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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 69
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bhuktvā tu bhāṣitaṃ vākyaṃ mama rāma śubhākṣaram
prāñjaliḥ pratyuvācedaṃ sa svargī raghunandana
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śṛṇu brahman yathāvṛttaṃ mamaitat sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
duratikramaṇīyaṃ hi yathā pṛcchasi māṃ dvija
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purā vaidarbhako rājā pitā mama mahāyaśāḥ
sudeva iti vikhyātas triṣu lokeṣu vīryavān
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tasya putradvayaṃ brahman dvābhyāṃ strībhyām ajāyata
ahaṃ śveta iti khyāto yavīyān suratho 'bhavat
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tataḥ pitari svaryāte paurā mām abhyaṣecayan
tatrāhaṃ kṛtavān rājyaṃ dharmeṇa susamāhitaḥ
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evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi samatītāni suvrata
rājyaṃ kārayato brahman prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ
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so 'haṃ nimitte kasmiṃś cid vijñātāyur dvijottama
kāladharmaṃ hṛdi nyasya tato vanam upāgamam
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so 'haṃ vanam idaṃ durgaṃ mṛgapakṣivivarjitam
tapaś cartuṃ praviṣṭo 'smi samīpe sarasaḥ śubhe
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bhrātaraṃ surathaṃ rājye abhiṣicya narādhipam
idaṃ saraḥ samāsādya tapas taptaṃ mayā ciram
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so 'haṃ varṣasahasrāṇi tapas trīṇi mahāmune
taptvā suduṣkaraṃ prāpto brahmalokam anuttamam
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tato māṃ svargasaṃsthaṃ vai kṣutpipāse dvijottama
bādhete paramodāra tato 'haṃ vyathitendriyaḥ
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gatvā tribhuvaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ pitāmaham uvāca ha
bhagavan brahmaloko 'yaṃ kṣutpipāsāvivarjitaḥ
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kasyeyaṃ karmaṇaḥ prāptiḥ kṣutpipāsāvaśo 'smi yat
āhāraḥ kaś ca me deva tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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pitāmahas tu mām āha tavāhāraḥ sudevaja
svādūni svāni māṃsāni tāni bhakṣaya nityaśaḥ
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svaśarīraṃ tvayā puṣṭaṃ kurvatā tapa uttamam
anuptaṃ rohate śveta na kadā cin mahāmate
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dattaṃ na te 'sti sūkṣmo 'pi vane sattvaniṣevite
tena svargagato vatsa bādhyase kṣutpipāsayā
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sa tvaṃ supuṣṭam āhāraiḥ svaśarīram anuttamam
bhakṣayasvāmṛtarasaṃ sā te tṛptir bhaviṣyati
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yadā tu tad vanaṃ śveta agastyaḥ sumahān ṛṣiḥ
ākramiṣyati durdharṣas tadā kṛcchād vimokṣyase
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sa hi tārayituṃ saumya śaktaḥ suragaṇān api
kiṃ punas tvāṃ mahābāho kṣutpipāsāvaśaṃ gatam
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so 'haṃ bhagavataḥ śrutvā devadevasya niścayam
āhāraṃ garhitaṃ kurmi svaśarīraṃ dvijottama
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bahūn varṣagaṇān brahman bhujyamānam idaṃ mayā
kṣayaṃ nābhyeti brahmarṣe tṛptiś cāpi mamottamā
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tasya me kṛcchrabhūtasya kṛcchrād asmād vimokṣaya
anyeṣām agatir hy atra kumbhayonim ṛte dvijam
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idam ābharaṇaṃ saumya tāraṇārthaṃ dvijottama
pratigṛhṇīṣva brahmarṣe prasādaṃ kartum arhasi
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tasyāhaṃ svargiṇo vākyaṃ śrutvā duḥkhasamanvitam
tāraṇāyopajagrāha tad ābharaṇam uttamam
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mayā pratigṛhīte tu tasminn ābharaṇe śubhe
mānuṣaḥ pūrvako deho rājarṣeḥ sa nanāśa ha
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pranaṣṭe tu śarīre 'sau rājarṣiḥ parayā mudā
tṛptaḥ pramudito rājā jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ
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tenedaṃ śakratulyena divyam ābharaṇaṃ mama
tasmin nimitte kākutstha dattam adbhutadarśanam
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