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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 15
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tato nārāyaṇo viṣṇur niyuktaḥ surasattamaiḥ
jānann api surān evaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt
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upāyaḥ ko vadhe tasya rākṣasādhipateḥ surāḥ
yam ahaṃ taṃ samāsthāya nihanyām ṛṣikaṇṭakam
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evam uktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcur viṣṇum avyayam
mānuṣīṃ tanum āsthāya rāvaṇaṃ jahi saṃyuge
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sa hi tepe tapas tīvraṃ dīrghakālam ariṃdama
yena tuṣṭo 'bhavad brahmā lokakṛl lokapūjitaḥ
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saṃtuṣṭaḥ pradadau tasmai rākṣasāya varaṃ prabhuḥ
nānāvidhebhyo bhūtebhyo bhayaṃ nānyatra mānuṣāt
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avajñātāḥ purā tena varadānena mānavāḥ
tasmāt tasya vadho dṛṣṭo mānuṣebhyaḥ paraṃtapa
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ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā surāṇāṃ viṣṇur ātmavān
pitaraṃ rocayām āsa tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam
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sa cāpy aputro nṛpatis tasmin kāle mahādyutiḥ
ayajat putriyām iṣṭiṃ putrepsur arisūdanaḥ
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tato vai yajamānasya pāvakād atulaprabham
prādurbhūtaṃ mahad bhūtaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahābalam
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kṛṣṇaṃ raktāmbaradharaṃ raktāsyaṃ dundubhisvanam
snigdhaharyakṣatanujaśmaśrupravaramūrdhajam
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śubhalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitam
śailaśṛṅgasamutsedhaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam
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divākarasamākāraṃ dīptānalaśikhopamam
taptajāmbūnadamayīṃ rājatāntaparicchadām
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divyapāyasasaṃpūrṇāṃ pātrīṃ patnīm iva priyām
pragṛhya vipulāṃ dorbhyāṃ svayaṃ māyāmayīm iva
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samavekṣyābravīd vākyam idaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam
prājāpatyaṃ naraṃ viddhi mām ihābhyāgataṃ nṛpa
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tataḥ paraṃ tadā rājā pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ
bhagavan svāgataṃ te 'stu kim ahaṃ karavāṇi te
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atho punar idaṃ vākyaṃ prājāpatyo naro 'bravīt
rājann arcayatā devān adya prāptam idaṃ tvayā
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idaṃ tu naraśārdūla pāyasaṃ devanirmitam
prajākaraṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ dhanyam ārogyavardhanam
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bhāryāṇām anurūpāṇām aśnīteti prayaccha vai
tāsu tvaṃ lapsyase putrān yadarthaṃ yajase nṛpa
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tatheti nṛpatiḥ prītaḥ śirasā pratigṛhyatām
pātrīṃ devānnasaṃpūrṇāṃ devadattāṃ hiraṇmayīm
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abhivādya ca tad bhūtam adbhutaṃ priyadarśanam
mudā paramayā yuktaś cakārābhipradakṣiṇam
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tato daśarathaḥ prāpya pāyasaṃ devanirmitam
babhūva paramaprītaḥ prāpya vittam ivādhanaḥ
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tatas tad adbhutaprakhyaṃ bhūtaṃ paramabhāsvaram
saṃvartayitvā tat karma tatraivāntaradhīyata
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harṣaraśmibhir udyotaṃ tasyāntaḥpuram ābabhau
śāradasyābhirāmasya candrasyeva nabho'ṃśubhiḥ
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so 'ntaḥpuraṃ praviśyaiva kausalyām idam abravīt
pāyasaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva putrīyaṃ tv idam ātmanaḥ
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kausalyāyai narapatiḥ pāyasārdhaṃ dadau tadā
ardhād ardhaṃ dadau cāpi sumitrāyai narādhipaḥ
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kaikeyyai cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ dadau putrārthakāraṇāt
pradadau cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ pāyasasyāmṛtopamam
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anucintya sumitrāyai punar eva mahīpatiḥ
evaṃ tāsāṃ dadau rājā bhāryāṇāṃ pāyasaṃ pṛthak
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tās tv etat pāyasaṃ prāpya narendrasyottamāḥ striyaḥ
saṃmānaṃ menire sarvāḥ praharṣoditacetasaḥ
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