śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha trayastriṃśassargaḥ |
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ |
śirobhiścaraṇau spṛṣṭvā kanyāśatamabhāṣata || 1 ||
vāyussarvātmako rājan pradharṣayitumicchati |
aśubhaṃ mārgamāsthāya na dharmaṃ pratyavekṣate || 2 ||
pitṛmatyassma bhadraṃ te svacchande na vayaṃ sthitāḥ |
pitaraṃ no vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadi no dāsyate tava || 3 ||
tena pāpānubandhena vacanaṃ na pratīcchatā |
evaṃ bruvantyassarvāssma vāyunā nihatā bhṛśam || 4 ||
tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ |
pratyuvāca mahātejāḥ kanyāśatamanuttamam || 5 ||
kṣāntaṃ kṣamāvatāṃ putryaḥ kartavyaṃ sumahatkṛtam |
aikamatyamupāgamya kulaṃ cāvekṣitaṃ mama || 6 ||
alaṅkāro hi nārīṇāṃ kṣamā tu puruṣasya vā |
duṣkaraṃ tacca yat kṣāntaṃ tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ || 7 ||
yādṛśī vaḥ kṣamā putryassarvāsāmaviśeṣataḥ |
kṣamā dānaṃ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ hi putrikāḥ || 8 ||
kṣamā yaśaḥ kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamayā niṣṭhitaṃ jagat |
visṛjya kanyāḥ kākutstha rājā tridaśavikramaḥ || 9 ||
mantrajño mantrayāmāsa pradānaṃ saha mantribhiḥ |
deśakālau pradānasya sadṛśe pratipādanam || 10 ||
etasminneva kāle tu cūlī nāma mahātapāḥ |
ūrdhvaretāśśubhācāro brāhmaṃ tapa upāgamat || 11 ||
tapyantaṃ tamṛṣiṃ tatra gandharvī paryupāsate |
somadā nāma bhadraṃ te ūrmilā tanayā tadā || 12 ||
sā ca taṃ praṇatā bhūtvā śuśrūṣaṇaparāyaṇā |
uvāsa kāle dharmiṣṭhā tasyāstuṣṭo'bhavadguruḥ || 13 ||
sa ca tāṃ kālayogena provāca raghunandana |
parituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te kiṃ karomi tava priyam || 14 ||
parituṣṭaṃ muniṃ jñātvā gandharvī madhurasvarā |
uvāca paramaprītā vākyajñā vākyakovidam || 15 ||
lakṣmyā samudito brāhmyā brahmabhūto mahātapāḥ |
brāhmeṇa tapasā yuktaṃ putramicchāmi dhārmika || 16 ||
apatiścāsmi bhadraṃ te bhāryā cāsmi na kasyacit |
brāhmeṇopagatāyāśca dātumarhasi me sutam || 17 ||
tasyāḥ prasanno brahmarṣirdadau putramanuttamam |
brahmadatta iti khyātaṃ mānasaṃ cūlinassutam || 18 ||
sa rājā saumadeyastu purīmadhyavasattadā |
kāmpilyāṃ parayā lakṣmyā devarājo yathā divam || 19 ||
sa buddhiṃ kṛtavān rājā kuśanābhassudhārmikaḥ |
brahmadattāya kākutstha dātuṃ kanyāśataṃ tadā || 20 ||
tamāhūya mahātejā brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ |
dadau kanyāśataṃ rājā suprītenāntarātmanā || 21 ||
yathākramaṃ tataḥ pāṇīn jagrāha raghunandana |
brahmadatto mahīpālastāsāṃ devapatiryathā || 22 ||
spṛṣṭamātre tataḥ pāṇau vikubjā vigatajvarāḥ |
yuktāḥ paramayā lakṣmyā babhuḥ kanyāśataṃ tadā || 23 ||
sa dṛṣṭvā vāyunā muktāḥ kuśanābho mahīpatiḥ |
babhūva paramaprīto harṣaṃ lebhe punaḥpunaḥ || 24 ||
kṛtodvāhaṃ tu rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ |
sadāraṃ preṣayāmāsa sopādhyāyagaṇaṃ tadā || 25 ||
somadā'pi susaṃhṛṣṭā putrasya sadṛśīṃ kriyām |
yathānyāyaṃ ca gandharvī snuṣāstāḥ pratyanandata || 26 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe trayastriṃśassargaḥ ||