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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 59
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tapobalahatān kṛtvā vāsiṣṭhān samahodayān
ṛṣimadhye mahātejā viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata
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ayam ikṣvākudāyādas triśaṅkur iti viśrutaḥ
dharmiṣṭhaś ca vadānyaś ca māṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
svenānena śarīreṇa devalokajigīṣayā
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yathāyaṃ svaśarīreṇa devalokaṃ gamiṣyati
tathā pravartyatāṃ yajño bhavadbhiś ca mayā saha
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viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā sarva eva maharṣayaḥ
ūcuḥ sametya sahitā dharmajñā dharmasaṃhitam
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ayaṃ kuśikadāyādo muniḥ paramakopanaḥ
yad āha vacanaṃ samyag etat kāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
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agnikalpo hi bhagavāñ śāpaṃ dāsyati roṣitaḥ
tasmāt pravartyatāṃ yajñaḥ saśarīro yathā divam
gacched ikṣvākudāyādo viśvāmitrasya tejasā
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tataḥ pravartyatāṃ yajñaḥ sarve samadhitiṣṭhate
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evam uktvā maharṣayaḥ saṃjahrus tāḥ kriyās tadā
yājakāś ca mahātejā viśvāmitro 'bhavat kratau
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ṛtvijaś cānupūrvyeṇa mantravan mantrakovidāḥ
cakruḥ sarvāṇi karmāṇi yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi
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tataḥ kālena mahatā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
cakārāvāhanaṃ tatra bhāgārthaṃ sarvadevatāḥ
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nāhyāgamaṃs tadāhūtā bhāgārthaṃ sarvadevatāḥ
tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo viśvamitro mahāmuniḥ
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sruvam udyamya sakrodhas triśaṅkum idam abravīt
paśya me tapaso vīryaṃ svārjitasya nareśvara
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eṣa tvāṃ svaśarīreṇa nayāmi svargam ojasā
duṣprāpaṃ svaśarīreṇa divaṃ gaccha narādhipa
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svārjitaṃ kiṃ cid apy asti mayā hi tapasaḥ phalam
rājaṃs tvaṃ tejasā tasya saśarīro divaṃ vraja
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uktavākye munau tasmin saśarīro nareśvaraḥ
divaṃ jagāma kākutstha munīnāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā
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devalokagataṃ dṛṣṭvā triśaṅkuṃ pākaśāsanaḥ
saha sarvaiḥ suragaṇair idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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triśaṅko gaccha bhūyas tvaṃ nāsi svargakṛtālayaḥ
guruśāpahato mūḍha pata bhūmim avākśirāḥ
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evam ukto mahendreṇa triśaṅkur apatat punaḥ
vikrośamānas trāhīti viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam
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tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya krośamānasya kauśikaḥ
roṣam āhārayat tīvraṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt
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ṛṣimadhye sa tejasvī prajāpatir ivāparaḥ
sṛjan dakṣiṇamārgasthān saptarṣīn aparān punaḥ
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nakṣatramālām aparām asṛjat krodhamūrchitaḥ
dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āsthāya munimadhye mahāyaśāḥ
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sṛṣṭvā nakṣatravaṃśaṃ ca krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ
anyam indraṃ kariṣyāmi loko vā syād anindrakaḥ
daivatāny api sa krodhāt sraṣṭuṃ samupacakrame
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tataḥ paramasaṃbhrāntāḥ sarṣisaṃghāḥ surarṣabhāḥ
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānam ūcuḥ sānunayaṃ vacaḥ
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ayaṃ rājā mahābhāga guruśāpaparikṣataḥ
saśarīro divaṃ yātuṃ nārhaty eva tapodhana
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teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devānāṃ munipuṃgavaḥ
abravīt sumahad vākyaṃ kauśikaḥ sarvadevatāḥ
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saśarīrasya bhadraṃ vas triśaṅkor asya bhūpateḥ
ārohaṇaṃ pratijñāya nānṛtaṃ kartum utsahe
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sargo 'stu saśarīrasya triśaṅkor asya śāśvataḥ
nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi māmakāni dhruvāṇy atha
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yāval lokā dhariṣyanti tiṣṭhantv etāni sarvaśaḥ
matkṛtāni surāḥ sarve tad anujñātum arhatha
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evam uktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcur munipuṃgavam
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evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te tiṣṭhantv etāni sarvaśaḥ
gagane tāny anekāni vaiśvānarapathād bahiḥ
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nakṣatrāṇi muniśreṣṭha teṣu jyotiḥṣu jājvalan
avākśirās triśaṅkuś ca tiṣṭhatv amarasaṃnibhaḥ
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viśvāmitras tu dharmātmā sarvadevair abhiṣṭutaḥ
ṛṣibhiś ca mahātejā bāḍham ity āha devatāḥ
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tato devā mahātmāno munayaś ca tapodhanāḥ
jagmur yathāgataṃ sarve yajñasyānte narottama
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