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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 70
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tad adbhutatamaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvāgastyasya rāghavaḥ
gauravād vismayāc caiva bhūyaḥ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame
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bhagavaṃs tad vanaṃ ghoraṃ tapas tapyati yatra saḥ
śveto vaidarbhako rājā kathaṃ tad amṛgadvijam
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niḥsattvaṃ ca vanaṃ jātaṃ śūnyaṃ manujavarjitam
tapaś cartuṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ
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rāmasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitam
vākyaṃ paramatejasvī vaktum evopacakrame
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purā kṛtayuge rāma manur daṇḍadharaḥ prabhuḥ
tasya putro mahān āsīd ikṣvākuḥ kulavardhanaḥ
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taṃ putraṃ pūrvake rājye nikṣipya bhuvi durjayam
pṛthivyāṃ rājavaṃśānāṃ bhava kartety uvāca ha
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tatheti ca pratijñātaṃ pituḥ putreṇa rāghava
tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo manuḥ punar uvāca ha
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prīto 'smi paramodārakartā cāsi na saṃśayaḥ
daṇḍena ca prajā rakṣa mā ca daṇḍam akāraṇe
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aparādhiṣu yo daṇḍaḥ pātyate mānaveṣu vai
sa daṇḍo vidhivan muktaḥ svargaṃ nayati pārthivam
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tasmād daṇḍe mahābāho yatnavān bhava putraka
dharmo hi paramo loke kurvatas te bhaviṣyati
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iti taṃ bahu saṃdiśya manuḥ putraṃ samādhinā
jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭo brahmalokam anuttamam
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prayāte tridive tasminn ikṣvākur amitaprabhaḥ
janayiṣye kathaṃ putrān iti cintāparo 'bhavat
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karmabhir bahurūpaiś ca tais tair manusutaḥ sutān
janayām āsa dharmātmā śataṃ devasutopamān
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teṣām avarajas tāta sarveṣāṃ raghunandana
mūḍhaś cākṛtividyaś ca na śuśrūṣati pūrvajān
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nāma tasya ca daṇḍeti pitā cakre 'lpatejasaḥ
avaśyaṃ daṇḍapatanaṃ śarīre 'sya bhaviṣyati
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sa paśyamānas taṃ doṣaṃ ghoraṃ putrasya rāghava
vindhhhya śaivalayor madhye rājyaṃ prādād ariṃdama
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sa daṇḍas tatra rājābhūd ramye parvatarodhasi
puraṃ cāpratimaṃ rāma nyaveśayad anuttamam
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purasya cākaron nāma madhumantam iti prabho
purohitaṃ cośanasaṃ varayām āsa suvratam
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evaṃ sa rājā tad rājyaṃ kārayat sapurohitaḥ
prahṛṣṭamanujākīrṇaṃ devarājyaṃ yathā divi
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