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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 82
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etad ākhyāya kākutstho bhrātṛhyām amitaprabhaḥ
lakṣmaṇaṃ punār evāha dharmayuktam idaṃ vacaḥ
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vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca jābālim atha kaśyapam
dvijāṃś ca sarvapravarān aśvamedhapuraskṛtān
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etān sarvān samāhūya mantrayitvā ca lakṣmaṇa
hayaṃ lakṣmaṇasaṃpannaṃ vimokṣyāmi samādhinā
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tad vākyaṃ rāghaveṇoktaṃ śrutvā tvaritavikramaḥ
dvijān sarvān samāhūya darśayām āsa rāghavam
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te dṛṣṭvā devasaṃkāśaṃ kṛtapādābhivandanam
rāghavaṃ sudurādharṣam āśīrbhiḥ samapūjayan
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prāñjalis tu tato bhūtvā rāghavo dvijasāttamān
uvāca dharmasaṃyuktam aśvamedhāśritaṃ vacaḥ
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sa teṣāṃ dvijamukhyānāṃ vākyam adbhutadarśanam
aśvamedhāśritaṃ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ prīto 'bhavat tadā
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vijñāya tu mataṃ teṣāṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt
preṣayasva mahābāho sugrīvāya mahātmane
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śīghraṃ mahadbhir haribhir bahibhiś ca tadāśrayaiḥ
sārdham āgaccha bhadraṃ te anubhoktuṃ makhottamam
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vibhīṣaṇaś ca rakṣobhiḥ kāmagair bahubhir vṛtaḥ
aśvamedhaṃ mahābāhuḥ prāpnotu laghuvikramaḥ
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rājānaś ca naravyāghra ye me priyacikīrṣavaḥ
sānugāḥ kṣipram āyāntu yajñabhūmim anuttamām
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deśāntaragatā ye ca dvijā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ
nimantrayasva tān sarvān aśvamedhāya lakṣmaṇa
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ṛṣayaś cā mahābāho āhūyantāṃ tapodhanāḥ
deśāntaragatā ye ca sadārāś ca maharṣayaḥ
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yajñavāṭaś ca sumahān gomatyā naimiṣe vane
ājñāpyatāṃ mahābāho tad dhi puṇyam anuttamam
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śataṃ vāhasahasrāṇāṃ taṇḍulānāṃ vapuṣmatām
ayutaṃ tilamudgasya prayātv agre mahābala
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suvarṇakoṭyo bahulā hiraṇyasya śatottarāḥ
agrato bharataḥ kṛtvā gacchatv agre mahāmatiḥ
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antarāpaṇavīthyaś ca sarvāṃś ca naṭanartakān
naigamān bālavṛddhāṃś ca dvijāṃś ca susamāhitān
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karmāntikāṃś ca kuśalāñ śilpinaś ca supaṇḍitān
mātaraś caiva me sarvāḥ kumārāntaḥpurāṇi ca
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kāñcanīṃ mama patnīṃ ca dīkṣārhāṃ yajñakarmaṇi
agrato bharataḥ kṛtvā gacchatv agre mahāmatiḥ
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