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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 55
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evam uktas tu rāmeṇa parāṃ vrīḍām upāgataḥ
śatrughno vīryasaṃpanno mandaṃ mandam uvāca ha
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avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca śāsanaṃ puruṣarṣabha
tava caiva mahābhāga śāsanaṃ duratikramam
ayaṃ kāmakaro rājaṃs tavāsmi puruṣarṣabha
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evam ukte tu śūreṇa śatrughnena mahātmanā
uvāca rāmaḥ saṃhṛṣṭo lakṣmaṇaṃ bharataṃ tathā
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saṃbhārān abhiṣekasya ānayadhvaṃ samāhitāḥ
adyaiva puruṣavyāghram abhiṣekṣyāmi durjayam
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purodhasaṃ ca kākutsthau naigamān ṛtvijas tathā
mantriṇaś caiva me sarvān ānayadhvaṃ mamājñayā
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rājñaḥ śāsanam ājñāya tathākurvan mahārathaḥ
abhiṣekasamārambhaṃ puraskṛtya purodhasaṃ
praviṣṭā rājabhavanaṃ puraṃdara gṛhopamam
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tato 'bhiṣeko vavṛdhe śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ
saṃpraharṣakaraḥ śrīmān rāghavasya purasya ca
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tato 'bhiṣiktaṃ śatrughnam aṅkam āropya rāghavaḥ
uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ tejas tasyābhipūrayan
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ayaṃ śaras tv amoghas te divyaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
anena lavaṇaṃ saumya hantāsi raghunandana
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sṛṣṭaḥ śaro 'yaṃ kākutstha yadā śete mahārṇave
svayambhūr ajito devo yaṃ nāpaśyan surāsurāḥ
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adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tenāyaṃ hi śarottamaḥ
sṛṣṭaḥ krodhābhibhūtena vināśārthaṃ durātmanoḥ
madhukauṭabhayor vīra vighāte vartamānayoḥ
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sraṣṭukāmena lokāṃs trīṃs tau cānena hatau yudhi
anena śaramukhyena tato lokāṃś cakāra saḥ
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nāyaṃ mayā śaraḥ pūrvaṃ rāvaṇasya vadhārthinā
mukhaḥ śatrughna bhūtānāṃ mahāṃs trāso bhaved iti
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yac ca tasya mahac chūlaṃ tryambakeṇa mahātmanā
dattaṃ śatruvināśāya madhor āyudham uttamam
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tat saṃnikṣipya bhavane pūjyamānaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
diśaḥ sarvāḥ samālokya prāpnoty āhāram ātmanaḥ
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yadā tu yuddham ākāṅkṣan kaś cid enaṃ samāhvayet
tadā śūlaṃ gṛhītvā tad bhasma rakṣaḥ karoti tam
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sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla tam āyudhavivarjitam
apraviṣṭapuraṃ pūrvaṃ dvāri tiṣṭha dhṛtāyudhaḥ
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apraviṣṭaṃ ca bhavanaṃ yuddhāya puruṣarṣabha
āhvayethā mahābāho tato hantāsi rākṣasaṃ
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anyathā kriyamāṇe tu avadhyaḥ sa bhaviṣyati
yadi tv evaṃ kṛte vīra vināśam upayāsyati
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etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ śūlasya ca viparyayam
śrīmataḥ śitikaṇṭhasya kṛtyaṃ hi duratikramam
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