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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 20
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tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya snehaparyākulākṣaram
samanyuḥ kauśiko vākyaṃ pratyuvaca mahīpatim
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pūrvam arthaṃ pratiśrutya pratijñāṃ hātum icchasi
rāgavāṇām ayukto 'yaṃ kulasyāsya viparyayaḥ
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yad idaṃ te kṣamaṃ rājan gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam
mithyāpratijñaḥ kākutstha sukhī bhava sabāndhavaḥ
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tasya roṣaparītasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ
cacāla vasudhā kṛtsnā viveśa ca bhayaṃ surān
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trastarūpaṃ tu vijñāya jagat sarvaṃ mahān ṛṣiḥ
nṛpatiṃ suvrato dhīro vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt
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ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ sākṣād dharma ivāparaḥ
dhṛtimānsuvrataḥ śrīmān na dharmaṃ hātum arhasi
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triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto dharmātmā iti rāghavaḥ
svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva nādharmaṃ voḍhum arhasi
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saṃśrutyaivaṃ kariṣyāmīty akurvāṇasya rāghava
iṣṭāpūrtavadho bhūyāt tasmād rāmaṃ visarjaya
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kṛtāstram akṛtāstraṃ vā nainaṃ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ
guptaṃ kuśikaputreṇa jvalanenāmṛtaṃ yathā
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eṣa vigrahavān dharma eṣa vīryavatāṃ varaḥ
eṣa buddhyādhiko loke tapasaś ca parāyaṇam
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eṣo 'strān vividhān vetti trailokye sacarācare
nainam anyaḥ pumān vetti na ca vetsyanti ke cana
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na devā narṣayaḥ ke cin nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ
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sarvāstrāṇi kṛśāśvasya putrāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ
kauśikāya purā dattā yadā rājyaṃ praśāsati
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te 'pi putrāḥ kṛśāśvasya prajāpatisutāsutāḥ
nakarūpā mahāvīryā dīptimanto jayāvahāḥ
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jayā ca suprabhā caiva dakṣakanye sumadhyame
te suvāte 'straśastrāṇi śataṃ parama bhāsvaram
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pañcāśataṃ sutāṁl lebhe jayā nāma varān purā
vadhāyāsurasainyānām ameyān kāmarūpiṇaḥ
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suprabhājanayac cāpi putrān pañcāśataṃ punaḥ
saṃhārān nāma durdharṣān durākrāmān balīyasaḥ
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tāni cāstrāṇi vetty eṣa yathāvat kuśikātmajaḥ
apūrvāṇāṃ ca janane śakto bhūyaś ca dharmavit
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evaṃ vīryo mahātejā viśvāmitrro mahātapāḥ
na rāmagamane rājan saṃśayaṃ gantum arhasi
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