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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 38
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viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā kathānte raghunandana
uvāca paramaprīto muniṃ dīptam ivānalam
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śrotum ichāmi bhadraṃ te vistareṇa kathām imām
pūrvako me kathaṃ brahman yajñaṃ vai samupāharat
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viśvāmitras tu kākutstham uvāca prahasann iva
śrūyatāṃ vistaro rāma sagarasya mahātmanaḥ
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śaṃkaraśvaśuro nāma himavān acalottamaḥ
vindhyaparvatam āsādya nirīkṣete parasparam
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tayor madhye pravṛtto 'bhūd yajñaḥ sa puruṣottama
sa hi deśo naravyāghra praśasto yajñakarmaṇi
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tasyāśvacaryāṃ kākutstha dṛḍhadhanvā mahārathaḥ
aṃśumān akarot tāta sagarasya mate sthitaḥ
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tasya parvaṇi taṃ yajñaṃ yajamānasya vāsavaḥ
rākṣasīṃ tanum āsthāya yajñiyāśvam apāharat
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hriyamāṇe tu kākutstha tasminn aśve mahātmanaḥ
upādhyāya gaṇāḥ sarve yajamānam athābruvan
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ayaṃ parvaṇi vegena yajñiyāśvo 'panīyate
hartāraṃ jahi kākutstha hayaś caivopanīyatām
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yajñac chidraṃ bhavaty etat sarveṣām aśivāya naḥ
tat tathā kriyatāṃ rājan yathāchidraḥ kratur bhavet
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upādhyāya vacaḥ śrutvā tasmin sadasi pārthivaḥ
ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi vākyam etad uvāca ha
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gatiṃ putrā na paśyāmi rakṣasāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
mantrapūtair mahābhāgair āsthito hi mahākratuḥ
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tad gacchata vicinvadhvaṃ putrakā bhadram astu vaḥ
samudramālinīṃ sarvāṃ pṛthivīm anugacchata
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ekaikaṃ yojanaṃ putrā vistāram abhigacchata
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yāvat turagasaṃdarśas tāvat khanata medinīm
tam eva hayahartāraṃ mārgamāṇā mamājñayā
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dīkṣitaḥ pautrasahitaḥ sopādhyāyagaṇo hy aham
iha sthāsyāmi bhadraṃ vo yāvat turagadarśanam
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ity uktvā hṛṣṭamanaso rājaputrā mahābalāḥ
jagmur mahītalaṃ rāma pitur vacanayantritāḥ
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yojanāyām avistāram ekaiko dharaṇītalam
bibhiduḥ puruṣavyāghra vajrasparśasamair bhujaiḥ
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śūlair aśanikalpaiś ca halaiś cāpi sudāruṇaiḥ
bhidyamānā vasumatī nanāda raghunandana
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nāgānāṃ vadhyamānānām asurāṇāṃ ca rāghava
rākṣasānāṃ ca durdharṣaḥ sattvānāṃ ninado 'bhavat
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yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ tu raghunandana
bibhidur dharaṇīṃ vīrā rasātalam anuttamam
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evaṃ parvatasaṃbādhaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ nṛpātmajāḥ
khananto nṛpaśārdūla sarvataḥ paricakramuḥ
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tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sāsurāḥ sahapannagāḥ
saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ sarve pitāmaham upāgaman
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te prasādya mahātmānaṃ viṣaṇṇavadanās tadā
ūcuḥ paramasaṃtrastāḥ pitāmaham idaṃ vacaḥ
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bhagavan pṛthivī sarvā khanyate sagarātmajaiḥ
bahavaś ca mahātmāno vadhyante jalacāriṇaḥ
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ayaṃ yajñahano 'smākam anenāśvo 'panīyate
iti te sarvabhūtāni nighnanti sagarātmajaḥ
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