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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 48
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aphalas tu tataḥ śakro devān agnipurogamān
abravīt trastavadanaḥ sarṣisaṃghān sacāraṇān
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kurvatā tapaso vighnaṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ
krodham utpādya hi mayā surakāryam idaṃ kṛtam
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aphalo 'smi kṛtas tena krodhāt sā ca nirākṛtā
śāpamokṣeṇa mahatā tapo 'syāpahṛtaṃ mayā
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tan māṃ suravarāḥ sarve sarṣisaṃghāḥ sacāraṇāḥ
surasāhyakaraṃ sarve saphalaṃ kartum arhatha
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śatakrator vacaḥ śrutvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ
pitṛdevān upetyāhuḥ saha sarvair marudgaṇaiḥ
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ayaṃ meṣaḥ savṛṣaṇaḥ śakro hy avṛṣaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ
meṣasya vṛṣaṇau gṛhya śakrāyāśu prayacchata
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aphalas tu kṛto meṣaḥ parāṃ tuṣṭiṃ pradāsyati
bhavatāṃ harṣaṇārthāya ye ca dāsyanti mānavāḥ
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agnes tu vacanaṃ śrutvā pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyavedayan
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tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
aphalān bhuñjate meṣān phalais teṣām ayojayan
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indras tu meṣavṛṣaṇas tadā prabhṛti rāghava
gautamasya prabhāvena tapasaś ca mahātmanaḥ
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tadāgaccha mahāteja āśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
tārayaināṃ mahābhāgām ahalyāṃ devarūpiṇīm
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viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya āśramaṃ praviveśa ha
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dadarśa ca mahābhāgāṃ tapasā dyotitaprabhām
lokair api samāgamya durnirīkṣyāṃ surāsuraiḥ
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prayatnān nirmitāṃ dhātrā divyāṃ māyāmayīm iva
dhūmenābhiparītāṅgīṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva
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satuṣārāvṛtāṃ sābhrāṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva
madhye 'mbhaso durādharṣāṃ dīptāṃ sūryaprabhām iva
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sa hi gautamavākyena durnirīkṣyā babhūva ha
trayāṇām api lokānāṃ yāvad rāmasya darśanam
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rāghavau tu tatas tasyāḥ pādau jagṛhatus tadā
smarantī gautamavacaḥ pratijagrāha sā ca tau
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pādyam arghyaṃ tathātithyaṃ cakāra susamāhitā
pratijagrāha kākutstho vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd devadundubhinisvanaiḥ
gandharvāpsarasāṃ cāpi mahān āsīt samāgamaḥ
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sādhu sādhv iti devās tām ahalyāṃ samapūjayan
tapobalaviśuddhāṅgīṃ gautamasya vaśānugām
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gautamo 'pi mahātejā ahalyāsahitaḥ sukhī
rāmaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivat tapas tepe mahātapāḥ
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rāmo 'pi paramāṃ pūjāṃ gautamasya mahāmuneḥ
sakāśād vidhivat prāpya jagāma mithilāṃ tataḥ
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