Valmiki Ramayana Uttara Kanda Sarga 16

Shloka 1

स जित्वा धनदं राम भ्रातरं राक्षसाधिपः । महासेनप्रसूतिं तद्ययौ शरवणं महत् ।। 7.16.1 ।।

sa jitvā dhanadaṃ rāma bhrātaraṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ | mahāsenaprasūtiṃ tadyayau śaravaṇaṃ mahat || 7.16.1 ||

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Shloka 2

अथापश्यदृशग्रीवो रौक्मं शरवणं महत् । गभस्तिजालसंवीतं द्वितीयमिव भास्करम् ।। 7.16.2 ।।

athāpaśyadṛśagrīvo raukmaṃ śaravaṇaṃ mahat | gabhastijālasaṃvītaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram || 7.16.2 ||

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Shloka 3

स पर्वतं समारुह्य कञ्चिद्रम्यवनान्तरम् । अपश्यत् पुष्पकं तत्र रामविष्टम्भितं तदा ।। 7.16.3 ।।

sa parvataṃ samāruhya kañcidramyavanāntaram | apaśyat puṣpakaṃ tatra rāmaviṣṭambhitaṃ tadā || 7.16.3 ||

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Shloka 4

विष्टब्धं पुष्पकं दृष्ट्वा ह्यगमं कामागं कृतम् । अचिन्तयद्राक्षसेन्द्रः सचिवैस्तैः समावृतः ।। 7.16.4 ।।

viṣṭabdhaṃ puṣpakaṃ dṛṣṭvā hyagamaṃ kāmāgaṃ kṛtam | acintayadrākṣasendraḥ sacivaistaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ || 7.16.4 ||

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Shloka 5

किन्निमित्तं चेच्छया मे नेदं गच्छति पुष्पकम् । पर्वतस्योपरिष्ठस्य कर्मेदं कस्यचिद्भवेत् ।। 7.16.5 ।।

kinnimittaṃ cecchayā me nedaṃ gacchati puṣpakam | parvatasyopariṣṭhasya karmedaṃ kasyacidbhavet || 7.16.5 ||

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Shloka 6

ततो ऽब्रवीत्तदा राम मारीचो बुद्धिकोविदः । नेदं निष्कारणं राजन्पुष्पकं यन्न गच्छति ।। 7.16.6 ।।

tato 'bravīttadā rāma mārīco buddhikovidaḥ | nedaṃ niṣkāraṇaṃ rājanpuṣpakaṃ yanna gacchati || 7.16.6 ||

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Shloka 7

अथवा पुष्पकमिदं धनदान्नान्यवाहनम् । अतो निष्पन्दमभवद्धनाध्यक्षविनाकृतम् ।। 7.16.7 ।।

athavā puṣpakamidaṃ dhanadānnānyavāhanam | ato niṣpandamabhavaddhanādhyakṣavinākṛtam || 7.16.7 ||

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Shloka 8

इति वाक्यान्तरे तस्य करालः कृष्णपिङ्गलः । वामनो विकटो मुण्डी नन्दी प्रह्वभुजो बली ।। 7.16.8 ।।

iti vākyāntare tasya karālaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ | vāmano vikaṭo muṇḍī nandī prahvabhujo balī || 7.16.8 ||

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Shloka 9

ततः पार्श्वमुपागम्य भवस्यानुचरो ऽब्रवीत् । नन्दीश्वरो वचश्चेदं राक्षसेन्द्रमशङ्कितः ।। 7.16.9 ।।

tataḥ pārśvamupāgamya bhavasyānucaro 'bravīt | nandīśvaro vacaścedaṃ rākṣasendramaśaṅkitaḥ || 7.16.9 ||

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Shloka 10

निवर्तस्व दशग्रीव शैले क्रीडति शङ्करः । सुपर्णनागयक्षाणां देवगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् ।। 7.16.10 ।।

nivartasva daśagrīva śaile krīḍati śaṅkaraḥ | suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ devagandharvarakṣasām || 7.16.10 ||

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Shloka 11

सर्वेषामेव भूतानामगम्यः पर्वतः कृतः । इति नन्दिवचः श्रुत्वा क्रोधात्कम्पितकुण्डलः ।। 7.16.11 ।।

sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāmagamyaḥ parvataḥ kṛtaḥ | iti nandivacaḥ śrutvā krodhātkampitakuṇḍalaḥ || 7.16.11 ||

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Shloka 12

रोषात्तु ताम्रनयनः पुष्पकादवरुह्य सः । को ऽयं शङ्कर इत्युक्त्वा शैलमूलमुपागतः ।। 7.16.12 ।।

roṣāttu tāmranayanaḥ puṣpakādavaruhya saḥ | ko 'yaṃ śaṅkara ityuktvā śailamūlamupāgataḥ || 7.16.12 ||

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Shloka 13

सो ऽपश्यन्नन्दिनं तत्र देवस्यादूरतः स्थितम् । दीप्तं शूलमवष्टभ्य द्वितीयमिव शङ्करम् ।। 7.16.13 ।।

so 'paśyannandinaṃ tatra devasyādūrataḥ sthitam | dīptaṃ śūlamavaṣṭabhya dvitīyamiva śaṅkaram || 7.16.13 ||

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Shloka 14

तं दृष्ट्वा वानरमुखमवज्ञाय स राक्षसः । प्रहासं मुमुचे तत्र सतोय इव तोयदः ।। 7.16.14 ।।

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vānaramukhamavajñāya sa rākṣasaḥ | prahāsaṃ mumuce tatra satoya iva toyadaḥ || 7.16.14 ||

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Shloka 15

तं क्रुद्धो भगवान्नन्दी शङ्करस्यापरा तनुः । अब्रवीत्तत्र तद्रक्षो दशाननमुपस्थितम् ।। 7.16.15 ।।

taṃ kruddho bhagavānnandī śaṅkarasyāparā tanuḥ | abravīttatra tadrakṣo daśānanamupasthitam || 7.16.15 ||

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Shloka 16

यस्माद्वानररूपं मामवज्ञाय दशानन । अशनीपातसङ्काशमपहासं प्रमुक्तवान् ।। 7.16.16 ।।

yasmādvānararūpaṃ māmavajñāya daśānana | aśanīpātasaṅkāśamapahāsaṃ pramuktavān || 7.16.16 ||

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Shloka 17

तस्मान्मद्रूपसम्पन्ना मद्वीर्यसमतेजसः । उत्पत्स्यन्ति वधार्थं हि कुलस्य तव वानराः ।। 7.16.17 ।।

tasmānmadrūpasampannā madvīryasamatejasaḥ | utpatsyanti vadhārthaṃ hi kulasya tava vānarāḥ || 7.16.17 ||

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Shloka 18

नखदंष्ट्रायुधाः क्रूरा मनःसम्पातरंहसः । युद्धोन्मत्ता बलोद्रिक्ताः शैला इव विसर्पिणः ।। 7.16.18 ।।

nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ krūrā manaḥsampātaraṃhasaḥ | yuddhonmattā balodriktāḥ śailā iva visarpiṇaḥ || 7.16.18 ||

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Shloka 19

ते तव प्रबलं दर्पमुत्सेधं च पृथग्विधम् । व्यपनेष्यन्ति सम्भूय सहामात्यसुतस्य च ।। 7.16.19 ।।

te tava prabalaṃ darpamutsedhaṃ ca pṛthagvidham | vyapaneṣyanti sambhūya sahāmātyasutasya ca || 7.16.19 ||

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Shloka 20

किं त्विदानीं मया शक्यं हन्तुं त्वां हे निशाचर । न हन्तव्यो हतस्त्वं हि पूर्वमेव स्वकर्मभिः ।। 7.16.20 ।।

kiṃ tvidānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ hantuṃ tvāṃ he niśācara | na hantavyo hatastvaṃ hi pūrvameva svakarmabhiḥ || 7.16.20 ||

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Shloka 21

इत्युदीरितवाक्ये तु देवे तस्मिन्महात्मनि । देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुः पुष्पवृष्टिश्च खाच्च्युता ।। 7.16.21 ।।

ityudīritavākye tu deve tasminmahātmani | devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiśca khāccyutā || 7.16.21 ||

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Shloka 22

अचिन्तयित्वा स तदा नन्दिवाक्यं महाबलः । पर्वतं तु समासाद्य वाक्यमाह दशाननः ।। 7.16.22 ।।

acintayitvā sa tadā nandivākyaṃ mahābalaḥ | parvataṃ tu samāsādya vākyamāha daśānanaḥ || 7.16.22 ||

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Shloka 23

पुष्पकस्य गतिश्छिन्ना यत्कृते मम गच्छतः । तमिमं शैलमुन्मूलं करोमि तव गोपते ।। 7.16.23 ।।

puṣpakasya gatiśchinnā yatkṛte mama gacchataḥ | tamimaṃ śailamunmūlaṃ karomi tava gopate || 7.16.23 ||

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Shloka 24

केन प्रभावेण भवो नित्यं क्रीडति राजवत् । विज्ञातव्यं न जानीते भयस्थानमुपस्थितम् ।। 7.16.24 ।।

kena prabhāveṇa bhavo nityaṃ krīḍati rājavat | vijñātavyaṃ na jānīte bhayasthānamupasthitam || 7.16.24 ||

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Shloka 25

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राम भुजान्विक्षिप्य पर्वते । तोलयामास तं शीघ्रं स शैलं समकम्पत ।। 7.16.25 ।।

evamuktvā tato rāma bhujānvikṣipya parvate | tolayāmāsa taṃ śīghraṃ sa śailaṃ samakampata || 7.16.25 ||

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Shloka 26

चालनात्पर्वतस्यैव गणा देवस्य कम्पिताः । चचाल पार्वती चापि तदा ऽ ऽश्लिष्टा महेश्वरम् ।। 7.16.26 ।।

cālanātparvatasyaiva gaṇā devasya kampitāḥ | cacāla pārvatī cāpi tadā ' 'śliṣṭā maheśvaram || 7.16.26 ||

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Shloka 27

ततो राम महादवो देवानां प्रवरो हरः । पादाङ्गुष्ठेन तं शैलं पीडयामास लीलया ।। 7.16.27 ।।

tato rāma mahādavo devānāṃ pravaro haraḥ | pādāṅguṣṭhena taṃ śailaṃ pīḍayāmāsa līlayā || 7.16.27 ||

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Shloka 28

पीडितास्तु ततस्तस्य शैलस्याधोगता भुजाः । विस्मिताश्चाभवंस्तत्र सचिवास्तस्य रक्षसः ।। 7.16.28 ।।

pīḍitāstu tatastasya śailasyādhogatā bhujāḥ | vismitāścābhavaṃstatra sacivāstasya rakṣasaḥ || 7.16.28 ||

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Shloka 29

रक्षसा तेन रोषाच्च भुजानां पीडनात्तदा । मुक्तो विरावः सहसा त्रैलोक्यं येन कम्पितम् ।। 7.16.29 ।।

rakṣasā tena roṣācca bhujānāṃ pīḍanāttadā | mukto virāvaḥ sahasā trailokyaṃ yena kampitam || 7.16.29 ||

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Shloka 30

मेनिरे वज्रनिष्पेषं तस्यामात्या युगक्षये । तदा वर्त्मस्थचलिता देवा इन्द्रपुरोगमाः ।। 7.16.30 ।।

menire vajraniṣpeṣaṃ tasyāmātyā yugakṣaye | tadā vartmasthacalitā devā indrapurogamāḥ || 7.16.30 ||

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Shloka 31

समुद्राश्चापि सङ्क्षुब्धाश्चलिताश्चापि पर्वताः । यक्षा विद्याधराः सिद्धाः किमेतदिति चाब्रुवन् ।। 7.16.31 ।।

samudrāścāpi saṅkṣubdhāścalitāścāpi parvatāḥ | yakṣā vidyādharāḥ siddhāḥ kimetaditi cābruvan || 7.16.31 ||

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Shloka 32

अथ ते मन्त्रिणस्तस्य विक्रोशन्तमथाब्रुवन् । तोषयस्व महादेवं नीलकण्ठमुमापतिम् ।। 7.16.32 ।।

atha te mantriṇastasya vikrośantamathābruvan | toṣayasva mahādevaṃ nīlakaṇṭhamumāpatim || 7.16.32 ||

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Shloka 33

तमृते शरणं नान्यं पश्यामो ऽत्र दशानन । स्तुतिभिः प्रणतो भूत्वा तमेव शरणं व्रज ।। 7.16.33 ।।

tamṛte śaraṇaṃ nānyaṃ paśyāmo 'tra daśānana | stutibhiḥ praṇato bhūtvā tameva śaraṇaṃ vraja || 7.16.33 ||

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Shloka 34

कृपालुः शङ्करस्तुष्टः प्रसादं ते विधास्यति । एवमुक्तस्तदामात्यैस्तुष्टाव वृषभध्वजम् ।। 7.16.34 ।।

kṛpāluḥ śaṅkarastuṣṭaḥ prasādaṃ te vidhāsyati | evamuktastadāmātyaistuṣṭāva vṛṣabhadhvajam || 7.16.34 ||

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Shloka 35

सामभिर्विविधैः स्तोत्रैः प्रणम्य स दशाननः । संवत्सरसहस्रं तु रुदतो रक्षसो गतम् ।। 7.16.35 ।।

sāmabhirvividhaiḥ stotraiḥ praṇamya sa daśānanaḥ | saṃvatsarasahasraṃ tu rudato rakṣaso gatam || 7.16.35 ||

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Shloka 36

ततः प्रीतो महादेवः शैलाग्रे विष्ठितः प्रभुः । मुक्त्वा चास्य भुजान्राम प्राह वाक्यं दशाननम् ।। 7.16.36 ।।

tataḥ prīto mahādevaḥ śailāgre viṣṭhitaḥ prabhuḥ | muktvā cāsya bhujānrāma prāha vākyaṃ daśānanam || 7.16.36 ||

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Shloka 37

प्रीतो ऽस्मि तव वीर्यस्य शौण्डार्याच्च दशानन । शैलाक्रान्तेन यो मुक्तस्त्वया रावः सुदारुणः ।। 7.16.37 ।।

prīto 'smi tava vīryasya śauṇḍāryācca daśānana | śailākrāntena yo muktastvayā rāvaḥ sudāruṇaḥ || 7.16.37 ||

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Shloka 38

यस्माल्लोकत्रयं चैतद्रावितं भयमागतम् । तस्मात्त्वं रावणो नाम नाम्ना राजन्भविष्यसि ।। 7.16.38 ।।

yasmāllokatrayaṃ caitadrāvitaṃ bhayamāgatam | tasmāttvaṃ rāvaṇo nāma nāmnā rājanbhaviṣyasi || 7.16.38 ||

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Shloka 39

देवता मानुषा यक्षा ये चान्ये जगतीतले । एवं त्वामभिधास्यन्ति रावणं लोकरावणम् ।। 7.16.39 ।।

devatā mānuṣā yakṣā ye cānye jagatītale | evaṃ tvāmabhidhāsyanti rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam || 7.16.39 ||

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Shloka 40

गच्छ पौलस्त्य विस्रब्धं पथा येन त्वमिच्छसि । मया चैवाभ्यनुज्ञातो राक्षसाधिप गम्यताम् ।। 7.16.40 ।।

gaccha paulastya visrabdhaṃ pathā yena tvamicchasi | mayā caivābhyanujñāto rākṣasādhipa gamyatām || 7.16.40 ||

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Shloka 41

एवमुक्तस्तु लङ्केशः शम्भुना स्वयमब्रवीत् । प्रीतो यदि महादेव वरं मे देहि याचतः ।। 7.16.41 ।।

evamuktastu laṅkeśaḥ śambhunā svayamabravīt | prīto yadi mahādeva varaṃ me dehi yācataḥ || 7.16.41 ||

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Shloka 42

अवध्यत्वं मया प्राप्तं देवगन्धर्वदानवैः । राक्षसैर्गुह्यकैर्नागैर्ये चान्ये बलवत्तराः ।। 7.16.42 ।।

avadhyatvaṃ mayā prāptaṃ devagandharvadānavaiḥ | rākṣasairguhyakairnāgairye cānye balavattarāḥ || 7.16.42 ||

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Shloka 43

मानुषान्न गणे देव स्वल्पास्ते मम सम्मताः । दीर्घमायुश्च मे प्राप्तं ब्रह्मणस्त्रिपुरान्तक ।। 7.16.43 ।।

mānuṣānna gaṇe deva svalpāste mama sammatāḥ | dīrghamāyuśca me prāptaṃ brahmaṇastripurāntaka || 7.16.43 ||

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Shloka 44

वाञ्छितं चायुषः शेषं शस्त्रं त्वं च प्रयच्छ मे । एवमुक्तस्ततस्तेन रावणेन स शङ्करः ।। 7.16.44 ।।

vāñchitaṃ cāyuṣaḥ śeṣaṃ śastraṃ tvaṃ ca prayaccha me | evamuktastatastena rāvaṇena sa śaṅkaraḥ || 7.16.44 ||

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Shloka 45

ददौ खड्गं महादीप्तं चन्द्रहासमिति श्रुतम् । आयुषश्चावशेषं च स्थित्वा भूतपतिस्तदा ।। 7.16.45 ।।

dadau khaḍgaṃ mahādīptaṃ candrahāsamiti śrutam | āyuṣaścāvaśeṣaṃ ca sthitvā bhūtapatistadā || 7.16.45 ||

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Shloka 46

दत्त्वोवाच ततः शम्भुर्नावज्ञेयमिदं त्वया । अवज्ञातं यदि हि ते मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः ।। 7.16.46 ।।

dattvovāca tataḥ śambhurnāvajñeyamidaṃ tvayā | avajñātaṃ yadi hi te māmevaiṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ || 7.16.46 ||

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Shloka 47

एवं महेश्वरेणैव कृतनामा स रावणः । अभिवाद्य महादेवमारुरोहाथ पुष्पकम् ।। 7.16.47 ।।

evaṃ maheśvareṇaiva kṛtanāmā sa rāvaṇaḥ | abhivādya mahādevamārurohātha puṣpakam || 7.16.47 ||

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Shloka 48

ततो महीतले राम पर्यक्रामत रावणः । क्षत्ऺित्रयान्सुमहावीर्यान्बाधमान इतस्ततः ।। 7.16.48 ।।

tato mahītale rāma paryakrāmata rāvaṇaḥ | kṣatऺ्itrayānsumahāvīryānbādhamāna itastataḥ || 7.16.48 ||

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Shloka 49

केचित्तेजस्विनः शूराः क्षत्ऺित्रया युद्धदुर्मदाः । तच्छासनमकुर्वन्तो विनेशुः सपरिच्छदाः ।। 7.16.49 ।।

kecittejasvinaḥ śūrāḥ kṣatऺ्itrayā yuddhadurmadāḥ | tacchāsanamakurvanto vineśuḥ saparicchadāḥ || 7.16.49 ||

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Shloka 50

अपरे दुर्जयं रक्षो जानन्तः प्राज्ञसम्मताः । जिताः स्म इत्यभाषन्त राक्षसं बलदर्पितम् ।। 7.16.50 ।।

apare durjayaṃ rakṣo jānantaḥ prājñasammatāḥ | jitāḥ sma ityabhāṣanta rākṣasaṃ baladarpitam || 7.16.50 ||

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Shloka 51

इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदुत्तरकाण्डे षोडशः सर्गः ।। 16 ।।

ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe ṣoḍaśaḥ sargaḥ || 16 ||

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