śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha prathamassargaḥ |
tapassvādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam |
nāradaṃ paripapraccha vālmīkirmunipuṅgavam || 1 ||
konvasminsāmprataṃ loke guṇavānkaśca vīryavān |
dharmajñaśca kṛtajñaśca satyavākyo dṛḍhavrataḥ || 2 ||
cāritreṇa ca ko yuktassarvabhūteṣu ko hitaḥ |
vidvānkaḥ kassamarthaśca kaścaikapriyadarśanaḥ || 3 ||
ātmavānko jitakrodho dyutimānko'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 tairyuktaśśrūyatānnaraḥ || 7 ||
ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavo rāmo nāma janaiśśrutaḥ |
niyatātmā mahāvīryo dyutimāndhṛtimān vaśī || 8 ||
buddhimānnītimānvāgmī śrīmān śatrunibarhaṇaḥ |
vipulāṃso mahābāhuḥ kambugrīvo mahāhanuḥ || 9 ||
mahorasko maheṣvāso gūḍhajatrurarindamaḥ |
ājānubāhussuśirāssulalāṭassuvikramaḥ || 10 ||
samassamavibhaktāṅgassnigdhavarṇaḥ pratāpavān |
pīnavakṣā viśālākṣo lakṣmīvān śubhalakṣaṇaḥ || 11 ||
dharmajñassatyasandhaśca prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ |
yaśasvī jñānasampannaśśucirvaśyassamādhimān || 12 ||
prajāpatisamaśśrīmān dhātā ripuniṣūdanaḥ |
rakṣitā jīvalokasya dharmasya parirakṣitā || 13 ||
rakṣitā svasya dharmasya svajanasya ca rakṣitā |
vedavedāṅgatattvajño dhanurvede ca niṣṭhitaḥ || 14 ||
sarvaśāstrārthatattvajñassmṛtimānpratibhānavān |
sarvalokapriyassādhuradīnātmā vicakṣaṇaḥ || 15 ||
sarvadābhigatassadbhissamudra iva sindhubhiḥ |
āryassarvasamaścaiva 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 daśarathassutam |
prakṛtīnāṃ hitairyuktaṃ prakṛtipriyakāmyayā || 20 ||
yauvarājyena saṃyoktumaicchatprītyā mahīpatiḥ |
tasyābhiṣekasambhārāndṛṣṭvā 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 |
snehādvinayasampannassumitrānandavardhanaḥ || 25 ||
bhrātaraṃ dayito bhrātussaubhrātramanudarśayan |
rāmasya dayitā bhāryā nityaṃ prāṇasamā hitā || 26 ||
janakasya kule jātā devamāyeva nirmitā |
sarvalakṣaṇasampannā nārīṇāmuttamā vadhūḥ || 27 ||
sītāpyanugatā rāmaṃ śaśinaṃ rohiṇī yathā |
paurairanugato dūraṃ pitrā daśarathena ca || 28 ||
śṛṅgiberapure sūtaṃ gaṅgākūle vyasarjayat |
guhamāsādya dharmātmā niṣādādhipatiṃ priyam || 29 ||
guhena sahito rāmo lakṣmaṇena ca sītayā |
te vanena vanaṃ gatvā nadīstīrtvā bahūdakāḥ || 30 ||
citrakūṭamanuprāpya bharadvājasya śāsanāt |
ramyamāvasathaṃ kṛtvā ramamāṇā vane trayaḥ || 31 ||
devagandharvasaṅkāśāstatra te nyavasan sukham |
te vanena vanaṃ gatvā nadīstīrtvā bahūdakāḥ || 32 ||
citrakūṭamanuprāpya bharadvājasya śāsanāt |
ramyamāvasathaṃ kṛtvā ramamāṇā vane trayaḥ || 33 ||
devagandharvasaṅkāśāstatra te nyavasan sukham |
citrakūṭaṃ gate rāme putraśokāturastathā || 34 ||
rājā daśarathassvargaṃ jagāma vilapansutam |
mṛte tu tasminbharato vasiṣṭhapramukhairdvijaiḥ || 35 ||
niyujyamāno rājyāya naicchadrājyaṃ mahābalaḥ |
sa jagāma vanaṃ vīro rāmapādaprasādakaḥ || 36 ||
gatvā tu sumahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam |
ayācadbhrātaraṃ rāmamāryabhāvapuraskṛtaḥ || 37 ||
tvameva rājā dharmajña iti rāmaṃ vaco'bravīt |
rāmo'pi paramodārassumukhassumahāyaśāḥ |
na caicchatpiturādeśādrājyaṃ rāmo mahābalaḥ || 38 ||
pāduke cāsya rājyāya nyāsaṃ datvā punaḥpunaḥ |
nivartayāmāsa tato bharataṃ bharatāgrajaḥ || 39 ||
sa kāmamanavāpyaiva rāmapādāvupaspṛśan || 40 ||
nandigrāme'karodrājyaṃ rāmāgamanakāṅkṣayā |
gate tu bharate śrīmān satyasandho jitendriyaḥ || 41 ||
rāmastu punarālakṣya nāgarasya janasya ca |
tatrāgamanamekāgro daṇḍakānpraviveśa ha || 42 ||
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ |
virādhaṃ rākṣasaṃ hatvā śarabhaṅgaṃ dadarśa ha || 43 ||
sutīkṣṇaṃ cāpyagastyaṃ ca agastyabhrātaraṃ tathā |
agastyavacanāccaiva jagrāhaindraṃ śarāsanam || 44 ||
khaḍgaṃ ca paramaprītastūṇī cākṣayasāyakau |
vasatastasya rāmasya vane vanacaraissaha |
ṛṣayo'bhyāgamansarve vadhāyāsurarakṣasām || 45 ||
sa teṣāṃ pratiśuśrāva rākṣasānāṃ tathā vane || 46 ||
pratijñātaśca rāmeṇa vadhassaṃyati rakṣasām |
ṛṣīṇāmagnikalpānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām || 47 ||
tena tatraiva vasatā janasthānanivāsinī |
virūpitā śūrpaṇakhā rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī || 48 ||
tataśśūrpaṇakhāvākyādudyuktānsarvarākṣasān |
kharaṃ triśirasaṃ caiva dūṣaṇaṃ caiva rākṣasam || 49 ||
nijaghāna vane rāmasteṣāṃ caiva padānugān |
vane tasminnivasatā janasthānanivāsinām || 50 ||
rakṣasāṃ nihatānyāsansahasrāṇi caturdaśa |
tato jñātivadhaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ || 51 ||
sahāyaṃ varayāmāsa mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasam |
vāryamāṇassubahuśo mārīcena sa rāvaṇaḥ || 52 ||
na virodho balavatā kṣamo rāvaṇa tena te |
anādṛtya tu tadvākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ || 53 ||
jagāma saha mārīcastasyāśramapadaṃ tadā |
tena māyāvinā dūramapavāhya nṛpātmajau || 54 ||
jahāra bhāryāṃ rāmasya gṛdhraṃ hatvā jaṭāyuṣam |
gṛdhraṃ ca nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛtāṃ śrutvā ca maithilīm || 55 ||
rāghavaśśokasantapto vilalāpākulendriyaḥ |
tatastenaiva śokena gṛdhraṃ dagdhvā jaṭāyuṣam || 56 ||
mārgamāṇo vane sītāṃ rākṣasaṃ sandadarśa ha |
kabandhannāma rūpeṇa vikṛtaṃ ghoradarśanam || 57 ||
taṃ nihatya mahābāhurdadāha svargataśca saḥ |
sa cāsya kathayāmāsa śabarīṃ dharmacāriṇīm || 58 ||
śramaṇīṃ dharmanipuṇāmabhigaccheti rāghava |
1151 so'bhyagacchanmahātejāśśabarīṃ śatrusūdanaḥ || 59 ||
śabaryā pūjitassamyagrāmo daśarathātmajaḥ |
pampātīre hanumatā saṅgato vānareṇa ha || 60 ||
hanumadvacanāccaiva sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ |
sugrīvāya ca tatsarvaṃ śaṃsadrāmo mahābalaḥ || 61 ||
āditastadyathāvṛttaṃ sītāyāśca viśeṣataḥ |
sugrīvaścāpi tatsarvaṃ śrutvā rāmasya vānaraḥ || 62 ||
cakāra sakhyaṃ rāmeṇa prītaścaivāgnisākṣikam |
tato vānararājena vairānukathanaṃ prati || 63 ||
rāmāyāveditaṃ sarvaṃ praṇayādduḥkhitena ca |
pratijñātaṃ ca rāmeṇa tadā vālivadhaṃ prati || 64 ||
vālinaśca balaṃ tatra kathayāmāsa vānaraḥ |
sugrīvaśśaṅkitaścāsīnnityaṃ vīryeṇa rāghave || 65 ||
rāghavapratyayārthaṃ tu dundubheḥ kāyamuttamam |
darśayāmāsa sugrīvo mahāparvatasannibham || 66 ||
utsmayitvā mahābāhuḥ prekṣya cāsthi mahābalaḥ |
pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa sampūrṇaṃ daśayojanam || 67 ||
bibheda ca punassālānsaptaikena maheṣuṇā |
giriṃ rasātalaṃ caiva janayanpratyayaṃ tathā || 68 ||
tataḥ prītamanāstena viśvastassa mahākapiḥ |
kiṣkindhāṃ rāmasahito jagāma ca guhāṃ tadā || 69 ||
tato'garjaddharivaraḥ sugrīvo hemapiṅgalaḥ |
tena nādena mahatā nirjagāma harīśvaraḥ || 70 ||
anumānya tadā tārāṃ sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ |
nijaghāna ca tatrainaṃ śareṇaikena rāghavaḥ || 71 ||
tatassugrīvavacanāddhatvā vālinamāhave |
sugrīvameva tadrājye rāghavaḥ pratyapādayat || 72 ||
sa ca sarvānsamānīya vānarānvānararṣabhaḥ |
diśaḥ prasthāpayāmāsa didṛkṣurjanakātmajām || 73 ||
tato gṛdhrasya vacanātsampāterhanumānbalī |
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ pupluve lavaṇārṇavam || 74 ||
tatra laṅkāṃ samāsādya purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām |
dadarśa sītāṃ dhyāyantīmaśokavanikāṃ gatām || 75 ||
nivedayitvā''bhijñānaṃ pravṛttiṃ ca nivedya ca |
samāśvāsya ca vaidehīṃ mardayāmāsa toraṇam || 76 ||
pañca senāgragānhatvā saptamantrisutānapi |
śūramakṣaṃ ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇaṃ samupāgamat || 77 ||
astreṇonmuktamātmānaṃ jñātvā paitāmahādvarāt |
marṣayanrākṣasānvīro yantriṇastānyadṛcchayā || 78 ||
tato dagdhvā purīṃ laṅkāmṛte sītāṃ ca maithilīm |
rāmāya priyamākhyātuṃ punarāyānmahākapiḥ || 79 ||
so'dhigamya mahātmānaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ pradakṣiṇam |
nyavedayadameyātmā dṛṣṭā sīteti tattvataḥ || 80 ||
tatassugrīvasahito gatvā tīraṃ mahodadheḥ |
samudraṃ kṣobhayāmāsa śarairādityasannibhaiḥ || 81 ||
darśayāmāsa cātmānaṃ samudrassaritāṃ patiḥ |
samudravacanāccaiva nalaṃ setumakārayat || 82 ||
tena gatvā purīṃ laṅkāṃ hatvā rāvaṇamāhave |
rāmaḥ sītāmanuprāpya parāṃ vrīḍāmupāgamat || 83 ||
tāmuvāca tato rāmaḥ paruṣaṃ janasaṃsadi |
amṛṣyamāṇā sā sītā viveśa jvalanaṃ satī || 84 ||
tato'gnivacanātsītāṃ jñātvā vigatakalmaṣām |
babhau rāmassamprahṛṣṭaḥ pūjitassarvadaivataiḥ || 85 ||
karmaṇā tena mahatā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram |
sadevarṣigaṇaṃ tuṣṭaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ || 86 ||
abhiṣicya ca laṅkāyāṃ rākṣasendraṃ vibhīṣaṇam |
kṛtakṛtyastadā rāmo vijvaraḥ pramumoda ha || 87 ||
devatābhyo varaṃ prāpya samutthāpya ca vānarān |
ayodhyāṃ prasthito rāmaḥ puṣpakeṇa suhṛdvṛtaḥ || 88 ||
bharadvājāśramaṃ gatvā rāmassatyaparākramaḥ |
bharatasyāntikaṃ rāmo hanūmantaṃ vyasarjayat || 89 ||
punarākhyāyikāṃ jalpansugrīvasahitaśca saḥ |
puṣpakaṃ tatsamāruhya nandigrāmaṃ yayau tadā || 90 ||
nandigrāme jaṭāṃ hitvā bhrātṛbhissahito'naghaḥ |
rāmassītāmanuprāpya rājyaṃ punaravāptavān || 91 ||
prahṛṣṭamudito lokastuṣṭaḥ puṣṭassudhārmikaḥ |
nirāmayo hyarogaśca durbhikṣabhayavarjitaḥ || 92 ||
na putramaraṇaṃ kiñciddrakṣyanti puruṣāḥ kvacit |
nāryaścāvidhavā nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti pativratāḥ || 93 ||
na cāgnijaṃ bhayaṃ kiñcinnāpsu majjanti jantavaḥ |
na vātajaṃ bhayaṃ kiñcinnāpi jvarakṛtaṃ tathā || 94 ||
na cāpi kṣudbhayaṃ tatra na taskarabhayaṃ tathā |
nagarāṇi ca rāṣṭrāṇi dhanadhānyayutāni ca || 95 ||
nityaṃ pramuditāssarve yathā kṛtayuge tathā |
aśvamedhaśatairiṣṭvā tathā bahusuvarṇakaiḥ || 96 ||
gavāṃ koṭyayutaṃ datvā brahmalokaṃ prayāsyati |
asaṅkhyeyaṃ dhanaṃ datvā brāhmaṇebhyo mahāyaśāḥ || 97 ||
rājavaṃśānśataguṇānsthāpayiṣyati rāghavaḥ |
cāturvarṇyaṃ ca loke'smin sve sve dharme niyokṣyati || 98 ||
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca |
rāmo rājyamupāsitvā brahmalokaṃ prayāsyati || 99 ||
idaṃ pavitraṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammitam |
yaḥ paṭhedrāmacaritaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 100 ||
etadākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ paṭhanrāmāyaṇaṃ naraḥ |
saputrapautrassagaṇaḥ pretya svarge mahīyate || 101 ||
paṭhandvijo vāgṛṣabhatvamīyāt syātkṣatriyo bhūmipatitvamīyāt |
vaṇigjanaḥ paṇyaphalatvamīyāt janaśca śūdro'pi mahatvamīyāt || 102 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe prathamassargaḥ ||