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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 32
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tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ
śirobhiś caraṇau spṛṣṭvā kanyāśatam abhāṣata
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vāyuḥ sarvātmako rājan pradharṣayitum icchati
aśubhaṃ mārgam āsthāya na dharmaṃ pratyavekṣate
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pitṛmatyaḥ sma bhadraṃ te svacchande na vayaṃ sthitāḥ
pitaraṃ no vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadi no dāsyate tava
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tena pāpānubandhena vacanaṃ na pratīcchatā
evaṃ bruvantyaḥ sarvāḥ sma vāyunā nihatā bhṛṣam
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tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ
pratyuvāca mahātejāḥ kanyāśatam anuttamam
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kṣāntaṃ kṣamāvatāṃ putryaḥ kartavyaṃ sumahat kṛtam
aikamatyam upāgamya kulaṃ cāvekṣitaṃ mama
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alaṃkāro hi nārīṇāṃ kṣamā tu puruṣasya vā
duṣkaraṃ tac ca vaḥ kṣāntaṃ tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ
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yādṛśīr vaḥ kṣamā putryaḥ sarvāsām aviśeṣataḥ
kṣamā dānaṃ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ ca putrikāḥ
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kṣamā yaśaḥ kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamāyāṃ viṣṭhitaṃ jagat
visṛjya kanyāḥ kākutstha rājā tridaśavikramaḥ
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mantrajño mantrayām āsa pradānaṃ saha mantribhiḥ
deśe kāle pradānasya sadṛśe pratipādanam
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etasminn eva kāle tu cūlī nāma mahāmuniḥ
ūrdhvaretāḥ śubhācāro brāhmaṃ tapa upāgamat
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tapyantaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ tatra gandharvī paryupāsate
somadā nāma bhadraṃ te ūrmilā tanayā tadā
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sā ca taṃ praṇatā bhūtvā śuśrūṣaṇaparāyaṇā
uvāsa kāle dharmiṣṭhā tasyās tuṣṭo 'bhavad guruḥ
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sa ca tāṃ kālayogena provāca raghunandana
parituṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te kiṃ karomi tava priyam
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parituṣṭaṃ muniṃ jñātvā gandharvī madhurasvaram
uvāca paramaprītā vākyajñā vākyakovidam
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lakṣmyā samudito brāhmyā brahmabhūto mahātapāḥ
brāhmeṇa tapasā yuktaṃ putram icchāmi dhārmikam
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apatiś cāsmi bhadraṃ te bhāryā cāsmi na kasya cit
brāhmeṇopagatāyāś ca dātum arhasi me sutam
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tasyāḥ prasanno brahmarṣir dadau putram anuttamam
brahmadatta iti khyātaṃ mānasaṃ cūlinaḥ sutam
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sa rājā brahmadattas tu purīm adhyavasat tadā
kāmpilyāṃ parayā lakṣmyā devarājo yathā divam
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sa buddhiṃ kṛtavān rājā kuśanābhaḥ sudhārmikaḥ
brahmadattāya kākutstha dātuṃ kanyāśataṃ tadā
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tam āhūya mahātejā brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ
dadau kanyāśataṃ rājā suprītenāntarātmanā
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yathākramaṃ tataḥ pāṇiṃ jagrāha raghunandana
brahmadatto mahī pālas tāsāṃ devapatir yathā
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spṛṣṭamātre tataḥ pāṇau vikubjā vigatajvarāḥ
yuktāḥ paramayā lakṣmyā babhuḥ kanyāśataṃ tadā
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sa dṛṣṭvā vāyunā muktāḥ kuśanābho mahīpatiḥ
babhūva paramaprīto harṣaṃ lebhe punaḥ punaḥ
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kṛtodvāhaṃ tu rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ
sadāraṃ preṣayām āsa sopādhyāya gaṇaṃ tadā
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somadāpi susaṃhṛṣṭā putrasya sadṛśīṃ kriyām
yathānyāyaṃ ca gandharvī snuṣās tāḥ pratyanandata
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