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sarga - 55

evamukto vasiṣṭhena viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ .
āgneyamastramutkṣipya tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt .. 1..

vasiṣṭho bhagavānkrodhādidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 2..

kṣatrabandho sthito.asmyeṣa yadbalaṃ tadvidarśaya .
nāśayāmyeṣa te darpaṃ śastrasya tava gādhija .. 3..

kva ca te kṣatriyabalaṃ kva ca brahmabalaṃ mahat .
paśya brahmabalaṃ divyaṃ mama kṣatriyapāṃsana .. 4..

tasyāstraṃ gādhiputrasya ghoramāgneyamuttamam .
brahmadaṇḍena tacchāntamagnervega ivāmbhasā .. 5..

vāruṇaṃ caiva raudraṃ ca aindraṃ pāśupataṃ tathā .
aiṣīkaṃ cāpi cikṣepa ruṣito gādhinandanaḥ .. 6..

mānavaṃ mohanaṃ caiva gāndharvaṃ svāpanaṃ tathā .
jṛmbhaṇaṃ mohanaṃ caiva santāpanavilāpane .. 7..

śoṣaṇaṃ dāraṇaṃ caiva vajramastraṃ sudurjayam .
brahmapāśaṃ kālapāśaṃ vāruṇaṃ pāśameva ca .. 8..

pinākāstraṃ ca dayitaṃ śuṣkārdre aśanī tathā .
daṇḍāstramatha paiśācaṃ krauñcamastraṃ tathāiva ca .. 9..

dharmacakraṃ kālacakraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tathaiva ca .
vāyavyaṃ mathanaṃ caiva astraṃ hayaśirastathā .. 10..

śaktidvayaṃ ca cikṣepa kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ tathā .
vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca kālāstramatha dāruṇam .. 11..

triśūlamastraṃ ghoraṃ ca kāpālamatha kaṅkaṇam .
etānyastrāṇi cikṣepa sarvāṇi raghunandana .. 12..

vasiṣṭhe japatāṃ śreṣṭhe tadadbhutamivābhavat .
tāni sarvāṇi daṇḍena grasate brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ .. 13..

teṣu śānteṣu brahmāstraṃ kṣiptavāngādhinandanaḥ .
tadastramudyataṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ .. 14..

devarṣayaśca sambhrāntā gandharvāḥ samahoragāḥ .
trailokyamāsītsantrastaṃ brahmāstre samudīrite .. 15..

tadapyastraṃ mahāghoraṃ brāhmaṃ brāhmeṇa tejasā .
vasiṣṭho grasate sarvaṃ brahmadaṇḍena rāghava .. 16..

brahmāstraṃ grasamānasya vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ .
trailokyamohanaṃ raudraṃ rūpamāsītsudāruṇam .. 17..

romakūpeṣu sarveṣu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ .
marīcya iva niṣpeturagnerdhūmākulārciṣaḥ .. 18..

prājvaladbrahmadaṇḍaśca vasiṣṭhasya karodyataḥ .
vidhūma iva kālāgniryamadaṇḍa ivāparaḥ .. 19..

tato.astuvanmunigaṇā vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam .
amoghaṃ te balaṃ brahmaṃstejo dhāraya tejasā .. 20..

nigṛhītastvayā brahmanviśvāmitro mahātapāḥ .
prasīda japatāṃ śreṣṭha lokāḥ santu gatavyathāḥ .. 21..

evamukto mahātejāḥ śamaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ .
viśvāmitro.api nikṛto viniḥśvasyedamabravīt .. 22..

dhigbalaṃ kṣatriyabalaṃ brahmatejobalaṃ balam .
ekena brahmadaṇḍena sarvāstrāṇi hatāni me .. 23..

tadetatsamavekṣyāhaṃ prasannendriyamānasaḥ .
tapo mahatsamāsthāsye yadvai brahmatvakārakam .. 24..




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