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BALAKANDA
 
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एष विग्रहवान् धर्म एष वीर्यवतां वरः ।
 

एष बुद्ध्याधिको लोंलोके तपसश्च परायणम् ॥
 

He (Viswamitra) is Dharma embodied

and foremost of the valorous. He is the

foremost intellect in the world and is the

final abode of penance.
 

 
एषोऽस्त्रान् विविधान् वेत्ति त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।

नैनमन्यः पुमान् वेत्ति न च वेत्स्यन्ति केचन ॥
 

He knows all the various weapons. No

other person knows him in all the three

worlds, animate and inanimate, nor will

any person ever know.
 

 
तेषां निग्रहणे शक्तः स्वयं च कुशिकात्मजः ।

तव पुत्रहितार्थाय त्वामुपेत्याभियाचते ॥
 

By himself, Kausika is indeed capable of

overpowering them (Rakshasas). For the

good of your son, he comes and begs

of you."
 

 
तथा वसिष्ठे ब्रुवति राजा दशरथः सुतम् ।

प्रहृष्टवदनो रामम् आजुहाव सलक्ष्मणम् ॥
 

When Vasishtha spoke thus, King Dasa-

ratha, with a happy countenance, sent for

his son Rama along with Lakshmana.