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munervachanamaklIba.n shrutvA naravarAtmajaH . 
rAghavaH prA~njalirbhUtvA pratyuvAcha dR^iDhavrataH .. 1..\\
piturvachananirdeshAtpiturvachanagauravAt . 
vachana.n kaushikasyeti kartavyamavisha~NkayA .. 2..\\
anushiShTo.asmyayodhyAyA.n gurumadhye mahAtmanA . 
pitrA dasharathenAhaM nAvaGYeya.n cha tadvachaH .. 3..\\
so.ahaM piturvachaH shrutvA shAsanAdbrahma vAdinaH . 
kariShyAmi na sandehastATakAvadhamuttamam .. 4..\\
gobrAhmaNahitArthAya deshasyAsya sukhAya cha . 
tava chaivAprameyasya vachana.n kartumudyataH .. 5..\\
evamuktvA dhanurmadhye baddhvA muShTimarindamaH . 
jyAshabdamakarottIvra.n dishaH shabdena pUrayan .. 6..\\
tena shabdena vitrastAstATakA vanavAsinaH . 
tATakA cha susa~NkruddhA tena shabdena mohitA .. 7..\\
ta.n shabdamabhinidhyAya rAkShasI krodhamUrchhitA . 
shrutvA chAbhyadravadvegAdyataH shabdo viniHsR^itaH .. 8..\\
tA.n dR^iShTvA rAghavaH kruddhA.n vikR^itAM vikR^itAnanAm . 
pramANenAtivR^iddhA.n cha lakShmaNa.n so.abhyabhAShata .. 9..\\
pashya lakShmaNa yakShiNyA bhairava.n dAruNa.n vapuH . 
bhidyerandarshanAdasyA bhIrUNA.n hR^idayAni cha .. 10..\\
enAM pashya durAdharShAM mAyA balasamanvitAm . 
vinivR^ittA.n karomyadya hR^itakarNAgranAsikAm .. 11..\\
na hyenAmutsahe hantu.n strIsvabhAvena rakShitAm . 
vIrya.n chAsyA gatiM chApi haniShyAmIti me matiH .. 12..\\
evaM bruvANe rAme tu tATakA krodhamUrchhitA . 
udyamya bAhU garjantI rAmamevAbhyadhAvata .. 13..\\
tAmApatantI.n vegena vikrAntAmashanIm iva . 
shareNorasi vivyAdha sA papAta mamAra cha .. 14..\\
tA.n hatAM bhImasa~NkAshA.n dR^iShTvA surapatistadA . 
sAdhu sAdhviti kAkutstha.n surAshcha samapUjayan .. 15..\\
uvAcha paramaprItaH sahasrAkShaH purandaraH . 
surAshcha sarve sa.nhR^iShTA vishvAmitramathAbruvan .. 16..\\
mune kaushike bhadra.n te sendrAH sarve marudgaNAH . 
toShitAH karmaNAnena sneha.n darshaya rAghave .. 17..\\
prajApaterbhR^ishAshvasya putrAnsatyaparAkramAn . 
tapobalabhR^itAnbrahmanrAghavAya nivedaya .. 18..\\
pAtrabhUtashcha te brahma.nstavAnugamane dhR^itaH . 
kartavya.n cha mahatkarma surANA.n rAjasUnunA .. 19..\\
evamuktvA surAH sarve hR^iShTA jagmuryathAgatam . 
vishvAmitraM pUjayitvA tataH sandhyA pravartate .. 20..\\
tato munivaraH prItistATakA vadhatoShitaH . 
mUrdhni rAmamupAghrAya ida.n vachanamabravIt .. 21..\\
ihAdya rajanI.n rAma vasema shubhadarshana . 
shvaH prabhAte gamiShyAmastadAshramapadaM mama .. 22..\\
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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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