Sarga 62 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
tathokte tānṛṣīnrāmaḥ pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ | kimāhāraḥ kimācāro lavaṇaḥ kva ca vartate || 7.62.1 ||
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rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā ṛṣayaḥ sarva eva te | tato nivedayāmāsurlavaṇo vavṛdhe yathā || 7.62.2 ||
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āhāraḥ sarvasattvāni viśeṣeṇa ca tāpasāḥ | ācāro raudratā nityaṃ vāso madhuvane tathā || 7.62.3 ||
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hatvā bahusahasrāṇi siṃhavyāghramṛgadvipān | mānuṣāṃścaiva kurute nityamāhāramāhnikam || 7.62.4 ||
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tato 'ntarāṇi sattvāni khādate sa mahābalaḥ | saṃhāre samanuprāpte vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ || 7.62.5 ||
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tacchrutvā rāghavo vākyamuvāca sa mahāmunīn | ghātayiṣyāmi tadrakṣo hyapagacchatu vo bhayam || 7.62.6 ||
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pratijñāya tathā teṣāṃ munīnāmugratejasām | sa bhrāta'nsahitānsarvānuvāca raghunandanaḥ || 7.62.7 ||
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ko hantā lavaṇaṃ vīraḥ kasyāṃśaḥ sa vidhīyatām | bharatasya mahābāhoḥ śatrughnasya ca dhīmataḥ || 7.62.8 ||
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rāghaveṇaivamuktastu bharato vākyamabravīt | ahamenaṃ vadhiṣyāmi mamāṃśaḥ sa vidhīyatām || 7.62.9 ||
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bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā dhairyaśauryasamanvitam | lakṣmaṇāvarajastasthau hitvā sauvarṇamāsanam || 7.62.10 ||
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śatrughnastvabravīdvākyaṃ praṇipatya narādhipam | kṛtakarmā mahābāhurmadhyamo raghunandanaḥ || 7.62.11 ||
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āryeṇa hi purā śūnyā tvayodhyā paripālitā | santāpaṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā āryasyāgamanaṃ prati || 7.62.12 ||
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duḥkhāni ca bahūnīha hyanubhūtāni pārthiva | śayāno duḥkhaśayyāsu nandigrāme 'vasatpurā || 7.62.13 ||
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phalamūlāśano bhūtvā jaṭī cīradharastathā | anubhūyedṛśaṃ duḥkhameṣa rāghavanandanaḥ | preṣye mayi sthite rājanna bhūyaḥ kleśamāpnuyāt || 7.62.14 ||
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tathā bruvati śatrughne rāghavaḥ punarabravīt | evaṃ bhavatu kākutstha kriyatāṃ mama śāsanam || 7.62.15 ||
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rājye tvāmabhiṣekṣyāmi madhostu nagare śubhe | niveśaya mahābāho bharataṃ yadyavekṣase || 7.62.16 ||
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śūrastvaṃ kṛtavidyaśca samarthaśca niveśane || 7.62.17 ||
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yo hi śatruṃ samutpāṭya pārthivasya punaḥ kṣaye | na vidhatte nṛpaṃ tatra narakaṃ sa hi gacchati || 7.62.18 ||
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sa tvaṃ hatvā madhusutaṃ lavaṇaṃ pāpaniścayam | rājyaṃ praśādhi dharmeṇa vākyaṃ me yadyavekṣase || 7.62.19 ||
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uttaraṃ ca na vaktavyaṃ śūra vākyāntare mama | bālena pūrvajasyājñā kartavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ || 7.62.20 ||
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abhiṣekaṃ ca kākutstha pratīcchasva mayodyatam | vasiṣṭhapramukhairviprairvidhimantrapuraskṛtam || 7.62.21 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe dviṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ || 62||
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