śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha dvipañcāśassargaḥ |
sa dṛṣṭvā paramaprīto viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ |
praṇato vinayādvīro vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam || 1 ||
svāgataṃ tava cetyukto vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā |
āsanaṃ cāsya bhagavān vasiṣṭho vyādideśa ha || 2 ||
upaviṣṭāya ca tadā viśvāmitrāya dhīmate |
yathānyāyaṃ munivaraḥ phalamūlamupāharat || 3 ||
pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāṃ vasiṣṭhādrājasattamaḥ |
tapognihotraśiṣyeṣu kuśalaṃ paryapṛcchata || 4 ||
viśvāmitro mahātejā vanaspatigaṇe tathā |
sarvatra kuśalaṃ cāha vasiṣṭho rājasattamam || 5 ||
sukhopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahātapāḥ |
papraccha japatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭho brahmaṇassutaḥ || 6 ||
kaccitte kuśalaṃ rājan kacciddharmeṇa rañjayan |
prajāḥ pālayase vīra rājavṛttena dhārmika || 7 ||
kaccitte sambhṛtā bhṛtyāḥ kaccittiṣṭhanti śāsane |
kaccitte vijitāssarve ripavo ripusūdana || 8 ||
kaccidbaleṣu kośeṣu mitreṣu ca parantapa |
kuśalaṃ te naravyāghra putrapautre tavānagha || 9 ||
sarvatra kuśalaṃ rājā vasiṣṭhaṃ pratyudāharat |
viśvāmitro mahātejā vasiṣṭhaṃ vinayānvitaḥ || 10 ||
kṛtvobhau suciraṃ kālaṃ dharmiṣṭhau tāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ |
mudā paramayā yuktau prīyetāṃ tau parasparam || 11 ||
tato vasiṣṭho bhagavān kathā'nte raghunandana |
viśvāmitramidaṃ vākyamuvāca prahasanniva || 12 ||
ātithyaṃ kartumicchāmi balasyāsya mahābala |
tava caivāprameyasya yathārhaṃ sampratīccha me || 13 ||
satkriyāṃ tu bhavānetāṃ pratīcchatu mayodyatām |
rājā tvamatithiśreṣṭhaḥ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ || 14 ||
evamukto vasiṣṭhena viśvāmitro mahāmatiḥ |
kṛtamityabravīdrājā priyavākyena me tvayā || 15 ||
phalamūlena bhagavan vidyate yattavāśrame |
pādyenācamanīyena bhagavaddarśanena ca || 16 ||
sarvathā ca mahāprājña pūjārheṇa supūjitaḥ |
gamiṣyāmi namaste'stu maitreṇekṣasva cakṣuṣā || 17 ||
evaṃ bruvantaṃ rājānaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥpunareva hi |
nyamantrayata dharmātmā punaḥpunarudāradhīḥ || 18 ||
bāḍhamityeva gādheyo vasiṣṭhaṃ pratyuvāca ha |
yathā priyaṃ bhagavatastathā'stu munipuṅgava || 19 ||
evamukto mahātejā vasiṣṭho japatāṃ varaḥ |
ājuhāva tataḥ prītaḥ kalmāṣīṃ dhūtakalmaṣaḥ || 20 ||
ehyehi śabale kṣipraṃ śrṛṇu cāpi vaco mama |
sabalasyāsya rājarṣeḥkartuṃ vyavasito'smyaham || 21 ||
bhojanena mahārheṇa satkāraṃ saṃvidhatsva me |
yasya yasya yathākāmaṃ ṣaḍraseṣvabhipūjitam |
tatsarvaṃ kāmadhukkṣipramabhivarṣa kṛte mama || 22 ||
rasenānnena pānena lehyacoṣyeṇa saṃyutam |
annānāṃ nicayaṃ sarvaṃ sṛjasva śabale tvara || 23 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe dvipañcāśassargaḥ ||