Ramayana · Chapter 1.015

tato nārāyaṇo viṣṇur niyuktaḥ surasattamaiḥ
jānann api surān evaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt

upāyaḥ ko vadhe tasya rākṣasādhipateḥ surāḥ
yam ahaṃ taṃ samāsthāya nihanyām ṛṣikaṇṭakam

evam uktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcur viṣṇum avyayam
mānuṣīṃ tanum āsthāya rāvaṇaṃ jahi saṃyuge

sa hi tepe tapas tīvraṃ dīrghakālam ariṃdama
yena tuṣṭo 'bhavad brahmā lokakṛl lokapūjitaḥ

saṃtuṣṭaḥ pradadau tasmai rākṣasāya varaṃ prabhuḥ
nānāvidhebhyo bhūtebhyo bhayaṃ nānyatra mānuṣāt

avajñātāḥ purā tena varadānena mānavāḥ
tasmāt tasya vadho dṛṣṭo mānuṣebhyaḥ paraṃtapa

ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā surāṇāṃ viṣṇur ātmavān
pitaraṃ rocayām āsa tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam

sa cāpy aputro nṛpatis tasmin kāle mahādyutiḥ
ayajat putriyām iṣṭiṃ putrepsur arisūdanaḥ

tato vai yajamānasya pāvakād atulaprabham
prādurbhūtaṃ mahad bhūtaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahābalam

kṛṣṇaṃ raktāmbaradharaṃ raktāsyaṃ dundubhisvanam
snigdhaharyakṣatanujaśmaśrupravaramūrdhajam

śubhalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitam
śailaśṛṅgasamutsedhaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam

divākarasamākāraṃ dīptānalaśikhopamam
taptajāmbūnadamayīṃ rājatāntaparicchadām

divyapāyasasaṃpūrṇāṃ pātrīṃ patnīm iva priyām
pragṛhya vipulāṃ dorbhyāṃ svayaṃ māyāmayīm iva

samavekṣyābravīd vākyam idaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam
prājāpatyaṃ naraṃ viddhi mām ihābhyāgataṃ nṛpa

tataḥ paraṃ tadā rājā pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ
bhagavan svāgataṃ te 'stu kim ahaṃ karavāṇi te

atho punar idaṃ vākyaṃ prājāpatyo naro 'bravīt
rājann arcayatā devān adya prāptam idaṃ tvayā

idaṃ tu naraśārdūla pāyasaṃ devanirmitam
prajākaraṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ dhanyam ārogyavardhanam

bhāryāṇām anurūpāṇām aśnīteti prayaccha vai
tāsu tvaṃ lapsyase putrān yadarthaṃ yajase nṛpa

tatheti nṛpatiḥ prītaḥ śirasā pratigṛhya tām
pātrīṃ devānnasaṃpūrṇāṃ devadattāṃ hiraṇmayīm

abhivādya ca tad bhūtam adbhutaṃ priyadarśanam
mudā paramayā yuktaś cakārābhipradakṣiṇam

tato daśarathaḥ prāpya pāyasaṃ devanirmitam
babhūva paramaprītaḥ prāpya vittam ivādhanaḥ

tatas tad adbhutaprakhyaṃ bhūtaṃ paramabhāsvaram
saṃvartayitvā tat karma tatraivāntaradhīyata

harṣaraśmibhir udyotaṃ tasyāntaḥpuram ābabhau
śāradasyābhirāmasya candrasyeva nabho'ṃśubhiḥ

so 'ntaḥpuraṃ praviśyaiva kausalyām idam abravīt
pāyasaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva putrīyaṃ tv idam ātmanaḥ

kausalyāyai narapatiḥ pāyasārdhaṃ dadau tadā
ardhād ardhaṃ dadau cāpi sumitrāyai narādhipaḥ
kaikeyyai cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ dadau putrārthakāraṇāt

pradadau cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ pāyasasyāmṛtopamam
anucintya sumitrāyai punar eva mahīpatiḥ

evaṃ tāsāṃ dadau rājā bhāryāṇāṃ pāyasaṃ pṛthak

tās tv etat pāyasaṃ prāpya narendrasyottamāḥ striyaḥ
saṃmānaṃ menire sarvāḥ praharṣoditacetasaḥ