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atha tasyAprameyasya munervachanamuttamam . 
shrutvA puruShashArdUlaH pratyuvAcha shubhA.n giram .. 1..\\
alpavIryA yadA yakShAH shrUyante munipu~Ngava . 
kathaM nAgasahasrasya dhArayatyabalA balam .. 2..\\
vishvAmitro.abravIdvAkya.n shR^iNu yena balottarA . 
varadAnakR^ita.n vIrya.n dhArayatyabalA balam .. 3..\\
pUrvamAsInmahAyakShaH suketurnAma vIryavAn . 
anapatyaH shubhAchAraH sa cha tepe mahattapaH .. 4..\\
pitAmahastu suprItastasya yakShapatestadA . 
kanyAratna.n dadau rAma tATakAM nAma nAmataH .. 5..\\
dadau nAgasahasrasya bala.n chAsyAH pitAmahaH . 
na tveva putra.n yakShAya dadau brahmA mahAyashAH .. 6..\\
tA.n tu jAtA.n vivardhantIM rUpayauvanashAlinIm . 
jambhaputrAya sundAya dadau bhAryA.n yashasvinIm .. 7..\\
kasya chittvatha kAlalsya yakShI putra.n vyajAyata . 
mArIchaM nAma durdharSha.n yaH shApAdrAkShaso.abhavat .. 8..\\
sunde tu nihate rAma agastyamR^iShisattamam . 
tATakA saha putreNa pradharShayitumichchhati .. 9..\\
rAkShasatvaM bhajasveti mArIcha.n vyAjahAra saH . 
agastyaH paramakruddhastATakAmapi shaptavAn .. 10..\\
puruShAdI mahAyakShI virUpA vikR^itAnanA . 
ida.n rUpamapahAya dAruNaM rUpamastu te .. 11..\\
saiShA shApakR^itAmarShA tATakA krodhamUrchhitA . 
deshamutsAdayatyenamagastyacharita.n shubham .. 12..\\
enA.n rAghava durvR^ittAM yakShIM paramadAruNAm . 
gobrAhmaNahitArthAya jahi duShTaparAkramAm .. 13..\\
na hyenA.n shApasa.nsR^iShTA.n kashchidutsahate pumAn . 
nihantu.n triShu lokeShu tvAmR^ite raghunandana .. 14..\\
na hi te strIvadhakR^ite ghR^iNA kAryA narottama . 
chAturvarNyahitArthAya kartavya.n rAjasUnunA .. 15..\\
rAjyabhAraniyuktAnAmeSha dharmaH sanAtanaH . 
adharmyA.n jahi kAkutsha dharmo hyasyA na vidyate .. 16..\\
shrUyate hi purA shakro virochanasutAM nR^ipa . 
pR^ithivI.n hantumichchhantIM mantharAmabhyasUdayat .. 17..\\
viShNunA cha purA rAma bhR^igupatnI dR^iDhavratA . 
anindra.n lokamichchhantI kAvyamAtA niShUditA .. 18..\\
etaishchAnyaishcha bahubhI rAjaputramahAtmabhiH . 
adharmaniratA nAryo hatAH puruShasattamaiH .. 19..\\
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The files in this directory are revised versions of the         
digital files produced by Professor Muneo Tokunaga, Kyoto       
University, and copyrighted by him. I am grateful to Professor  
Tokunaga for his agreement to this use of his original files    
and for permitting the revised versions to be made publicly     
available.   \\                                                   
Dr J. D. Smith ;                            
email: jds10@cam.ac.uk  ; 
http://bombay.oriental.cam.ac.uk/index.html                     
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