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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 76
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lakṣmaṇasya tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvā śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
vṛtraghātam aśeṣeṇa kathayety āha lakṣmaṇam
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rāghaveṇaivam uktas tu sumitrānandavardhanaḥ
bhūya eva kathāṃ divyāṃ kathayām āsa lakṣmaṇaḥ
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sahasrākṣavacaḥ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām
viṣṇur devān uvācedaṃ sarvān indrapurogamān
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pūrvaṃ sauhṛdabaddho 'smi vṛtrasya sumahātmanaḥ
tena yuṣmat priyārthaṃ vai nāhaṃ hanmi mahāsuram
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avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca bhavatāṃ sukham uttamam
tasmād upāyam ākhyāsye yena vṛtraṃ haniṣyatha
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tridhā bhūtaṃ kariṣye 'ham ātmānaṃ surasattamāḥ
tena vṛtraṃ sahasrākṣo haniṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
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eko 'ṃśo vāsavaṃ yātu dvitīyo vajram eva tu
tṛtīyo bhūtalaṃ śakras tato vṛtraṃ haniṣyati
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tathā bruvati deveśe devā vākyam athābruvan
evam etan na saṃdeho yathā vadasi daityahan
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bhadraṃ te 'stu gamiṣyāmo vṛtrāsuravadhaiṣiṇaḥ
bhajasva paramodāravāsavaṃ svena tejasā
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tataḥ sarve mahātmānaḥ sahasrākṣapurogamāḥ
tad araṇyam upākrāman yatra vṛtro mahāsuraḥ
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te 'paśyaṃs tejasā bhūtaṃ tapantam asurottamam
pibantam iva lokāṃs trīn nirdahantam ivāmbaram
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dṛṣṭvaiva cāsuraśreṣṭhaṃ devās trāsam upāgaman
katham enaṃ vadhiṣyāmaḥ kathaṃ na syāt parājayaḥ
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teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ tatra sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
vajraṃ pragṛhya bāhubhyāṃ prahiṇod vṛtramūrdhani
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kālāgnineva ghoreṇa dīpteneva mahārciṣā
prataptaṃ vṛtraśirasi jagat trāsam upāgamat
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asaṃbhāvyaṃ vadhaṃ tasya vṛtrasya vibudhādhipaḥ
cintayāno jagāmāśu lokasyāntaṃ mahāyaśāḥ
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tam indraṃ brahmahatyāśu gacchantam anugacchati
apatac cāsya gātreṣu tam indraṃ duḥkham āviśat
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hatārayaḥ pranaṣṭendrā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ
viṣṇuṃ tribhuvaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ muhur muhur apūjayan
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tvaṃ gatiḥ paramā deva pūrvajo jagataḥ prabhuḥ
rathārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ viṣṇutvam upajagmivān
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hataś cāyaṃ tvayā vṛtro brahmahatyā ca vāsavam
bādhate suraśārdūla mokṣaṃ tasya vinirdiśa
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teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā devānāṃ viṣṇur abravīt
mām eva yajatāṃ śakraḥ pāvayiṣyāmi vajriṇam
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puṇyena hayamedhena mām iṣṭvā pākaśāsanaḥ
punar eṣyati devānām indratvam akutobhayaḥ
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evaṃ saṃdiśya devānāṃ tāṃ vāṇīm amṛtopamā
jagāma viṣṇur deveśaḥ stūyamānas triviṣṭapam
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