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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 90
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kasya cit tv atha kālasya yudhājit kekayo nṛpaḥ
svaguruṃ preṣayām āsa rāghavāya mahātmane
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gārgyam aṅgirasaḥ putraṃ brahmarṣim amitaprabham
daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi prītidānam anuttamam
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kambalāni ca ratnāni citravastram athottamam
rāmāya pradadau rājā bahūny ābharaṇāni ca
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śrutvā tu rāghavo gārgyaṃ maharṣiṃ samupāgatam
mātulasyāśvapatinaḥ priyaṃ dūtam upāgatam
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pratyudgamya ca kākutsthaḥ krośamātraṃ sahānugaḥ
gārgyaṃ saṃpūjayām āsa dhanaṃ tat pratigṛhya ca
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pṛṣṭvā ca prītidaṃ sarvaṃ kuśalaṃ mātulasya ca
upaviṣṭaṃ mahābhāgaṃ rāmaḥ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame
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kim āha matulo vākyaṃ yadarthaṃ bhagavān iha
prāpto vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭha sākṣād iva bṛhaspatiḥ
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rāmasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā brahmarṣiḥ kāryavistaram
vaktum adbhutasaṃkāśaṃ rāghavāyopacakrame
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mātulas te mahābāho vākyam āha nararṣabha
yudhājit prītisaṃyuktaṃ śrūyatāṃ yadi rocate
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ayaṃ gandharvaviṣayaḥ phalamūlopaśobhitaḥ
sindhor ubhayataḥ pārśve deśaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ
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taṃ ca rakṣanti gandharvāḥ sāyudhā yuddhakovidāḥ
śailūṣasya sutā vīrās tisraḥ koṭyo mahābalāḥ
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tān vinirjitya kākutstha gandharvaviṣayaṃ śubham
niveśaya mahābāho dve pure susamāhitaḥ
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anyasya na gatis tatra deśaś cāyaṃ suśobhanaḥ
rocatāṃ te mahābāho nāhaṃ tvām anṛtaṃ vade
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tac chrutvā rāghavaḥ prīto mararṣir mātulasya ca
uvāca bāḍham ity evaṃ bharataṃ cānvavaikṣata
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so 'bravīd rāghavaḥ prītaḥ prāñjalipragraho dvijam
imau kumārau taṃ deśaṃ brahmarṣe vijayiṣyataḥ
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bharatasyātmajau vīrau takṣaḥ puṣkala eva ca
mātulena suguptau tau dharmeṇa ca samāhitau
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bharataṃ cāgrataḥ kṛtvā kumārau sabalānugau
nihatya gandharvasutān dve pure vibhajiṣyataḥ
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niveśya te puravare ātmājau saṃniveśya ca
āgamiṣyati me bhūyaḥ sakāśam atidhārmikaḥ
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brahmarṣim evam uktvā tu bharataṃ sabalānugam
ājñāpayām āsa tadā kumārau cābhyaṣecayat
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nakṣatreṇa ca saumyena puraskṛtyāṅgiraḥ sutam
bharataḥ saha sainyena kumārābhyāṃ ca niryayau
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sā senā śakrayukteva naragān niryayāv atha
rāghavānugatā dūraṃ durādharṣā surāsuraiḥ
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māṃsāśīni ca sattvāni rakṣāṃsi sumahānti ca
anujagmuś ca bharataṃ rudhirasya pipāsayā
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bhūtagrāmāś ca bahavo māṃsabhakṣāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
gandharvaputramāṃsāni bhoktukāmāḥ sahasraśaḥ
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siṃhavyāghrasṛgālānāṃ khecarāṇāṃ ca pakṣiṇām
bahūni vai sahasrāṇi senāyā yayur agrataḥ
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adhyardhamāsam uṣitā pathi senā nirāmayā
hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇā kekayaṃ samupāgamat
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