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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 29
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atha tau deśakālajñau rājaputrāv ariṃdamau
deśe kāle ca vākyajñāv abrūtāṃ kauśikaṃ vacaḥ
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bhagavañ śrotum icchāvo yasmin kāle niśācarau
saṃrakṣaṇīyau tau brahman nātivarteta tatkṣaṇam
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evaṃ bruvāṇau kākutsthau tvaramāṇau yuyutsayā
sarve te munayaḥ prītāḥ praśaśaṃsur nṛpātmajau
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adya prabhṛti ṣaḍrātraṃ rakṣataṃ rāghavau yuvām
dīkṣāṃ gato hy eṣa munir maunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati
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tau tu tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrau yaśasvinau
anidrau ṣaḍahorātraṃ tapovanam arakṣatām
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upāsāṃ cakratur vīrau yattau paramadhanvinau
rarakṣatur munivaraṃ viśvāmitram ariṃdamau
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atha kāle gate tasmin ṣaṣṭhe 'hani samāgate
saumitram abravīd rāmo yatto bhava samāhitaḥ
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rāmasyaivaṃ bruvāṇasya tvaritasya yuyutsayā
prajajvāla tato vediḥ sopādhyāyapurohitā
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mantravac ca yathānyāyaṃ yajño 'sau saṃpravartate
ākāśe ca mahāñ śabdaḥ prādur āsīd bhayānakaḥ
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āvārya gaganaṃ megho yathā prāvṛṣi nirgataḥ
tathā māyāṃ vikurvāṇau rākṣasāv abhyadhāvatām
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mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca tayor anucarās tathā
āgamya bhīmasaṃkāśā rudhiraughān avāsṛjan
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tāv āpatantau sahasā dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanaḥ
lakṣmaṇaṃ tv abhisaṃprekṣya rāmo vacanam abravīt
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paśya lakṣmaṇa durvṛttān rākṣasān piśitāśanān
mānavāstrasamādhūtān anilena yathāghanān
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mānavaṃ paramodāram astraṃ paramabhāsvaram
cikṣepa paramakruddho mārīcor asi rāghavaḥ
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sa tena paramāstreṇa mānavena samāhitaḥ
saṃpūrṇaṃ yojanaśataṃ kṣiptaḥ sāgarasaṃplave
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vicetanaṃ vighūrṇantaṃ śīteṣubalapīḍitam
nirastaṃ dṛśya mārīcaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt
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paśya lakṣmaṇa śīteṣuṃ mānavaṃ dharmasaṃhitam
mohayitvā nayaty enaṃ na ca prāṇair viyujyate
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imān api vadhiṣyāmi nirghṛṇān duṣṭacāriṇaḥ
rākṣasān pāpakarmasthān yajñaghnān rudhirāśanān
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vigṛhya sumahac cāstram āgneyaṃ raghunandanaḥ
subāhur asi cikṣepa sa viddhaḥ prāpatad bhuvi
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śeṣān vāyavyam ādāya nijaghāna mahāyaśāḥ
rāghavaḥ paramodāro munīnāṃ mudam āvahan
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sa hatvā rākṣasān sarvān yajñaghnān raghunandanaḥ
ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitas tatra yathendro vijaye purā
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atha yajñe samāpte tu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
nirītikā diśo dṛṣṭvā kākutstham idam abravīt
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kṛtārtho 'smi mahābāho kṛtaṃ guruvacas tvayā
siddhāśramam idaṃ satyaṃ kṛtaṃ rāma mahāyaśaḥ
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