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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 94
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śṛṇu rāma mahābāho yadartham aham āhataḥ
pitāmahena devena preṣito 'smi mahābala
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tavāhaṃ pūrvake bhāve putraḥ parapuraṃjaya
māyāsaṃbhāvito vīra kālaḥ sarvasamāharaḥ
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pitāmahaś ca bhagavān āha lokapatiḥ prabhuḥ
samayas te mahābāho svarlokān parirakṣitum
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saṃkṣipya ca purā lokān māyayā svayam eva hi
mahārṇave śayāno 'psu māṃ tvaṃ pūrvam ajījanaḥ
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bhogavantaṃ tato nāgam anantam udake śayam
māyayā janayitvā tvaṃ dvau ca sattvau mahābalau
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madhuṃ ca kaiṭabhaṃ caiva yayor asthicayair vṛtā
iyaṃ parvatasaṃbādhā medinī cābhavan mahī
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padme divyārkasaṃkāśe nābhyām utpādya mām api
prājāpatyaṃ tvayā karma sarvaṃ mayi niveśitam
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so 'haṃ saṃnyastabhāro hi tvām upāse jagatpatim
rakṣāṃ vidhatsva bhūteṣu mama tejaḥ karo bhavān
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tatas tvam api durdharṣas tasmād bhāvāt sanātanāt
rakṣārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ viṣṇutvam upajagmivān
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adityāṃ vīryavān putro bhrātṝṇāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ
samutpanneṣu kṛtyeṣu lokasāhyāya kalpase
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sa tvaṃ vitrāsyamānāsu prajāsu jagatāṃ vara
rāvaṇasya vadhākāṅkṣī mānuṣeṣu mano 'dadhāḥ
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daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca
kṛtvā vāsasya niyatiṃ svayam evātmanaḥ purā
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sa tvaṃ manomayaḥ putraḥ pūrṇāyur mānuṣeṣv iha
kālo naravaraśreṣṭha samīpam upavartitum
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yadi bhūyo mahārāja prajā icchasy upāsitum
vasa vā vīra bhadraṃ te evam āha pitāmahaḥ
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atha vā vijigīṣā te suralokāya rāghava
sanāthā viṣṇunā devā bhavantu vigatajvarāḥ
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śrutvā pitāmahenoktaṃ vākyaṃ kālasamīritam
rāghavaḥ prahasan vākyaṃ sarvasaṃhāram abravīt
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śrutaṃ me devadevasya vākyaṃ paramam adbhutam
prītir hi mahatī jātā tavāgamanasaṃbhavā
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bhadraṃ te 'stu gamiṣyāmi yata evāham āgataḥ
hṛd gato hy asi saṃprāpto na me 'sty atra vicāraṇā
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mayā hi sarvakṛtyeṣu devānāṃ vaśavartinām
sthātavyaṃ sarvasaṃhāre yathā hy āha pitāmahaḥ
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