śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha pañcatriṃśassargaḥ |
upāsya rātriśeṣaṃ tu śoṇākūle maharṣibhiḥ |
niśāyāṃ suprabhātāyāṃ viśvāmitro'bhyabhāṣata || 1 ||
suprabhātā niśā rāma pūrvā sandhyā pravartate |
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te gamanāyābhirocaya || 2 ||
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīṃ kriyām |
gamanaṃ rocayāmāsa vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha || 3 ||
ayaṃ śoṇaśśubhajalo'gādhaḥ pulinamaṇḍitaḥ |
katareṇa pathā brahman santariṣyāmahe vayam || 4 ||
evamuktastu rāmeṇa viśvāmitro'bravīdidam |
eṣa panthā mayoddiṣṭo yena yānti maharṣayaḥ || 5 ||
evamuktā maharṣayo viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā |
paśyantaste prayātā vai vanāni vividhāni ca || 6 ||
te gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ gate'rdhadivase tadā |
jāhnavīṃ saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ dadṛśurmunisevitām || 7 ||
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇyasalilāṃ haṃsasārasasevitām |
babhūvurmuditā ssarve munayassaha rāghavāḥ || 8 ||
tasyāstīre tataścakrusta āvāsaparigraham |
tatassnātvā yathānyāyaṃ santarpya pitṛdevatāḥ || 9 ||
hutvā caivāgnihotrāṇi prāśya cāmṛtavaddhaviḥ |
viviśurjāhnavītīre śucau muditamānasāḥ || 10 ||
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ parivārya samantataḥ |
atha tatra tadā rāmo viśvāmitramathābravīt || 11 ||
bhagavan śrotumicchāmi gaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm |
trailokyaṃ kathamākramya gatā nadanadīpatim || 12 ||
codito rāmavākyena viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ |
vṛddhiṃ janma ca gaṅgāyā vaktumevopacakrame || 13 ||
śailendro himavānnāma dhātūnāmākaro mahān |
tasya kanyādvayaṃ rāma rūpeṇāpratimaṃ bhuvi || 14 ||
yā meruduhitā rāma tayormātā sumadhyamā |
nāmnā manoramā nāma patnī himavataḥ priyā || 15 ||
tasyāṃ gaṅgeyamabhavajjyeṣṭhā himavatassutā |
umā nāma dvitīyābhūnnāmnā tasyaiva rāghava || 16 ||
atha jyeṣṭhāṃ surāssarve devatārthacikīrṣayā |
śailendraṃ varayāmāsurgaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm || 17 ||
dadau dharmeṇa himavān tanayāṃ lokapāvanīm |
svacchandapathagāṃ gaṅgāṃ trailokyahitakāmyayā || 18 ||
pratigṛhya tato devāstrilokahitakāriṇaḥ |
gaṅgāmādāya te'gacchan kṛtārthenāntarātmanā || 19 ||
yā cānyā śailaduhitā kanyāsīdraghunandana |
ugraṃ sā vratamāsthāya tapastepe tapodhanā || 20 ||
ugreṇa tapasā yuktāṃ dadau śailavarassutām |
rudrāyāpratirūpāya umāṃ lokanamaskṛtām || 21 ||
ete te śailarājasya sute lokanamaskṛte |
gaṅgā ca saritāṃ śreṣṭhā umādevī ca rāghava || 22 ||
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā tripathagā nadī |
khaṃ gatā prathamaṃ tāta gatiṃ gatimatāṃ vara || 23 ||
saiṣā suranadī ramyā śailendrasya sutā tadā |
suralokaṃ samārūḍhā vipāpā jalavāhinī || 24 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe pañcatriṃśassargaḥ ||