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The Ramayana Book 7

Chapter 81

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


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