śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha caturthassargaḥ |
prāptarājyasya rāmasya vālmīkirbhagavānṛṣiḥ |
cakāra caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vicitrapadamātmavān || 1 ||
caturviṃśatsahasrāṇi ślokānāmuktavānṛṣiḥ |
tathā sargaśatānpañca ṣaṭkāṇḍāni tathottaram || 2 ||
kṛtvāpi tanmahāprājñassabhaviṣyaṃ sahottaram |
cintayāmāsa konvetatprayuñjīyāditi prabhuḥ || 3 ||
tasya cintayamānasya maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ |
agṛhṇītāṃ tataḥ pādau muniveṣau kuśīlavau || 4 ||
kuśīlavau tu dharmajñau rājaputrau yaśasvinau |
bhrātarau svarasampannau dadarśāśramavāsinau || 5 ||
sa tu medhāvinau dṛṣṭvā vedeṣu pariniṣṭhitau |
vedopabṛṃhaṇārthāya tāvagrāhayata prabhuḥ || 6 ||
kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sītāyāścaritaṃ mahat |
paulastyavadhamityeva cakāra caritavrataḥ || 7 ||
pāṭhye geye ca madhuraṃ pramāṇaistribhiranvitam |
jātibhissaptabhirbaddhaṃ tantrīlayasamanvitam || 8 ||
rasaiśśṛṅgārakāruṇyahāsyavīrabhayānakaiḥ |
raudrādibhiśca saṃyuktaṃ kāvyametadagāyatām || 9 ||
tau tu gāndharvatattvajñau mūrchanāsthānakovidau |
bhrātarau svarasampannau gandharvāviva rūpiṇau || 10 ||
rūpalakṣaṇasampannau madhurasvarabhāṣiṇau |
bimbādivoddhṛtau bimbau rāmadehāttathā¶u || 11 ||
tau rājaputrau kārtsnyena dharmyamākhyānamuttamam |
vācovidheyaṃ tatsarvaṃ kṛtvā kāvyamaninditau || 12 ||
ṛṣīṇāṃ ca dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāṃ ca samāgame |
yathopadeśaṃ tattvajñau jagatussusamāhitau || 13 ||
mahātmānau mahābhāgau sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitau |
tau kadācitsametānāmṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām |
āsīnānāṃ samīpasthāvidaṃ kāvyamagāyatām || 14 ||
tacchrutvā munayassarve bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ |
sādhusādhviti tāvūcuḥ paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ || 15 ||
te prītamanasassarve munayo dharmavatsalāḥ |
praśaśaṃsuḥ praśastavyau gāyamānau kuśīlavau || 16 ||
aho gītasya mādhuryaṃ ślokānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ |
ciranirvṛttamapyetatpratyakṣamiva darśitam || 17 ||
praviśya tāvubhau suṣṭhu bhāvaṃ samyagagāyatām |
sahitau madhuraṃ raktaṃ sampannaṃ svarasampadā || 18 ||
evaṃ praśasyamānau tau tapaśślāghyairmahātmabhiḥ |
saṃraktataramatyarthaṃ madhuraṃ tāvagāyatām || 19 ||
prītaḥ kaścinmunistābhyāṃ saṃsthitaḥ kalaśaṃ dadau |
prasanno valkalaṃ kaściddadau tābhyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ || 20 ||
āścaryamidamākhyānaṃ muninā samprakīrtitam |
paraṃ kavīnāmādhāraṃ samāptaṃ ca yathākramam || 21 ||
abhigītamidaṃ gītaṃ sarvagīteṣu kovidau |
āyuṣyaṃ puṣṭijanakaṃ sarvaśrutimanoharam || 22 ||
praśasyamānau sarvatra kadācittatra gāyakau |
rathyāsu rājamārgeṣu dadarśa bharatāgrajaḥ || 23 ||
svaveśma cānīya tadā bhrātarau sa kuśīlavau |
pūjayāmāsa pūjārhau rāmaśśatrunibarhaṇaḥ || 24 ||
āsīnaḥ kāñcane divye sa ca siṃhāsane prabhuḥ |
upopaviṣṭassacivairbhrātṛbhiśca parantapaḥ || 25 ||
dṛṣṭvā tu rūpasampannau tāvubhau niyatastathā |
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmaśśatrughnaṃ bharataṃ tadā || 26 ||
śrūyatāmidamākhyānamanayordevavarcasoḥ |
vicitrārthapadaṃ samyaggāyakau tāvacodayat || 27 ||
tau cāpi madhuraṃ raktaṃ svañcitāyatanisvanam |
tantrīlayavadatyarthaṃ viśrutārthamagāyatām || 28 ||
hlādayatsarvagātrāṇi manāṃsi hṛdayāni ca |
śrotrāśrayasukhaṃ geyaṃ tadbabhau janasaṃsadi || 29 ||
imau munī pārthivalakṣaṇānvitau kuśīlavau caiva mahātapasvinau |
mamāpi tadbhūtikaraṃ pravakṣyate mahānubhāvaṃ caritaṃ nibodhata || 30 ||
tatastu tau rāmavacaḥpracoditāvagāyatāṃ mārgavidhānasampadā |
sa cāpi rāmaḥ pariṣadgataḥ śanairbubhūṣayāsaktamanā babhūva || 31 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe caturthassargaḥ ||