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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 75
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tathoktavati rāme tu bharate ca mahātmani
lakṣmaṇo 'pi śubhaṃ vākyam uvāca raghunandanam
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aśvamedho mahāyajñaḥ pāvanaḥ sarvapāpmanām
pāvanas tava durdharṣo rocatāṃ kratupuṃgavaḥ
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śrūyate hi purāvṛttaṃ vāsave sumahātmani
brahmahatyāvṛtaḥ śakro hayamedhena pāvitaḥ
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purā kila mahābāho devāsurasamāgame
vṛtro nāma mahān āsīd daiteyo lokasaṃmataḥ
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vistīrṇā yojanaśatam ucchritas triguṇaṃ tataḥ
anurāgeṇa lokāṃs trīn snehāt paśyati sarvataḥ
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dharmajñaś ca kṛtajñaś ca buddhyā ca pariniṣṭhitaḥ
śaśāsa pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ dharmeṇa susamāhitaḥ
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tasmin praśāsati tadā sarvakāmadughā mahī
rasavanti prasūtāni mūlāni ca phalāni ca
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akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī susaṃpannā mahātmanaḥ
sa rājyaṃ tādṛśaṃ bhuṅkte sphītam adbhutadarśanam
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tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā tapaḥ kuryām anuttamam
tapo hi paramaṃ śreyas tapo hi paramaṃ sukham
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sa nikṣipya sutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ paureṣu parameśvaram
tapa ugram upātiṣṭhat tāpayan sarvadevatāḥ
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tapas tapyati vṛtre tu vāsavaḥ paramārtavat
viṣṇuṃ samupasaṃkramya vākyam etad uvāca ha
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tapasyatā mahābāho lokā vṛtreṇa nirjitāḥ
balavān sa hi dharmātmā nainaṃ śakṣyāmi bādhitum
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yady asau tapa ātiṣṭhed bhūya eva sureśvara
yāval lokā dhariṣyanti tāvad asya vaśānugāḥ
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tvaṃ cainaṃ paramodāram upekṣasi mahābala
kṣaṇaṃ hi na bhaved vṛtraḥ kruddhe tvayi sureśvara
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yadā hi prītisaṃyogaṃ tvayā viṣṇo samāgataḥ
tadā prabhṛti lokānāṃ nāthatvam upalabdhavān
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sa tvaṃ prasādaṃ lokānāṃ kuruṣva sumahāyaśaḥ
tvatkṛtena hi sarvaṃ syāt praśāntam ajaraṃ jagat
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ime hi sarve viṣṇo tvāṃ nirīkṣante divaukasaḥ
vṛtraghatena mahatā eṣāṃ sāhyaṃ kuruṣva ha
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tvayā hi nityaśaḥ sāhyaṃ kṛtam eṣāṃ mahātmanām
asahyam idam anyeṣām agatīnāṃ gatir bhavān
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