Chapter 10

athābravīddvijaṃ rāmaḥ kathaṃ te bhrātaro vane |
kīdṛśaṃ tu tadā brahmaṃstapaścerurmahāvratāḥ || 1 ||
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agastyastvabravīttatra rāmaṃ prayata mānasaṃ |
tāṃstāndharmavidhīṃstatra bhrātaraste samāviśan || 2 ||
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kumbhakarṇastadā yatto nityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
tatāpa graiṣmike kāle pañcasvagniṣvavasthitaḥ || 3 ||
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varṣe meghodakaklinno vīrāsanamasevata |
nityaṃ ca śaiśire kāle jalamadhyapratiśrayaḥ || 4 ||
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evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi daśa tasyāticakramuḥ |
dharme prayatamānasya satpathe niṣṭhitasya ca || 5 ||
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vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā nityaṃ dharmaparaḥ śuciḥ |
pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi pādenaikena tasthivān || 6 ||
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samāpte niyame tasya nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ |
papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca kṣubhitāścāpi devatāḥ || 7 ||
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pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi sūryaṃ caivānvavartata |
tasthau cordhvaśiro bāhuḥ svādhyāyadhṛtamānasaḥ || 8 ||
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evaṃ vibhīṣaṇasyāpi gatāni niyatātmanaḥ |
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi svargasthasyeva nandane || 9 ||
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daśavarṣasahasraṃ tu nirāhāro daśānanaḥ |
pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śiraścāgnau juhāva saḥ || 10 ||
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evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi nava tasyāticakramuḥ |
śirāṃsi nava cāpyasya praviṣṭāni hutāśanam || 11 ||
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atha varṣasahasre tu daśame daśamaṃ śiraḥ |
chettukāmaḥ sa dharmātmā prāptaścātra pitāmahaḥ || 12 ||
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pitāmahastu suprītaḥ sārdhaṃ devairupasthitaḥ |
vatsa vatsa daśagrīva prīto'smītyabhyabhāṣata || 13 ||
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śīghraṃ varaya dharmajña varo yaste'bhikāṅkṣitaḥ |
kiṃ te kāmaṃ karomyadya na vṛthā te pariśramaḥ || 14 ||
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tato'bravīddaśagrīvaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā |
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ harṣagadgadayā girā || 15 ||
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bhagavanprāṇināṃ nityaṃ nānyatra maraṇādbhayam |
nāsti mṛtyusamaḥ śatruramaratvamato vṛṇe || 16 ||
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suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām |
avadhyaḥ syāṃ prajādhyakṣa devatānāṃ ca śāśvatam || 17 ||
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na hi cintā mamānyeṣu prāṇiṣvamarapūjita |
tṛṇabhūtā hi me sarve prāṇino mānuṣādayaḥ || 18 ||
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evamuktastu dharmātmā daśagrīveṇa rakṣasā |
uvāca vacanaṃ rāma saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ || 19 ||
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bhaviṣyatyevamevaitattava rākṣasapuṃgava |
śṛṇu cāpi vaco bhūyaḥ prītasyeha śubhaṃ mama || 20 ||
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hutāni yāni śīrṣāṇi pūrvamagnau tvayānagha |
punastāni bhaviṣyanti tathaiva tava rākṣasa || 21 ||
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evaṃ pitāmahoktasya daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ |
agnau hutāni śīrṣāṇi yāni tānyutthitāni vai || 22 ||
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evamuktvvā tu taṃ rāma daśagrīvaṃ prajāpatiḥ |
vibhīṣaṇamathovāca vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ || 23 ||
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vibhīṣaṇa tvayā vatsa dharmasaṃhitabuddhinā |
parituṣṭo'smi dharmajña varaṃ varaya suvrata || 24 ||
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vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā vacanaṃ prāha sāñjaliḥ |
vṛtaḥ sarvaguṇairnityaṃ candramā iva raśmibhiḥ || 25 ||
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bhagavan kṛtakṛtyo'haṃ yanme lokaguruḥ svayam |
prīto yadi tvaṃ dātavyaṃ varaṃ me śṛṇu suvrata || 26 ||
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yā yā me jāyate buddhiryeṣu yeṣvāśrameṣviha |
sā sā bhavatu dharmiṣṭhā taṃ taṃ dharmaṃ ca pālaye || 27 ||
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eṣa me paramodāra varaḥ paramako mataḥ |
na hi dharmābhiraktānāṃ loke kiṃ cana durlabham || 28 ||
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atha prajāpatiḥ prīto vibhīṣaṇamuvāca ha |
dharmiṣṭhastvaṃ yathā vatsa tathā caitadbhaviṣyati || 29 ||
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yasmād rākṣasayonau te jātasyāmitrakarṣaṇa |
nādharme jāyate buddhiramaratvaṃ dadāmi te || 30 ||
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kumbhakarṇāya tu varaṃ prayacchantamariṃdama |
prajāpatiṃ surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ prāñjalayo'bruvan || 31 ||
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na tāvat kumbhakarṇāya pradātavyo varastvayā |
jānīṣe hi yathā lokāṃstrāsayatyeṣa durmatiḥ || 32 ||
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nandane'psarasaḥ sapta mahendrānucarā daśa |
anena bhakṣitā brahmanṛṣayo mānuṣāstathā || 33 ||
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varavyājena moho'smai dīyatāmamitaprabha |
lokānāṃ svasti caiva syādbhavedasya ca saṃnatiḥ || 34 ||
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evamuktaḥ surairbrahmācintayat padmasaṃbhavaḥ |
cintitā copatasthe'sya pārśvaṃ devī sarasvatī || 35 ||
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prāñjaliḥ sā tu parśvasthā prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatī |
iyamasmyāgatā devakiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyaham || 36 ||
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prajāpatistu tāṃ prāptāṃ prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatīm |
vāṇi tvaṃ rākṣasendrasya bhava yā devatepsitā || 37 ||
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tathetyuktvā praviṣṭā sā prajāpatirathābravīt |
kumbhakarṇa mahābāho varaṃ varaya yo mataḥ || 38 ||
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kumbhakarṇastu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā vacanamabravīt |
svaptuṃ varṣāṇyanekāni devadeva mamepsitam || 39 ||
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evamastviti taṃ coktvā saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ |
devī sarasvatī caiva muktvā taṃ prayayau divam || 40 ||
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kumbhakarṇastu duṣṭātmā cintayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ |
kīrdṛśaṃ kiṃ nvidaṃ vākyaṃ mamādya vadanāccyutam || 41 ||
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evaṃ labdhavarāḥ sarve bhrātaro dīptatejasaḥ |
śleṣmātakavanaṃ gatvā tatra te nyavasan sukham || 42 ||
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