śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha dvāviṃśassargaḥ |
tathā vasiṣṭhe bruvati rājā daśarathassutama prahṛṣṭavadano rāmamājuhāva salakṣmaṇam || 1 ||
kṛtasvastyayanaṃ mātrā pitrā daśarathena ca |
purodhasā vasiṣṭhena maṅgalairabhimantritam || 2 ||
sa putraṃ mūrdhnyupāghrāya rājā daśarathaḥ priyam |
dadau kuśikaputrāya suprītenāntarātmanā || 3 ||
tato vāyussukhasparśo nīrajasko vavau tadā |
viśvāmitragataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam || 4 ||
puṣpavṛṣṭirmahatyāsīddevadundubhinisvanaiḥ |
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ prayāte tu mahātmani || 5 ||
viśvāmitro yayāvagre tato rāmo dhanurdharaḥ |
kākapakṣadharo dhanvī taṃ ca saumitriranvagāt || 6 ||
kalāpinau dhanuṣpāṇī śobhamānau diśo daśa |
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ triśīrṣāviva pannagau || 7 ||
anujagmaturakṣudrau pitāmahamivāśvinau |
tadā kuśikaputraṃ tu dhanuṣpāṇī svalaṅkṛtau || 8 ||
baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau khaḍgavantau mahādyutī |
kumārau cāruvapuṣau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau || 9 ||
anuyātau śriyā dīptau śobhayetāmaninditau |
sthāṇuṃ devamivācintyaṃ kumārāviva pāvakī || 10 ||
adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe |
rāmeti madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ viśvāmitro'bhyabhāṣata || 11 ||
gṛhāṇa vatsa salilaṃ mā bhūtkālasya paryayaḥ |
mantragrāmaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ balāmatibalāṃ tathā || 12 ||
na śramo na jvaro vā te na rūpasya viparyayaḥ |
na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā dharṣayiṣyanti nairṛtāḥ || 13 ||
na bāhvossadṛśo vīrye pṛthivyāmasti kaścana |
triṣu lokeṣu vai rāma na bhavetsadṛśastava || 14 ||
na saubhāgye na dākṣiṇye na jñāne buddhiniścaye |
nottare prativaktavye samo loke tavā'nagha || 15 ||
etadvidyādvaye labdhe bhavitā nāsti te samaḥ |
balātvatibalā caiva sarvajñānasya mātarau || 16 ||
kṣutpipāse na te rāma bhaviṣyete narottama |
balāmatibalāṃ caiva paṭhataḥ pathi rāghava || 17 ||
vidyādvayamadhīyāne yaśaścāpyatulaṃ tvayi |
pitāmahasute hyete vidye tejassamanvite || 18 ||
pradātuṃ tava kākutstha sadṛśastvaṃ hi dhārmika |
kāmaṃ bahuguṇāssarve tvayyete nātra saṃśayaḥ |
tapasā sambhṛte caite bahurūpe bhaviṣyataḥ || 19 ||
tato rāmo jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadanaśśuciḥ |
pratijagrāha te vidye maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ || 20 ||
vidyāsamudito rāmaśśuśubhe bhūrivikramaḥ |
sahasraraśmirbhagavān śaradīva divākaraḥ || 21 ||
gurukāryāṇi sarvāṇi niyujya kuśikātmaje |
ūṣustāṃ rajanīṃ tatra sarayvāṃ susukhaṃ trayaḥ || 22 ||
daśarathanṛpasūnusattamābhyāṃ tṛṇaśayane'nucite sahoṣitābhyām |
kuśikasutavaco'nulālitābhyāṃ sukhamiva sā vibabhau vibhāvarī ca || 23 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe dvāviṃśassargaḥ ||