Ramayana · Chapter 1.012

punaḥ prāpte vasante tu pūrṇaḥ saṃvatsaro 'bhavat
abhivādya vasiṣṭhaṃ ca nyāyataḥ pratipūjya ca

abravīt praśritaṃ vākyaṃ prasavārthaṃ dvijottamam
yajño me kriyatāṃ vipra yathoktaṃ munipuṃgava

yathā na vighnaḥ kriyate yajñāṅgeṣu vidhīyatām
bhavān snigdhaḥ suhṛn mahyaṃ guruś ca paramo mahān

voḍhavyo bhavatā caiva bhāro yajñasya codyataḥ
tatheti ca sa rājānam abravīd dvijasattamaḥ

kariṣye sarvam evaitad bhavatā yat samarthitam
tato 'bravīd dvijān vṛddhān yajñakarmasu niṣṭhitān

sthāpatye niṣṭhitāṃś caiva vṛddhān paramadhārmikān
karmāntikāñ śilpakārān vardhakīn khanakān api

gaṇakāñ śilpinaś caiva tathaiva naṭanartakān
tathā śucīñ śāstravidaḥ puruṣān subahuśrutān

yajñakarma samīhantāṃ bhavanto rājaśāsanāt
iṣṭakā bahusāhasrī śīghram ānīyatām iti

aupakāryāḥ kriyantāṃ ca rājñāṃ bahuguṇānvitāḥ
brāhmaṇāvasathāś caiva kartavyāḥ śataśaḥ śubhāḥ

bhakṣyānnapānair bahubhiḥ samupetāḥ suniṣṭhitāḥ
tathā paurajanasyāpi kartavyā bahuvistarāḥ

āvāsā bahubhakṣyā vai sarvakāmair upasthitāḥ
tathā jānapadasyāpi janasya bahuśobhanam

dātavyam annaṃ vidhivat satkṛtya na tu līlayā
sarve varṇā yathā pūjāṃ prāpnuvanti susatkṛtāḥ

na cāvajñā prayoktavyā kāmakrodhavaśād api
yajñakarmasu ye 'vyagrāḥ puruṣāḥ śilpinas tathā

teṣām api viśeṣeṇa pūjā kāryā yathākramam
yathā sarvaṃ suvihitaṃ na kiṃ cit parihīyate

tathā bhavantaḥ kurvantu prītisnigdhena cetasā
tataḥ sarve samāgamya vasiṣṭham idam abruvan

yathoktaṃ tat kariṣyāmo na kiṃ cit parihāsyate
tataḥ sumantram āhūya vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt

nimantrayasya nṛpatīn pṛthivyāṃ ye ca dhārmikāḥ
brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān vaiśyāñ śūdrāṃś caiva sahasraśaḥ

samānayasva satkṛtya sarvadeśeṣu mānavān
mithilādhipatiṃ śūraṃ janakaṃ satyavikramam

niṣṭhitaṃ sarvaśāstreṣu tathā vedeṣu niṣṭhitam
tam ānaya mahābhāgaṃ svayam eva susatkṛtam
pūrvasaṃbandhinaṃ jñātvā tataḥ pūrvaṃ bravīmi te

tathā kāśipatiṃ snigdhaṃ satataṃ priyavādinam
sadvṛttaṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ svayam evānayasva ha

tathā kekayarājānaṃ vṛddhaṃ paramadhārmikam
śvaśuraṃ rājasiṃhasya saputraṃ tam ihānaya

aṅgeśvaraṃ mahābhāgaṃ lomapādaṃ susatkṛtam
vayasyaṃ rājasiṃhasya tam ānaya yaśasvinam

prācīnān sindhusauvīrān saurāṣṭhreyāṃś ca pārthivān
dākṣiṇātyān narendrāṃś ca samastān ānayasva ha

santi snigdhāś ca ye cānye rājānaḥ pṛthivītale
tān ānaya yathākṣipraṃ sānugān sahabāndhavān

vasiṣṭhavākyaṃ tac chrutvā sumantras tvaritas tadā
vyādiśat puruṣāṃs tatra rājñām ānayane śubhān

svayam eva hi dharmātmā prayayau muniśāsanāt
sumantras tvarito bhūtvā samānetuṃ mahīkṣitaḥ

te ca karmāntikāḥ sarve vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate
sarvaṃ nivedayanti sma yajñe yad upakalpitam

tataḥ prīto dvijaśreṣṭhas tān sarvān punar abravīt
avajñayā na dātavyaṃ kasya cil līlayāpi vā
avajñayā kṛtaṃ hanyād dātāraṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

tataḥ kaiś cid ahorātrair upayātā mahīkṣitaḥ
bahūni ratnāny ādāya rājño daśarathasya ha

tato vasiṣṭhaḥ suprīto rājānam idam abravīt
upayātā naravyāghra rājānas tava śāsanāt

mayāpi satkṛtāḥ sarve yathārhaṃ rājasattamāḥ
yajñiyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ rājan puruṣaiḥ susamāhitaiḥ

niryātu ca bhavān yaṣṭuṃ yajñāyatanam antikāt
sarvakāmair upahṛtair upetaṃ vai samantataḥ

tathā vasiṣṭhavacanād ṛśyaśṛṅgasya cobhayoḥ
śubhe divasa nakṣatre niryāto jagatīpatiḥ

tato vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarva eva dvijottamāḥ
ṛśyaśṛṅgaṃ puraskṛtya yajñakarmārabhaṃs tadā