śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha tricatvāriṃśassargaḥ |
devadeve gate tasmin so'ṅguṣṭhāgranipīḍitām |
kṛtvā vasumatīṃ rāma saṃvatsaramupāsata || 1 ||
atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ |
umāpatiḥ paśupatī rājānamidamabravīt || 2 ||
prītaste'haṃ naraśreṣṭha kariṣyāmi tava priyam |
śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi śailarājasutāmaham || 3 ||
tato haimavatī jyeṣṭhā sarvalokanamaskṛtā |
tadā sātimahadrūpaṃ kṛtvā vegaṃ ca dussaham || 4 ||
ākāśādapatadrāma śive śivaśirasyuta |
acintayacca sā devī gaṅgā paramadurdharā || 5 ||
viśāmyahaṃ hi pātālaṃ srotasā gṛhya śaṅkaram |
tasyāvalepanaṃ jñātvā kruddhastu bhagavān haraḥ || 6 ||
tirobhāvayituṃ buddhiṃ cakre trinayanastadā |
sā tasmin patitā puṇyā puṇye rudrasya mūrdhani || 7 ||
himavatpratime rāma jaṭāmaṇḍalagahvare |
sā kathañcinmahīṃ gantuṃ nāśaknodyatnamāsthitā || 8 ||
naiva nirgamanaṃ lebhe jaṭāmaṇḍalamohitā |
tatraivābambhramaddevī saṃvatsaragaṇān bahūn || 9 ||
tāmapaśyanpunastatra tapaḥ paramamāsthitaḥ |
anena toṣitaścābhūdatyarthaṃ raghunandana || 10 ||
visasarja tato gaṅgāṃ haro bindusaraḥ prati |
tasyāṃ visṛjyamānāyāṃ saptasrotāṃsi jajñire || 11 ||
hlādinī pāvanī caiva nalinī ca tathā'parā |
tisraḥ prācīṃ diśaṃ jagmuḥ gaṅgāśśivajalāśśubhāḥ || 12 ||
sucakṣuścaiva sītā ca sindhuścaiva mahānadī |
tisrastvetā diśaṃ jagmuḥ pratīcīṃ tu śubhodakāḥ || 13 ||
saptamī cānvagāttāsāṃ bhagīrathamatho nṛpam |
bhagīratho'pi rājarṣirdivyaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ || 14 ||
prāyādagre mahātejā gaṅgā taṃ cāpyanuvrajat |
gaganācchaṅkaraśirastato dharaṇimāśritā || 15 ||
vyasarpata jalaṃ tatra tīvraśabdapuraskṛtam |
matsyakacchapasaṅghaiśca śiṃśumāragaṇaistadā || 16 ||
patadbhiḥ patitaiścānyairvyarocata vasundharā |
tato devarṣigandharvā yakṣasiddhagaṇāstadā || 17 ||
vyalokayanta te tatra gaganādgāṃ gatāṃ tathā |
vimānairnagarākārairhayairgajavaraistadā || 18 ||
pāriplavagataiścāpi devatāstatra viṣṭhitāḥ |
tadadbhutatamaṃ loke gaṅgāpatanamuttamam || 19 ||
didṛkṣavo devagaṇāḥ samīyuramitaujasaḥ |
sampatadbhissuragaṇaisteṣāṃ cābharaṇaujasā || 20 ||
śatādityamivābhāti gaganaṃ gatatoyadam |
śiṃśumāroragagaṇairmīnairapi ca cañcalaiḥ || 21 ||
vidyudbhiriva vikṣiptamākāśamabhavattadā |
pāṇḍaraissalilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaissahasradhā || 22 ||
śāradābhrairivākīrṇaṃ gaganaṃ haṃsasamplavaiḥ |
kvaciddrutataraṃ yāti kuṭilaṃ kvacidāyatam || 23 ||
vinataṃ kvaciduddhūtaṃ kvacidyāti śanaiśśanaiḥ |
salilenaiva salilaṃ kvacidabhyāhataṃ punaḥ || 24 ||
muhurūrdhvamukhaṃ gatvā papāta vasudhātalam |
tacchaṅkaraśirobhraṣṭaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ bhūmitale punaḥ || 25 ||
vyarocata tadā toyaṃ nirmalaṃ gatakalmaṣam |
tatra devarṣigandharvā vasudhātalavāsinaḥ || 26 ||
bhavāṅgapatitaṃ toyaṃ pavitramiti paspṛśuḥ |
śāpātprapatitā ye ca gaganādvasudhātalam || 27 ||
kṛtvā tatrābhiṣekaṃ te babhūvurgatakalmaṣāḥ |
dhūtapāpāḥ punastena toyenātha subhāsvatā || 28 ||
punarākāśamāviśya svān lokān pratipedire |
mumude mudito lokastena toyena bhāsvatā || 29 ||
kṛtābhiṣeko gaṅgāyāṃ babhūva vigataklamaḥ |
bhagīratho'pi rājārṣirdivyaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ |
prāyādagre mahātejāstaṃ gaṅgā pṛṣṭhato'nvagāt || 30 ||
devāssarṣigaṇāḥ sarve daityadānavarākṣasāḥ || 31 ||
gandharvayakṣapravarāssakinnaramahoragāḥ |
sarvāścāpsaraso rāma bhagīratharathānugām || 32 ||
gaṅgāmanvagaman prītāssarve jalacarāśca ye |
yato bhagīratho rājā tato gaṅgāyaśasvinī || 33 ||
jagāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī |
tato hi yajamānasya jahnoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ || 34 ||
gaṅgā samplāvayāmāsa yajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanaḥ |
tasyāvalepanaṃ jñātvā kruddho yajvā tu rāghava || 35 ||
apibacca jalaṃ sarvaṃ gaṅgāyāḥ paramādbhutam |
tato devāssagandharvā ṛṣayaśca suvismitāḥ || 36 ||
pūjayanti mahātmānaṃ jahnuṃ puruṣasattamam |
gaṅgāṃ cāpi nayanti sma duhitṛtve mahātmanaḥ || 37 ||
tatastuṣṭo mahātejāśśrotrābhyāmasṛjat punaḥ || 38 ||
tasmājjahnusutā gaṅgā procyate jāhnavītica |
jagāma ca punargaṅgā bhagīratharathānugā |
sāgaraṃ cāpi samprāptā sā saritpravarā tadā || 39 ||
rasātalamupāgacchatsiddhyarthaṃ tasya karmaṇaḥ |
bhagīratho'pi rājarṣiḥ gaṅgāmādāya yatnataḥ |
pitāmahān bhasmakṛtānapaśyaddīnacetanaḥ || 40 ||
atha tadbhasmanāṃ rāśiṃ gaṅgāsalilamuttamam |
plāvayaddhūtapāpmānassvargaṃ prāptā raghūttama || 41 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe tricatvāriṃśassargaḥ ||