Sarga 55 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
eṣa te nṛgaśāpasya vistaro 'bhihito mayā | yadyasti śravaṇe śraddhā śṛṇuṣvehāparāṃ kathām || 7.55.1 ||
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evamuktastu rāmeṇa saumitriḥ punarabravīt | tṛptirāścaryabhūtānāṃ kathānāṃ nāsti me nṛpa || 7.55.2 ||
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lakṣmaṇenaivamuktastu rāma ikṣvākunandanaḥ | kathāṃ paramadharmiṣṭhāṃ vyāhartumupacakrame || 7.55.3 ||
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āsīdrājā nimirnāma ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām | putro dvādaśamo vīrye dharme ca pariniṣṭhitaḥ || 7.55.4 ||
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sa rājā vīryasampannaḥ puraṃ devapuropamam | niveśayāmāsa tadā abhyāśe gautamasya tu || 7.55.5 ||
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purasya sukṛtaṃ nāma vaijayantamiti śrutam | niveśaṃ yatra rājarṣirnimiścakre mahāyaśāḥ || 7.55.6 ||
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tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā niveśya sumahāpuram | yajeyaṃ dīrghasatreṇa pituḥ prahlādayanmanaḥ || 7.55.7 ||
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tataḥ pitaramāmantrya ikṣvākuṃ hi manoḥ sutam | vasiṣṭhaṃ varayāmāsa pūrvaṃ brahmarṣisattamam || 7.55.8 ||
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anantaraṃ sa rājarṣirnimirikṣvākunandanaḥ | atrimaṅgirasaṃ caiva bhṛguṃ caiva tapodhanam || 7.55.9 ||
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tamuvāca vasiṣṭhastu nimiṃ rājarṣisattamam | vṛto 'haṃ pūrvamindreṇa antaraṃ pratipālaya || 7.55.10 ||
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anantaraṃ mahāvipro gautamaḥ pratyapūrayat | vasiṣṭho 'pi mahātejā indrayajñamathākarot || 7.55.11 ||
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nimistu rājā viprāṃstānsamānīya narādhipaḥ | ayajaddhimavatpārśve svapurasya samīpataḥ | pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi rājā dīkṣāmupāgamat || 7.55.12 ||
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indrayajñāvasāne tu vasiṣṭho bhagavanṛṣiḥ | sakāśamāgato rājño hautraṃ kartumaninditaḥ || 7.55.13 ||
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tadantaramathāpaśyadgautamenābhipūritam | kopena mahatāviṣṭo vasiṣṭho brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ || 7.55.14 ||
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sa rājño darśanākāṅkṣī muhūrtaṃ samupāviśat | tasminnahani rājarṣirnidrayā 'pahṛto bhṛśam || 7.55.15 ||
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tato manyurvasiṣṭhasya prādurāsīnmahātmanaḥ | adarśanena rājarṣervyāhartumupacakrame || 7.55.16 ||
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yasmāttvamanyaṃ vṛtavānmāmavajñāya pārthiva | cetanena vinābhūto dehastava bhaviṣyati || 7.55.17 ||
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tataḥ prabuddho rājarṣiḥ śrutvā śāpamudāhṛtam | brahmayonimathovāca saṃrambhāt krodhamūrcchitaḥ || 7.55.18 ||
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ajānataḥ śayānasya krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ | muktavānmayi śāpāgniṃ yamadaṇḍamivāparam || 7.55.19 ||
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tasmāttavāpi brahmarṣe cetanena vinā kṛtaḥ | dehaḥ suruciraprakhyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 7.55.20 ||
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iti roṣavaśādubhau tadānīmanyonyaṃ śapitau nṛpadvijendrau | sahasaiva babhūvaturvidehau tattulyādhigataprabhāvavantau || 7.55.21 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe pañcapañcāśaḥ sargaḥ || 55 ||
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