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The Ramayana Book 1
Chapter 74
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rāma dāśarathe vīra vīryaṃ te śrūyate 'dhutam
dhanuṣo bhedanaṃ caiva nikhilena mayā śrutam
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tad adbhutam acintyaṃ ca bhedanaṃ dhanuṣas tvayā
tac chrutvāham anuprāpto dhanur gṛhyāparaṃ śubham
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tad idaṃ ghorasaṃkāśaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahad dhanuḥ
pūrayasva śareṇaiva svabalaṃ darśayasva ca
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tad ahaṃ te balaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanuṣo 'sya prapūraṇe
dvandvayuddhaṃ pradāsyāmi vīryaślāghyam idaṃ tava
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā daśarataḥs tadā
viṣaṇṇavadano dīnaḥ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt
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kṣatraroṣāt praśāntas tvaṃ brāhmaṇasya mahāyaśāḥ
bālānāṃ mama putrāṇām abhayaṃ dātum arhasi
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bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ svādhyāyavrataśālinām
sahasrākṣe pratijñāya śastraṃ nikṣiptavān asi
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sa tvaṃ dharmaparo bhūtvā kāśyapāya vasuṃdharām
dattvā vanam upāgamya mahendrakṛtaketanaḥ
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mama sarvavināśāya saṃprāptas tvaṃ mahāmune
na caikasmin hate rāme sarve jīvāmahe vayam
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bruvaty evaṃ daśarathe jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
anādṛtyaiva tad vākyaṃ rāmam evābhyabhāṣata
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ime dve dhanuṣī śreṣṭhe divye lokābhiviśrute
dṛḍhe balavatī mukhye sukṛte viśvakarmaṇā
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atisṛṣṭaṃ surair ekaṃ tryambakāya yuyutsave
tripuraghnaṃ naraśreṣṭha bhagnaṃ kākutsha yat tvayā
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idaṃ dvitīyaṃ durdharṣaṃ viṣṇor dattaṃ surottamaiḥ
samānasāraṃ kākutstha raudreṇa dhanuṣā tv idam
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tadā tu devatāḥ sarvāḥ pṛcchanti sma pitāmaham
śitikaṇṭhasya viṣṇoś ca balābalanirīkṣayā
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abhiprāyaṃ tu vijñāya devatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ
virodhaṃ janayām āsa tayoḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ
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virodhe ca mahad yuddham abhavad romaharṣaṇam
śitikaṇṭhasya viṣṇoś ca parasparajayaiṣiṇoḥ
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tadā taj jṛmbhitaṃ śaivaṃ dhanur bhīmaparākramam
huṃkāreṇa mahādevaḥ stambhito 'tha trilocanaḥ
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devais tadā samāgamya sarṣisaṃghaiḥ sacāraṇaiḥ
yācitau praśamaṃ tatra jagmatus tau surottamau
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jṛmbhitaṃ tad dhanur dṛṣṭvā śaivaṃ viṣṇuparākramaiḥ
adhikaṃ menire viṣṇuṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇās tadā
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dhanū rudras tu saṃkruddho videheṣu mahāyaśāḥ
devarātasya rājarṣer dadau haste sasāyakam
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idaṃ ca viṣṇavaṃ rāma dhanuḥ parapuraṃjayam
ṛcīke bhārgave prādād viṣṇuḥ sa nyāsam uttamam
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ṛcīkas tu mahātejāḥ putrasyāpratikarmaṇaḥ
pitur mama dadau divyaṃ jamadagner mahātmanaḥ
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nyastaśastre pitari me tapobalasamanvite
arjuno vidadhe mṛtyuṃ prākṛtāṃ buddhim āsthitaḥ
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vadham apratirūpaṃ tu pituḥ śrutvā sudāruṇam
kṣatram utsādayaṃ roṣāj jātaṃ jātam anekaśaḥ
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pṛthivīṃ cākhilāṃ prāpya kāśyapāya mahātmane
yajñasyānte tadā rāma dakṣiṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇe
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dattvā mahendranilayas tapobalasamanvitaḥ
śrutavān dhanuṣo bhedaṃ tato 'haṃ drutam āgataḥ
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tad idaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ rāma pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat
kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya gṛhṇīṣva dhanuruttamam
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yojayasva dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe śaraṃ parapuraṃjayam
yadi śaknoṣi kākutstha dvandvaṃ dāsyāmi te tataḥ
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