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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 35
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ukta vākye munau tasminn ubhau rāghavalakṣmaṇau
pratinandya kathāṃ vīrāv ūcatur munipuṃgavam
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dharmayuktam idaṃ brahman kathitaṃ paramaṃ tvayā
duhituḥ śailarājasya jyeṣṭhāya vaktum arhasi
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vistaraṃ vistarajño 'si divyamānuṣasaṃbhavam
trīn patho hetunā kena pāvayel lokapāvanī
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kathaṃ gaṅgāṃ tripathagā viśrutā sariduttamā
triṣu lokeṣu dharmajña karmabhiḥ kaiḥ samanvitā
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tathā bruvati kākutsthe viśvāmitras tapodhanaḥ
nikhilena kathāṃ sarvām ṛṣimadhye nyavedayat
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purā rāma kṛtodvāhaḥ śitikaṇṭho mahātapāḥ
dṛṣṭvā ca spṛhayā devīṃ maithunāyopacakrame
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śitikaṇṭhasya devasya divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ gatam
na cāpi tanayo rāma tasyām āsīt paraṃtapa
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tato devāḥ samudvignāḥ pitāmahapurogamāḥ
yad ihotpadyate bhūtaṃ kas tat pratisahiṣyate
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abhigamya surāḥ sarve praṇipatyedam abruvan
devadeva mahādeva lokasyāsya hite rata
surāṇāṃ praṇipātena prasādaṃ kartum arhasi
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na lokā dhārayiṣyanti tava tejaḥ surottama
brāhmeṇa tapasā yukto devyā saha tapaś cara
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trailokyahitakāmārthaṃ tejas tejasi dhāraya
rakṣa sarvān imāṁl lokān nālokaṃ kartum arhasi
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devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokamaheśvaraḥ
bāḍham ity abravīt sarvān punaś cedam uvāca ha
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dhārayiṣyāmy ahaṃ tejas tejasy eva sahomayā
tridaśāḥ pṛthivī caiva nirvāṇam adhigacchatu
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yad idaṃ kṣubhitaṃ sthānān mama tejo hy anuttamam
dhārayiṣyati kas tan me bruvantu surasattamāḥ
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evam uktās tato devāḥ pratyūcur vṛṣabhadhvajam
yat tejaḥ kṣubhitaṃ hy etat tad dharā dhārayiṣyati
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evam uktaḥ surapatiḥ pramumoca mahītale
tejasā pṛthivī yena vyāptā sagirikānanā
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tato devāḥ punar idam ūcuś cātha hutāśanam
praviśa tvaṃ mahātejo raudraṃ vāyusamanvitaḥ
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tad agninā punar vyāptaṃ saṃjātaḥ śvetaparvataḥ
divyaṃ śaravaṇaṃ caiva pāvakādityasaṃnibham
yatra jāto mahātejāḥ kārtikeyo 'gnisaṃbhavaḥ
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athomāṃ ca śivaṃ caiva devāḥ sarṣi gaṇās tadā
pūjayām āsur atyarthaṃ suprītamanasas tataḥ
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atha śaila sutā rāma tridaśān idam abravīt
samanyur aśapat sarvān krodhasaṃraktalocanā
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yasmān nivāritā caiva saṃgatā putrakāmyayā
apatyaṃ sveṣu dāreṣu notpādayitum arhatha
adya prabhṛti yuṣmākam aprajāḥ santu patnayaḥ
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evam uktvā surān sarvāñ śaśāpa pṛthivīm api
avane naikarūpā tvaṃ bahubhāryā bhaviṣyasi
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na ca putrakṛtāṃ prītiṃ matkrodhakaluṣī kṛtā
prāpsyasi tvaṃ sudurmedhe mama putram anicchatī
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tān sarvān vrīḍitān dṛṣṭvā surān surapatis tadā
gamanāyopacakrāma diśaṃ varuṇapālitām
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sa gatvā tapa ātiṣṭhat pārśve tasyottare gireḥ
himavatprabhave śṛṅge saha devyā maheśvaraḥ
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eṣa te vistaro rāma śailaputryā niveditaḥ
gaṅgāyāḥ prabhavaṃ caiva śṛṇu me sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
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