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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 16
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putratvaṃ tu gate viṣṇau rājñas tasya mahātmanaḥ
uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ svayambhūr bhagavān idam
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satyasaṃdhasya vīrasya sarveṣāṃ no hitaiṣiṇaḥ
viṣṇoḥ sahāyān balinaḥ sṛjadhvaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
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māyāvidaś ca śūrāṃś ca vāyuvegasamāñjave
nayajñān buddhisaṃpannān viṣṇutulyaparākramān
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asaṃhāryān upāyajñān divyasaṃhananānvitān
sarvāstraguṇasaṃpannān amṛtaprāśanān iva
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apsaraḥsu ca mukhyāsu gandharvīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca
yakṣapannagakanyāsu ṛṣkavidyādharīṣu ca
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kiṃnarīṇāṃ ca gātreṣu vānarīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca
sṛjadhvaṃ harirūpeṇa putrāṃs tulyaparākramān
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te tathoktā bhagavatā tat pratiśrutya śāsanam
janayām āsur evaṃ te putrān vānararūpiṇaḥ
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ṛṣayaś ca mahātmānaḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ
cāraṇāś ca sutān vīrān sasṛjur vanacāriṇaḥ
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te sṛṣṭā bahusāhasrā daśagrīvavadhodyatāḥ
aprameyabalā vīrā vikrāntāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
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te gajācalasaṃkāśā vapuṣmanto mahābalāḥ
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipram evābhijajñire
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yasya devasya yad rūpaṃ veṣo yaś ca parākramaḥ
ajāyata samastena tasya tasya sutaḥ pṛthak
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golāṅgūlīṣu cotpannāḥ ke cit saṃmatavikramāḥ
ṛkṣīṣu ca tathā jātā vānarāḥ kiṃnarīṣu ca
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śilāpraharaṇāḥ sarve sarve pādapayodhinaḥ
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ sarve sarve sarvāstrakovidāḥ
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vicālayeyuḥ śailendrān bhedayeyuḥ sthirān drumān
kṣobhayeyuś ca vegena samudraṃ saritāṃ patim
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dārayeyuḥ kṣitiṃ padbhyām āplaveyur mahārṇavam
nabhastalaṃ viśeyuś ca gṛhṇīyur api toyadān
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gṛhṇīyur api mātaṅgān mattān pravrajato vane
nardamānāṃś ca nādena pātayeyur vihaṃgamān
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īdṛśānāṃ prasūtāni harīṇāṃ kāmarūpimām
śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi yūthapānāṃ mahātmanām
babhūvur yūthapaśreṣṭhā vīrāṃś cājanayan harīn
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anye ṛkṣavataḥ prasthān upatasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ
anye nānāvidhāñ śailān kānanāni ca bhejire
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sūryaputraṃ ca sugrīvaṃ śakraputraṃ ca vālinam
bhrātarāv upatasthus te sarva eva harīśvarāḥ
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tair meghavṛndācalatulyakāyair; mahābalair vānarayūthapālaiḥ
babhūva bhūr bhīmaśarīrarūpaiḥ; samāvṛtā rāmasahāyahetoḥ
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