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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 68
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purā tretāyuge hy āsīd araṇyaṃ bahuvistaram
samantād yojanaśataṃ nirmṛgaṃ pakṣivarjitam
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tasmin nirmānuṣe 'raṇye kurvāṇas tapa uttamam
aham ākramituṃ śaumya tad araṇyam upāgamam
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tasya rūpam araṇyasya nirdeṣṭuṃ na śaśāka ha
phalamūlaiḥ sukhāsvādair bahurūpaiś ca pādapaiḥ
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tasyāraṇyasya madhye tu saro yojanam āyatam
padmotpalasamākīrṇaṃ samatikrāntaśaivalam
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tad āścaryam ivātyarthaṃ sukhāsvādam anuttamam
arajaskaṃ tathākṣobhyaṃ śrīmatpakṣigaṇāyutam
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tasmin saraḥsamīpe tu mahad adbhutam āśramam
purāṇaṃ puṇyam atyarthaṃ tapasvijanavarjitam
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tatrāham avasaṃ rātriṃ naidāghīṃ puruṣarṣabha
prabhāte kālyam utthāya saras tad upacakrame
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athāpaśyaṃḥ śavaṃ tatra supuṣṭam ajaraṃ kva cit
tiṣṭhantaṃ parayā lakṣmyā tasmiṃs toyāśaye nṛpa
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tam arthaṃ cintayāno 'haṃ muhūrtaṃ tatra rāghava
viṣṭhito 'smi sarastīre kiṃ nv idaṃ syād iti prabho
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athāpaśyaṃ muhūrtāt tu divyam adbhutadarśanam
vimānaṃ paramodāraṃ haṃsayuktaṃ manojavam
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atyarthaṃ svargiṇaṃ tatra vimāne raghunandana
upāste 'psarasāṃ vīra sahasraṃ divyabhūṣaṇam
gānti geyāni ramyāṇi vādayanti tathāparāḥ
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paśyato me tadā rāma vimānād avaruhya ca
taṃ śavaṃ bhakṣayām āsa sa svargī raghunandana
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tato bhuktvā yathākāmaṃ māṃsaṃ bahu ca suṣṭhu ca
avatīrya saraḥ svargī saṃspraṣṭum upacakrame
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upaspṛśya yathānyāyaṃ sa svargī puruṣarṣabha
āroḍhum upacakrāma vimānavaram uttamam
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tam ahaṃ devasaṃkāśam ārohantam udīkṣya vai
athāham abruvaṃ vākyaṃ tam eva puruṣarṣabha
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ko bhavān devasaṃkāśa āhāraś ca vigarhitaḥ
tvayāyaṃ bhujyate saumya kiṃ karthaṃ vaktum arhasi
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āścaryam īdṛśo bhāvo bhāsvaro devasaṃmataḥ
āhāro garhitaḥ saumya śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ
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