.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 77

tathā vṛtravadhaṃ sarvamakhilena sa lakṣmaṇaḥ .
kathayitvā naraśreṣṭhaḥ kathāśeṣamupākramat .. 1..

tato hate mahāvīrye vṛtre devabhayaṅkare .
brahmahatyāvṛtaḥ śakraḥ saṃjñāṃ lebhe na vṛtrahā .. 2..

so.antamāśritya lokānāṃ naṣṭasaṃjño vicetanaḥ .
kālaṃ tatrāvasatkaṃ cidveṣṭamāno yathoragaḥ .. 3..

atha naṣṭe sahasrākṣe udvignamabhavajjagat .
bhūmiśca dhvastasaṅkāśā niḥsnehā śuṣkakānanā .. 4..

niḥsrotasaścāmbuvāhā hradāśca saritastathā .
saṅkṣobhaścaiva sattvānāmanāvṛṣṭikṛto.abhavat .. 5..

kṣīyamāṇe tu loke.asminsambhrāntamanasaḥ surāḥ .
yaduktaṃ viṣṇunā pūrvaṃ taṃ yajñaṃ samupānayan .. 6..

tataḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ sopādhyāyāḥ saharṣibhiḥ .
taṃ deśaṃ sahitā jagmuryatrendro bhayamohitaḥ .. 7..

te tu dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaṃ mohitaṃ brahmahatyayā .
taṃ puraskṛtya deveśamaśvamedhaṃ pracakrire .. 8..

tato.aśvamedhaḥ sumahānmahendrasya mahātmanaḥ .
vavṛdhe brahmahatyāyāḥ pāvanārthaṃ nareśvara .. 9..

tato yajñasamāptau tu brahmahatyā mahātmanaḥ .
abhigamyābravīdvākyaṃ kva me sthānaṃ vidhāsyatha .. 10..

te tāmūcustato devāstuṣṭāḥ prītisamanvitāḥ .
caturdhā vibhajātmānamātmanaiva durāsade .. 11..

devānāṃ bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā brahmahatyā mahātmanām .
saṃnidhau sthānamanyatra varayāmāsa durvasā .. 12..

ekenāṃśena vatsyāmi pūrṇodāsu nadīṣu vai .
dvitīyena tu vṛkṣeṣu satyametadbravīmi vaḥ .. 13..

yo.ayamaṃśastṛtīyo me strīṣu yauvanaśāliṣu .
trirātraṃ darpaparṇāsu vasiṣye darpaghātinī .. 14..

hantāro brāhmaṇānye tu prekṣāpūrvamadūṣakān .
tāṃścaturthena bhāgena saṃśrayiṣye surarṣabhāḥ .. 15..

pratyūcustāṃ tato devā yathā vadasi durvase .
tathā bhavatu tatsarvaṃ sādhayasva yathepsitam .. 16..

tataḥ prītyānvitā devāḥ sahasrākṣaṃ vavandire .
vijvaraḥ pūtapāpmā ca vāsavaḥ samapadyata .. 17..

praśāntaṃ ca jagatsarvaṃ sahasrākṣe pratiṣṭhate .
yajñaṃ cādbhutasaṅkāśaṃ tadā śakro.abhyapūjayat .. 18..

īdṛśo hyaśvamedhasya prabhāvo raghunandana .
yajasva sumahābhāga hayamedhena pārthiva .. 19..




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