Sarga 10 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
athābravīnmuniṃ rāmaḥ kathaṃ te bhrātaro vane | kīdṛśaṃ tu tadā brahmaṃstapastepurmahābalāḥ || 7.10.1 ||
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agastyastvabravīttatra rāmaṃ suprītamānasam | tāṃstāndharmavidhīṃstatra bhrātaraste samāviśan || 7.10.2 ||
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kumbhakarṇastato yatto nityaṃ dharmapathe sthitaḥ | tatāpa grīṣmakāle tu pañcāgnīnparitaḥ sthitaḥ || 7.10.3 ||
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meghāmbusikto varṣāsu vīrāsanamasevata | nityaṃ ca śiśire kāle jalamadhyapratiśrayaḥ || 7.10.4 ||
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evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi daśa tasyāticakramuḥ | dharme prayatamānasya satpathe niṣṭhitasya ca || 7.10.5 ||
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vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā nityaṃ dharmaparaḥ śuciḥ | pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi pādenaikena tasthivān || 7.10.6 ||
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samāpte niyame tasya nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ | papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca kṣubhitāścāpi devatāḥ || 7.10.7 ||
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pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi sūryaṃ caivānvavartata | tasthau cordhvaśirobāhuḥ svādhyāyadhṛtamānasaḥ || 7.10.8 ||
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evaṃ vibhīṣaṇasyāpi svargasthasyeva nandane | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi gatāni niyatātmanaḥ || 7.10.9 ||
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daśavarṣasahasraṃ tu nirāhāro daśānanaḥ | pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śiraścāgnau juhāva saḥ || 7.10.10 ||
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evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi nava tasyāticakramuḥ | śirāṃsi nava cāpyasya praviṣṭāni hutāśanam || 7.10.11 ||
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atha varṣasahasre tu daśame daśamaṃ śiraḥ | chettukāme daśagrīve prāptastatra pitāmahaḥ || 7.10.12 ||
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pitāmahastu suprītaḥ sārdhaṃ devairupasthitaḥ | tava tāvaddaśagrīva prīto 'smītyabhyabhāṣata || 7.10.13 ||
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śīghraṃ varaya dharmajña varo yaste 'bhikāṅkṣitaḥ | kaṃ te kāmaṃ karomyadya na vṛthā te pariśramaḥ || 7.10.14 ||
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athābravīdṛśagrīvaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā | praṇamya śirasā devaṃ harṣagadgadayā girā || 7.10.15 ||
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bhagavanprāṇināṃ nityaṃ nānyatra maraṇādbhayam | nāsti mṛtyusamaḥ śatruramaratvamahaṃ vṛṇe || 7.10.16 ||
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evamuktastadā brahmā daśagrīvamuvāca ha | nāsti sarvāmaratvaṃ te varamanyaṃ vṛṇīṣva me || 7.10.17 ||
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evamukte tadā rāma brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā | daśagrīva uvācedaṃ kṛtāñjalirathāgrataḥ || 7.10.18 ||
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suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām | avadhyo 'haṃ prajādhyakṣa devatānāṃ ca śāśvata || 7.10.19 ||
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nahi cintā mamānyeṣu prāṇiṣvamarapūjita | tṛṇabhūtā hi te manye prāṇino mānuṣādayaḥ || 7.10.20 ||
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evamuktastu dharmātmā daśagrīveṇa rakṣasā | uvāca vacanaṃ devaḥ saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ || 7.10.21 ||
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bhaviṣyatyevametatte vaco rākṣasapuṅgava | evamuktvā tu taṃ rāma daśagrīvaṃ pitāmahaḥ || 7.10.22 ||
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śṛṇu cāpi varo bhūyaḥ prītasyeha śubho mama | hutāni yāni śīrṣāṇi pūrvamagnau tvayānagha || 7.10.23 ||
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punastāni bhaviṣyanti tathaiva tava rākṣasa | vitarāmīha te saumya varaṃ cānyaṃ durāsadam || 7.10.24 ||
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chandatastava rūpaṃ ca manasā yadyathepsitam | bhaviṣyati na sandeho madvarāttavarākṣasa || 7.10.25 ||
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evaṃ pitāmahoktasya daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ | agnau hutāni śīrṣāṇi punastānyutthitāni vai || 7.10.26 ||
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evamuktvā tu taṃ rāma daśagrīvaṃ pitāmahaḥ | vibhīṣaṇamathovāca vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ || 7.10.27 ||
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vibhīṣaṇa tvayā vatsa dharmasaṃhitabuddhinā | parituṣṭo 'smi dharmātmanvaraṃ varaya suvrata || 7.10.28 ||
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vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā vacanaṃ prāha sāñjaliḥ | vṛtaḥ sarvaguṇairnityaṃ candramā raśmibhiryathā || 7.10.29 ||
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bhagavankṛtakṛtyo 'haṃ yanme lokaguruḥ svayam | prītena yadi dātavyo varo me śṛṇu suvrata || 7.10.30 ||
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paramāpadgatasyāpi dharme mama matirbhavet | aśikṣitaṃ ca brahmāstraṃ bhagavanpratibhātu me || 7.10.31 ||
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yā yā me jāyate buddhiryeṣu yeṣvāśrameṣu ca | sā sā bhavatu dharmiṣṭhā taṃ tu dharmaṃ ca pālaye || 7.10.32 ||
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eṣa me paramodāra varaḥ paramako mataḥ | nahi dharmābhiraktānāṃ loke kiñcana durlabham || 7.10.33 ||
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punaḥ prajāpatiḥ prīto vibhīṣaṇamuvāca ha | dharmiṣṭhastvaṃ yathā vatsa tathā caitadbhaviṣyati || 7.10.34 ||
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yasmādrākṣasayonau te jātasyāmitranāśana | nādharme jāyate buddhiramaratvaṃ dadāmi te || 7.10.35 ||
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ityuktvā kumbhakarṇāya varaṃ dātumupasthitam | prajāpatiṃ surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ prāñjalayo 'bruvan || 7.10.36 ||
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na tāvatkumbhakarṇāya pradātavyo varastvayā | jānīṣe hi yathā lokāṃstrāsayatyeṣa durmatiḥ || 7.10.37 ||
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nandane 'psarasaḥ sapta mahendrānucarā daśa | anena bhakṣitā brahmannṛṣayo mānuṣāstathā || 7.10.38 ||
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alabdhavarapūrveṇa yatkṛtaṃ rākṣasena tu | tadeṣa varalabdhaḥ syādbhakṣayedbhuvanatrayam || 7.10.39 ||
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varavyājena moho 'smai dīyatāmamitaprabha | lokānāṃ svasti caivaṃ syādbhavedasya ca sannatiḥ || 7.10.40 ||
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evamuktaḥ surairbrahmā 'cintayat padmasambhavaḥ | cintitā copatasthe 'sya pārśvaṃ devī sarasvatī || 7.10.41 ||
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prāñjaliḥ sā tu pārśvasthā prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatī | iyamasmyāgatā deva kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyaham || 7.10.42 ||
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prajāpatistuṃ tāṃ prāptāṃ prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatīm | vāṇi tvaṃ rākṣasendrasya bhava yā devatepsitā || 7.10.43 ||
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tathetyuktvā praviṣṭā sā prajāpatirathābravīt | kumbhakarṇa mahābāho varaṃ varaya yo mataḥ || 7.10.44 ||
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kumbhakarṇastu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā vacanamabravīt | svaptuṃ varṣāṇyanekāni devadeva mamepsitam || 7.10.45 ||
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evamastviti taṃ coktvā prāyādbrahmā suraiḥ samam | devī sarasvatī caiva rākṣasaṃ taṃ jahau punaḥ || 7.10.46 ||
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brahmaṇā saha deveṣu gateṣu ca nabhaḥsthalam | vimukto 'sau sarasvatyā svāṃ sañjñāṃ ca tato gataḥ || 7.10.47 ||
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kumbhakarṇastu duṣṭātmā cintayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ | īdṛśaṃ kimidaṃ vākyaṃ mamādya vadanāccyutam || 7.10.48 ||
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ahaṃ vyāmohito devairiti manye tadā ' 'gataiḥ | evaṃ labdhavarāḥ sarve bhrātaro dīptatejasaḥ | śleṣmātakavanaṃ gatvā tatra te nyavasansukham || 7.10.49 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe daśamaḥ sargaḥ || 10 ||
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