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The Ramayana Book 7
Chapter 99
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prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ pṛthuvakṣā mahāyaśāḥ
rāmaḥ kamalapatrākṣaḥ purodhasam athābravīt
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agnihotraṃ vrajatv agre sarpir jvalitapāvakam
vājapeyātapatraṃ ca śobhayānaṃ mahāpatham
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tato vasiṣṭhas tejasvī sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ
cakāra vidhivad dharmyaṃ mahāprāsthānikaṃ vidhim
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tataḥ kṣaumāmbaradharo brahma cāvartayan param
kuśān gṛhītvā pāṇibhyāṃ prasajya prayayāv atha
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avyāharan kva cit kiṃ cin niśceṣṭo niḥsukhaḥ pathi
nirjagāma gṛhāt tasmād dīpyamāno yathāṃśumān
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rāmasya pārśve savye tu padmā śrīḥ susamāhitā
dakṣiṇe hrīr viśālākṣī vyavasāyas tathāgrataḥ
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śarā nānāvidhāś cāpi dhanur āyatavigraham
anuvrajanti kākutsthaṃ sarve puruṣavigrahāḥ
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vedā brāhmaṇarūpeṇa sāvitrī sarvarakṣiṇī
oṃkāro 'tha vaṣaṭkāraḥ sarve rāmam anuvratāḥ
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ṛṣayaś ca mahātmānaḥ sarva eva mahīsurāḥ
anvagacchanta kākutsthaṃ svargadvāram upāgatam
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taṃ yāntam anuyānti sma antaḥpuracarāḥ striyaḥ
savṛddhabāladāsīkāḥ savarṣavarakiṃkarāḥ
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sāntaḥpuraś ca bharataḥ śatrughnasahito yayau
rāmavratam upāgamya rāghavaṃ samanuvratāḥ
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tato viprā mahātmānaḥ sāgnihotrāḥ samāhitāḥ
saputradārāḥ kākutstham anvagacchan mahāmatim
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mantriṇo bhṛtyavargāś ca saputrāḥ sahabāndhavāḥ
sānugā rāghavaṃ sarve anvagacchan prahṛṣṭavat
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tataḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtāḥ
anujagmuḥ pragacchantaṃ rāghavaṃ guṇarañjitāḥ
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snātaṃ pramuditaṃ sarvaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣpam anuttamam
dṛptaṃ kilikilāśabdaiḥ sarvaṃ rāmam anuvratam
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na tatra kaś cid dīno 'bhūd vrīḍito vāpi duḥkhitaḥ
hṛṣṭaṃ pramuditaṃ sarvaṃ babhūva paramādbhutam
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draṣṭukāmo 'tha niryāṇaṃ rājño jānapado janaḥ
saṃprāptaḥ so 'pi dṛṣṭvaiva saha sarvair anuvrataḥ
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ṛkṣavānararakṣāṃsi janāś ca puravāsinaḥ
agachan parayā bhaktyā pṛṣṭhataḥ susamāhitāḥ
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