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The Ramayana Book 7

Chapter 82

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


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