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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 13
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atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe tasmin prāpte turaṅgame
sarayvāś cottare tīre rājño yajño 'bhyavartata
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ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ puraskṛtya karma cakrur dvijarṣabhāḥ
aśvamedhe mahāyajñe rājño 'sya sumahātmanaḥ
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karma kurvanti vidhivad yājakā vedapāragāḥ
yathāvidhi yathānyāyaṃ parikrāmanti śāstrataḥ
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pravargyaṃ śāstrataḥ kṛtvā tathaivopasadaṃ dvijāḥ
cakruś ca vidhivat sarvam adhikaṃ karma śāstrataḥ
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abhipūjya tato hṛṣṭāḥ sarve cakrur yathāvidhi
prātaḥsavanapūrvāṇi karmāṇi munipuṃgavāḥ
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na cāhutam abhūt tatra skhalitaṃ vāpi kiṃ cana
dṛśyate brahmavat sarvaṃ kṣemayuktaṃ hi cakrire
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na teṣv ahaḥsu śrānto vā kṣudhito vāpi dṛśyate
nāvidvān brāhmaṇas tatra nāśatānucaras tathā
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brāhmaṇā bhuñjate nityaṃ nāthavantaś ca bhuñjate
tāpasā bhujate cāpi śramaṇā bhuñjate tathā
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vṛddhāś ca vyādhitāś caiva striyo bālās tathaiva ca
aniśaṃ bhuñjamānānāṃ na tṛptir upalabhyate
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dīyatāṃ dīyatām annaṃ vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca
iti saṃcoditās tatra tathā cakrur anekaśaḥ
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annakūṭāś ca bahavo dṛśyante parvatopamāḥ
divase divase tatra siddhasya vidhivat tadā
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annaṃ hi vidhivat svādu praśaṃsanti dvijarṣabhāḥ
aho tṛptāḥ sma bhadraṃ te iti śuśrāva rāghavaḥ
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svalaṃkṛtāś ca puruṣā brāhmaṇān paryaveṣayan
upāsate ca tān anye sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ
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karmāntare tadā viprā hetuvādān bahūn api
prāhuḥ suvāgmino dhīrāḥ parasparajigīṣayā
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divase divase tatra saṃstare kuśalā dvijāḥ
sarvakarmāṇi cakrus te yathāśāstraṃ pracoditāḥ
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nāṣaḍaṅgavid atrāsīn nāvrato nābahuśrutaḥ
sadasyas tasya vai rājño nāvādakuśalo dvijaḥ
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prāpte yūpocchraye tasmin ṣaḍ bailvāḥ khādirās tathā
tāvanto bilvasahitāḥ parṇinaś ca tathāpare
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śleṣmātakamayo diṣṭo devadārumayas tathā
dvāv eva tatra vihitau bāhuvyastaparigrahau
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kāritāḥ sarva evaite śāstrajñair yajñakovidaiḥ
śobhārthaṃ tasya yajñasya kāñcanālaṃkṛtā bhavan
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vinyastā vidhivat sarve śilpibhiḥ sukṛtā dṛḍhāḥ
aṣṭāśrayaḥ sarva eva ślakṣṇarūpasamanvitāḥ
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ācchāditās te vāsobhiḥ puṣpair gandhaiś ca bhūṣitāḥ
saptarṣayo dīptimanto virājante yathā divi
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iṣṭakāś ca yathānyāyaṃ kāritāś ca pramāṇataḥ
cito 'gnir brāhmaṇais tatra kuśalaiḥ śulbakarmaṇi
sa cityo rājasiṃhasya saṃcitaḥ kuśalair dvijaiḥ
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garuḍo rukmapakṣo vai triguṇo 'ṣṭādaśātmakaḥ
niyuktās tatra paśavas tat tad uddiśya daivatam
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uragāḥ pakṣiṇaś caiva yathāśāstraṃ pracoditāḥ
śāmitre tu hayas tatra tathā jala carāś ca ye
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ṛtvigbhiḥ sarvam evaitan niyuktaṃ śāstratas tadā
paśūnāṃ triśataṃ tatra yūpeṣu niyataṃ tadā
aśvaratnottamaṃ tasya rājño daśarathasya ha
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kausalyā taṃ hayaṃ tatra paricarya samantataḥ
kṛpāṇair viśaśāsainaṃ tribhiḥ paramayā mudā
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patatriṇā tadā sārdhaṃ susthitena ca cetasā
avasad rajanīm ekāṃ kausalyā dharmakāmyayā
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hotādhvaryus tathodgātā hayena samayojayan
mahiṣyā parivṛtthyātha vāvātām aparāṃ tathā
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patatriṇas tasya vapām uddhṛtya niyatendriyaḥ
ṛtvik parama saṃpannaḥ śrapayām āsa śāstrataḥ
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dhūmagandhaṃ vapāyās tu jighrati sma narādhipaḥ
yathākālaṃ yathānyāyaṃ nirṇudan pāpam ātmanaḥ
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hayasya yāni cāṅgāni tāni sarvāṇi brāhmaṇāḥ
agnau prāsyanti vidhivat samastāḥ ṣoḍaśartvijaḥ
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plakṣaśākhāsu yajñānām anyeṣāṃ kriyate haviḥ
aśvamedhasya caikasya vaitaso bhāga iṣyate
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tryaho 'śvamedhaḥ saṃkhyātaḥ kalpasūtreṇa brāhmaṇaiḥ
catuṣṭomam ahas tasya prathamaṃ parikalpitam
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ukthyaṃ dvitīyaṃ saṃkhyātam atirātraṃ tathottaram
kāritās tatra bahavo vihitāḥ śāstradarśanāt
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jyotiṣṭomāyuṣī caiva atirātrau ca nirmitau
abhijid viśvajic caiva aptoryāmo mahākratuḥ
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prācīṃ hotre dadau rājā diśaṃ svakulavardhanaḥ
adhvaryave pratīcīṃ tu brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
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udgātre tu tathodīcīṃ dakṣiṇaiṣā vinirmitā
aśvamedhe mahāyajñe svayambhuvihite purā
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kratuṃ samāpya tu tadā nyāyataḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
ṛtvigbhyo hi dadau rājā dharāṃ tāṃ kratuvardhanaḥ
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ṛtvijas tv abruvan sarve rājānaṃ gatakalmaṣam
bhavān eva mahīṃ kṛtsnām eko rakṣitum arhati
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na bhūmyā kāryam asmākaṃ na hi śaktāḥ sma pālane
ratāḥ svādhyāyakaraṇe vayaṃ nityaṃ hi bhūmipa
niṣkrayaṃ kiṃ cid eveha prayacchatu bhavān iti
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gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi daśa tebhyo dadau nṛpaḥ
daśakoṭiṃ suvarṇasya rajatasya caturguṇam
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ṛtvijas tu tataḥ sarve pradaduḥ sahitā vasu
ṛṣyaśṛṅgāya munaye vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate
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tatas te nyāyataḥ kṛtvā pravibhāgaṃ dvijottamāḥ
suprītamanasaḥ sarve pratyūcur muditā bhṛśam
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tataḥ prītamanā rājā prāpya yajñam anuttamam
pāpāpahaṃ svarnayanaṃ dustaraṃ pārthivarṣabhaiḥ
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tato 'bravīd ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ rājā daśarathas tadā
kulasya vardhanaṃ tat tu kartum arhasi suvrata
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tatheti ca sa rājānam uvāca dvijasattamaḥ
bhaviṣyanti sutā rājaṃś catvāras te kulodvahāḥ
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