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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 37
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evam asmi tadā muktaḥ kathaṃ cit tena saṃyuge
idānīm api yad vṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva yad uttaram
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rākṣasābhyām ahaṃ dvābhyām anirviṇṇas tathā kṛtaḥ
sahito mṛgarūpābhyāṃ praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam
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dīptajihvo mahākāyas tīkṣṇaśṛṇgo mahābalaḥ
vyacaran daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ māṃsabhakṣo mahāmṛgaḥ
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agnihotreṣu tīrtheṣu caityavṛkṣeṣu rāvaṇa
atyantaghoro vyacaraṃs tāpasāṃs tān pradharṣayan
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nihatya daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasān dharmacāriṇaḥ
rudhirāṇi pibaṃs teṣāṃ tathā māṃsāni bhakṣayan
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ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ krūras trāsayan vanagocarān
tadā rudhiramatto 'haṃ vyacaraṃ daṇḍakāvanam
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tadāhaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye vicaran dharmadūṣakaḥ
āsādayaṃ tadā rāmaṃ tāpasaṃ dharmam āśritam
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vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham
tāpasaṃ niyatāhāraṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam
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so 'haṃ vanagataṃ rāmaṃ paribhūya mahābalam
tāpaso 'yam iti jñātvā pūrvavairam anusmaran
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abhyadhāvaṃ susaṃkruddhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo mṛgākṛtiḥ
jighāṃsur akṛtaprajñas taṃ prahāram anusmaran
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tena muktās trayo bāṇāḥ śitāḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ
vikṛṣya balavac cāpaṃ suparṇānilatulyagāḥ
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te bāṇā vajrasaṃkāśāḥ sughorā raktabhojanāḥ
ājagmuḥ sahitāḥ sarve trayaḥ saṃnataparvaṇaḥ
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parākramajño rāmasya śaṭho dṛṣṭabhayaḥ purā
samutkrāntas tato muktas tāv ubhau rākṣasau hatau
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śareṇa mukto rāmasya kathaṃ cit prāpya jīvitam
iha pravrājito yuktas tāpaso 'haṃ samāhitaḥ
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vṛkṣe vṛkṣe hi paśyāmi cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaram
gṛhītadhanuṣaṃ rāmaṃ pāśahastam ivāntakam
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api rāmasahasrāṇi bhītaḥ paśyāmi rāvaṇa
rāmabhūtam idaṃ sarvam araṇyaṃ pratibhāti me
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rāmam eva hi paśyāmi rahite rākṣaseśvara
dṛṣṭvā svapnagataṃ rāmam udbhramāmi vicetanaḥ
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rakārādīni nāmāni rāmatrastasya rāvaṇa
ratnāni ca rathāś caiva trāsaṃ saṃjanayanti me
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ahaṃ tasya prabhāvajño na yuddhaṃ tena te kṣamam
raṇe rāmeṇa yudhyasva kṣamāṃ vā kuru rākṣasa
na te rāmakathā kāryā yadi māṃ draṣṭum icchasi
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idaṃ vaco bandhuhitārthinā mayā; yathocyamānaṃ yadi nābhipatsyase
sabāndhavas tyakṣyasi jīvitaṃ raṇe; hato 'dya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagaiḥ
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