śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha pañcaviṃśassargaḥ |
atha tasyāprameyasya munervacanamuttamam |
śrutvā puruṣaśārdūlaḥ pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram || 1 ||
alpavīryā yadā yakṣā śśrūyante munipuṅgava |
kathannāgasahasrasya dhārayatyabalā balam || 2 ||
viśvāmitro'bravīdvākyaṃ śṛṇa yena balottarā |
varadānakṛtaṃ vīryaṃ dhārayatyabalā balam || 3 ||
pūrvamāsīnmahāyakṣassuketurnāma vīryavān |
anapatyaśśubhācārassa ca tepe mahattapaḥ || 4 ||
pitāmahastu suprītastasya yakṣapate stadā |
kanyāratnaṃ dadau rāma tāṭakāṃ nāma nāmataḥ || 5 ||
dadau nāgasahasrasya balaṃ cāsyāḥ pitāmahaḥ |
natveva putraṃ yakṣāya dadau brahmā mahāyaśāḥ || 6 ||
tāṃ tu jātāṃ vivardhantīṃ rūpayauvanaśālinīm |
jharjhaputrāya sundāya dadau bhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm || 7 ||
kasyacittvatha kālasya yakṣī putramajāyata |
mārīcaṃ nāma durdharṣaṃ yaśśāpādrākṣaso'bhavat || 8 ||
sunde tu nihate rāma sāgastyamṛṣisattamam |
tāṭakā saha putreṇa pradharṣayitumicchati || 9 ||
bhakṣārthaṃ jātasaṃrambhā garjantī sābhyadhāvata |
0 āpatantīṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā agastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ || 10 ||
rākṣasatvaṃ bhajasveti mārīcaṃ vyājahāra saḥ |
1 agastyaḥ paramakruddhastāṭakāmapi śaptavān || 11 ||
puruṣādī mahāyakṣī virūpā vikṛtānanā |
idaṃ rūpaṃ vihāyātha dāruṇaṃ rūpamastu te || 12 ||
saiṣā śāpakṛtāmarṣā tāṭakā krodhamūrchitā |
deśamutsādayatyenamagastyacaritaṃ śubham || 13 ||
enāṃ rāghava durvṛttāṃ yakṣīṃ paramadāruṇām |
gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya jahi duṣṭaparākramām || 14 ||
na hyenāṃ śāpasamspṛṣṭāṃ kaścidutsahate pumān |
nihantuṃ triṣu lokeṣu tvāmṛte raghunandana || 15 ||
na hi te strīvadhakṛte ghṛṇā kāryā narottama |
cāturvaṇyahitārthāya kartavyaṃ rājasūnunā || 16 ||
nṛśaṃsamanṛśaṃsaṃ vā prajārakṣaṇakāraṇāt |
pātakaṃ vā sadoṣaṃ vā kartavyaṃ rakṣatā satā || 17 ||
rājyabhāraniyuktānāmeṣa dharmassanātanaḥ |
adharmyāṃ jahi kākutstha dharmohyasyā na vidyate || 18 ||
śrūyate hi purā śakro virocanasutāṃ nṛpa |
pṛthivīṃ hantumicchantīṃ mantharāmabhyasūdayat || 19 ||
viṣṇunāpi purā rāma bhṛgupatnī dṛḍhavratā |
anindraṃ lokamicchantī kāvyamātā niṣūditā || 20 ||
etaiścānyaiśca bahubhī rājaputra mahātmabhiḥ |
adharmasahitā nāryo hatāḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ || 21 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe pañcaviṃśassargaḥ ||