā |
pratyuvāca mahātejā ditiṃ paramaduḥkhitām || 4 ||
evaṃ bhavatu, bhadraṃ te śucirbhava tapodhane |
janayiṣyasi putraṃ tvaṃ śakrahantāramāhave || 5 ||
pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śuciryadi bhaviṣyasi |
putraṃ trailokyabhartāraṃ mattastvaṃ janayiṣyasi || 6 ||
evamuktvā mahātejāḥ pāṇinā sa mamārja tām |
samālabhya tatassvastītyuktvā sa tapase yayau || 7 ||
gate tasminnaraśśreṣṭha ditiḥ paramaharṣitā |
kuśaplavanamāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam || 8 ||
tapastasyāṃ hi kurvantyāṃ paricaryāṃ cakāra ha |
sahasrākṣo naraśśreṣṭha parayā guṇasampadā || 9 ||
agniṃ kuśān kāṣṭhamapaḥ phalaṃ mūlaṃ tathaiva ca |
nyavedayatsahasrākṣo yaccānyadapi kāṅkṣitam || 10 ||
gātrasaṃvahanaścaiva śramāpanayanaistathā |
śakrassarveṣu kāleṣu ditiṃ paricacāra ha || 11 ||
atha varṣasahasre tu daśone raghunandana |
ditiḥ paramasamprītā sahasrākṣamathābravīt || 12 ||
yācitena suraśreṣṭha tava pitrā mahātmanā |
varo varṣasahasrānte datto mama sutaṃ prati || 13 ||
tapaścarantyā varṣāṇi daśa vīryavatāṃ vara |
avaśiṣṭāni bhadraṃ te bhrātaraṃ drakṣyase tataḥ || 14 ||
tamahaṃ tvatkṛte putra samādhāsye jayotsukam |
trailokyavijayaṃ putra saha bhokṣyasi vijvaraḥ || 15 ||
evamuktvā ditiśśakraṃ prāpte madhyaṃ divākare |
nidrayā'pahṛtā devī pādau kṛtvā'tha śīrṣataḥ || 16 ||
dṛṣṭvā tāmaśuciṃ śakraḥ pādataḥ kṛtamūrdhajām |
śirassthāne kṛtau pādau jahāsa ca mumoda ca || 17 ||
tasyāśśarīravivaraṃ viveśa ca purandaraḥ |
garbhaṃ ca saptadhā rāma bibheda paramātmavān || 18 ||
bhidyamānastato garbho vajreṇa śataparvaṇā |
ruroda susvaraṃ rāma tato ditirabudhyata || 19 ||
mā rudo mā rudaśceti garbhaṃ śakro'bhyabhāṣata |
bibheda ca mahātejā rudantamapi vāsavaḥ || 20 ||
na hantavyo na hantavya ityevaṃ ditirabravīt |
niṣpapāta tataśśakro māturvacanagauravāt || 21 ||
prāñjalirvajrasahito ditiṃ śakro'bhyabhāṣata |
aśucirdevi suptā'si pādayoḥ kṛtamūrdhajā || 22 ||
tadantaramahaṃ labdhvā śakrahantāramāhave |
abhidaṃ saptadhā devi tanme tvaṃ kṣantumarhasi || 23 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe ṣaṭcatvāriṃśassargaḥ ||