śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha trayodaśassargaḥ |
punaḥ prāpte vasante tu pūrṇassaṃvatsaro'bhavat |
prasavārthaṃ gato yaṣṭuṃ hayamedhena vīryavān || 1 ||
abhivādya vasiṣṭhaṃ ca nyāyataḥ paripūjya ca |
abravītpraśritaṃ vākyaṃ prasavārthaṃ dvijottamam || 2 ||
yajño me kriyatāṃ brahmanyathoktaṃ munipuṅgava |
yathā na vighnaḥ kriyate yajñāṅgeṣu vidhīyatām || 3 ||
bhavān snigdhassuhṛnmahyaṃ guruśca paramo mahān |
oḍhavyo bhavatā caiva bhāro yajñasya codyataḥ || 4 ||
tatheti ca sa rājānamabravīddvijasattamaḥ |
kariṣye sarvamevaitadbhavatā yatsamarthitam || 5 ||
tato'bravīdvijānvṛddhānyajñakarmasu niṣṭhitān |
sthāpatye niṣṭhitāṃścaiva vṛddhānparamadhārmikān || 6 ||
karmāntikān śilpakarānvardhakīn khanakānapi |
gaṇakānśilpinaścaiva tathaiva naṭanartakān || 7 ||
tathā śucīnśāstravidaḥ puruṣān subahuśrutān |
yajñakarma samīhantāṃ bhavanto rājaśāsanāt || 8 ||
iṣṭakā bahu sāhasrāśśīghramānīyatāmiti |
0 upakāryāḥ kriyantāṃ ca rājñāṃ bahuguṇānvitāḥ || 9 ||
brāhmaṇāvasathāścaiva kartavyāśśataśaśśubhāḥ |
bhakṣyānnapānairbahubhissamupetāssuniṣṭhitāḥ || 10 ||
tathā paurajanasyāpi kartavyā bahuvistarāḥ |
āvāsā bahubhakṣyā vai sarvakāmairupasthitāḥ || 11 ||
tathā jānapadasyāpi janasya bahuśobhanam |
dātavyamannaṃ vidhivatsatkṛtya na tu līlayā || 12 ||
sarve varṇā yathā pūjāṃ prāpnuvanti susatkṛtāḥ |
na cāvajñā prayoktavyā kāmakrodhavaśādapi || 13 ||
yajñakarmasu ye vyagrāḥ puruṣāśśilpinastathā |
teṣāmapi viśeṣeṇa pūjā kāryā yathākramam || 14 ||
te ca syussambhṛtāssarve vasubhirbhojanena ca |
yathā sarvaṃ suvihitaṃ na kiñcitparihīyate || 15 ||
tathā bhavantaḥ kurvantu prītisnigdhena cetasā |
tatassarve samāgamya vasiṣṭhamidamabruvan || 16 ||
yathoktaṃ tatsuvihitaṃ na kiñcitparihīyate |
yathoktaṃ tatkariṣyāmo na kiñcitparihāsyate || 17 ||
tatassumantramānīya vasiṣṭho vākyamabravīt |
nimantrayasva nṛpatīnpṛthivyāṃ ye ca dhārmikāḥ || 18 ||
brāhmaṇānkṣatriyānvaiśyāñchūdrāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ |
samānayasva satkṛtya sarvadeśeṣu mānavān || 19 ||
mithilādhipatiṃ śūraṃ janakaṃ satyavikramam |
niṣṭhitaṃ sarvaśāstreṣu tathā vedeṣu niṣṭhitam || 20 ||
tamānaya mahābhāgaṃ svayameva susatkṛtam |
pūrvasambandhinaṃ jñātvā tataḥ pūrvaṃ bravīmi te || 21 ||
tathā kāśīpatiṃ snigdhaṃ satataṃ priyavādinam |
vayasyaṃ rājasiṃhasya svayamevānayasva ha || 22 ||
tathā kekayarājānaṃ vṛddhaṃ paramadhārmikam |
śvaśuraṃ rājasiṃhasya saputraṃ tvamihānaya || 23 ||
aṅgeśvaraṃ mahābhāgaṃ romapādaṃ susatkṛtam |
vayasyaṃ rājasiṃhasya samānaya yaśasvinam || 24 ||
prācīnānsindhu sauvīrānsaurāṣṭreyāṃśca pārthivān |
dākṣiṇātyānnarendrāṃśca samastānānayasva ha || 25 ||
santi snigdhāśca ye cānye rājānaḥ pṛthivītale |
tānānaya yathākṣipraṃ sānugānsaha bāndhavān || 26 ||
vasiṣṭhavākyaṃ tacchrutvā sumantrastvaritastadā |
vyādiśatpuruṣāṃstatra rājñāmānayane śubhān || 27 ||
svayameva hi dharmātmā prayayau muniśāsanāt |
sumantrastvarito bhūtvā samānetuṃ mahīkṣitaḥ || 28 ||
te ca karmāntikāssarve vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate |
sarvaṃ nivedayanti sma yajñe yadupakalpitam || 29 ||
tataḥprīto dvijaśreṣṭhastān sarvānidamabravīt |
avajñayā na dātavyaṃ kasyacillīlayā'pi vā || 30 ||
avajñayā kṛtaṃ hanyāddātāraṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ |
28 tataḥ kaiścidahorātrairupayātā mahīkṣitaḥ || 31 ||
bahūni ratnānyādāya rājño daśarathasya vai |
tato vasiṣṭhassuprīto rājānamidamabravīt || 32 ||
upayātā naravyāghra rājānastava śāsanāt |
mayāpi satkṛtāḥ sarve yathārhaṃ rājasattamāḥ || 33 ||
yajñīyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ rājan puruṣaissusamāhitaiḥ |
niryātu ca bhavānyaṣṭuṃ yajñāyatanamantikāt || 34 ||
sarvakāmairupahṛtairupetaṃ ca samantataḥ |
draṣṭumarhasi rājendra manaseva vinirmitam || 35 ||
tathā vasiṣṭhavacanādṛśyaśṛṅgasya cobhayoḥ |
śubhe divasanakṣatre niryāto jagatīpatiḥ || 36 ||
tato vasiṣṭhapramukhāssarva eva dvijottamāḥ |
ṛśyaśṛṅgaṃ puraskṛtya yajñakarmārabhan tadā || 37 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe trayodaśassargaḥ ||