śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha pañcāśassargaḥ |
tataḥ prāguttarāṃ gatvā rāmassaumitriṇā saha |
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya yajñavāṭamupāgamat || 1 ||
rāmastu muniśārdūlamuvāca sahalakṣmaṇaḥ |
sādhvī yajñasamṛddhirhi janakasya mahātmanaḥ || 2 ||
bahūnīha sahasrāṇi nānādeśanivāsinām |
brāhmaṇānāṃ mahābhāga vedādhyayanaśālinām || 3 ||
ṛṣivāṭāśca dṛśyante śakaṭīśatasaṅkulāḥ |
deśo vidhīyatāṃ brahman yatra vatsyāmahe vayam || 4 ||
rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ |
niveśamakaroddeśe vivikte salilāyute || 5 ||
viśvāmitramanuprāptaṃ śrutvā sa nṛpatistadā |
śatānandaṃ puraskṛtya purohitamaninditam || 6 ||
pratyujjagāma sahasā vinayena samanvitaḥ |
ṛtvijo'pi mahātmānastvarghyamādāya satvaram || 7 ||
viśvāmitrāya dharmeṇa dadurmanntrapuraskṛtam |
pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ janakasya mahātmanaḥ || 8 ||
papraccha kuśalaṃ rājño yajñasya ca nirāmayam |
sa tāṃścāpi munīn pṛṣṭvā sopādhyāyapurodhasaḥ || 9 ||
yathānyāyaṃ tatassarvaissamāgacchatprahṛṣṭavat |
atha rājā muniśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata || 10 ||
āsane bhagavānāstāṃ sahaibhirmunipuṅgavaiḥ |
janakasya vacaśśrutvā niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ || 11 ||
purodhā ṛtvijaścaiva rājā ca saha mantribhiḥ |
āsaneṣu yathānyāyamupaviṣṭān samantataḥ || 12 ||
dṛṣṭvā sa nṛpatistatra viśvāmitramathābravīt |
adya yajñasamṛdhdirme saphalā daivataiḥ kṛtā || 13 ||
adya yajñaphalaṃ prāptaṃ bhagavaddarśanānmayā |
dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yasya me munipuṅgava || 14 ||
yajñopasadanaṃ brahman prāpto'si munibhiḥ saha |
dvādaśāhaṃ tu brahmarṣe śeṣamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ || 15 ||
tato bhāgārthino devān draṣṭumarhasi kauśika |
ityuktvā muniśārdūlaṃ prahṛṣṭavadanastadā || 16 ||
punastaṃ paripapraccha prāñjaliḥ praṇato nṛpaḥ |
imau kumārau bhadraṃ te devatulyaparākramau || 17 ||
gajasiṃhagatī vīrau śārdūlavṛṣabhopamau |
padmapatraviśālākṣau khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau || 18 ||
aśvināviva rūpeṇa samupasthitayauvanau |
yadṛcchayaiva gāṃ prāptau devalokādivāmarau || 19 ||
kathaṃ padbhyāmiha prāptau kimarthaṃ kasya vā mune |
varāyudhadharau vīrau kasya putrau mahāmune || 20 ||
bhūṣayantāvimaṃ deśaṃ candrasūryāvivāmbaram |
parasparasya sadṛśau pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ || 21 ||
kākapakṣadharau vīrau śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ |
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā janakasya mahātmanaḥ || 22 ||
nyavedayanmahātmānau putrau daśarathasya tau |
siddhāśramanivāsaṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ vadhaṃ tathā || 23 ||
taccāgamanamavyagraṃ viśālāyāśca darśanam |
ahalyādarśanaṃ caiva gautamena samāgamam || 24 ||
mahādhanuṣi jijñāsāṃ kartumāgamanaṃ tathā |
etatsarvaṃ mahātejā janakāya mahātmane || 25 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe pañcāśassargaḥ ||