śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha pañcacatvāriṃśassargaḥ |
viśvāmitravacaśśrutvā rāghava ssahalakṣmaṇaḥ |
vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā viśvāmitramathābravīt || 1 ||
atyadbhutamidaṃ brahman kathitaṃ paramaṃ tvayā |
gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sāgarasyāpi pūraṇam || 2 ||
tasya sā śarvarī sarvā saha saumitriṇā tadā |
jagāma cintayānasya viśvāmitrakathāṃ śubhām || 3 ||
tataḥ prabhāte vimale viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim |
uvāca rāghavo vākyaṃ kṛtāhnikamarindamaḥ || 4 ||
gatā bhagavatī rātriśśrotavyaṃ paramaṃ śrutam |
kṣaṇabhūteva nau rātri ssamvṛtteyaṃ mahātapaḥ || 5 ||
imāṃ cintayatassarvāṃ nikhilena kathāṃ tava |
tarāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ puṇyāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm || 6 ||
naureṣā hi sukhāstīrṇā ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām |
bhagavantamiha prāptaṃ jñātvā tvaritamāgatā || 7 ||
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ |
santāraṃ kārayāmāsa sarṣisaṅgha ssarāghavaḥ || 8 ||
uttaraṃ tīramāsādya sampūjyarṣigaṇaṃ tadā |
gaṅgākūle niviṣṭāste viśālāṃ dadṛśuḥ purīm || 9 ||
tato munivarastūrṇaṃ jagāma saha rāghavaḥ |
viśālāṃ nagarīṃ ramyāṃ divyāṃ svargopamāṃ tadā || 10 ||
atha rāmo mahāprājño viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim |
papraccha prāñjalirbhūtvā viśālāmuttamāṃ purīm || 11 ||
kataro rājavaṃśo'yaṃ viśālāyāṃ mahāmune |
śrotumicchāmi bhadraṃ te paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me || 12 ||
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmasya munipuṅgavaḥ |
ākhyātuṃ tatsamārebhe viśālasya purātanam || 13 ||
śrūyatāṃ rāma śakrasya kathāṃ kathayataśśubhām |
asmin deśe tu yadvṛttaṃ tadapi śṛṇu rāghava || 14 ||
pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge rāma diteḥ putrā mahābalāḥ |
aditeśca mahābhāga vīryavantassudhārmikāḥ || 15 ||
tatasteṣāṃ naraśreṣṭha buddhirāsīnmahātmanām |
amarā ajarāścaiva kathaṃ syāma nirāmayāḥ || 16 ||
teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ rāma buddhirāsīnmahātmanām |
kṣīrodamathanaṃ kṛtvā rasaṃ prāpsyāma tatra vai || 17 ||
tato niścitya mathanaṃ yoktraṃ kṛtvā ca vāsukim |
manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthuramitaujasaḥ || 18 ||
atha varṣasahasreṇa yoktrasarpaśirāṃsi ca |
vamantyati viṣaṃ tatra dadaṃśurdaśanaiśśilāḥ || 19 ||
utpapātāgnisaṅkāśaṃ hālāhalamahāviṣam |
tena dagdhaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam || 20 ||
atha devā mahādevaṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇārthinaḥ |
jagmuḥ paśupatiṃ rudraṃ trāhi trāhīti tuṣṭuvuḥ || 21 ||
evamuktastato devairdevadeveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ |
prādurāsīttato'traiva śaṅkhacakradharo hariḥ || 22 ||
uvācainaṃ smitaṃ kṛtvā rudraṃ śūlabhṛtaṃ hariḥ |
daivatairmathyamāne tu yatpūrvaṃ samupasthitam || 23 ||
tvadīyaṃhi suraśreṣṭha surāṇāmagrajo'si yat |
agrapūjāmimāṃ matvā gṛhāṇedaṃ viṣaṃ prabho || 24 ||
ityuktvā ca suraśreṣṭhastatraivāntaradhīyata |
devatānāṃ bhayaṃ dṛṣṭavāśrutvā vākyaṃ tu śārṅgiṇaḥ |
hālāhalaviṣaṃ ghoraṃ sa jagrāhāmṛtopamam || 25 ||
devānvisṛjya deveśo jagāma bhagavān haraḥ |
tato devāsurāssarve mamanthū raghunandana || 26 ||
praviveśātha pātālaṃ manthānaḥ parvato'nagha |
tato devāssagandharvāstuṣṭuvurmadhusūdanam || 27 ||
tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ viśeṣeṇa divaukasām |
pālayāsmānmahābāho girimuddhartumarhasi || 28 ||
iti śrutvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ kāmaṭhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ |
parvataṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā śiśye tatrodadhau hariḥ || 29 ||
parvatāgre tu lokātmā hastenākramya keśavaḥ |
devānāṃ madhyataḥ sthitvā mamantha puruṣottamaḥ || 30 ||
atha varṣasahasreṇa sadaṇḍassakamaṇḍaluḥ |
pūrvaṃ dhanvantarirnāma apsarāśca suvarcasaḥ || 31 ||
apsu nirmathanādeva rasāstasmādvarastriyaḥ |
utpeturmanujaśreṣṭha tasmādapsaraso'bhavan || 32 ||
ṣaṣṭiḥ koṭyo'bhavaṃstāsāṃ apsarāṇāṃ suvarcasām |
asaṅkhyeyāstu kākutstha yāstāsāṃ paricārikāḥ || 33 ||
na tāssma parigṛhṇanti sarve te devadānavāḥ |
apratigrahaṇāttāśca sarvāssādhāraṇāssmṛtāḥ || 34 ||
varuṇasya tataḥ kanyā vāruṇī raghunandana |
utpapāta mahābhāgā mārgamāṇā parigraham || 35 ||
diteḥ putrā na tāṃ rāma jagṛhurvaruṇātmajām |
aditestu sutā vīra jagṛhustāmaninditām || 36 ||
asurāstena daiteyāssurāstenāditessutāḥ |
hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditāścāsan vāruṇīgrahaṇātsurāḥ || 37 ||
uccaiśśravā hayaśreṣṭho maṇiratnaṃ ca kaustubham |
udatiṣṭhannaraśreṣṭha tathaivāmṛtamuttamam || 38 ||
atha tasya kṛte rāma mahānāsītkulakṣayaḥ |
aditestu tataḥ putrā diteḥ putrānasūdayan || 39 ||
ekato'bhyāgaman sarve hyasurā rākṣasaissaha |
yuddhamāsīnmahāghoraṃ vīra trailokyamohanam || 40 ||
yadā kṣayaṃ gataṃ sarvaṃ tadā viṣṇurmahābalaḥ |
amṛtaṃ so'haratttūrṇaṃ māyāmāsthāya mohinīm || 41 ||
ye gatā'bhimukhaṃ viṣṇumakṣayaṃ puruṣottamam |
sampiṣṭāste tadā yuddhe viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā || 42 ||
aditerātmajā vīrā diteḥ putrānnijaghnire |
tasmin ghore mahāyuddhe daiteyādityayorbhṛśam || 43 ||
nihatya ditiputrāṃśca rājyaṃ prāpya purandaraḥ |
śaśāsa mudito lokān sarṣisaṅghān sacāraṇān || 44 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe pañcacatvāriṃśassargaḥ ||