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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 56
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evam uktvā tu kākutsthaṃ praśasya ca punaḥ punaḥ
punar evāparaṃ vākyam uvāca raghunandanaḥ
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imāny aśvasahasrāṇi catvāri puruṣarṣabha
rathānāṃ ca sahasre dve gajānāṃ śatam eva ca
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antarāpaṇavīthyaś ca nānāpaṇyopaśobhitāḥ
anugacchantu śatrughna tathaiva naṭanartakāḥ
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hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya ayutaṃ puruṣarṣabha
gṛhītvā gaccha śatrughna paryāptadhanavāhanaḥ
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balaṃ ca subhṛtaṃ vīra hṛṣṭapuṣṭam anuttamam
saṃbhāṣya saṃpradānena rañjayasva narottama
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na hy arthās tatra tiṣṭhanti na dārā na ca bāndhavāḥ
suprīto bhṛtyavargas tu yatra tiṣṭhati rāghava
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ato hṛṣṭajanākīrṇāṃ prasthāpya mahatīṃ camūm
eka eva dhanuṣpānis tad gaccha tvaṃ madhor vanam
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yathā tvāṃ na prajānāti gacchantaṃ yuddhakāṅkṣiṇam
lavaṇas tu madhoḥ putras tathā gaccher aśaṅkitaḥ
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na tasya mṛtyur anyo 'sti kaścid dhi puruṣarṣabha
darśanaṃ yo 'bhigaccheta sa vadhyo lavaṇena hi
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sa grīṣme vyapayāte tu varṣarātra upasthite
hanyās tvaṃ lavaṇaṃ saumya sa hi kālo 'sya durmateḥ
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maharṣīṃs tu puraskṛtya prayāntu tava sainikāḥ
yathā grīṣmāvaśeṣeṇa tareyur jāhnavījalam
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tataḥ sthāpya balaṃ sarvaṃ nadītīre samāhitaḥ
agrato dhanuṣā sārdhaṃ gaccha tvaṃ laghuvikrama
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evam uktas tu rāmeṇa śatrughnas tān mahābalān
senāmukhyān samānīya tato vākyam uvāca ha
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ete vo gaṇitā vāsā yatra yatra nivatsyatha
sthātavyaṃ cāvirodhena yathā bādhā na kasya cit
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tathā tāṃs tu samājñāpya niryāpya ca mahad balam
kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaukeyīṃ cābhyavādayat
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rāmaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca
rāṇeṇa cābhyanujñātaḥ śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ
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lakṣmaṇaṃ bharataṃ caiva praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ
purodhasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca śatrughnaḥ prayatātmavān
pradakṣiṇam atho kṛtvā nirjagāma mahābalaḥ
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