Ramayana · Chapter 1.073

atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
āpṛcchya tau ca rājānau jagāmottaraparvatam

viśvāmitro gate rājā vaidehaṃ mithilādhipam
āpṛcchyātha jagāmāśu rājā daśarathaḥ purīm

atha rājā videhānāṃ dadau kanyādhanaṃ bahu
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi bahūni mithileśvaraḥ

kambalānāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ kṣaumakoṭyambarāṇi ca
hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ divyarūpaṃ svalaṃkṛtam

dadau kanyā pitā tāsāṃ dāsīdāsam anuttamam
hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya muktānāṃ vidrumasya ca

dadau paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ kanyādhanam anuttamam
dattvā bahudhanaṃ rājā samanujñāpya pārthivam

praviveśa svanilayaṃ mithilāṃ mithileśvaraḥ
rājāpy ayodhyādhipatiḥ saha putrair mahātmabhiḥ

ṛṣīn sarvān puraskṛtya jagāma sabalānugaḥ
gacchantaṃ tu naravyāghraṃ sarṣisaṃghaṃ sarāghavam

ghorāḥ sma pakṣiṇo vāco vyāharanti tatas tataḥ
bhaumāś caiva mṛgāḥ sarve gacchanti sma pradakṣiṇam

tān dṛṣṭvā rājaśārdūlo vasiṣṭhaṃ paryapṛcchata
asaumyāḥ pakṣiṇo ghorā mṛgāś cāpi pradakṣiṇāḥ
kim idaṃ hṛdayotkampi mano mama viṣīdati

rājño daśarathasyaitac chrutvā vākyaṃ mahān ṛṣiḥ
uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ śrūyatām asya yat phalam

upasthitaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ divyaṃ pakṣimukhāc cyutam
mṛgāḥ praśamayanty ete saṃtāpas tyajyatām ayam

teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra vāyuḥ prādur babhūva ha
kampayan medinīṃ sarvāṃ pātayaṃś ca drumāñ śubhān

tamasā saṃvṛtaḥ sūryaḥ sarvā na prababhur diśaḥ
bhasmanā cāvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ saṃmūḍham iva tad balam

vasiṣṭha ṛṣayaś cānye rājā ca sasutas tadā
sasaṃjñā iva tatrāsan sarvam anyad vicetanam

tasmiṃs tamasi ghore tu bhasmacchanneva sā camūḥ
dadarśa bhīmasaṃkāśaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam

kailāsam iva durdharṣaṃ kālāgnim iva duḥsaham
jvalantam iva tejobhir durnirīkṣyaṃ pṛthagjanaiḥ

skandhe cāsajya paraśuṃ dhanur vidyudgaṇopamam
pragṛhya śaramukhyaṃ ca tripuraghnaṃ yathā haram

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasaṃkāśaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam
vasiṣṭhapramukhā viprā japahomaparāyaṇāḥ
saṃgatā munayaḥ sarve saṃjajalpur atho mithaḥ

kaccit pitṛvadhāmarṣī kṣatraṃ notsādayiṣyati
pūrvaṃ kṣatravadhaṃ kṛtvā gatamanyur gatajvaraḥ
kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ bhūyo na khalv asya cikīrṣitam

evam uktvārghyam ādāya bhārgavaṃ bhīmadarśanam
ṛṣayo rāma rāmeti madhurāṃ vācam abruvan

pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjām ṛṣidattāṃ pratāpavān
rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ rāmo jāmadagnyo 'bhyabhāṣata