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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 77
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tathā vṛtravadhaṃ sarvam akhilena sa lakṣmaṇaḥ
kathayitvā naraśreṣṭhaḥ kathāśeṣam upākramat
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tato hate mahāvīrye vṛtre devabhayaṃkare
brahmahatyāvṛtaḥ śakraḥ saṃjñāṃ lebhe na vṛtrahā
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so 'ntam āśritya lokānāṃ naṣṭasaṃjño vicetanaḥ
kālaṃ tatrāvasat kaṃ cid veṣṭamāno yathoragaḥ
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atha naṣṭe sahasrākṣe udvignam abhavaj jagat
bhūmiś ca dhvastasaṃkāśā niḥsnehā śuṣkakānanā
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niḥsrotasaś cāmbuvāhā hradāś ca saritas tathā
saṃkṣobhaś caiva sattvānām anāvṛṣṭikṛto 'bhavat
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kṣīyamāṇe tu loke 'smin saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ surāḥ
yad uktaṃ viṣṇunā pūrvaṃ taṃ yajñaṃ samupānayan
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tataḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ sopādhyāyāḥ saharṣibhiḥ
taṃ deśaṃ sahitā jagmur yatrendro bhayamohitaḥ
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te tu dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaṃ mohitaṃ brahmahatyayā
taṃ puraskṛtya deveśam aśvamedhaṃ pracakrire
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tato 'śvamedhaḥ sumahān mahendrasya mahātmanaḥ
vavṛdhe brahmahatyāyāḥ pāvanārthaṃ nareśvara
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tato yajñasamāptau tu brahmahatyā mahātmanaḥ
abhigamyābravīd vākyaṃ kva me sthānaṃ vidhāsyatha
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te tām ūcus tato devās tuṣṭāḥ prītisamanvitāḥ
caturdhā vibhajātmānam ātmanaiva durāsade
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devānāṃ bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā brahmahatyā mahātmanām
saṃnidhau sthānam anyatra varayām āsa durvasā
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ekenāṃśena vatsyāmi pūrṇodāsu nadīṣu vai
dvitīyena tu vṛkṣeṣu satyam etad bravīmi vaḥ
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yo 'yam aṃśas tṛtīyo me strīṣu yauvanaśāliṣu
trirātraṃ darpaparṇāsu vasiṣye darpaghātinī
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hantāro brāhmaṇān ye tu prekṣāpūrvam adūṣakān
tāṃś caturthena bhāgena saṃśrayiṣye surarṣabhāḥ
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pratyūcus tāṃ tato devā yathā vadasi durvase
tathā bhavatu tat sarvaṃ sādhayasva yathepsitam
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tataḥ prītyānvitā devāḥ sahasrākṣaṃ vavandire
vijvaraḥ pūtapāpmā ca vāsavaḥ samapadyata
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praśāntaṃ ca jagat sarvaṃ sahasrākṣe pratiṣṭhate
yajñaṃ cādbhutasaṃkāśaṃ tadā śakro 'bhyapūjayat
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īdṛśo hy aśvamedhasya prabhāvo raghunandana
yajasva sumahābhāga hayamedhena pārthiva
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