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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 22
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prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
abhyabhāṣata kākutsthaṃ śayānaṃ parṇasaṃstare
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kausalyā suprajā rāma pūrvā saṃdhyā pravartate
uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla kartavyaṃ daivam āhnikam
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tasyarṣeḥ paramodāraṃ vacaḥ śrutvā nṛpātmajau
snātvā kṛtodakau vīrau jepatuḥ paramaṃ japam
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kṛtāhnikau mahāvīryau viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam
abhivādyābhisaṃhṛṣṭau gamanāyopatasthatuḥ
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tau prayāte mahāvīryau divyaṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm
dadṛśāte tatas tatra sarayvāḥ saṃgame śubhe
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tatrāśramapadaṃ puṇyam ṛṣīṇām ugratejasām
bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapyatāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītau rāghavau puṇyam āśramam
ūcatus taṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvāmitram idaṃ vacaḥ
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kasyāyam āśramaḥ puṇyaḥ ko nv asmin vasate pumān
bhagavañ śrotum icchāvaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi nau
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tayos tad vacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya munipuṃgavaḥ
abravīc chrūyatāṃ rāma yasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ
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kandarpo mūrtimān āsīt kāma ity ucyate budhaiḥ
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tapasyantam iha sthāṇuṃ niyamena samāhitam
kṛtodvāhaṃ tu deveśaṃ gacchantaṃ samarudgaṇam
dharṣayām āsa durmedhā huṃkṛtaś ca mahātmanā
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dagdhasya tasya raudreṇa cakṣuṣā raghunandana
vyaśīryanta śarīrāt svāt sarvagātrāṇi durmateḥ
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tasya gātraṃ hataṃ tatra nirdagdhasya mahātmanā
aśarīraḥ kṛtaḥ kāmaḥ krodhād deveśvareṇa ha
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anaṅga iti vikhyātas tadā prabhṛti rāghava
sa cāṅgaviṣayaḥ śrīmān yatrāṅgaṃ sa mumoca ha
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tasyāyam āśramaḥ puṇyas tasyeme munayaḥ purā
śiṣyā dharmaparā vīra teṣāṃ pāpaṃ na vidyate
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ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana
puṇyayoḥ saritor madhye śvas tariṣyāmahe vayam
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teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra tapo dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā
vijñāya paramaprītā munayo harṣam āgaman
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arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathātithyaṃ nivedyakuśikātmaje
rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ paścād akurvann atithikriyām
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satkāraṃ samanuprāpya kathābhir abhirañjayan
nyavasan susukhaṃ tatra kāmāśramapade tadā
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