śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha dvisaptatitamassargaḥ |
tamuktavantaṃ vaidehaṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ |
uvāca vacanaṃ vīraṃ vasiṣṭhasahito nṛpam || 1 ||
acintyānyaprameyāni kulāni narapuṅgava |
ikṣvākūṇāṃ videhānāṃ naiṣāṃ tulyo'sti kaścana || 2 ||
sadṛśo dharmasambandhaḥ sadṛśo rūpasampadā |
rāmalakṣmaṇayo rājan sītā cormilayā saha || 3 ||
vaktavyaṃ ca naraśreṣṭha śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama |
bhrātā yavīyān dharmajña eṣa rājā kuśadhvajaḥ || 4 ||
asya dharmātmano rājan rūpeṇāpratimaṃ bhuvi |
sutādvayaṃ naraśreṣṭha patnyarthaṃ varayāmahe || 5 ||
bharatasya kumārasya śatrughnasya ca dhīmataḥ |
varayāmassute rājan tayorarthe mahātmanoḥ || 6 ||
putrā daśarathasyeme rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ |
lokapālopamāssarve devatulyaparākramāḥ || 7 ||
ubhayorapi rājendra sambandhenānubadhyatām |
ikṣvākoḥ kulamavyagraṃ bhavataḥpuṇyakarmaṇaḥ || 8 ||
viśvāmitravaca śśṛtvā vasiṣṭhasya mate tadā |
janakaḥ prāñjalirvākyamuvāca munipuṅgavau || 9 ||
kulaṃ dhanyamidaṃ manye yeṣāṃ no munipuṅgavau |
sadṛśaṃ kulasambandhaṃ yadājñāpayathaḥ svayam || 10 ||
evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ vaḥ kuśadhvajasute ime |
patnyau bhajetāṃ sahitau śatrughnabharatāvubhau || 11 ||
ekāhnā rājaputrīṇāṃ catasṛṇāṃ mahāmune |
pāṇīn gṛhṇantu catvāro rājaputrā mahābalāḥ || 12 ||
uttare divase brahman phalgunībhyāṃ manīṣiṇaḥ |
vaivāhikaṃ praśaṃsanti bhago yatra prajāpatiḥ || 13 ||
evamuktvā vacassaumyaṃ pratyutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ |
ubhau munivarau rājā janako vākyamabravīt || 14 ||
paro dharmaḥ kṛto mahyaṃ śiṣyo'smibhavato sadā |
imānyāsanamukhyāni āsātāṃ munipuṅgavau || 15 ||
yathā daśarathasyeyaṃ tathā'yodhyā purī mama |
prabhutve nāsti sandeho yathārhaṃ kartumarhatha || 16 ||
tathā bruvati vaidehe janake raghunandanaḥ |
rājā daśaratho hṛṣṭaḥ pratyuvāca mahīpatim || 17 ||
yuvāmasaṅkhyeyaguṇau bhrātarau mithileśvarau |
ṛṣayo rājasaṅghāśca bhavadbhyāmabhipūjitāḥ || 18 ||
svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te gamiṣyāmi svamālayam |
śrāddhakarmāṇi sarvāṇi vidhāsyāmīti cābravīt || 19 ||
tamāpṛṣṭvā narapatiṃ rājā daśarathastadā |
munīndrau tau puraskṛtya jagāmāśu mahāyaśāḥ || 20 ||
sa gatvā nilayaṃ rājā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ |
prabhāte kālyamutthāya cakre godānamuttamam || 21 ||
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi brāhmaṇebhyo narādhipaḥ |
ekaikaśo dadau rājā putrānuddiśya dharmataḥ || 22 ||
suvarṇaśruṅgā ssampannā ssavatsāḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ |
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi catvāri puruṣarṣabhaḥ || 23 ||
vittamanyacca subahudvijebhyo raghunandanaḥ |
dadau godānamuddiśya putrāṇāṃ putravatsalaḥ || 24 ||
sa sutaiḥ kṛtagodānairvṛtastu nṛpatistadā |
lokapālairivābhāti vṛtaḥ ssaumyaḥ prajāpatiḥ || 25 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe dvisaptatitamassargaḥ ||