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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 27
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pratigṛhya tato 'strāṇi prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śuciḥ
gacchann eva ca kākutstho viśvāmitram athābravīt
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gṛhītāstro 'smi bhagavan durādharṣaḥ surair api
astrāṇāṃ tv aham icchāmi saṃhāraṃ munipuṃgava
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evaṃ bruvati kākutsthe viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
saṃhāraṃ vyājahārātha dhṛtimān suvrataḥ śuciḥ
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satyavantaṃ satyakīrtiṃ dhṛṣṭaṃ rabhasam eva ca
pratihārataraṃ nāma parāṅmukham avāṅmukham
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lakṣākṣaviṣamau caiva dṛḍhanābhasunābhakau
daśākṣaśatavaktrau ca daśaśīrṣaśatodarau
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padmanābhamahānābhau dundunābhasunābhakau
jyotiṣaṃ kṛśanaṃ caiva nairāśya vimalāv ubhau
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yaugandharaharidrau ca daityapramathanau tathā
pitryaṃ saumanasaṃ caiva vidhūtamakarāv ubhau
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karavīrakaraṃ caiva dhanadhānyau ca rāghava
kāmarūpaṃ kāmaruciṃ moham āvaraṇaṃ tathā
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jṛmbhakaṃ sarvanābhaṃ ca santānavaraṇau tathā
bhṛśāśvatanayān rāma bhāsvarān kāmarūpiṇaḥ
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pratīccha mama bhadraṃ te pātrabhūto 'si rāghava
divyabhāsvaradehāś ca mūrtimantaḥ sukhapradāḥ
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rāmaṃ prāñjalayo bhūtvābruvan madhurabhāṣiṇaḥ
ime sma naraśārdūla śādhi kiṃ karavāma te
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gamyatām iti tān āha yatheṣṭaṃ raghunandanaḥ
mānasāḥ kāryakāleṣu sāhāyyaṃ me kariṣyatha
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atha te rāmam āmantrya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
evam astv iti kākutstham uktvā jagmur yathāgatam
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sa ca tān rāghavo jñātvā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim
gacchann evātha madhuraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt
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kiṃ nv etan meghasaṃkāśaṃ parvatasyāvidūrataḥ
vṛkṣaṣaṇḍam ito bhāti paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
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darśanīyaṃ mṛgākīrṇaṃ manoharam atīva ca
nānāprakāraiḥ śakunair valgubhāṣair alaṃkṛtam
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niḥsṛtāḥ sma muniśreṣṭha kāntārād romaharṣaṇāt
anayā tv avagacchāmi deśasya sukhavattayā
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sarvaṃ me śaṃsa bhagavan kasyāśramapadaṃ tv idam
saṃprāptā yatra te pāpā brahmaghnā duṣṭacāriṇaḥ
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