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BALAKANDA
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पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस तन्त्रीलयसमतिः ।
शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा ॥
"This which has issued forth from me
suffering from grief, divided into four parts,
with the same number of letters in each, with
rhythm and tone complete, this can only
be a Sloka and nothing else.
तमेव चिन्तयन्नर्थम् उपावर्तत वै मुनिः ॥
आजगाम ततो ब्रह्मा लोककर्ता स्वयं प्रभुः ॥
Turning over this very thought, the ascetic
returned. Then Brahma himself, the lord
and the creator of the worlds, came thither.
तमुवाच ततो ब्रह्मा प्रहस्य मुनिपुङ्गवम् ।
श्लोक एव त्वया बद्धो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
Smilingly, Brahma informed the foremost of
ascetics thus : "A sloka indeed has been
composed by you; there is no need for further
enquiry as to this.
मच्छन्दादेव ते ब्रह्मन् प्रवृत्तेयं सरस्वती ।
वृत्तं कथय वीरस्य यथा ते नारदाच्छ्रुतम् ॥
Through my will indeed this Goddess of
Speech (Sarasvati) has issued forth. Compose
the story of the hero as you have heard
it from Narada.
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पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस तन्त्रीलयसमतिः ।
शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा ॥
"This which has issued forth from me
suffering from grief, divided into four parts,
with the same number of letters in each, with
rhythm and tone complete, this can only
be a Sloka and nothing else.
तमेव चिन्तयन्नर्थम् उपावर्तत वै मुनिः ॥
आजगाम ततो ब्रह्मा लोककर्ता स्वयं प्रभुः ॥
Turning over this very thought, the ascetic
returned. Then Brahma himself, the lord
and the creator of the worlds, came thither.
तमुवाच ततो ब्रह्मा प्रहस्य मुनिपुङ्गवम् ।
श्लोक एव त्वया बद्धो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
Smilingly, Brahma informed the foremost of
ascetics thus : "A sloka indeed has been
composed by you; there is no need for further
enquiry as to this.
मच्छन्दादेव ते ब्रह्मन् प्रवृत्तेयं सरस्वती ।
वृत्तं कथय वीरस्य यथा ते नारदाच्छ्रुतम् ॥
Through my will indeed this Goddess of
Speech (Sarasvati) has issued forth. Compose
the story of the hero as you have heard
it from Narada.