śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha dvātriṃśassargaḥ |
brahmayonirmahānāsīt kuśo nāma mahātapāḥ |
akliṣṭavratadharmajñaḥ sajjanapratipūjakaḥ || 1 ||
sa mahātmā kulīnāyāṃ yuktāyāṃ suguṇolbaṇān |
vaidarbhyāṃ janayāmāsa caturassadṛśān sutān || 2 ||
kuśāmbaṃ kuśanābhaṃ ca adhūrtarajasaṃ vasum |
dīptiyuktān mahotsāhān kṣatradharmacikīrṣayā || 3 ||
tānuvāca kuśaḥ putrān dharmiṣṭhān satyavādinaḥ |
kriyatāṃ pālanaṃ putrāḥ dharmaṃ prāpsyatha puṣkalam || 4 ||
ṛṣestu vacanaṃ śrutvā catvāro lokasammatāḥ |
niveśaṃ cakrire sarve purāṇāṃ nṛvarāstadā || 5 ||
kuśāmbastu mahātejāḥ kauśāmbīmakarotpurīm |
kuśanābhastu dharmātmā puraṃ cakre mahodayam || 6 ||
adhūrtarajaso rāma dharmāraṇyaṃ mahīpatiḥ |
cakre puravaraṃ rājā vasuścakre girivrajam || 7 ||
eṣā vasumatī rāma vasostasya mahātmanaḥ |
ete śailavarāḥ pañca prakāśante samantataḥ || 8 ||
sumāgadhī nadī ramyā magadhān viśrutāyayau |
pañcānāṃ śailamukhyānāṃ madhye māleva śobhate || 9 ||
saiṣā hi māgadhī rāma vasostasya mahātmanaḥ |
pūrvābhicaritā rāma sukṣetrā sasyamālinī || 10 ||
kuśanābhastu rājarṣiḥ kanyāśatamanuttamam |
janayāmāsa dharmātmā ghṛtācyāṃ raghunandana || 11 ||
tāstu yauvanaśālinyo rūpavatya ssvalaṅkṛtāḥ |
udyānabhūmimāgamya prāvṛṣīva śatahradāḥ || 12 ||
gāyantyo nṛtyamānāśca vādayantyaśca sarvaśaḥ |
āmodaṃ paramaṃ jagmurvarābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ || 13 ||
atha tāścārusarvāṅgyo rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi |
udyānabhūmimāgamya tārā iva ghanāntare || 14 ||
tāssarvaguṇasampannā rūpayauvanasaṃyutāḥ |
dṛṣṭvā sarvātmako vāyuridaṃ vacanamabravīt || 15 ||
ahaṃ vaḥ kāmaye sarvā bhāryā mama bhaviṣyatha |
mānuṣastyajyatāṃ bhāvaḥ dīrghamāyuravāpsyatha || 16 ||
calaṃ hi yauvanaṃ nityaṃ mānuṣeṣu viśeṣataḥ |
akṣayyaṃ yauvanaṃ prāptāḥ amaryaśca bhaviṣyatha || 17 ||
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vāyorakliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ |
apahāsya tato vākyaṃ kanyāśatamathābravīt || 18 ||
antaścarasi bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ surottama |
prabhāvajñāḥ sma te sarvāḥ kimasmānavamanyase || 19 ||
kuśanābhasutāssarvāḥ samarthāstvāṃ surottama |
sthānāccyāvayituṃ devaṃ rakṣāmastu tapo vayam || 20 ||
mābhūtsa kālo durmedhaḥ pitaraṃ satyavādinam |
nāvamanyasva dharmeṇa svayaṃ varamupāsmahe || 21 ||
pitā hi prabhurasmākaṃ daivataṃ paramaṃ hi naḥ |
yasya no dāsyati pitā sa no bhartā bhaviṣyati || 22 ||
tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vāyuḥ paramakopanaḥ |
praviśya sarvagātrāṇi babhañja bhagavān prabhuḥ || 23 ||
tāḥ kanyā vāyunā bhagnā viviśurnṛpatergṛham |
prāpatan bhuvi sambhrāntāssalajjā ssāsralocanāḥ || 24 ||
sa ca tā dayitā dīnāḥ kanyāḥ paramaśobhanāḥ |
dṛṣṭvā bhagnāstadā rājā sambhrānta idamabravīt || 25 ||
kimidaṃ kathyatāṃ putryaḥ ko dharmamavamanyate |
kubjāḥ kena kṛtāḥ sarvā veṣṭantyo nābhibhāṣatha |
evaṃ rājā viniśśvasya samādhiṃ sandadhe tataḥ || 26 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe dvātriṃśassargaḥ ||