Chapter 37

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vyāsa uvāca |
tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve pratyūcuḥ pavanātmajam |
adhunā saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam || 1 ||
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adya no moḍhalokānāṃ dhanyo dharmaśca vai gṛhāḥ |
dhanyā ca sakalā pṛthvī yajñadharmā hyanekaśaḥ || 2 ||
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namaḥ śrīrāma bhaktāya akṣavidhvaṃsanāya ca |
namo rakṣaḥpurīdāhakāriṇe vajradhāriṇe || 3 ||
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jānakīhṛdayatrāṇakāriṇe karuṇātmane |
sītāviraha taptasya śrīrāmasya priyāya ca || 4 ||
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namo'stu te mahāvīra rakṣāsmānmajjataḥ kṣitau |
namo brāhmaṇadevāya vāyuputrāya te namaḥ || 5 ||
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namo'stu rāma bhaktāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca |
namostu rudrarūpāya kṛṣṇavaktrāya te tamaḥ || 6 ||
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aṃjanīsūnave nityaṃ sarvavyādhiharāya ca |
nāgayajñopavītāya prabalāya namo'stu te || 7 ||
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svayaṃ samudratīrṇāya setubaṃdhanakāriṇe || 8 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
stotreṇaivāmunā tuṣṭo vāyuputro'bravīdvacaḥ |
śṛṇudhvaṃ hi varaṃ viprā yadvo manasi rocate || 9 ||
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viprā ūcuḥ |
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa rāmājñāpālaka prabho |
svarūpaṃ darśayasvādya laṃkāyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ hare || 10 ||
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tathā vidhvaṃsavādya tvaṃ rājānaṃ pāpakāriṇam |
duṣṭaṃ kumārapālaṃ hi āmaṃ caiva na saṃśayaḥ || 11 ||
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vṛttilopaphalaṃ sadyaḥ prāpnuyāttvaṃ tathā kuru |
pratītyarthaṃ mahābāho kiṃ vilaṃbaṃ vadasva naḥ || 12 ||
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tvayi cittena dattena sa rājā puṇyabhāgbhavet |
pratyaye darśite vīra śāsanaṃ pālayiṣyati || 13 ||
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trayīdharmmaḥ pṛthivyāṃ tu vistāraṃ prāpayiṣyati |
dharmadhīra mahāvīra svarūpaṃ darśayasva naḥ || 14 ||
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hanumānuvāca |
matsvarūpaṃ mahākāyaṃ na cakṣurviṣayaṃ kalau |
tejorāśimayaṃ divyamiti jānaṃtu vāḍavāḥ || 15 ||
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tathāpi parayā bhaktyā prasanno'haṃ stavādibhiḥ |
vasanāṃtaritaṃ rūpaṃ darśayiṣyāmi paśyata || 16 ||
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evamuktāstadā viprāḥ sarvakāryasamutsukāḥ |
mahārūpaṃ mahākāyaṃ mahāpucchasamākulam || 17 ||
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dṛṣṭvā divyasvarūpaṃ taṃ hanumaṃtaṃ jaharṣire |
kathaṃciddhairyamālaṃbya viprāḥ procuḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ || 18 ||
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yathoktaṃ tu purāṇeṣu tattathaiva hi dṛśyate |
uvāca sa hi tānsarvāṃścakṣuḥ pracchādya saṃsthitān || 19 ||
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phalānīmāni gṛhṇīdhvaṃ bhakṣaṇārthamṛṣīśvarāḥ |
ebhistu bhakṣitairviprā hyatitṛptirbhaviṣyati || 20 ||
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dharmāraṇyaṃ vinā vādya kṣudhā vaḥ śāmyati dhuvam || 21 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
kṣudhākrāṃtaistadā vipraiḥ kṛtaṃ vai phalabhakṣaṇam |
amṛtaprāśanamiva tṛptisteṣāmajāyata || 22 ||
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na tṛṣā naiva kṣuccaiva viprāḥ saṃkliṣṭamānasāḥ |
abhavansahasā rājanvismayāviṣṭacetasaḥ || 23 ||
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tataḥ prāhāṃjanīputraḥ saṃprāpte hi kalau dvijāḥ |
nāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ tatra muktvā rāmeśvaraṃ śivam || 24 ||
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abhijñānaṃ mayā dattaṃ gṛhītvā tatra gacchata |
tathyametatpratīyeta tasya rājño na saṃśayaḥ || 25 ||
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ityuktvā bāhumuddhṛtya bhujayorubhayorapi |
pṛthagromāṇi saṃgṛhya cakāra puṭikādvayam || 26 ||
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bhūrjapatreṇa saṃveṣṭya te adādviprakakṣayoḥ |
vāme tu vāmakakṣotthāṃ dakṣiṇotthāṃ tu dakṣiṇe || 27 ||
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kāmadāṃ rāmabhaktasya anyeṣāṃ kṣayakāriṇīm |
uvāca ca yadā rājā brūte cihnaṃ pradīyatām || 28 ||
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tadā pradīyatāṃ śīghraṃ vāmakakṣodbhavā puṭī |
athavā tasya rājñastu dvāre tu puṭikāṃ kṣipa || 29 ||
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jvālayati ca tatsainyaṃ gṛhaṃ kośaṃ tathaiva ca |
mahiṣyaḥ putrakāḥ sarvaṃ jvalamānaṃ bhaviṣyati || 30 ||
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yadā tu vṛttiṃ grāmāṃśca vaṇijānāṃ baliṃ tathā |
pūrvaṃ sthitaṃ tu yatkiṃcittattaddāsyati vāḍavāḥ || 31 ||
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likhitvā niścayaṃ kṛtvāpyatha dadyātsa pūrvavat |
karasaṃpuṭakaṃ kṛtvā praṇamecca yadā nṛpaḥ || 32 ||
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saṃprāpya ca purā vṛttiṃ rāmadattāṃ dvijottamāḥ |
tato dakṣiṇakakṣāsthakeśānāṃ puṭikā tviyam || 33 ||
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prakṣipyatāṃ tadā sainyaṃ purāvacca bhaviṣyati || |
gṛhāṇi ca tathā kośaḥ putrapautrādayastathā || 34 ||
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vahninā mucyamānāste dṛśyaṃte tatkṣaṇāditi |
śrutvā'mṛtamayaṃ vākyaṃ hanumaṃtoditaṃ param || 35 ||
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alabhanta mudaṃ viprā nanṛtuḥ prajagurbhṛśam |
jayaṃ codairayanke'pi prahasanti parasparam || 36 ||
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pulakāṃkitasarvāṅgāḥ stuvanti ca muhurmuhuḥ |
pucchaṃ tasya ca saṃgṛhya cucuṃbuḥ kecidutsukāḥ || 37 ||
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brūte'nyo mama yatnena kāryaṃ niyatameva hi |
anyo brūte mahābhāga mayedaṃ kṛtamityuta || 68 ||
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tataḥ provāca hanumāṃstrirātraṃ sthīyatāmiha |
rāmatīrthasya ca phalaṃ yathā prāpsyatha vāḍavāḥ || 39 ||
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tathetyuktvātha te viprā brahmayajñaṃ pracakrire |
brahmaghoṣeṇa mahatā tadvanaṃ badhiraṃ kṛtam || 40 ||
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sthitvā trirātraṃ te viprā gamane kṛtabuddhayaḥ |
rātrau hanumato'gre ta idamūcuḥ subhaktitaḥ || 41 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
vayaṃ prātargamiṣyāmo dharmāraṇyaṃ sunirmalam |
na vismāryā vayaṃ tāta kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāmiti || 42 ||
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tato vāyusuto rājanparvatānmahatīṃ śilām |
bṛhatīṃ ca catuḥśālāṃ daśayojanamāyatīm || 43 ||
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āstīrya prāha tānviprāñchilāyāṃ dvijasattamāḥ |
rakṣyamāṇā mayā viprāḥ śayīdhvaṃ vigatajvarāḥ || 44 ||
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iti śrutvā tataḥ sarve nidrāmāpuḥ sukhapradām |
evaṃ te kṛtakṛtyāstu bhūtvā suptā niśāmukhe || 45 ||
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kṛpāluḥ sa ca rudrātmā rāmaśāsanapālakaḥ |
rakṣaṇārthaṃ hi viprāṇāmatiṣṭhacca dharātale || 46 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
arddharātre tu saṃprāpte sarve nidrāmupāgatāḥ |
tātaṃ saṃprārthayāmāsa kṛtānugrahako bhavān || 47 ||
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samīraṇa dvijānetānsthānaṃ svaṃ prāpayasva bhoḥ |
tato nidrābhibhūtāṃstānvāyuputrapraṇoditaḥ || 48 ||
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samuddhṛtya śilāṃ tāṃ tu pitā putreṇa bhārata |
viśiṣṭo yāpayāmāsa svasthānaṃ dvijasattamān || 49 ||
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ṣaḍbhirmāsaiśca yaḥ panthā atikrāṃto dvijātibhiḥ |
tribhireva muhūrttaistu dharmāraṇyamavāptavān || 50 ||
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bhramamāṇāṃ śilāṃ jñātvā vipra eko dvijāgrataḥ |
vātsyagotrasamutpanno lokānsaṃgītavānkalam || 51 ||
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gītāni gāyanoktāni śrutvā vismayamāyayuḥ |
prabhāte suprasanne tu udatiṣṭhanparasparam || 52 ||
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ūcuste vismitāḥ sarve svapno'yaṃ vātha vibhramaḥ |
sasaṃbhramāḥ samutthāya dadṛśuḥ satyamaṃdiram || 53 ||
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aṃtarbuddhyā samālokya prabhāvo vāyujasya ca |
śrutvā vedadhvaniṃ viprāḥ paraṃ harṣamupāgatāḥ || 54 ||
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grāmīṇāśca tato lokā dṛṣṭvā tu mahatīṃ śilām |
adbhutaṃ menire sarve kimidaṃ kimidaṃ tviti || 55 ||
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gṛhegṛhe hi te lokāḥ pravadaṃti tathādbhutam |
brāhmaṇaiḥ pūryamāṇā sā śilā ca mahatī śubhā || 56 ||
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aśubhā vā śubhā vāpi na jānīmo vayaṃ kila |
saṃvadaṃte tato lokāḥ parasparamidaṃ vacaḥ || 57 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
tato dvijānāṃ te putrāḥ pautrāścaiva samāgatāḥ |
ūcuste diṣṭyā bho viprā āgatāḥ pathikā dvijāḥ || 58 ||
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te tu saṃtuṣṭamanasā sanmukhāḥ prayayurmudā |
pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṃ pariraṃbhaṇakaṃ tathā || 59 ||
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āghrāṇakādīṃśca kṛtvā yathāyogyaṃ prapūjya ca |
sarvaṃ vistārya kathitaṃ śīghramāgamamātmanaḥ || 60 ||
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tataḥ saṃpūjya tatsarvāngaṃdhatāṃbūlakuṃkumaiḥ |
śāṃtipāṭhaṃ paṭhaṃtaste hṛṣṭā nijagṛhānyayuḥ || 61 ||
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ānaṃdāyā mahāpīṭhe prātaḥ pāṃthāḥ samutthitāḥ |
dadṛśuste mahāsthānaṃ sotkaṃṭhā harṣapūritāḥ || 60 ||
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āścaryaṃ paramaṃ prāpuḥ kimetatsthānamuttamam |
ayaṃ tu dakṣiṇa dvāre śāṃtipāṭho'tra paṭhyate || 63 ||
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gṛhā ramyāḥ pradṛśyaṃte śacīpatigṛhopamāḥ |
prāsādāḥ kulamātṝṇāṃ dṛśyaṃte cāgniśobhanāḥ || 64 ||
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evaṃ bruvatsu vipreṣu mahāśaktiprapūjane |
āgato brāhmaṇo'paśyattatra viprakadaṃbakam || 65 ||
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harṣito bhāvitastatra yatra viprāḥ sabhāsadaḥ |
uvāva diṣṭyā bho viprā hyāgatāḥ pathikā dvijāḥ || 66 ||
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pratyuttasthustato viprāḥ pūjāṃ gṛhītvā samāgatāḥ |
pratyutthānābhivādau cākurvaṃste ca parasparam || 67 ||
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tete saṃpūjya vegāttu yathāyogyaṃ yathāvidhi |
harīśvarasya yadvṛttaṃ viprāgre saṃprakāśitam || 68 ||
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pathikānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā harṣapūrṇā dvijottamāḥ |
śāṃtipāṭhaṃ paṭhantaste hṛṣṭā nijagṛhānyayuḥ || 69 ||
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vimṛśya militāḥ prātarjyotirvidbhiḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
brāhme mūhūrte cotthāya kānyakubjaṃ gatā dvijāḥ || 70 ||
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dolābhirvāhitāḥ kecitkecidaśvai rathaistathā |
kecittu śibikārūḍhā nānāvāhanagāśca te || 71 ||
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tatpuraṃ tu samāsādya gaṃgāyāḥ śobhane taṭe |
akurvanvasatiṃ vīrāḥ snānadānādikarmma ca || 72 ||
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careṇa kenaciddṛṣṭāḥ kathitā nṛpasannidhau |
aśvāśca bahuśo dolā rathāśca bahuśo vṛṣāḥ || 73 ||
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viprāṇāmiha dṛśyaṃte dharmāraṇyanivāsinām |
nūnaṃ te ca samāyātā nṛpeṇoktaṃ mamāgrataḥ || 74 ||
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abhijñāpaya me pūrvaṃ preṣitāḥ kapisaṃnidhau || 75 ||
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