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The Ramayana Book 2
Chapter 74
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atha bhūmipradeśajñāḥ sūtrakarmaviśāradāḥ
svakarmābhiratāḥ śūrāḥ khanakā yantrakās tathā
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karmāntikāḥ sthapatayaḥ puruṣā yantrakovidāḥ
tathā vardhakayaś caiva mārgiṇo vṛkṣatakṣakāḥ
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kūpakārāḥ sudhākārā vaṃśakarmakṛtas tathā
samarthā ye ca draṣṭāraḥ puratas te pratasthire
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sa tu harṣāt tam uddeśaṃ janaugho vipulaḥ prayān
aśobhata mahāvegaḥ sāgarasyeva parvaṇi
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te svavāraṃ samāsthāya vartmakarmāṇi kovidāḥ
karaṇair vividhopetaiḥ purastāt saṃpratasthire
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latāvallīś ca gulmāṃś ca sthāṇūn aśmana eva ca
janās te cakrire mārgaṃ chindanto vividhān drumān
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avṛkṣeṣu ca deśeṣu ke cid vṛkṣān aropayan
ke cit kuṭhāraiṣ ṭaṅkaiś ca dātraiś chindan kva cit kva cit
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apare vīraṇastambān balino balavattarāḥ
vidhamanti sma durgāṇi sthalāni ca tatas tataḥ
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apare 'pūrayan kūpān pāṃsubhiḥ śvabhram āyatam
nimnabhāgāṃs tathā ke cit samāṃś cakruḥ samantataḥ
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babandhur bandhanīyāṃś ca kṣodyān saṃcukṣudus tadā
bibhidur bhedanīyāṃś ca tāṃs tān deśān narās tadā
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acireṇaiva kālena parivāhān bahūdakān
cakrur bahuvidhākārān sāgarapratimān bahūn
udapānān bahuvidhān vedikā parimaṇḍitān
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sasudhākuṭṭimatalaḥ prapuṣpitamahīruhaḥ
mattodghuṣṭadvijagaṇaḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtaḥ
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candanodakasaṃsikto nānākusumabhūṣitaḥ
bahv aśobhata senāyāḥ panthāḥ svargapathopamaḥ
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ājñāpyātha yathājñapti yuktās te 'dhikṛtā narāḥ
ramaṇīyeṣu deśeṣu bahusvāduphaleṣu ca
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yo niveśas tv abhipreto bharatasya mahātmanaḥ
bhūyas taṃ śobhayām āsur bhūṣābhir bhūṣaṇopamam
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nakṣatreṣu praśasteṣu muhūrteṣu ca tadvidaḥ
niveśaṃ sthāpayām āsur bharatasya mahātmanaḥ
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bahupāṃsucayāś cāpi parikhāparivāritāḥ
tatrendrakīlapratimāḥ pratolīvaraśobhitāḥ
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prāsādamālāsaṃyuktāḥ saudhaprākārasaṃvṛtāḥ
patākā śobhitāḥ sarve sunirmitamahāpathāḥ
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visarpatbhir ivākāśe viṭaṅkāgravimānakaiḥ
samucchritair niveśās te babhuḥ śakrapuropamāḥ
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jāhnavīṃ tu samāsādya vividhadruma kānanām
śītalāmalapānīyāṃ mahāmīnasamākulām
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sacandratārāgaṇamaṇḍitaṃ yathā; nabhaḥkṣapāyām amalaṃ virājate
narendramārgaḥ sa tathā vyarājata; krameṇa ramyaḥ śubhaśilpinirmitaḥ
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