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The Ramayana Book 6
Chapter 100
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te rāvaṇavadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā devagandharvadānavāḥ
jagmus tais tair vimānaiḥ svaiḥ kathayantaḥ śubhāḥ kathāḥ
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rāvaṇasya vadhaṃ ghoraṃ rāghavasya parākramam
suyuddhaṃ vānarāṇāṃ ca sugrīvasay ca mantritam
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anurāgaṃ ca vīryaṃ ca saumitrer lakṣmaṇasya ca
kathayanto mahābhāgā jagmur hṛṣṭā yathāgatam
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rāghavas tu rathaṃ divyam indradattaṃ śikhiprabham
anujñāya mahābhāgo mātaliṃ pratyapūjayat
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rāghaveṇābhyanujñāto mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ
divyaṃ taṃ ratham āsthāya divam evāruroha saḥ
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tasmiṃs tu divam ārūḍhe surasārathisattame
rāghavaḥ paramaprītaḥ sugrīvaṃ pariṣasvaje
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pariṣvajya ca sugrīvaṃ lakṣmaṇenābhivāditaḥ
pūjyamāno hariśreṣṭhair ājagāma balālayam
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abravīc ca tadā rāmaḥ samīpaparivartinam
saumitriṃ sattvasaṃpannaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ
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vibhīṣaṇam imaṃ saumya laṅkāyām abhiṣecaya
anuraktaṃ ca bhaktaṃ ca mama caivopakāriṇam
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eṣa me paramaḥ kāmo yad imaṃ rāvaṇānujam
laṅkāyāṃ saumya paśyeyam abhiṣiktaṃ vibhīṣaṇam
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evam uktas tu saumitrī rāghaveṇa mahātmanā
tathety uktvā tu saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sauvarṇaṃ ghaṭam ādade
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ghaṭena tena saumitrir abhyaṣiñcad vibhīṣaṇam
laṅkāyāṃ rakṣasāṃ madhye rājānaṃ rāmaśāsanāt
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abhyaṣiñcat sa dharmātmā śuddhātmānaṃ vibhīṣaṇam
tasyāmātyā jahṛṣire bhaktā ye cāsya rākṣasāḥ
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dṛṣṭvābhiṣiktaṃ laṅkāyāṃ rākṣasendraṃ vibhīṣaṇam
rāghavaḥ paramāṃ prītiṃ jagāma sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
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sa tad rājyaṃ mahat prāpya rāmadattaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
prakṛtīḥ sāntvayitvā ca tato rāmam upāgamat
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akṣatān modakāṁl lājān divyāḥ sumanasas tathā
ājahrur atha saṃhṛṣṭāḥ paurās tasmai niśācarāḥ
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sa tān gṛhītvā durdharṣo rāghavāya nyavedayat
maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalaṃ sarvaṃ lakṣmaṇāya ca vīryavān
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kṛtakāryaṃ samṛddhārthaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmo vibhīṣaṇam
pratijagrāha tat sarvaṃ tasyaiva priyakāmyayā
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tataḥ śailopamaṃ vīraṃ prāñjaliṃ pārśvataḥ sthitam
abravīd rāghavo vākyaṃ hanūmantaṃ plavaṃgamam
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anumānya mahārājam imaṃ saumya vibhīṣaṇam
praviśya rāvaṇagṛhaṃ vinayenopasṛtya ca
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vaidehyā māṃ kuśalinaṃ sasugrīvaṃ salakṣmaṇam
ācakṣva jayatāṃ śreṣṭha rāvaṇaṃ ca mayā hatam
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priyam etad udāhṛtya maithilyās tvaṃ harīśvara
pratigṛhya ca saṃdeśam upāvartitum arhasi
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