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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 58
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uktavākyaṃ tu rājānaṃ kṛpayā kuśikātmajaḥ
abravīn madhuraṃ vākyaṃ sākṣāc caṇḍālarūpiṇam
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ikṣvāko svāgataṃ vatsa jānāmi tvāṃ sudhārmikam
śaraṇaṃ te bhaviṣyāmi mā bhaiṣīr nṛpapuṃgava
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aham āmantraye sarvān maharṣīn puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
yajñasāhyakarān rājaṃs tato yakṣyasi nirvṛtaḥ
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guruśāpakṛtaṃ rūpaṃ yad idaṃ tvayi vartate
anena saha rūpeṇa saśarīro gamiṣyasi
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hastaprāptam ahaṃ manye svargaṃ tava nareśvara
yas tvaṃ kauśikam āgamya śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
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evam uktvā mahātejāḥ putrān paramadhārmikān
vyādideśa mahāprājñān yajñasaṃbhārakāraṇāt
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sarvāñ śiṣyān samāhūya vākyam etad uvāca ha
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sarvān ṛṣivarān vatsā ānayadhvaṃ mamājñayā
saśiṣyān suhṛdaś caiva sartvijaḥ subahuśrutān
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yad anyo vacanaṃ brūyān madvākyabalacoditaḥ
tat sarvam akhilenoktaṃ mamākhyeyam anādṛtam
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā diśo jagmus tadājñayā
ājagmur atha deśebhyaḥ sarvebhyo brahmavādinaḥ
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te ca śiṣyāḥ samāgamya muniṃ jvalitatejasaṃ
ūcuś ca vacanaṃ sarve sarveṣāṃ brahmavādinām
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śrutvā te vacanaṃ sarve samāyānti dvijātayaḥ
sarvadeśeṣu cāgacchan varjayitvā mahodayam
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vāsiṣṭhaṃ tac chataṃ sarvaṃ krodhaparyākulākṣaram
yad āha vacanaṃ sarvaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ munipuṃgava
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kṣatriyo yājako yasya caṇḍālasya viśeṣataḥ
kathaṃ sadasi bhoktāro havis tasya surarṣayaḥ
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brāhmaṇā vā mahātmāno bhuktvā caṇḍālabhojanam
kathaṃ svargaṃ gamiṣyanti viśvāmitreṇa pālitāḥ
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etad vacanaṃ naiṣṭhuryam ūcuḥ saṃraktalocanāḥ
vāsiṣṭhā muniśārdūla sarve te samahodayāḥ
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teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ munipuṃgavaḥ
krodhasaṃraktanayanaḥ saroṣam idam abravīt
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yad dūṣayanty aduṣṭaṃ māṃ tapa ugraṃ samāsthitam
bhasmībhūtā durātmāno bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
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adya te kālapāśena nītā vaivasvatakṣayam
saptajātiśatāny eva mṛtapāḥ santu sarvaśaḥ
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śvamāṃsaniyatāhārā muṣṭikā nāma nirghṛṇāḥ
vikṛtāś ca virūpāś ca lokān anucarantv imān
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mahodayaś ca durbuddhir mām adūṣyaṃ hy adūṣayat
dūṣiṭaḥ sarvalokeṣu niṣādatvaṃ gamiṣyati
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prāṇātipātanirato niranukrośatāṃ gataḥ
dīrghakālaṃ mama krodhād durgatiṃ vartayiṣyati
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etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
virarāma mahātejā ṛṣimadhye mahāmuniḥ
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