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sarga - 38

viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā kathānte raghunandana .
uvāca paramaprīto muniṃ dīptamivānalam .. 1..

śrotumichāmi bhadraṃ te vistareṇa kathāmimām .
pūrvako me kathaṃ brahmanyajñaṃ vai samupāharat .. 2..

viśvāmitrastu kākutsthamuvāca prahasanniva .
śrūyatāṃ vistaro rāma sagarasya mahātmanaḥ .. 3..

śaṅkaraśvaśuro nāma himavānacalottamaḥ .
vindhyaparvatamāsādya nirīkṣete parasparam .. 4..

tayormadhye pravṛtto.abhūdyajñaḥ sa puruṣottama .
sa hi deśo naravyāghra praśasto yajñakarmaṇi .. 5..

tasyāśvacaryāṃ kākutstha dṛḍhadhanvā mahārathaḥ .
aṃśumānakarottāta sagarasya mate sthitaḥ .. 6..

tasya parvaṇi taṃ yajñaṃ yajamānasya vāsavaḥ .
rākṣasīṃ tanumāsthāya yajñiyāśvamapāharat .. 7..

hriyamāṇe tu kākutstha tasminnaśve mahātmanaḥ .
upādhyāya gaṇāḥ sarve yajamānamathābruvan .. 8..

ayaṃ parvaṇi vegena yajñiyāśvo.apanīyate .
hartāraṃ jahi kākutstha hayaścaivopanīyatām .. 9..

yajñacchidraṃ bhavatyetatsarveṣāmaśivāya naḥ .
tattathā kriyatāṃ rājanyathāchidraḥ kraturbhavet .. 10..

upādhyāya vacaḥ śrutvā tasminsadasi pārthivaḥ .
ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi vākyametaduvāca ha .. 11..

gatiṃ putrā na paśyāmi rakṣasāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ .
mantrapūtairmahābhāgairāsthito hi mahākratuḥ .. 12..

tadgacchata vicinvadhvaṃ putrakā bhadramastu vaḥ .
samudramālinīṃ sarvāṃ pṛthivīm anugacchata .. 13..

ekaikaṃ yojanaṃ putrā vistāramabhigacchata .. 14..

yāvatturagasandarśastāvatkhanata medinīm .
tameva hayahartāraṃ mārgamāṇā mamājñayā .. 15..

dīkṣitaḥ pautrasahitaḥ sopādhyāyagaṇo hyaham .
iha sthāsyāmi bhadraṃ vo yāvatturagadarśanam .. 16..

ityuktvā hṛṣṭamanaso rājaputrā mahābalāḥ .
jagmurmahītalaṃ rāma piturvacanayantritāḥ .. 17..

yojanāyāmavistāramekaiko dharaṇītalam .
bibhiduḥ puruṣavyāghra vajrasparśasamairbhujaiḥ .. 18..

śūlairaśanikalpaiśca halaiścāpi sudāruṇaiḥ .
bhidyamānā vasumatī nanāda raghunandana .. 19..

nāgānāṃ vadhyamānānāmasurāṇāṃ ca rāghava .
rākṣasānāṃ ca durdharṣaḥ sattvānāṃ ninado.abhavat .. 20..

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ tu raghunandana .
bibhidurdharaṇīṃ vīrā rasātalamanuttamam .. 21..

evaṃ parvatasambādhaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ nṛpātmajāḥ .
khananto nṛpaśārdūla sarvataḥ paricakramuḥ .. 22..

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sāsurāḥ sahapannagāḥ .
sambhrāntamanasaḥ sarve pitāmahamupāgaman .. 23..

te prasādya mahātmānaṃ viṣaṇṇavadanāstadā .
ūcuḥ paramasantrastāḥ pitāmahamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 24..

bhagavanpṛthivī sarvā khanyate sagarātmajaiḥ .
bahavaśca mahātmāno vadhyante jalacāriṇaḥ .. 25..

ayaṃ yajñahano.asmākamanenāśvo.apanīyate .
iti te sarvabhūtāni nighnanti sagarātmajaḥ .. 26..




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