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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 10
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athābravīd dvijaṃ rāmaḥ kathaṃ te bhrātaro vane
kīdṛśaṃ tu tadā brahmaṃs tapaś cerur mahāvratāḥ
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agastyas tv abravīt tatra rāmaṃ prayata mānasaṃ
tāṃs tān dharmavidhīṃs tatra bhrātaras te samāviśan
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kumbhakarṇas tadā yatto nityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇaḥ
tatāpa graiṣmike kāle pañcasv agniṣv avasthitaḥ
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varṣe meghodakaklinno vīrāsanam asevata
nityaṃ ca śaiśire kāle jalamadhyapratiśrayaḥ
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evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi daśa tasyāticakramuḥ
dharme prayatamānasya satpathe niṣṭhitasya ca
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vibhīṣaṇas tu dharmātmā nityaṃ dharmaparaḥ śuciḥ
pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi pādenaikena tasthivān
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samāpte niyame tasya nanṛtuś cāpsarogaṇāḥ
papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca kṣubhitāś cāpi devatāḥ
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pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi sūryaṃ caivānvavartata
tasthau cordhvaśiro bāhuḥ svādhyāyadhṛtamānasaḥ
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evaṃ vibhīṣaṇasyāpi gatāni niyatātmanaḥ
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi svargasthasyeva nandane
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daśavarṣasahasraṃ tu nirāhāro daśānanaḥ
pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śiraś cāgnau juhāva saḥ
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evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi nava tasyāticakramuḥ
śirāṃsi nava cāpy asya praviṣṭāni hutāśanam
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atha varṣasahasre tu daśame daśamaṃ śiraḥ
chettukāmaḥ sa dharmātmā prāptaś cātra pitāmahaḥ
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pitāmahas tu suprītaḥ sārdhaṃ devair upasthitaḥ
vatsa vatsa daśagrīva prīto 'smīty abhyabhāṣata
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śīghraṃ varaya dharmajña varo yas te 'bhikāṅkṣitaḥ
kiṃ te kāmaṃ karomy adya na vṛthā te pariśramaḥ
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tato 'bravīd daśagrīvaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ harṣagadgadayā girā
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bhagavan prāṇināṃ nityaṃ nānyatra maraṇād bhayam
nāsti mṛtyusamaḥ śatrur amaratvam ato vṛṇe
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suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām
avadhyaḥ syāṃ prajādhyakṣa devatānāṃ ca śāśvatam
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na hi cintā mamānyeṣu prāṇiṣv amarapūjita
tṛṇabhūtā hi me sarve prāṇino mānuṣādayaḥ
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evam uktas tu dharmātmā daśagrīveṇa rakṣasā
uvāca vacanaṃ rāma saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ
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bhaviṣyaty evam evaitat tava rākṣasapuṃgava
śṛṇu cāpi vaco bhūyaḥ prītasyeha śubhaṃ mama
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hutāni yāni śīrṣāṇi pūrvam agnau tvayānagha
punas tāni bhaviṣyanti tathaiva tava rākṣasa
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evaṃ pitāmahoktasya daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ
agnau hutāni śīrṣāṇi yāni tāny utthitāni vai
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evam uktvvā tu taṃ rāma daśagrīvaṃ prajāpatiḥ
vibhīṣaṇam athovāca vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ
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vibhīṣaṇa tvayā vatsa dharmasaṃhitabuddhinā
parituṣṭo 'smi dharmajña varaṃ varaya suvrata
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vibhīṣaṇas tu dharmātmā vacanaṃ prāha sāñjaliḥ
vṛtaḥ sarvaguṇair nityaṃ candramā iva raśmibhiḥ
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bhagavan kṛtakṛtyo 'haṃ yan me lokaguruḥ svayam
prīto yadi tvaṃ dātavyaṃ varaṃ me śṛṇu suvrata
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yā yā me jāyate buddhir yeṣu yeṣv āśrameṣv iha
sā sā bhavatu dharmiṣṭhā taṃ taṃ dharmaṃ ca pālaye
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eṣa me paramodāra varaḥ paramako mataḥ
na hi dharmābhiraktānāṃ loke kiṃ cana durlabham
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atha prajāpatiḥ prīto vibhīṣaṇam uvāca ha
dharmiṣṭhas tvaṃ yathā vatsa tathā caitad bhaviṣyati
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yasmād rākṣasayonau te jātasyāmitrakarṣaṇa
nādharme jāyate buddhir amaratvaṃ dadāmi te
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kumbhakarṇāya tu varaṃ prayacchantam ariṃdama
prajāpatiṃ surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ prāñjalayo 'bruvan
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na tāvat kumbhakarṇāya pradātavyo varas tvayā
jānīṣe hi yathā lokāṃs trāsayaty eṣa durmatiḥ
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nandane 'psarasaḥ sapta mahendrānucarā daśa
anena bhakṣitā brahman ṛṣayo mānuṣās tathā
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varavyājena moho 'smai dīyatām amitaprabha
lokānāṃ svasti caiva syād bhaved asya ca saṃnatiḥ
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evam uktaḥ surair brahmācintayat padmasaṃbhavaḥ
cintitā copatasthe 'sya pārśvaṃ devī sarasvatī
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prāñjaliḥ sā tu parśvasthā prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatī
iyam asmy āgatā devakiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇy aham
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prajāpatis tu tāṃ prāptāṃ prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatīm
vāṇi tvaṃ rākṣasendrasya bhava yā devatepsitā
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tathety uktvā praviṣṭā sā prajāpatir athābravīt
kumbhakarṇa mahābāho varaṃ varaya yo mataḥ
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kumbhakarṇas tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvā vacanam abravīt
svaptuṃ varṣāṇy anekāni devadeva mamepsitam
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evam astv iti taṃ coktvā saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ
devī sarasvatī caivam uktvā taṃ prayayau divam
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kumbhakarṇas tu duṣṭātmā cintayām āsa duḥkhitaḥ
kīrdṛśaṃ kiṃ nv idaṃ vākyaṃ mamādya vadanāc cyutam
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evaṃ labdhavarāḥ sarve bhrātaro dīptatejasaḥ
śleṣmātakavanaṃ gatvā tatra te nyavasan sukham
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