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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 27
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tat tu mālyavato vākyaṃ hitam uktaṃ daśānanaḥ
na marṣayati duṣṭātmā kālasya vaśam āgataḥ
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sa baddhvā bhrukuṭiṃ vaktre krodhasya vaśam āgataḥ
amarṣāt parivṛttākṣo mālyavantam athābravīt
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hitabuddhyā yad ahitaṃ vacaḥ paruṣam ucyate
parapakṣaṃ praviśyaiva naitac chrotragataṃ mama
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mānuṣaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ rāmam ekaṃ śākhāmṛgāśrayam
samarthaṃ manyase kena tyaktaṃ pitrā vanālayam
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rakṣasām īśvaraṃ māṃ ca devatānāṃ bhayaṃkaram
hīnaṃ māṃ manyase kena ahīnaṃ sarvavikramaiḥ
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vīradveṣeṇa vā śaṅke pakṣapātena vā ripoḥ
tvayāhaṃ paruṣāṇy uktaḥ paraprotsāhanena vā
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prabhavantaṃ padasthaṃ hi paruṣaṃ ko 'hbidhāsyati
paṇḍitaḥ śāstratattvajño vinā protsāhanād ripoḥ
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ānīya ca vanāt sītāṃ padmahīnām iva śriyam
kimarthaṃ pratidāsyāmi rāghavasya bhayād aham
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vṛtaṃ vānarakoṭībhiḥ sasugrīvaṃ salakṣmaṇam
paśya kaiś cid ahobhis tvaṃ rāghavaṃ nihataṃ mayā
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dvandve yasya na tiṣṭhanti daivatāny api saṃyuge
sa kasmād rāvaṇo yuddhe bhayam āhārayiṣyati
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dvidhā bhajyeyam apy evaṃ na nameyaṃ tu kasya cit
eṣa me sahajo doṣaḥ svabhāvo duratikramaḥ
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yadi tāvat samudre tu setur baddho yadṛcchayā
rāmeṇa vismayaḥ ko 'tra yena te bhayam āgatam
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sa tu tīrtvārṇavaṃ rāmaḥ saha vānarasenayā
pratijānāmi te satyaṃ na jīvan pratiyāsyati
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evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ ruṣṭaṃ vijñāya rāvaṇam
vrīḍito mālyavān vākyaṃ nottaraṃ pratyapadyata
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jayāśiṣā ca rājānaṃ vardhayitvā yathocitam
mālyavān abhyanujñāto jagāma svaṃ niveśanam
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rāvaṇas tu sahāmātyo mantrayitvā vimṛśya ca
laṅkāyām atulāṃ guptiṃ kārayām āsa rākṣasaḥ
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vyādideśa ca pūrvasyāṃ prahastaṃ dvāri rākṣasaṃ
dakṣiṇasyāṃ mahāvīryau mahāpārśva mahodarau
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paścimāyām atho dvāri putram indrajitaṃ tathā
vyādideśa mahāmāyaṃ rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtam
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uttarasyāṃ puradvāri vyādiśya śukasāraṇau
svayaṃ cātra bhaviṣyāmi mantriṇas tān uvāca ha
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rākṣasaṃ tu virūpākṣaṃ mahāvīryaparākramam
madhyame 'sthāpayad gulme bahubhiḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ
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evaṃvidhānaṃ laṅkāyāṃ kṛtvā rākṣasapuṃgavaḥ
mene kṛtārtham ātmānaṃ kṛtāntavaśam āgataḥ
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visarjayām āsa tataḥ sa mantriṇo; vidhānam ājñāpya purasya puṣkalam
jayāśiṣā mantragaṇena pūjito; viveśa so 'ntaḥpuram ṛddhiman mahat
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