Sarga 20 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
tato vitrāsayanmartyānpṛthivyāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ | āsasāda ghane tasminnāradaṃ munipuṅgavam || 7.20.1 ||
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tasyābhivādanaṃ kṛtvā daśagrīvo niśācaraḥ | abravītkuśalaṃ pṛṣṭvā hetumāgamanasya ca || 7.20.2 ||
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nāradastu mahātejā devarṣiramitaprabhaḥ | abravīnmeghapṛṣṭhastho rāvaṇaṃ puṣpake sthitam || 7.20.3 ||
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rākṣasādhipate saumya tiṣṭha viśravasaḥ suta | prīto 'smyabhijanopetavikramairūrjitaistava || 7.20.4 ||
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viṣṇunā daityaghātaiśca gandharvoragadharṣaṇaiḥ | tvayā samaṃ vimardaiśca bhṛśaṃ hi paritoṣitaḥ || 7.20.5 ||
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kiṃcidvakṣyāmi tāvatte śrotavyaṃ śroṣyase yadi | śrutvā cānantaraṃ kāryaṃ tvayā rākṣasasattama | tanme nigadatastāta samādhiṃ śravaṇe kuru || 7.20.6 ||
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kimayaṃ vadhyate tāta tvayā 'vadhyena daivataiḥ | hata eva hyayaṃ loko yadā mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ || 7.20.7 || ्tama |
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devadānavadaityānāṃ yakṣagandharvarakṣasām | avadhyena tvayā lokaḥ kleṣṭuṃ yukto na mānuṣaḥ || 7.20.8 ||
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nityaṃ śreyasi sammūḍhaṃ mahadbhirvyasanairvṛtam | hanyātkastādṛśaṃ lokaṃ jarāvyādhiśatairyutam || 7.20.9 ||
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taistairaniṣṭopagamairajasraṃ yatra kutra kaḥ | matimānmānuṣe loke yuddhena praṇayī bhavet || 7.20.10 ||
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kṣīyamāṇaṃ daivahataṃ śrutpipāsājarādibhiḥ | viṣādaśokasammūḍhaṃ lokaṃ tvaṃ kṣapayasva mā || 7.20.11 ||
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paśya tāvanmahābāho rākṣaseśvara mānuṣam | mūḍhamevaṃ vicitrārthaṃ yasya na jñāyate gatiḥ || 7.20.12 ||
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kvacidvāditranṛtyādi sevyate muditairjanaiḥ | rudyate cāparairārtairdhārāśrunayanānanaiḥ || 7.20.13 ||
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mātāpitṛsutasnehairbhāryābandhumanoramaiḥ | mohito 'yaṃ jano dhvastaḥ kleśaṃ svaṃ nāvabudhyate || 7.20.14 ||
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alamenaṃ parikliśya lokaṃ mohanirākṛtam | jita eva tvayā saumya martyaloko na saṃśayaḥ || 7.20.15 ||
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avaśyamebhiḥ sarvaiśca gantavyaṃ yamasādanam | tannigṛhṇīṣva paulastya yamaṃ parapurañjaya || 7.20.16 ||
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tasmiñjite jitaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ | evamuktastu laṅkeśo dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā | abravīnnāradaṃ tatra samprahasyābhivādya ca || 7.20.17 ||
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maharṣe devagandharvavihāra samarapriya | ahaṃ samudyato gantuṃ vijayārthaṃ rasātalam || 7.20.18 ||
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tato lokatrayaṃ jitvā sthāpya nāgānsurānvaśe | samudramamṛtārthaṃ ca mathiṣyāmi rasālayam || 7.20.19 ||
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athābravīdṛśagrīvaṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ | kva khalvidānīṃ mārgeṇa tvayā hyanyena gamyate || 7.20.20 ||
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ayaṃ khalu sudurgamyaḥ pretarājapuraṃ prati | mārgo gacchati durdharṣo yamasyāmitrakarśana || 7.20.21 ||
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sa tu śāradameghābhaṃ hāsaṃ muktvā daśānanaḥ | uvāca kṛtamityeva vacanaṃ cedamabravīt || 7.20.22 ||
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tasmādevamahaṃ brahman vaivasvatavadhodyataḥ | gacchāmi dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ yatra sūryātmajo nṛpaḥ || 7.20.23 ||
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mayā hi bhagavankrodhātpratijñātaṃ raṇārthinā | avajeṣyāmi caturo lokapālāniti prabho || 7.20.24 ||
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tadiha prasthito 'haṃ vai pretarājapuraṃ prati | prāṇisaṅkleśakartāraṃ yojayiṣyāmi mṛtyunā || 7.20.25 ||
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evamuktvā daśagrīvo muniṃ tamabhivādya ca | prayayau dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ praviṣṭaḥ saha mantribhiḥ || 7.20.26 ||
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nāradastu mahātejā muhūrtaṃ dhyānamāsthitaḥ | cintayāmāsa viprendro vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ || 7.20.27 ||
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yena lokāstrayaḥ sendrāḥ kliśyante sacarācarāḥ | kṣīṇe cāyuṣi dharmeṇa sa kālo jeṣyate katham || 7.20.28 ||
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svadattakṛtasākṣī yo dvitīya iva pāvakaḥ | labdhasañjñā vijeṣyante lokā yasya mahātmanaḥ || 7.20.29 ||
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yasya nityaṃ trayo lokā vidravanti bhayārditāḥ | taṃ kathaṃ rākṣasendro 'sau svayameva gamiṣyati || 7.20.30 ||
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yo vidhātā ca dhātā ca sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ tathā | trailokyaṃ vijitaṃ yena taṃ kathaṃ vijayiṣyate || 7.20.31 ||
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aparaṃ kintu kṛtvāyaṃ vidhānaṃ saṃvidhāsyati | kautūhalasamutpanno yāsyāmi yamasādanam || 7.20.32 ||
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vimardaṃ draṣṭumanayoryamarākṣasayoḥ svayam || 7.20.33 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe viṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 20 ||
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