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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 81
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tathoktavati rāme tu tasya janma tad adbhutam
uvāca lakṣmaṇo bhūyo bharataś ca mahāyaśāḥ
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sā priyā somaputrasya saṃvatsaram athoṣitā
akarot kiṃ naraśreṣṭha tat tvaṃ śaṃsitum arhasi
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tayos tad vākyamādhuryaṃ niśamya paripṛcchatoḥ
rāmaḥ punar uvācemāṃ prajāpatisute kathām
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puruṣatvaṃ gate śūre budhaḥ paramabuddhimān
saṃvartaṃ paramodāram ājuhāva mahāyaśāḥ
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cyavanaṃ bhṛguputraṃ ca muniṃ cāriṣṭaneminam
pramodanaṃ modakaraṃ tato durvāsasaṃ munim
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etān sarvān samānīya vākyajñas tattvadarśinaḥ
uvāca sarvān suhṛdo dhairyeṇa susamāhitaḥ
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ayaṃ rājā mahābāhuḥ kardamasya ilaḥ sutaḥ
jānītainaṃ yathā bhūtaṃ śreyo hy asya vidhīyatām
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teṣāṃ saṃvadatām eva tam āśramam upāgamat
kardamaḥ sumahātejā dvijaiḥ saha mahātmabhiḥ
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pulastyaś ca kratuś caiva vaṣaṭkāras tathaiva ca
oṃkāraś ca mahātejās tam āśramam upāgaman
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te sarve hṛṣṭamanasaḥ parasparasamāgame
hitaiṣiṇo bāhli pateḥ pṛthag vākyam athābruvan
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kardamas tv abravīd vākyaṃ sutārthaṃ paramaṃ hitam
dvijāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ yac chreyaḥ pārthivasya hi
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nānyaṃ paśyāmi bhaiṣajyam antareṇa vṛṣadhvajam
nāśvamedhāt paro yajñaḥ priyaś caiva mahātmanaḥ
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tasmād yajāmahe sarve pārthivārthe durāsadam
kardamenaivam uktās tu sarva eva dvijarṣabhāḥ
rocayanti sma taṃ yajñaṃ rudrasyārādhanaṃ prati
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saṃvartasya tu rājarṣiḥ śiṣyaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
marutta iti vikhyatas taṃ yajñaṃ samupāharat
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tato yajño mahān āsīd budhāśramasamīpataḥ
rudraś ca paramaṃ toṣam ājagāma mahāyaśāḥ
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atha yajñasamāptau tu prītaḥ paramayā mudā
umāpatir dvijān sarvān uvācedam ilāṃ prati
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prīto 'smi hayamedhena bhaktyā ca dvijasattamāḥ
asya bāhlipateś caiva kiṃ karomi priyaṃ śubham
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tathā vadati deveśe dvijās te susamāhitāḥ
prasādayanti deveśaṃ yathā syāt puruṣas tv ilā
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tataḥ prītamanā rudraḥ puruṣatvaṃ dadau punaḥ
ilāyai sumahātejā dattvā cāntaradhīyata
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nivṛtte hayamedhe tu gate cādarśanaṃ hare
yathāgataṃ dvijāḥ sarve agacchan dīrghadarśinaḥ
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rājā tu bāhlim utsṛjya madhyadeśe hy anuttamam
niveśayām āsa puraṃ pratiṣṭhānaṃ yaśaskaram
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śaśabindus tu rājāsīd bāhlyāṃ parapuraṃjayaḥ
pratiṣṭhāna ilo rājā prajāpatisuto balī
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sa kāle prāptavāṁl lokam ilo brāhmam anuttamam
ailaḥ purūravā rājā pratiṣṭhānam avāptavān
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īdṛśo hy aśvamedhasya prabhāvaḥ puruṣarṣabhau
strībhūtaḥ pauruṣaṃ lebhe yac cānyad api durlabham
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