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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 8
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tasya tv evaṃ prabhāvasya dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ
sutārthaṃ tapyamānasya nāsīd vaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ
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cintayānasya tasyaivaṃ buddhir āsīn mahātmanaḥ
sutārthaṃ vājimedhena kimarthaṃ na yajāmy aham
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sa niścitāṃ matiṃ kṛtvā yaṣṭavyam iti buddhimān
mantribhiḥ saha dharmātmā sarvair eva kṛtātmabhiḥ
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tato 'bravīd idaṃ rājā sumantraṃ mantrisattamam
śīghram ānaya me sarvān gurūṃs tān sapurohitān
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etac chrutvā rahaḥ sūto rājānam idam abravīt
ṛtvigbhir upadiṣṭo 'yaṃ purāvṛtto mayā śrutaḥ
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sanatkumāro bhagavān pūrvaṃ kathitavān kathām
ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājaṃs tava putrāgamaṃ prati
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kāśyapasya tu putro 'sti vibhāṇḍaka iti śrutaḥ
ṛṣyaśṛṅga iti khyātas tasya putro bhaviṣyati
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sa vane nityasaṃvṛddho munir vanacaraḥ sadā
nānyaṃ jānāti viprendro nityaṃ pitranuvartanāt
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dvaividhyaṃ brahmacaryasya bhaviṣyati mahātmanaḥ
lokeṣu prathitaṃ rājan vipraiś ca kathitaṃ sadā
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tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kālaḥ samabhivartata
agniṃ śuśrūṣamāṇasya pitaraṃ ca yaśasvinam
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etasminn eva kāle tu romapādaḥ pratāpavān
aṅgeṣu prathitā rājā bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ
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tasya vyatikramād rājño bhaviṣyati sudāruṇā
anāvṛṣṭiḥ sughorā vai sarvabhūtabhayāvahā
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anāvṛṣṭyāṃ tu vṛttāyāṃ rājā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ
brāhmaṇāñ śrutavṛddhāṃś ca samānīya pravakṣyati
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bhavantaḥ śrutadharmāṇo loke cāritravedinaḥ
samādiśantu niyamaṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathā bhavet
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vakṣyanti te mahīpālaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ
vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ rājan sarvopāyair ihānaya
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ānāyya ca mahīpāla ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ susatkṛtam
prayaccha kanyāṃ śāntāṃ vai vidhinā susamāhitaḥ
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teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā cintāṃ prapatsyate
kenopāyena vai śakyam ihānetuṃ sa vīryavān
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tato rājā viniścitya saha mantribhir ātmavān
purohitam amātyāṃś ca preṣayiṣyati satkṛtān
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te tu rājño vacaḥ śrutvā vyathitā vanatānanāḥ
na gacchema ṛṣer bhītā anuneṣyanti taṃ nṛpam
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vakṣyanti cintayitvā te tasyopāyāṃś ca tān kṣamān
āneṣyāmo vayaṃ vipraṃ na ca doṣo bhaviṣyati
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evam aṅgādhipenaiva gaṇikābhir ṛṣeḥ sutaḥ
ānīto 'varṣayad devaḥ śāntā cāsmai pradīyate
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ṛṣyaśṛṅgas tu jāmātā putrāṃs tava vidhāsyati
sanatkumārakathitam etāvad vyāhṛtaṃ mayā
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atha hṛṣṭo daśarathaḥ sumantraṃ pratyabhāṣata
yatharṣyaśṛṅgas tv ānīto vistareṇa tvayocyatām
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