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The Ramayana Book 1

Chapter 55

1 evam ukto vasiṣṭhena viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ
āgneyam astram utkṣipya tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt
2 vasiṣṭho bhagavān krodhād idaṃ vacanam abravīt
3 kṣatrabandho sthito 'smy eṣa yad balaṃ tad vidarśaya
nāśayāmy eṣa te darpaṃ śastrasya tava gādhija
4 kva ca te kṣatriyabalaṃ kva ca brahmabalaṃ mahat
paśya brahmabalaṃ divyaṃ mama kṣatriyapāṃsana
5 tasyāstraṃ gādhiputrasya ghoram āgneyam uttamam
brahmadaṇḍena tac chāntam agner vega ivāmbhasā
6 vāruṇaṃ caiva raudraṃ ca aindraṃ pāśupataṃ tathā
aiṣīkaṃ cāpi cikṣepa ruṣito gādhinandanaḥ
7 mānavaṃ mohanaṃ caiva gāndharvaṃ svāpanaṃ tathā
jṛmbhaṇaṃ mohanaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane
8 śoṣaṇaṃ dāraṇaṃ caiva vajram astraṃ sudurjayam
brahmapāśaṃ kālapāśaṃ vāruṇaṃ pāśam eva ca
9 pinākāstraṃ ca dayitaṃ śuṣkārdre aśanī tathā
daṇḍāstram atha paiśācaṃ krauñcam astraṃ tathāiva ca
10 dharmacakraṃ kālacakraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tathaiva ca
vāyavyaṃ mathanaṃ caiva astraṃ hayaśiras tathā
11 śaktidvayaṃ ca cikṣepa kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ tathā
vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca kālāstram atha dāruṇam
12 triśūlam astraṃ ghoraṃ ca kāpālam atha kaṅkaṇam
etāny astrāṇi cikṣepa sarvāṇi raghunandana
13 vasiṣṭhe japatāṃ śreṣṭhe tad adbhutam ivābhavat
tāni sarvāṇi daṇḍena grasate brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
14 teṣu śānteṣu brahmāstraṃ kṣiptavān gādhinandanaḥ
tad astram udyataṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ
15 devarṣayaś ca saṃbhrāntā gandharvāḥ samahoragāḥ
trailokyam āsīt saṃtrastaṃ brahmāstre samudīrite
16 tad apy astraṃ mahāghoraṃ brāhmaṃ brāhmeṇa tejasā
vasiṣṭho grasate sarvaṃ brahmadaṇḍena rāghava
17 brahmāstraṃ grasamānasya vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
trailokyamohanaṃ raudraṃ rūpam āsīt sudāruṇam
18 romakūpeṣu sarveṣu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
marīcya iva niṣpetur agner dhūmākulārciṣaḥ
19 prājvalad brahmadaṇḍaś ca vasiṣṭhasya karodyataḥ
vidhūma iva kālāgnir yamadaṇḍa ivāparaḥ
20 tato 'stuvan munigaṇā vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam
amoghaṃ te balaṃ brahmaṃs tejo dhāraya tejasā
21 nigṛhītas tvayā brahman viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
prasīda japatāṃ śreṣṭha lokāḥ santu gatavyathāḥ
22 evam ukto mahātejāḥ śamaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ
viśvāmitro 'pi nikṛto viniḥśvasyedam abravīt
23 dhig balaṃ kṣatriyabalaṃ brahmatejobalaṃ balam
ekena brahmadaṇḍena sarvāstrāṇi hatāni me
24 tad etat samavekṣyāhaṃ prasannendriyamānasaḥ
tapo mahat samāsthāsye yad vai brahmatvakārakam

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