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The Ramayana Book 1

Chapter 30

1 atha tāṃ rajanīṃ tatra kṛtārthau rāmalakṣaṇau
ūṣatur muditau vīrau prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
2 prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ kṛtapaurvāhṇikakriyau
viśvāmitram ṛṣīṃś cānyān sahitāv abhijagmatuḥ
3 abhivādya muniśreṣṭhaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam
ūcatur madhurodāraṃ vākyaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇau
4 imau svo muniśārdūla kiṃkarau samupasthitau
ājñāpaya yatheṣṭaṃ vai śāsanaṃ karavāva kim
5 evam ukte tatas tābhyāṃ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya rāmaṃ vacanam abruvan
6 maithilasya naraśreṣṭha janakasya bhaviṣyati
yajñaḥ paramadharmiṣṭhas tatra yāsyāmahe vayam
7 tvaṃ caiva naraśārdūla sahāsmābhir gamiṣyasi
adbhutaṃ ca dhanūratnaṃ tatra tvaṃ draṣṭum arhasi
8 tad dhi pūrvaṃ naraśreṣṭha dattaṃ sadasi daivataiḥ
aprameyabalaṃ ghoraṃ makhe paramabhāsvaram
9 nāsya devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ
kartum āropaṇaṃ śaktā na kathaṃ cana mānuṣāḥ
10 dhanuṣas tasya vīryaṃ hi jijñāsanto mahīkṣitaḥ
na śekur āropayituṃ rājaputrā mahābalāḥ
11 tad dhanur naraśārdūla maithilasya mahātmanaḥ
tatra drakṣyasi kākutstha yajñaṃ cādbhutadarśanam
12 tad dhi yajñaphalaṃ tena maithilenottamaṃ dhanuḥ
yācitaṃ naraśārdūla sunābhaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ
13 evam uktvā munivaraḥ prasthānam akarot tadā
sarṣisaṃghaḥ sakākutstha āmantrya vanadevatāḥ
14 svasti vo 'stu gamiṣyāmi siddhaḥ siddhāśramād aham
uttare jāhnavītīre himavantaṃ śiloccayam
15 pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā siddhāśramam anuttamam
uttarāṃ diśam uddiśya prasthātum upacakrame
16 taṃ vrajantaṃ munivaram anvagād anusāriṇām
śakaṭī śatamātraṃ tu prayāṇe brahmavādinām
17 mṛgapakṣigaṇāś caiva siddhāśramanivāsinaḥ
anujagmur mahātmānaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim
18 te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare
vāsaṃ cakrur munigaṇāḥ śoṇākūle samāhitāḥ
19 te 'staṃ gate dinakare snātvā hutahutāśanāḥ
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya niṣedur amitaujasaḥ
20 rāmo 'pi sahasaumitrir munīṃs tān abhipūjya ca
agrato niṣasādātha viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ
21 atha rāmo mahātejā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim
papraccha muniśārdūlaṃ kautūhalasamanvitaḥ
22 bhagavan ko nv ayaṃ deśaḥ samṛddhavanaśobhitaḥ
śrotum icchāmi bhadraṃ te vaktum arhasi tattvataḥ
23 codito rāmavākyena kathayām āsa suvrataḥ
tasya deśasya nikhilam ṛṣimadhye mahātapāḥ

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