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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 50
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tathā saṃcoditaḥ sūto lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā
tad vākyam ṛṣiṇā proktaṃ vyāhartum upacakrame
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purā nāmnā hi durvāsā atreḥ putro mahāmuniḥ
vasiṣṭhasyāśrame puṇye sa vārṣikyam uvāsa ha
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tam āśramaṃ mahātejāḥ pitā te sumahāyaśāḥ
purodhasaṃ mahātmānaṃ didṛkṣur agamat svayam
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sa dṛṣṭvā sūryasaṃkāśaṃ jvalantam iva tejasā
upaviṣṭaṃ vasiṣṭhasya savye pārśve mahāmunim
tau munī tāpasa śreṣṭhau vinītas tv abhyavādayat
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sa tābhyāṃ pūjito rājā svāgatenāsanena ca
pādyena phalamūlaiś ca so 'py āste munibhiḥ saha
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teṣāṃ tatropaviṣṭānāṃ tās tāḥ sumadhurāḥ kathāḥ
babhūvuḥ paramarṣīṇāṃ madhyādityagate 'hani
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tataḥ kathāyāṃ kasyāṃ cit prāñjaliḥ pragraho nṛpaḥ
uvāca taṃ mahātmānam atreḥ putraṃ tapodhanam
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bhagavan kiṃ pramāṇena mama vaṃśo bhaviṣyati
kimāyuś ca hi me rāmaḥ putrāś cānye kimāyuṣaḥ
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rāmasya ca sutā ye syus teṣām āyuḥ kiyad bhavet
kāmyayā bhagavan brūhi vaṃśasyāsya gatiṃ mama
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tac chrutvā vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ rājño daśarathasya tu
durvāsāḥ sumahātejā vyāhartum upacakrame
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ayodhyāyāḥ patī rāmo dīrghakālaṃ bhaviṣyati
sukhinaś ca samṛddhāś ca bhaviṣyanty asya cānujāḥ
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kasmiṃś cit karaṇe tvāṃ ca maithilīṃ ca yaśasvinīm
saṃtyajiṣyati dharmātmā kālena mahatā kila
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daśavarṣasahasraṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca
rāmo rājyam upāsitvā brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati
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samṛddhair hayamedhaiś ca iṣṭvā parapuraṃjayaḥ
rājavaṃśāṃś ca kākutstho bahūn saṃsthāpayiṣyati
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sa sarvam akhilaṃ rājño vaṃśasyāsya gatāgatam
ākhyāya sumahātejās tūṣṇīm āsīn mahādyutiḥ
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tūṣṇīṃbhūte munau tasmin rājā daśarathas tadā
abhivādya mahātmānau punar āyāt purottamam
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etad vaco mayā tatra muninā vyāhṛtaṃ purā
śrutaṃ hṛdi ca nikṣiptaṃ nānyathā tad bhaviṣyati
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evaṃgate na saṃtāpaṃ gantum arhasi rāghava
sītārthe rāghavārthe vā dṛḍho bhava narottama
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tac chrutvā vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ sūtasya paramādbhutam
praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe sādhu sādhv iti cābravīt
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tayoḥ saṃvadator evaṃ sūtalakṣmaṇayoḥ pathi
astam arko gato vāsaṃ gomatyāṃ tāv athoṣatuḥ
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