Ramayana · Chapter 1.020

tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya snehaparyākulākṣaram
samanyuḥ kauśiko vākyaṃ pratyuvaca mahīpatim

pūrvam arthaṃ pratiśrutya pratijñāṃ hātum icchasi
rāgavāṇām ayukto 'yaṃ kulasyāsya viparyayaḥ

yad idaṃ te kṣamaṃ rājan gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam
mithyāpratijñaḥ kākutstha sukhī bhava sabāndhavaḥ

tasya roṣaparītasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ
cacāla vasudhā kṛtsnā viveśa ca bhayaṃ surān

trastarūpaṃ tu vijñāya jagat sarvaṃ mahān ṛṣiḥ
nṛpatiṃ suvrato dhīro vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt

ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ sākṣād dharma ivāparaḥ
dhṛtimānsuvrataḥ śrīmān na dharmaṃ hātum arhasi

triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto dharmātmā iti rāghavaḥ
svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva nādharmaṃ voḍhum arhasi

saṃśrutyaivaṃ kariṣyāmīty akurvāṇasya rāghava
iṣṭāpūrtavadho bhūyāt tasmād rāmaṃ visarjaya

kṛtāstram akṛtāstraṃ vā nainaṃ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ
guptaṃ kuśikaputreṇa jvalanenāmṛtaṃ yathā

eṣa vigrahavān dharma eṣa vīryavatāṃ varaḥ
eṣa buddhyādhiko loke tapasaś ca parāyaṇam

eṣo 'strān vividhān vetti trailokye sacarācare
nainam anyaḥ pumān vetti na ca vetsyanti ke cana

na devā narṣayaḥ ke cin nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ

sarvāstrāṇi kṛśāśvasya putrāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ
kauśikāya purā dattā yadā rājyaṃ praśāsati

te 'pi putrāḥ kṛśāśvasya prajāpatisutāsutāḥ
naikarūpā mahāvīryā dīptimanto jayāvahāḥ

jayā ca suprabhā caiva dakṣakanye sumadhyame
te suvāte 'straśastrāṇi śataṃ parama bhāsvaram

pañcāśataṃ sutāṃl lebhe jayā nāma varān purā
vadhāyāsurasainyānām ameyān kāmarūpiṇaḥ

suprabhājanayac cāpi putrān pañcāśataṃ punaḥ
saṃhārān nāma durdharṣān durākrāmān balīyasaḥ

tāni cāstrāṇi vetty eṣa yathāvat kuśikātmajaḥ
apūrvāṇāṃ ca janane śakto bhūyaś ca dharmavit

evaṃ vīryo mahātejā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
na rāmagamane rājan saṃśayaṃ gantum arhasi