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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 21
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tathā vasiṣṭhe bruvati rājā daśarathaḥ sutam
prahṛṣṭavadano rāmam ājuhāva salakṣmaṇam
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kṛtasvastyayanaṃ mātrā pitrā daśarathena ca
purodhasā vasiṣṭhena maṅgalair abhimantritam
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sa putraṃ mūrdhny upāghrāya rājā daśarathaḥ priyam
dadau kuśikaputrāya suprītenāntarātmanā
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tato vāyuḥ sukhasparśo virajasko vavau tadā
viśvāmitragataṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanam
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puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd devadundubhinisvanaḥ
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ prayāte tu mahātmani
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viśvāmitro yayāv agre tato rāmo mahāyaśāḥ
kākapakṣadharo dhanvī taṃ ca saumitrir anvagāt
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kalāpinau dhanuṣpāṇī śobhayānau diśo daśa
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ triśīrṣāv iva pannagau
anujagmatur akṣudrau pitāmaham ivāśvinau
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baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau khaḍgavantau mahādyutī
sthāṇuṃ devam ivācintyaṃ kumārāv iva pāvakī
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adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe
rāmeti madhurā vāṇīṃ viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata
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gṛhāṇa vatsa salilaṃ mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ
mantragrāmaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ balām atibalāṃ tathā
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na śramo na jvaro vā te na rūpasya viparyayaḥ
na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā dharṣayiṣyanti nairṛtāḥ
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na bāhvoḥ sadṛśo vīrye pṛthivyām asti kaś cana
triṣu lokeṣu vā rāma na bhavet sadṛśas tava
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na saubhāgye na dākṣiṇye na jñāne buddhiniścaye
nottare pratipattavyo samo loke tavānagha
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etadvidyādvaye labdhe bhavitā nāsti te samaḥ
balā cātibalā caiva sarvajñānasya mātarau
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kṣutpipāse na te rāma bhaviṣyete narottama
balām atibalāṃ caiva paṭhataḥ pathi rāghava
vidyādvayam adhīyāne yaśaś cāpy atulaṃ bhuvi
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pitāmahasute hy ete vidye tejaḥsamanvite
pradātuṃ tava kākutstha sadṛśas tvaṃ hi dhārmika
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kāmaṃ bahuguṇāḥ sarve tvayy ete nātra saṃśayaḥ
tapasā saṃbhṛte caite bahurūpe bhaviṣyataḥ
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tato rāmo jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śuciḥ
pratijagrāha te vidye maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
vidyāsamudito rāmaḥ śuśubhe bhūrivikramaḥ
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gurukāryāṇi sarvāṇi niyujya kuśikātmaje
ūṣus tāṃ rajanīṃ tatra sarayvāṃ susukhaṃ trayaḥ
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