śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha prathamassargaḥ |
tapassvādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam |
nāradaṃ paripapraccha vālmīkirmunipuṅgavam || 1 ||
ko'nvasminsāmprataṃ loke guṇavān kaśca vīryavān |
dharmajñaśca kṛtajñaśca satyavākyo dṛḍhavrataḥ || 2 ||
cāritreṇa ca ko yuktaḥ sarvabhūteṣu ko hitaḥ |
vidvān kaḥ kaḥ samarthaśca kaścaikapriyadarśanaḥ || 3 ||
ātmavān ko jitakrodho dyutimān ko'nasūyakaḥ |
kasya bibhyati devāśca jātaroṣasya saṃyuge || 4 ||
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me |
maharṣe tvaṃ samartho'si jñātumevaṃvidhaṃ naram || 5 ||
śrutvā caitattrilokajño vālmīkernārado vacaḥ |
śrūyatāmiti cāmantrya prahṛṣṭo vākyamabravīt || 6 ||
bahavo durlabhāścaiva ye tvayā kīrtitā guṇāḥ |
mune vakṣyāmyahaṃ buddhvā tairyuktaḥ śrūyatāṃ naraḥ || 7 ||
ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavo rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ |
niyatātmā mahāvīryo dyutimān dhṛtimān vaśī || 8 ||
buddhimān nītimān vāgmī śrīmān śatrunibarhaṇaḥ |
vipulāṃso mahābāhuḥ kambugrīvo mahāhanuḥ || 9 ||
mahorasko maheṣvāso gūḍhajatrurarindamaḥ |
ājānubāhuḥ suśirāḥ sulalāṭaḥ suvikramaḥ || 10 ||
samaḥ samavibhaktāṅgaḥ snigdhavarṇaḥ pratāpavān |
pīnavakṣā viśālākṣo lakṣmīvān śubhalakṣaṇaḥ || 11 ||
dharmajñaḥ satyasandhaśca prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ |
yaśasvī jñānasampannaḥ śucirvaśyaḥ samādhimān || 12 ||
prajāpatisamaḥ śrīmān dhātā ripuniṣūdanaḥ |
rakṣitā jīvalokasya dharmasya parirakṣitā || 13 ||
rakṣitā svasya dharmasya svajanasya ca rakṣitā |
vedavedāṅgatattvajño dhanurvede ca niṣṭhitaḥ || 14 ||
sarvaśāstrārthatattvajño smṛtimānpratibhānavān |
sarvalokapriyaḥ sādhuradīnātmā vicakṣaṇaḥ || 15 ||
sarvadābhigataḥ sadbhiḥ samudra iva sindhubhiḥ |
āryaḥ sarvasamaścaiva sadaikapriyadarśanaḥ || 16 ||
sa ca sarvaguṇopetaḥ kausalyānandavardhanaḥ |
samudra iva gāmbhīrye dhairyeṇa himavāniva || 17 ||
viṣṇunā sadṛśo vīrye somavatpriyadarśanaḥ |
kālāgnisadṛśaḥ krodhe kṣamayā pṛthivīsamaḥ || 18 ||
dhanadena samastyāge satye dharma ivāparaḥ |
tamevaṃ guṇasampannaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam || 19 ||
jyeṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaguṇairyuktaṃ priyaṃ daśarathaḥ sutam |
prakṛtīnāṃ hitairyuktaṃ prakṛti priya kāmyayā || 20 ||
yauvarājyena saṃyoktumaicchatprītyā mahīpatiḥ |
tasyābhiṣekasambhārān dṛṣṭvā bhāryā'tha kaikayī || 21 ||
pūrvaṃ dattavarā devī varamenamayācata |
vivāsanaṃ ca rāmasya bharatasyābhiṣecanam || 22 ||
sa satyavacanādrājā dharmapāśena saṃyataḥ |
vivāsayāmāsa sutaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathaḥ priyam || 23 ||
sa jagāma vanaṃ vīraḥ pratijñāmanupālayan |
piturvacananirdeśātkaikeyyāḥ priyakāraṇāt || 24 ||
taṃ vrajantaṃ priyo bhrātā lakṣmaṇo'nujagāma ha |
snehādvinayasampannaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ || 25 ||
bhrātaraṃ dayito bhrātuḥ saubhrātramanudarśayan |
rāmasya dayitā bhāryā nityaṃ prāṇasamāhitā || 26 ||
janakasya kule jātā devamāyeva nirmitā |
sarvalakṣaṇasampannā nārīṇāmuttamā vadhūḥ || 27 ||
sītā'pyanugatā rāmaṃ śaśinaṃ rohiṇī yathā |
paurairanugato dūraṃ pitrā daśarathena ca || 28 ||
śṛṅgiberapure sūtaṃ gaṅgākūle vyasarjayat |
guhamāsādya dharmātmā niṣādādhipatiṃ priyam || 29 ||
guhena sahito rāmaḥ lakṣmaṇena ca sītayā |
te vanena vanaṃ gatvā nadīstīrtvā bahūdakāḥ || 30 ||
citrakūṭamanuprāpya bharadvājasya śāsanāt |
ramyamāvasathaṃ kṛtvā ramamāṇā vane trayaḥ || 31 ||
devagandharvasaṅkāśāstatra te nyavasansukham |
citrakūṭaṃ gate rāme putraśokāturastathā || 32 ||
rājā daśarathaḥ svargaṃ jagāma vilapansutam |
mṛte tu tasminbharato vasiṣṭhapramukhairdvijaiḥ || 33 ||
niyujyamāno rājyāya naicchadrājyaṃ mahābalaḥ |
sa jagāma vanaṃ vīro rāmapādaprasādakaḥ || 34 ||
gatvā tu sa mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam |
ayācadbhrātaraṃ rāmaṃ āryabhāvapuraskṛtaḥ || 35 ||
tvameva rājā dharmajña iti rāmaṃ vaco'bravīt |
rāmo'pi paramodāraḥ sumukhassumahāyaśāḥ || 36 ||
na caicchatpiturādeśādrājyaṃ rāmo mahābalaḥ |
pāduke cāsya rājyāya nyāsaṃ dattvā punaḥ punaḥ || 37 ||
nivartayāmāsa tato bharataṃ bharatāgrajaḥ |
sa kāmamanavāpyaiva rāmapādāvupaspṛśan || 38 ||
nandigrāme'karodrājyaṃ rāmāgamanakāṅkṣayā |
gate tu bharate śrīmān satyasandho jitendriyaḥ || 39 ||
rāmastu punarālakṣya nāgarasya janasya ca |
tatrāgamanamekāgro daṇḍakānpraviveśa ha || 40 ||
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ |
virādhaṃ rākṣasaṃ hatvā śarabhaṅgaṃ dadarśa ha || 41 ||
sutīkṣṇaṃ cāpyagastyaṃ ca agastyabhrātaraṃ tathā |
agastyavacanāccaiva jagrāhaindraṃ śarāsanam || 42 ||
khaḍgaṃ ca paramaprītastūṇī cākṣayasāyakau |
vasatastasya rāmasya vane vanacaraiḥ saha || 43 ||
ṛṣayo'bhyāgamansarve vadhāyāsurarakṣasām |
sa teṣāṃ pratiśuśrāva rākṣasānāṃ tathā vane || 44 ||
pratijñātaśca rāmeṇa vadhaḥ saṃyati rakṣasām |
ṛṣīṇāmagnikalpānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām || 45 ||
tena tatraiva vasatā janasthānanivāsinī |
virūpitā śūrpaṇakhā rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī || 46 ||
tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāvākyādudyuktānsarvarākṣasān |
kharaṃ triśirasaṃ caiva dūṣaṇaṃ caiva rākṣasam || 47 ||
nijaghāna raṇe rāmasteṣāṃ caiva padānugān |
vane tasminnivasatā janasthānanivāsinām || 48 ||
rakṣasāṃ nihatānyāsansahasrāṇi caturdaśa |
tato jñātivadhaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ || 49 ||
sahāyaṃ varayāmāsa mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasam |
vāryamāṇaḥ subahuśo mārīcena sa rāvaṇaḥ || 50 ||
na virodho balavatā kṣamo rāvaṇa tena te |
anādṛtya tu tadvākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ || 51 ||
jagāma sahamārīcaḥ tasyāśramapadaṃ tadā |
tena māyāvinā dūramapavāhya nṛpātmajau || 52 ||
jahāra bhāryāṃ rāmasya gṛdhraṃ hatvā jaṭāyuṣam |
gṛdhraṃ ca nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛtāṃ śrutvā ca maithilīm || 53 ||
rāghavaḥ śokasantapto vilalāpākulendriyaḥ |
tatastenaiva śokena gṛdhraṃ dagdhvā jaṭāyuṣam || 54 ||
mārgamāṇo vane sītāṃ rākṣasaṃ sandadarśa ha |
kabandhaṃ nāma rūpeṇa vikṛtaṃ ghoradarśanam || 55 ||
taṃ nihatya mahābāhuḥ dadāha svargataśca saḥ |
sa cāsya kathayāmāsa śabarīṃ dharmacāriṇīm || 56 ||
śramaṇīṃ dharmanipuṇāmabhigaccheti rāghavam |
so'bhyagacchanmahātejāḥ śabarīṃ śatrusūdanaḥ || 57 ||
śabaryā pūjitaḥ samyagrāmo daśarathātmajaḥ |
pampātīre hanumatā saṅgato vānareṇa ha || 58 ||
hanumadvacanāccaiva sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ |
sugrīvāya ca tatsarvaṃ śaṃsadrāmo mahābalaḥ || 59 ||
āditastadyathāvṛttaṃ sītayāśca viśeṣataḥ |
sugrīvaścāpi tatsarvaṃ śrutvā rāmasya vānaraḥ || 60 ||
cakāra sakhyaṃ rāmeṇa prītaścaivāgnisākṣikam |
tato vānararājena vairānukathanaṃ prati || 61 ||
rāmāyāveditaṃ sarvaṃ praṇayādduḥkhitena ca |
pratijñātaṃ ca rāmeṇa tadā vālivadhaṃ prati || 62 ||
vālinaśca balaṃ tatra kathayāmāsa vānaraḥ |
sugrīvaḥ śaṅkitaścāsīnnityaṃ vīryeṇa rāghave || 63 ||
rāghavaḥ pratyayārthaṃ tu dundubheḥ kāyamuttamam |
darśayāmāsa sugrīvo mahāparvata sannibham || 64 ||
utsmayitvā mahābāhuḥ prekṣya cāsthi mahābalaḥ |
pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa sampūrṇaṃ daśayojanam || 65 ||
bibheda ca punaḥ sālānsaptaikena maheṣuṇā |
giriṃ rasātalaṃ caiva janayan pratyayaṃ tadā || 66 ||
tataḥ prītamanāstena viśvastaḥ sa mahākapiḥ |
kiṣkindhāṃ rāmasahito jagāma ca guhāṃ tadā || 67 ||
tato'garjaddharivaraḥ sugrīvo hemapiṅgalaḥ |
tena nādena mahatā nirjagāma harīśvaraḥ || 68 ||
anumānya tadā tārāṃ sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ |
nijaghāna ca tatrainaṃ śareṇaikena rāghavaḥ || 69 ||
tataḥ sugrīvavacanāddhatvā vālinamāhave |
sugrīvameva tadrājye rāghavaḥ pratyapādayat || 70 ||
sa ca sarvānsamānīya vānarānvānararṣabhaḥ |
diśaḥ prasthāpayāmāsa didṛkṣurjanakātmajām || 71 ||
tato gṛdhrasya vacanātsampāterhanumānbalī |
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ pupluve lavaṇārṇavam || 72 ||
tatra laṅkāṃ samāsādya purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām |
dadarśa sītāṃ dhyāyantīṃ aśokavanikāṃ gatām || 73 ||
nivedayitvā'bhijñānaṃ pravṛttiṃ ca nivedya ca |
samāśvāsya ca vaidehīṃ mardayāmāsa toraṇam || 74 ||
pañca senāgragānhatvā sapta mantrisutānapi |
śūramakṣaṃ ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇaṃ samupāgamat || 75 ||
astreṇonmuktamātmānaṃ jñātvā paitāmahādvarāt |
marṣayanrākṣasānvīro yantriṇastānyadṛcchayā || 76 ||
tato dagdhvā purīṃ laṅkāṃ ṛte sītāṃ ca maithilīm |
rāmāya priyamākhyātuṃ punarāyānmahākapiḥ || 77 ||
so'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ pradakṣiṇam |
nyavedayadameyātmā dṛṣṭā sīteti tattvataḥ || 78 ||
tataḥ sugrīvasahito gatvā tīraṃ mahodadheḥ |
samudraṃ kṣobhayāmāsa śarairādityasannibhaiḥ || 79 ||
darśayāmāsa cātmānaṃ samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ |
samudravacanāccaiva nalaṃ setumakārayat || 80 ||
tena gatvā purīṃ laṅkāṃ hatvā rāvaṇamāhave |
rāmaḥ sītāmanuprāpya parāṃ vrīḍāmupāgamat || 81 ||
tāmuvāca tato rāmaḥ paruṣaṃ janasaṃsadi |
amṛṣyamāṇā sā sītā viveśa jvalanaṃ satī || 82 ||
tato'gnivacanātsītāṃ jñātvā vigatakalmaṣām |
babhau rāmaḥ samprahṛṣṭaḥ pūjitaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ || 83 ||
karmaṇā tena mahatā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram |
sadevarṣigaṇaṃ tuṣṭaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ || 84 ||
abhiṣicya ca laṅkāyāṃ rākṣasendraṃ vibhīṣaṇam |
kṛtakṛtyastadā rāmo vijvaraḥ pramumoda ha || 85 ||
devatābhyo varaṃ prāpya samutthāpya ca vānarān |
ayodhyāṃ prasthito rāmaḥ puṣpakeṇa suhṛdvṛtaḥ || 86 ||
bharadvājāśramaṃ gatvā rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ |
bharatasyāntikaṃ rāmo hanūmantaṃ vyasarjayat || 87 ||
punarākhyāyikāṃ jalpansugrīvasahitaśca saḥ |
puṣpakaṃ tatsamāruhya nandigrāmaṃ yayau tadā || 88 ||
nandigrāme jaṭāṃ hitvā bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'naghaḥ |
rāmaḥ sītāmanuprāpya rājyaṃ punaravāptavān || 89 ||
prahṛṣṭamudito lokastuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ sudhārmikaḥ |
nirāmayo hyarogaśca durbhikṣa bhayavarjitaḥ || 90 ||
na putramaraṇaṃ kiñciddrakṣyanti puruṣāḥ kvacit |
nāryaścāvidhavā nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti pativratāḥ || 91 ||
na cāgnijaṃ bhayaṃ kiñcinnāpsu majjanti jantavaḥ |
na vātajaṃ bhayaṃ kiñcinnāpi jvarakṛtaṃ tathā || 92 ||
na cāpi kṣudbhayaṃ tatra na taskarabhayaṃ tathā |
nagarāṇi ca rāṣṭrāṇi dhanadhānyayutāni ca || 93 ||
nityaṃ pramuditāḥ sarve yathā kṛtayuge tathā |
aśvamedhaśatairiṣṭvā tathā bahusuvarṇakaiḥ || 94 ||
gavāṃ koṭyayutaṃ datvā brahmalokaṃ prayāsyati |
asaṅkhyeyaṃ dhanaṃ datvā brāhmaṇebhyo mahāyaśāḥ || 95 ||
rājavaṃśān śataguṇān sthāpayiṣyati rāghavaḥ |
cāturvarṇyaṃ ca loke'smin sve sve dharme niyokṣyati || 96 ||
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca |
rāmo rājyamupāsitvā brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati || 97 ||
idaṃ pavitraṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammitam |
yaḥ paṭhedrāmacaritaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 98 ||
etadākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ paṭhanrāmāyaṇaṃ naraḥ |
saputrapautraḥ sagaṇaḥ pretya svarge mahīyate || 99 ||
paṭhan dvijo vāgṛṣabhatvamīyāt
syāt kṣatriyo bhūmipatitvamīyāt |
vaṇigjanaḥ paṇyaphalatvamīyāt
janaśca śūdro'pi mahattvamīyāt || 100 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe nāradavākyaṃ nāma prathamaḥ sargaḥ ||