śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha saptaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ |
. janakasya vacaśśrutvā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ |
dhanurdarśaya rāmāya iti hovāca pārthivam || 1 ||
tatassa rājā janakaḥ sāmantānvyādideśa ha |
dhanurānīyatāṃ divyaṃ gandhamālyavibhūṣitam || 2 ||
janakena samādiṣṭāḥ sacivā prāviśan purīm |
taddhanuḥ purataḥ kṛtvā nirjagmuḥ pārthivājñayā || 3 ||
nṛṇāṃ śatāni pañcāśadvyāyatānāṃ mahātmanām |
mañjūṣāmaṣṭacakrāṃ tāṃ samūhuste kathañcana || 4 ||
tāmādāya tu mañjūṣāmāyasīṃ yatra taddhanuḥ |
suropamaṃ te janakamūcurnṛpatimantriṇaḥ || 5 ||
idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ rājan pūjitaṃ sarvarājabhiḥ |
mithilādhipa rājendra darśanīyaṃ yadicchasi || 6 ||
teṣāṃ nṛpo vacaḥ śrutvā kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata |
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ tau cobhau rāmalakṣmaṇau || 7 ||
idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ brahman janakairabhipūjitam |
rājabhiśca mahāvīryaiḥ aśaktaiḥ pūrituṃ purā || 8 ||
naitatsuragaṇāssarve nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ |
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakinnaramahoragāḥ || 9 ||
kva gatirmānuṣāṇāṃ ca dhanuṣo'sya prapūraṇe |
āropaṇe samāyoge vepane tolane'pi vā || 10 ||
tadetaddhanuṣāṃ śreṣṭhamānītaṃ munipuṅgava |
darśayaitanmahābhāga anayoḥ rājaputrayoḥ || 11 ||
viśvāmitrastu dharmātmā śrutvā janakabhāṣitam |
vatsa rāma dhanuḥ paśya iti rāghavamabravīt || 12 ||
brahmarṣervacanādrāmo yatra tiṣṭhati taddhanuḥ |
mañjūṣāṃ tāmapāvṛtya dṛṣṭvā dhanurathābravīt || 13 ||
idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ brahman saṃspṛśāmīha pāṇinā |
yatnavāṃśca bhaviṣyāmi tolane pūraṇe'pi vā || 14 ||
bāḍhamityeva taṃ rājā muniśca samabhāṣata |
līlayā sa dhanurmadhye jagrāha vacanānmuneḥ || 15 ||
paśyatāṃ nṛpasahasrāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ raghunandanaḥ |
āropayatsa dharmātmā salīlamiva taddhanuḥ || 16 ||
āropayitvā dharmātmā pūrayāmāsa taddhanuḥ |
tadbabhañja dhanurmadhye naraśreṣṭho mahāyaśāḥ || 17 ||
tasya śabdo mahānāsīt nirghātasamanisvanaḥ |
bhūmikampaśca sumahān parvatasyeva dīryataḥ || 18 ||
nipetuśca narā ssarve tena śabdena mohitāḥ |
varjayitvā munivaraṃ rājānaṃ tau ca rāghavau || 19 ||
pratyāśvaste jane tasminrājā vigatasādhvasaḥ |
uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṃ vākyajño munipuṅgavam || 20 ||
bhagavan dṛṣṭavīryo me rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ |
atyadbhutamacintyaṃ ca na tarkitamidaṃ mayā || 21 ||
janakānāṃ kule kīrtimāhariṣyati me sutā |
sītā bhartāramāsādya rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam || 22 ||
mama satyā pratijñā ca vīryaśulketi kauśika |
sītā prāṇairbahumatā deyā rāmāya me sutā || 23 ||
bhavato'numate brahman śīghraṃ gacchantu mantriṇaḥ |
mama kauśika bhadraṃ te ayodhyāṃ tvaritā rathaiḥ || 24 ||
rājānaṃ praśritairvākyairānayantu puraṃ mama |
pradānaṃ vīryaśulkāyāḥ kathayantu ca sarvaśaḥ || 25 ||
muniguptau ca kākutsthau kathayantu nṛpāya vai |
prīyamāṇaṃ tu rājānamānayantu suśīghragāḥ || 26 ||
kauśikaśca tathetyāha rājā cābhāṣya mantriṇaḥ || 27 ||
ayodhyāṃ preṣayāmāsa dharmātmā kṛtaśāsanān |
yathāvṛttaṃ samākhyātumānetuṃ ca nṛpaṃ tadā || 28 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe saptaṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ ||