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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 67
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ
avākśirās tathābhūto vākyam etad uvāca ha
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śūdrayonyāṃ prasūto 'smi tapa ugraṃ samāsthitaḥ
devatvaṃ prārthaye rāma saśarīro mahāyaśaḥ
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na mithyāhaṃ vade rājan devalokajigīṣayā
śūdraṃ māṃ viddhi kākutstha śambūkaṃ nāma nāmataḥ
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bhāṣatas tasya śūdrasya khaḍgaṃ suruciraprabham
niṣkṛṣya kośād vimalaṃ śiraś ciccheda rāghavaḥ
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tasmin muhūrte bālo 'sau jīvena samayujyata
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tato 'gastyāśramapadaṃ rāmaḥ kamalalocanaḥ
sa gatvā vinayenaiva taṃ natvā mumude sukhī
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so 'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ jvalantam iva tejasā
ātithyaṃ paramaṃ prāpya niṣasāda narādhipaḥ
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tam uvāca mahātejāḥ kumbhayonir mahātapāḥ
svāgataṃ te naraśreṣṭha diṣṭyā prāpto 'si rāghava
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tvaṃ me bahumato rāma guṇair bahubhir uttamaiḥ
atithiḥ pūjanīyaś ca māma rājan hṛdi sthitaḥ
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surā hi kathayanti tvām āgataṃ śūdraghātinam
brāhmaṇasya tu dharmeṇa tvayā jīvāpitaḥ sutaḥ
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uṣyatāṃ ceha rajanīṃ sakāśe mama rāghava
prabhāte puṣpakeṇa tvaṃ gantā svapuram eva hi
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idaṃ cābharaṇaṃ saumya nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
divyaṃ divyena vapuṣā dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā
pratigṛhṇīṣva kākutstha matpriyaṃ kuru rāghava
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dattasya hi punar dānaṃ sumahat phalam ucyate
tasmāt pradāsye vidhivat tat pratīccha nararṣabha
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tad rāmaḥ pratijagrāha munes tasya mahātmanaḥ
divyam ābharaṇaṃ citraṃ pradīptam iva bhāskaram
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pratigṛhya tato rāmas tad ābharaṇam uttamam
āgamaṃ tasya divyasya praṣṭum evopacakrame
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atyadbhutam idaṃ brahman vapuṣā yuktam uttamam
kathaṃ bhagavatā prāptaṃ kuto vā kena vāhṛtam
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kutūhalatayā brahman pṛcchāmi tvāṃ mahāyaśaḥ
āścaryāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ hi nidhiḥ paramako bhavān
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evaṃ bruvati kākutsthe munir vākyam athābravīt
śṛṇu rāma yathāvṛttaṃ purā tretāyuge gate
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